hvmcli is the command-line interface for managing HPE HVM hypervisor hosts. It provides tools for virtual machine management, networking, storage, hardware inspection, cluster operations, logging, monitoring, and maintenance.
These are all commands that will come as references in this job.
root@hvm-n1:# ip -br a
lo UNKNOWN 127.0.0.1/8 ::1/128
ens18 UP
ens19 DOWN
ens20 UP
ens21 UP
ens22 UP
ens23 UP
ens1 UP fe80::be24:11ff:fe2e:69a/64
ens2 UP fe80::be24:11ff:fe95:cc6f/64
hvmbr0 UP fe80::2870:cfff:fe4e:fbcd/64
hvmbr1 UP fe80::2087:4fff:fea6:f7aa/64
hvmbr2.1617 UP 172.16.17.71/24 fe80::18d8:3cff:fe11:d1fd/64
hvmbr3.1618 UP 172.16.18.71/24 fe80::9c7b:68ff:fef3:45c4/64
hvmbr5 UP fe80::54ae:7aff:feb4:d558/64
hvmup1 UP
hvmup5 UP
ens1.1617@ens1 UP
ens2.1618@ens2 UP
hvmbr0.1611@hvmbr0 UP 172.16.11.71/24 fe80::2870:cfff:fe4e:fbcd/64
hvmbr1.1612@hvmbr1 UP 172.16.12.71/24 fe80::2087:4fff:fea6:f7aa/64
vnet0 UNKNOWN fe80::fc54:ff:fe3a:bc3f/64
root@hvm-n1:~#
root@hvm-n1:#oot@hvm-n1:~# sudo ovs-vsctl show
b41fc574-b502-4023-8f3c-751c258e0e7c
ovs_version: "3.7.1"
root@hvm-n1:~#root@hvm-n1:~# sudo ovs-vsctl show
b41fc574-b502-4023-8f3c-751c258e0e7c
ovs_version: "3.7.1"
root@hvm-n1:~# sudo netplan get bridges
hvmbr2.1617:
addresses:
- "172.16.17.71/24"
dhcp4: false
mtu: 1500
interfaces:
- ens1.1617
parameters:
forward-delay: "0"
stp: false
hvmbr3.1618:
addresses:
- "172.16.18.71/24"
dhcp4: false
mtu: 1500
interfaces:
- ens2.1618
parameters:
forward-delay: "0"
stp: false
hvmbr1:
dhcp4: false
mtu: 1500
interfaces:
- hvmup1
parameters:
stp: false
hvmbr5:
dhcp4: false
mtu: 1500
interfaces:
- hvmup5
parameters:
stp: false
hvmbr0:
dhcp4: false
mtu: 1500
interfaces:
- ens18
parameters:
stp: false
root@hvm-n1:~#Basic Syntax
sudo hvmcli <namespace> <command> [options]Examples:
sudo hvmcli vm list
sudo hvmcli node list
sudo hvmcli cluster statusroot@hvm-n1:~# sudo hvmcli vm list
VM Name Power State CPU Memory Number Disks
------- ----------- --- --------- ------------
vme-mgr running 4 16384 MiB 1
root@hvm-n1:~# sudo hvmcli node list
Hostname Vendor Model Serial CPUs CPU Model CPU MHz Memory(GB) OS Kernel Uptime NTP Servers DNS Servers HTTP Proxy
-------- ------ ------------------------------ ------------- ---- --------- -------- ---------- ------------------ ---------------- ---------------------- ----------- ----------- ----------
hvm-n1 QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009) Not Specified 8 x86_64 2095 MHz 30.3 GB Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS 7.0.0-31-generic up 4 hours, 40 minutes 172.16.11.1 172.16.11.5 -
root@hvm-n1:~# sudo hvmcli cluster status
Quorum Nodes Name Stack State
------ ----- --------------- ------------ ------
yes 4 37n99h70c3r1tf3 corosync/dlm activeVM Management
List Virtual Machines
sudo hvmcli vm listDetailed view:
sudo hvmcli vm list --detailsStart a VM
sudo hvmcli vm start --name my-vmStop a VM
Graceful shutdown:
sudo hvmcli vm stop --name my-vmForce power off:
sudo hvmcli vm stop --name my-vm --forceRestart a VM
sudo hvmcli vm restart --name my-vmReboot Guest OS
sudo hvmcli vm reboot --name my-vmNode Management
List Nodes
sudo hvmcli node listShow Configuration
sudo hvmcli node show-configConfigure Node
sudo hvmcli node configureBackup Configuration
sudo hvmcli node backupRestore Configuration
sudo hvmcli node restoreReboot Node
sudo hvmcli node rebootShutdown Node
sudo hvmcli node shutdownView Node Events
sudo hvmcli node eventsCluster Commands
Show Cluster Status
root@hvm-n1:~# sudo hvmcli cluster status
Quorum Nodes Name Stack State
------ ----- --------------- ------------ ------
yes 4 37n99h70c3r1tf3 corosync/dlm activeList Cluster Nodes
root@hvm-n1:~# sudo hvmcli cluster nodes --list
Node Status ID Votes Local
-------- ------ -- ----- -----
hvm-n1 online 1 1 yes
hvm-n2 online 2 1 no
hvm-n3 online 3 1 no
hvm-n4-4 online 4 1 no
root@hvm-n1:~#
Network Commands
List Networks
root@hvm-n1:~#
root@hvm-n1:~# sudo hvmcli network list
Name State Autostart Persistent Type virtSwitch Interface Managed
------- ------ --------- ---------- -------- ---------- --------- -------
hvmnet0 active yes yes standard vs0 - no
hvmnet5 active yes yes standard VM-Network - noStorage Commands
List Storage Resources
root@hvm-n1:~# sudo hvmcli storage list
Name Type State Autostart
------------------- ---- ------ ---------
local ext4 active yes
morpheus-cloud-init ext4 active yes
morpheus-images ext4 active yes
shared-ds-01 GFS2 active yesiSCSI Information
root@hvm-n1:~# sudo hvmcli storage iscsi --list
SID Target Portal Iface IP Interface State
--- ------------------------- ----------------- ------------ ----------- ---------
1 iqn.2026-10.lab.sitea:vme 172.16.17.19:3260 172.16.17.71 hvmbr2.1617 LOGGED_IN
2 iqn.2026-10.lab.sitea:vme 172.16.18.19:3260 172.16.18.71 hvmbr3.1618 LOGGED_INFibre Channel Information
sudo hvmcli storage fcMultipath Information
root@hvm-n1:~# sudo hvmcli storage multipath status
Device Transport Vendor Size Paths Active Failed State
--------------------------------- --------- ------- ---- ----- ------ ------ ------
3600140530d15e7c1cd54047bce911360 iscsi LIO-ORG 200G 2 2 0 active
root@hvm-n1:~#Rescan Storage
root@hvm-n1:~# sudo hvmcli storage rescan
Rescanning iSCSI sessions...
iSCSI rescan complete (2 session(s)).
No Fibre Channel HBAs detected — skipping FC rescan.
Reloading multipath maps...
Multipath maps reloaded.
iSCSI Sessions Rescanned SCSI Hosts Scanned Multipath Reloaded Errors
------------------------ ------------------ ------------------ ------
2 0 yes none
No new devices discovered.
root@hvm-n1:~#Hardware Commands
CPU Information
root@hvm-n1:~# sudo hvmcli hardware cpu list
Architecture x86_64
CPU(s) 8
Thread(s) per core 1
Core(s) per socket 8
Socket(s) 1
Model Name Intel(R) Xeon(R) Silver 4110 CPU @ 2.10GHz
Vendor ID GenuineIntel
Virtualization VT-x
Logical CPU Threads 8
Hyperthreading Active no
Physical CPU Cores 8Memory Information
root@hvm-n1:~# sudo hvmcli hardware memory list
Physical Memory 30.34 GiB
Reliable Memory 30.34 GiB
NUMA Node Count 1
Total Memory 30.34 GiB
Used Memory 16.88 GiB
Available Memory 13.46 GiB
Free Memory 12.93 GiB
Swap Total 8.00 GiB
Swap Free 8.00 GiB
HugePages Total 0
HugePages Free 0
HugePage Size 2.00 MiB
root@hvm-n1:~#PCI Devices
sudo hvmcli hardware pci listBoot Volume Details
root@hvm-n1:~# sudo hvmcli hardware bootvolume list
Root Device /dev/sda2
Boot Device Identifier /dev/sda2
Boot Device Type part
Root Filesystem ext4
Root Type part
Root Size 250G
Boot Disk /dev/sda
Boot Disk Size 250G
Boot Disk Model QEMU HARDDISK
Boot Disk Serial drive-scsi0
Boot Disk Transport -
Boot Disk Rotational no
Boot Disk Read-Only no
root@hvm-n1:~#IPMI/BMC Sensors
sudo hvmcli hardware ipmiSoftware Commands
List Installed Packages
oot@hvm-n1:~# sudo hvmcli software list
QEMU 10.2.1
Libvirt 12.0.0
Kernel 7.0.0-31-generic
hvmcli 1.0.0
root@hvm-n1:~#Update Software
sudo hvmcli software updateLogs
Node Logs
sudo hvmcli logs nodeCluster Logs
sudo hvmcli logs clusterMorpheus Agent Logs
sudo hvmcli logs morpheus-agentHealth Monitoring
Run Health Check
Running health checks...
Check Type Status Details
------------------------- -------- ------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
Virtualization service OS PASS Virtualization service is healthy.
VM stopped state OS PASS No virtual machines found in stopped state.
NTP configuration OS PASS NTP is configured and synchronized.
NTP time drift OS PASS NTP drift is within threshold (0.044ms).
Host zombie process OS PASS No zombie process detected.
Kernel errors OS PASS No critical kernel errors in recent dmesg.
Key service status OS PASS All key services are running.
Open file descriptors OS PASS Open file descriptor count is within limits.
Kernel modules OS PASS All required kernel modules are loaded.
Morpheus agent OS PASS Morpheus agent is running.
Cluster status Cluster PASS Cluster is healthy.
Cluster quorum Cluster PASS Cluster quorum is present.
Cluster DC Cluster NA Not applicable: quorum/DLM clusters have no DC.
Cluster nodes online Cluster PASS All cluster nodes are online.
Cluster failed resources Cluster PASS No failed cluster resource actions detected.
Cluster partition state Cluster PASS Cluster partition state is healthy.
Cluster STONITH Cluster PASS Fencing is DLM-managed and healthy.
Corosync link health Cluster PASS Corosync links are healthy.
Host disk space Storage PASS No partition is above 95% utilization.
iSCSI portal reachability Storage PASS All iSCSI target portals are reachable.
iSCSI MTU consistency Storage PASS All iSCSI portals accept full MTU-size frames without fragmentation.
Multipath path state Storage PASS No multipath path is in failed state.
Host gateway reachability Network PASS Default gateway is reachable.
DNS resolution Network PASS DNS nameservers are reachable.
Network interface errors Network PASS No RX/TX errors detected on any interface.
Uplink member link state Network PASS All uplink member interfaces are up.
Uplink member speed Network WARN Unable to validate speed for: hvmup1(ens20, ens21), hvmup5(ens22, ens23).
Swap usage Hardware PASS No swap is in use.
Host CPU utilization Hardware PASS Host CPU utilization is within threshold (61.4%).
Host memory utilization Hardware PASS Host memory utilization is within threshold (55.8%).
IO wait Hardware PASS IO wait is within threshold (0.0%).
Summary: PASS=29 WARN=1 FAIL=0 NA=1Continuous Health Monitoring
sudo hvmcli health watch
Resource Monitoring
Default Top View
sudo hvmcli top
Services: ● libvirt ● OVS ● Multipath ● HA
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
top - 17:36:10 up 4:46, 1 user, load average: 2.23, 1.67, 1.61
Tasks: 245 total, 1 running, 244 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
%Cpu(s): 1.1 us, 1.1 sy, 0.0 ni, 96.7 id, 0.0 wa, 0.0 hi, 0.0 si, 1.1 st
MiB Mem : 31066.6 total, 13221.0 free, 17300.5 used, 16758.3 buff/cache
MiB Swap: 8192.0 total, 8192.0 free, 0.0 used. 13766.1 avail MemCPU Usage
sudo hvmcli top cpu
Memory Usage
sudo hvmcli top memoryNetwork Usage
sudo hvmcli top networkDisk Usage
sudo hvmcli top diskHost Overview
sudo hvmcli top hostVirtual Switch Management
List Virtual Switches
root@hvm-n1:~# sudo hvmcli virtswitch list
virtSwitch Name Base Type Bridge Mode Base Interfaces Uplink Name Bridge Name Libvirt Network Name Uplink Mode MTU Traffic Types VLAN Networks Management IP Management Netmask Management Gateway Management VLAN
--------------- --------- ------------ --------------- ----------- ----------- -------------------- ------------- ---- -------------- ----------------------- ------------- ------------------ ------------------ ---------------
ISCSI-A iscsi linux-bridge ens1 ens1 hvmbr2 hvmnet2 - 1500 iscsi:1617 ens1.1617 (vlan 1617)
ISCSI-B iscsi linux-bridge ens2 ens2 hvmbr3 hvmnet3 - 1500 iscsi:1618 ens2.1618 (vlan 1618)
migration general linux-bridge ens20, ens21 hvmup1 hvmbr1 hvmnet1 active-backup 1500 live-migration hvmup1.1612 (vlan 1612)
VM-Network general linux-bridge ens22, ens23 hvmup5 hvmbr5 hvmnet5 active-backup 1500 vm -
vs0 general linux-bridge ens18 ens18 hvmbr0 hvmnet0 - 1500 management, vm ens18.1611 (vlan 1611) 172.16.11.71 255.255.255.0 172.16.11.1 1611
root@hvm-n1:~#Create Virtual Switch
sudo hvmcli virtswitch createDisplay Status
oot@hvm-n1:~# sudo hvmcli virtswitch status
virtSwitch: ISCSI-A [DEGRADED]
Uplinks:
ens1: UP
Segments:
iscsi:1617 (ens1.1617): UP
virtSwitch: ISCSI-B [DEGRADED]
Uplinks:
ens2: UP
Segments:
iscsi:1618 (ens2.1618): UP
virtSwitch: migration [DEGRADED]
Uplinks:
ens20: UP
ens21: UP
Aggregation: active-backup — active
Segments:
live-migration (hvmup1.1612): UNKNOWN
virtSwitch: VM-Network [DEGRADED]
Uplinks:
ens22: UP
ens23: UP
Aggregation: active-backup — active
Segments:
vm (hvmup5): UP
virtSwitch: vs0 [DEGRADED]
Uplinks:
ens18: UP
Segments:
management (ens18.1611): UNKNOWN — gateway 172.16.11.1 (routable)
vm (ens18): UP
root@hvm-n1:~#Delete Virtual Switch
sudo hvmcli virtswitch delete
Version Information
sudo hvmcli versionHelp Commands
Show namespace help:
sudo hvmcli vm help
sudo hvmcli storage help
sudo hvmcli cluster help
sudo hvmcli hardware helpUseful Examples
# List all VMs
sudo hvmcli vm list
# Start a VM
sudo hvmcli vm start --name web-server
# Stop a VM forcefully
sudo hvmcli vm stop --name web-server --force
# Check cluster health
sudo hvmcli cluster status
# View CPU information
sudo hvmcli hardware cpu list
# Perform host health check
sudo hvmcli health check
# View real-time resource usage
sudo hvmcli top
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