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25.\" $FreeBSD$
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27.Dd November 13, 2016
28.Dt BHYVECTL 8
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm bhyvectl
32.Nd "control utility for bhyve instances"
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.Nm
35.Fl -vm= Ns Ar <vmname>
36.Op Fl -create
37.Op Fl -destroy
38.Op Fl -get-stats
39.Op Fl -inject-nmi
40.Op Fl -force-reset
41.Op Fl -force-poweroff
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43The
44.Nm
45command is a control utility for active
46.Xr bhyve 8
47virtual machine instances.
48.Pp
49.Em Note :
50Most
51.Nm
52flags are intended for querying and setting the state of an active instance.
53These commands are intended for development purposes, and are not documented here.
54A complete list can be obtained by executing
55.Nm
56without any arguments.
57.Pp
58The user-facing options are as follows:
59.Bl -tag -width ".Fl d Ar argument"
60.It Fl -vm= Ns Ar <vmname>
61Operate on the virtual machine
62.Ar <vmname> .
63.It Fl -create
64Create the specified VM.
65.It Fl -destroy
66Destroy the specified VM.
67.It Fl -get-stats
68Retrieve statistics for the specified VM.
69.It Fl -inject-nmi
70Inject a non-maskable interrupt (NMI) into the VM.
71.It Fl -force-reset
72Force the VM to reset.
73.It Fl -force-poweroff
74Force the VM to power off.
75.El
76.Sh EXIT STATUS
77.Ex -std
78.Sh EXAMPLES
79Destroy the VM called fbsd10:
80.Pp
81.Dl "bhyvectl --vm=fbsd10 --destroy"
82.Sh SEE ALSO
83.Xr bhyve 8 ,
84.Xr bhyveload 8
85.Sh HISTORY
86The
87.Nm
88command first appeared in
89.Fx 10.1 .
90.Sh AUTHORS
91.An -nosplit
92The
93.Nm
94utility was written by
95.An Peter Grehan
96and
97.An Neel Natu .
98