Chapter 19. Red Hat Virtualization tools
The following is a list of tools for Linux and Xen administration, debugging and networking tools that are useful for systems running Xen.
xentop
xm dmesg
xm log
vmstat
iostat
lsof
# lsof -i :5900 xen-vncfb 10635 root 5u IPv4 218738 TCP grumble.boston.redhat.com:5900 (LISTEN)
XenOprofile
systemTap
crash
xen-gdbserver
sysrq
sysrq t
sysrq w
sysrq c
brtcl
# brctl show
bridge name bridge id STP enabled interfaces
xenbr0 8000.feffffffffff no vif13.0
pdummy0
vif0.0
# brctl showmacs xenbr0 port no mac addr is local? aging timer 1 fe:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff yes 0.00
# brctl showstp xenbr0 xenbr0 bridge id 8000.feffffffffff designated root 8000.feffffffffff root port 0 path cost 0 max age 20.00 bridge max age 20.00 hello time 2.00 bridge hello time 2.00 forward delay 0.00 bridge forward delay 0.00 aging time 300.01 hello timer 1.43 tcn timer 0.00 topology change timer 0.00 gc timer 0.02 flags vif13.0 (3) port id 8003 state forwarding designated root 8000.feffffffffff path cost 100 designated bridge 8000.feffffffffff message age timer 0.00 designated port 8003 forward delay timer 0.00 designated cost 0 hold timer 0.43 flags pdummy0 (2) port id 8002 state forwarding designated root 8000.feffffffffff path cost 100 designated bridge 8000.feffffffffff message age timer 0.00 designated port 8002 forward delay timer 0.00 designated cost 0 hold timer 0.43 flags vif0.0 (1) port id 8001 state forwarding designated root 8000.feffffffffff path cost 100 designated bridge 8000.feffffffffff message age timer 0.00 designated port 8001 forward delay timer 0.00 designated cost 0 hold timer 0.43 flags
ifconfig
tcpdump