1 HXCOMM QMP dispatch table and documentation
2 HXCOMM Text between SQMP and EQMP is copied to the QMP documentation file and
3 HXCOMM does not show up in the other formats.
9 This document describes all commands currently supported by QMP.
11 Most of the time their usage is exactly the same as in the user Monitor, this
12 means that any other document which also describe commands (the manpage,
13 QEMU's manual, etc) can and should be consulted.
15 QMP has two types of commands: regular and query commands. Regular commands
16 usually change the Virtual Machine's state someway, while query commands just
17 return information. The sections below are divided accordingly.
19 It's important to observe that all communication examples are formatted in
20 a reader-friendly way, so that they're easier to understand. However, in real
21 protocol usage, they're emitted as a single line.
23 Also, the following notation is used to denote data flow:
25 -> data issued by the Client
26 <- Server data response
28 Please, refer to the QMP specification (QMP/qmp-spec.txt) for detailed
29 information on the Server command and response formats.
31 NOTE: This document is temporary and will be replaced soon.
33 1. Stability Considerations
34 ===========================
36 The current QMP command set (described in this file) may be useful for a
37 number of use cases, however it's limited and several commands have bad
38 defined semantics, specially with regard to command completion.
40 These problems are going to be solved incrementally in the next QEMU releases
41 and we're going to establish a deprecation policy for badly defined commands.
43 If you're planning to adopt QMP, please observe the following:
45 1. The deprecation policy will take effect and be documented soon, please
46 check the documentation of each used command as soon as a new release of
49 2. DO NOT rely on anything which is not explicit documented
51 3. Errors, in special, are not documented. Applications should NOT check
52 for specific errors classes or data (it's strongly recommended to only
53 check for the "error" key)
58 Server's responses in the examples below are always a success response, please
59 refer to the QMP specification for more details on error responses.
66 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_quit,
79 -> { "execute": "quit" }
86 .args_type = "force:-f,device:B",
87 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_eject,
94 Eject a removable medium.
98 - force: force ejection (json-bool, optional)
99 - device: device name (json-string)
103 -> { "execute": "eject", "arguments": { "device": "ide1-cd0" } }
106 Note: The "force" argument defaults to false.
112 .args_type = "device:B,target:F,arg:s?",
113 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_change,
120 Change a removable medium or VNC configuration.
124 - "device": device name (json-string)
125 - "target": filename or item (json-string)
126 - "arg": additional argument (json-string, optional)
130 1. Change a removable medium
132 -> { "execute": "change",
133 "arguments": { "device": "ide1-cd0",
134 "target": "/srv/images/Fedora-12-x86_64-DVD.iso" } }
137 2. Change VNC password
139 -> { "execute": "change",
140 "arguments": { "device": "vnc", "target": "password",
147 .name = "screendump",
148 .args_type = "filename:F",
149 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_screendump,
156 Save screen into PPM image.
160 - "filename": file path (json-string)
164 -> { "execute": "screendump", "arguments": { "filename": "/tmp/image" } }
172 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_stop,
185 -> { "execute": "stop" }
193 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_cont,
206 -> { "execute": "cont" }
212 .name = "system_wakeup",
214 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_system_wakeup,
221 Wakeup guest from suspend.
227 -> { "execute": "system_wakeup" }
233 .name = "system_reset",
235 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_system_reset,
248 -> { "execute": "system_reset" }
254 .name = "system_powerdown",
256 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_system_powerdown,
263 Send system power down event.
269 -> { "execute": "system_powerdown" }
275 .name = "device_add",
276 .args_type = "device:O",
277 .params = "driver[,prop=value][,...]",
278 .help = "add device, like -device on the command line",
279 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_device_add,
290 - "driver": the name of the new device's driver (json-string)
291 - "bus": the device's parent bus (device tree path, json-string, optional)
292 - "id": the device's ID, must be unique (json-string)
297 -> { "execute": "device_add", "arguments": { "driver": "e1000", "id": "net1" } }
302 (1) For detailed information about this command, please refer to the
303 'docs/qdev-device-use.txt' file.
305 (2) It's possible to list device properties by running QEMU with the
306 "-device DEVICE,\?" command-line argument, where DEVICE is the device's name
311 .name = "device_del",
313 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_device_del,
324 - "id": the device's ID or QOM path (json-string)
328 -> { "execute": "device_del", "arguments": { "id": "net1" } }
333 -> { "execute": "device_del", "arguments": { "id": "/machine/peripheral-anon/device[0]" } }
340 .args_type = "keys:q,hold-time:i?",
341 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_send_key,
353 - "key": key sequence (a json-array of key union values,
354 union can be number or qcode enum)
356 - hold-time: time to delay key up events, milliseconds. Defaults to 100
361 -> { "execute": "send-key",
362 "arguments": { "keys": [ { "type": "qcode", "data": "ctrl" },
363 { "type": "qcode", "data": "alt" },
364 { "type": "qcode", "data": "delete" } ] } }
371 .args_type = "index:i",
372 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_cpu,
383 - "index": the CPU's index (json-int)
387 -> { "execute": "cpu", "arguments": { "index": 0 } }
390 Note: CPUs' indexes are obtained with the 'query-cpus' command.
397 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_cpu_add,
408 - "id": cpu id (json-int)
412 -> { "execute": "cpu-add", "arguments": { "id": 2 } }
419 .args_type = "val:l,size:i,filename:s,cpu:i?",
420 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_memsave,
427 Save to disk virtual memory dump starting at 'val' of size 'size'.
431 - "val": the starting address (json-int)
432 - "size": the memory size, in bytes (json-int)
433 - "filename": file path (json-string)
434 - "cpu": virtual CPU index (json-int, optional)
438 -> { "execute": "memsave",
439 "arguments": { "val": 10,
441 "filename": "/tmp/virtual-mem-dump" } }
448 .args_type = "val:l,size:i,filename:s",
449 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_pmemsave,
456 Save to disk physical memory dump starting at 'val' of size 'size'.
460 - "val": the starting address (json-int)
461 - "size": the memory size, in bytes (json-int)
462 - "filename": file path (json-string)
466 -> { "execute": "pmemsave",
467 "arguments": { "val": 10,
469 "filename": "/tmp/physical-mem-dump" } }
475 .name = "inject-nmi",
477 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_inject_nmi,
484 Inject an NMI on the default CPU (x86/s390) or all CPUs (ppc64).
490 -> { "execute": "inject-nmi" }
493 Note: inject-nmi fails when the guest doesn't support injecting.
498 .name = "ringbuf-write",
499 .args_type = "device:s,data:s,format:s?",
500 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_ringbuf_write,
507 Write to a ring buffer character device.
511 - "device": ring buffer character device name (json-string)
512 - "data": data to write (json-string)
513 - "format": data format (json-string, optional)
514 - Possible values: "utf8" (default), "base64"
515 Bug: invalid base64 is currently not rejected.
516 Whitespace *is* invalid.
520 -> { "execute": "ringbuf-write",
521 "arguments": { "device": "foo",
529 .name = "ringbuf-read",
530 .args_type = "device:s,size:i,format:s?",
531 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_ringbuf_read,
538 Read from a ring buffer character device.
542 - "device": ring buffer character device name (json-string)
543 - "size": how many bytes to read at most (json-int)
544 - Number of data bytes, not number of characters in encoded data
545 - "format": data format (json-string, optional)
546 - Possible values: "utf8" (default), "base64"
547 - Naturally, format "utf8" works only when the ring buffer
548 contains valid UTF-8 text. Invalid UTF-8 sequences get
549 replaced. Bug: replacement doesn't work. Bug: can screw
550 up on encountering NUL characters, after the ring buffer
551 lost data, and when reading stops because the size limit
556 -> { "execute": "ringbuf-read",
557 "arguments": { "device": "foo",
560 <- {"return": "abcdefgh"}
565 .name = "xen-save-devices-state",
566 .args_type = "filename:F",
567 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_xen_save_devices_state,
571 xen-save-devices-state
574 Save the state of all devices to file. The RAM and the block devices
575 of the VM are not saved by this command.
579 - "filename": the file to save the state of the devices to as binary
580 data. See xen-save-devices-state.txt for a description of the binary
585 -> { "execute": "xen-save-devices-state",
586 "arguments": { "filename": "/tmp/save" } }
592 .name = "xen-set-global-dirty-log",
593 .args_type = "enable:b",
594 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_xen_set_global_dirty_log,
598 xen-set-global-dirty-log
601 Enable or disable the global dirty log mode.
605 - "enable": Enable it or disable it.
609 -> { "execute": "xen-set-global-dirty-log",
610 "arguments": { "enable": true } }
617 .args_type = "detach:-d,blk:-b,inc:-i,uri:s",
618 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_migrate,
629 - "blk": block migration, full disk copy (json-bool, optional)
630 - "inc": incremental disk copy (json-bool, optional)
631 - "uri": Destination URI (json-string)
635 -> { "execute": "migrate", "arguments": { "uri": "tcp:0:4446" } }
640 (1) The 'query-migrate' command should be used to check migration's progress
641 and final result (this information is provided by the 'status' member)
642 (2) All boolean arguments default to false
643 (3) The user Monitor's "detach" argument is invalid in QMP and should not
649 .name = "migrate_cancel",
651 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_migrate_cancel,
658 Cancel the current migration.
664 -> { "execute": "migrate_cancel" }
670 .name = "migrate-incoming",
671 .args_type = "uri:s",
672 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_migrate_incoming,
679 Continue an incoming migration
683 - "uri": Source/listening URI (json-string)
687 -> { "execute": "migrate-incoming", "arguments": { "uri": "tcp::4446" } }
692 (1) QEMU must be started with -incoming defer to allow migrate-incoming to
694 (2) The uri format is the same as for -incoming
698 .name = "migrate-set-cache-size",
699 .args_type = "value:o",
700 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_migrate_set_cache_size,
704 migrate-set-cache-size
705 ----------------------
707 Set cache size to be used by XBZRLE migration, the cache size will be rounded
708 down to the nearest power of 2
712 - "value": cache size in bytes (json-int)
716 -> { "execute": "migrate-set-cache-size", "arguments": { "value": 536870912 } }
721 .name = "migrate-start-postcopy",
723 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_migrate_start_postcopy,
727 migrate-start-postcopy
728 ----------------------
730 Switch an in-progress migration to postcopy mode. Ignored after the end of
731 migration (or once already in postcopy).
734 -> { "execute": "migrate-start-postcopy" }
740 .name = "query-migrate-cache-size",
742 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_migrate_cache_size,
746 query-migrate-cache-size
747 ------------------------
749 Show cache size to be used by XBZRLE migration
751 returns a json-object with the following information:
756 -> { "execute": "query-migrate-cache-size" }
757 <- { "return": 67108864 }
762 .name = "migrate_set_speed",
763 .args_type = "value:o",
764 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_migrate_set_speed,
771 Set maximum speed for migrations.
775 - "value": maximum speed, in bytes per second (json-int)
779 -> { "execute": "migrate_set_speed", "arguments": { "value": 1024 } }
785 .name = "migrate_set_downtime",
786 .args_type = "value:T",
787 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_migrate_set_downtime,
794 Set maximum tolerated downtime (in seconds) for migrations.
798 - "value": maximum downtime (json-number)
802 -> { "execute": "migrate_set_downtime", "arguments": { "value": 0.1 } }
808 .name = "client_migrate_info",
809 .args_type = "protocol:s,hostname:s,port:i?,tls-port:i?,cert-subject:s?",
810 .params = "protocol hostname port tls-port cert-subject",
811 .help = "set migration information for remote display",
812 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_client_migrate_info,
819 Set migration information for remote display. This makes the server
820 ask the client to automatically reconnect using the new parameters
821 once migration finished successfully. Only implemented for SPICE.
825 - "protocol": must be "spice" (json-string)
826 - "hostname": migration target hostname (json-string)
827 - "port": spice tcp port for plaintext channels (json-int, optional)
828 - "tls-port": spice tcp port for tls-secured channels (json-int, optional)
829 - "cert-subject": server certificate subject (json-string, optional)
833 -> { "execute": "client_migrate_info",
834 "arguments": { "protocol": "spice",
835 "hostname": "virt42.lab.kraxel.org",
842 .name = "dump-guest-memory",
843 .args_type = "paging:b,protocol:s,begin:i?,end:i?,format:s?",
844 .params = "-p protocol [begin] [length] [format]",
845 .help = "dump guest memory to file",
846 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_dump_guest_memory,
853 Dump guest memory to file. The file can be processed with crash or gdb.
857 - "paging": do paging to get guest's memory mapping (json-bool)
858 - "protocol": destination file(started with "file:") or destination file
859 descriptor (started with "fd:") (json-string)
860 - "begin": the starting physical address. It's optional, and should be specified
861 with length together (json-int)
862 - "length": the memory size, in bytes. It's optional, and should be specified
863 with begin together (json-int)
864 - "format": the format of guest memory dump. It's optional, and can be
865 elf|kdump-zlib|kdump-lzo|kdump-snappy, but non-elf formats will
866 conflict with paging and filter, ie. begin and length (json-string)
870 -> { "execute": "dump-guest-memory", "arguments": { "protocol": "fd:dump" } }
875 (1) All boolean arguments default to false
880 .name = "query-dump-guest-memory-capability",
882 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_dump_guest_memory_capability,
886 query-dump-guest-memory-capability
889 Show available formats for 'dump-guest-memory'
893 -> { "execute": "query-dump-guest-memory-capability" }
894 <- { "return": { "formats":
895 ["elf", "kdump-zlib", "kdump-lzo", "kdump-snappy"] }
899 #if defined TARGET_S390X
901 .name = "dump-skeys",
902 .args_type = "filename:F",
903 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_dump_skeys,
911 Save guest storage keys to file.
915 - "filename": file path (json-string)
919 -> { "execute": "dump-skeys", "arguments": { "filename": "/tmp/skeys" } }
925 .name = "netdev_add",
926 .args_type = "netdev:O",
927 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_netdev_add,
934 Add host network device.
938 - "type": the device type, "tap", "user", ... (json-string)
939 - "id": the device's ID, must be unique (json-string)
944 -> { "execute": "netdev_add",
945 "arguments": { "type": "user", "id": "netdev1",
946 "dnssearch": "example.org" } }
949 Note: The supported device options are the same ones supported by the '-netdev'
950 command-line argument, which are listed in the '-help' output or QEMU's
956 .name = "netdev_del",
958 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_netdev_del,
965 Remove host network device.
969 - "id": the device's ID, must be unique (json-string)
973 -> { "execute": "netdev_del", "arguments": { "id": "netdev1" } }
980 .name = "object-add",
981 .args_type = "qom-type:s,id:s,props:q?",
982 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_object_add,
993 - "qom-type": the object's QOM type, i.e. the class name (json-string)
994 - "id": the object's ID, must be unique (json-string)
995 - "props": a dictionary of object property values (optional, json-dict)
999 -> { "execute": "object-add", "arguments": { "qom-type": "rng-random", "id": "rng1",
1000 "props": { "filename": "/dev/hwrng" } } }
1006 .name = "object-del",
1007 .args_type = "id:s",
1008 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_object_del,
1019 - "id": the object's ID (json-string)
1023 -> { "execute": "object-del", "arguments": { "id": "rng1" } }
1031 .name = "block_resize",
1032 .args_type = "device:s?,node-name:s?,size:o",
1033 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_block_resize,
1040 Resize a block image while a guest is running.
1044 - "device": the device's ID, must be unique (json-string)
1045 - "node-name": the node name in the block driver state graph (json-string)
1050 -> { "execute": "block_resize", "arguments": { "device": "scratch", "size": 1073741824 } }
1056 .name = "block-stream",
1057 .args_type = "device:B,base:s?,speed:o?,backing-file:s?,on-error:s?",
1058 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_block_stream,
1065 Copy data from a backing file into a block device.
1069 - "device": The device's ID, must be unique (json-string)
1070 - "base": The file name of the backing image above which copying starts
1071 (json-string, optional)
1072 - "backing-file": The backing file string to write into the active layer. This
1073 filename is not validated.
1075 If a pathname string is such that it cannot be resolved by
1076 QEMU, that means that subsequent QMP or HMP commands must use
1077 node-names for the image in question, as filename lookup
1080 If not specified, QEMU will automatically determine the
1081 backing file string to use, or error out if there is no
1082 obvious choice. Care should be taken when specifying the
1083 string, to specify a valid filename or protocol.
1084 (json-string, optional) (Since 2.1)
1085 - "speed": the maximum speed, in bytes per second (json-int, optional)
1086 - "on-error": the action to take on an error (default 'report'). 'stop' and
1087 'enospc' can only be used if the block device supports io-status.
1088 (json-string, optional) (Since 2.1)
1092 -> { "execute": "block-stream", "arguments": { "device": "virtio0",
1093 "base": "/tmp/master.qcow2" } }
1099 .name = "block-commit",
1100 .args_type = "device:B,base:s?,top:s?,backing-file:s?,speed:o?",
1101 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_block_commit,
1108 Live commit of data from overlay image nodes into backing nodes - i.e., writes
1109 data between 'top' and 'base' into 'base'.
1113 - "device": The device's ID, must be unique (json-string)
1114 - "base": The file name of the backing image to write data into.
1115 If not specified, this is the deepest backing image
1116 (json-string, optional)
1117 - "top": The file name of the backing image within the image chain,
1118 which contains the topmost data to be committed down. If
1119 not specified, this is the active layer. (json-string, optional)
1121 - backing-file: The backing file string to write into the overlay
1122 image of 'top'. If 'top' is the active layer,
1123 specifying a backing file string is an error. This
1124 filename is not validated.
1126 If a pathname string is such that it cannot be
1127 resolved by QEMU, that means that subsequent QMP or
1128 HMP commands must use node-names for the image in
1129 question, as filename lookup methods will fail.
1131 If not specified, QEMU will automatically determine
1132 the backing file string to use, or error out if
1133 there is no obvious choice. Care should be taken
1134 when specifying the string, to specify a valid
1135 filename or protocol.
1136 (json-string, optional) (Since 2.1)
1138 If top == base, that is an error.
1139 If top == active, the job will not be completed by itself,
1140 user needs to complete the job with the block-job-complete
1141 command after getting the ready event. (Since 2.0)
1143 If the base image is smaller than top, then the base image
1144 will be resized to be the same size as top. If top is
1145 smaller than the base image, the base will not be
1146 truncated. If you want the base image size to match the
1147 size of the smaller top, you can safely truncate it
1148 yourself once the commit operation successfully completes.
1150 - "speed": the maximum speed, in bytes per second (json-int, optional)
1155 -> { "execute": "block-commit", "arguments": { "device": "virtio0",
1156 "top": "/tmp/snap1.qcow2" } }
1162 .name = "drive-backup",
1163 .args_type = "sync:s,device:B,target:s,speed:i?,mode:s?,format:s?,"
1164 "bitmap:s?,on-source-error:s?,on-target-error:s?",
1165 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_drive_backup,
1172 Start a point-in-time copy of a block device to a new destination. The
1173 status of ongoing drive-backup operations can be checked with
1174 query-block-jobs where the BlockJobInfo.type field has the value 'backup'.
1175 The operation can be stopped before it has completed using the
1176 block-job-cancel command.
1180 - "device": the name of the device which should be copied.
1182 - "target": the target of the new image. If the file exists, or if it is a
1183 device, the existing file/device will be used as the new
1184 destination. If it does not exist, a new file will be created.
1186 - "format": the format of the new destination, default is to probe if 'mode' is
1187 'existing', else the format of the source
1188 (json-string, optional)
1189 - "sync": what parts of the disk image should be copied to the destination;
1190 possibilities include "full" for all the disk, "top" for only the sectors
1191 allocated in the topmost image, "incremental" for only the dirty sectors in
1192 the bitmap, or "none" to only replicate new I/O (MirrorSyncMode).
1193 - "bitmap": dirty bitmap name for sync==incremental. Must be present if sync
1194 is "incremental", must NOT be present otherwise.
1195 - "mode": whether and how QEMU should create a new image
1196 (NewImageMode, optional, default 'absolute-paths')
1197 - "speed": the maximum speed, in bytes per second (json-int, optional)
1198 - "on-source-error": the action to take on an error on the source, default
1199 'report'. 'stop' and 'enospc' can only be used
1200 if the block device supports io-status.
1201 (BlockdevOnError, optional)
1202 - "on-target-error": the action to take on an error on the target, default
1203 'report' (no limitations, since this applies to
1204 a different block device than device).
1205 (BlockdevOnError, optional)
1208 -> { "execute": "drive-backup", "arguments": { "device": "drive0",
1210 "target": "backup.img" } }
1216 .name = "blockdev-backup",
1217 .args_type = "sync:s,device:B,target:B,speed:i?,"
1218 "on-source-error:s?,on-target-error:s?",
1219 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_blockdev_backup,
1226 The device version of drive-backup: this command takes an existing named device
1231 - "device": the name of the device which should be copied.
1233 - "target": the name of the backup target device. (json-string)
1234 - "sync": what parts of the disk image should be copied to the destination;
1235 possibilities include "full" for all the disk, "top" for only the
1236 sectors allocated in the topmost image, or "none" to only replicate
1237 new I/O (MirrorSyncMode).
1238 - "speed": the maximum speed, in bytes per second (json-int, optional)
1239 - "on-source-error": the action to take on an error on the source, default
1240 'report'. 'stop' and 'enospc' can only be used
1241 if the block device supports io-status.
1242 (BlockdevOnError, optional)
1243 - "on-target-error": the action to take on an error on the target, default
1244 'report' (no limitations, since this applies to
1245 a different block device than device).
1246 (BlockdevOnError, optional)
1249 -> { "execute": "blockdev-backup", "arguments": { "device": "src-id",
1251 "target": "tgt-id" } }
1257 .name = "block-job-set-speed",
1258 .args_type = "device:B,speed:o",
1259 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_block_job_set_speed,
1263 .name = "block-job-cancel",
1264 .args_type = "device:B,force:b?",
1265 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_block_job_cancel,
1268 .name = "block-job-pause",
1269 .args_type = "device:B",
1270 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_block_job_pause,
1273 .name = "block-job-resume",
1274 .args_type = "device:B",
1275 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_block_job_resume,
1278 .name = "block-job-complete",
1279 .args_type = "device:B",
1280 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_block_job_complete,
1283 .name = "transaction",
1284 .args_type = "actions:q,properties:q?",
1285 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_transaction,
1292 Atomically operate on one or more block devices. Operations that are
1293 currently supported:
1297 - blockdev-snapshot-sync
1298 - blockdev-snapshot-internal-sync
1300 - block-dirty-bitmap-add
1301 - block-dirty-bitmap-clear
1303 Refer to the qemu/qapi-schema.json file for minimum required QEMU
1304 versions for these operations. A list of dictionaries is accepted,
1305 that contains the actions to be performed. If there is any failure
1306 performing any of the operations, all operations for the group are
1309 For external snapshots, the dictionary contains the device, the file to use for
1310 the new snapshot, and the format. The default format, if not specified, is
1313 Each new snapshot defaults to being created by QEMU (wiping any
1314 contents if the file already exists), but it is also possible to reuse
1315 an externally-created file. In the latter case, you should ensure that
1316 the new image file has the same contents as the current one; QEMU cannot
1317 perform any meaningful check. Typically this is achieved by using the
1318 current image file as the backing file for the new image.
1320 On failure, the original disks pre-snapshot attempt will be used.
1322 For internal snapshots, the dictionary contains the device and the snapshot's
1323 name. If an internal snapshot matching name already exists, the request will
1324 be rejected. Only some image formats support it, for example, qcow2, rbd,
1327 On failure, qemu will try delete the newly created internal snapshot in the
1328 transaction. When an I/O error occurs during deletion, the user needs to fix
1329 it later with qemu-img or other command.
1334 - "type": the operation to perform (json-string). Possible
1335 values: "drive-backup", "blockdev-backup",
1336 "blockdev-snapshot-sync",
1337 "blockdev-snapshot-internal-sync",
1338 "abort", "block-dirty-bitmap-add",
1339 "block-dirty-bitmap-clear"
1340 - "data": a dictionary. The contents depend on the value
1341 of "type". When "type" is "blockdev-snapshot-sync":
1342 - "device": device name to snapshot (json-string)
1343 - "node-name": graph node name to snapshot (json-string)
1344 - "snapshot-file": name of new image file (json-string)
1345 - "snapshot-node-name": graph node name of the new snapshot (json-string)
1346 - "format": format of new image (json-string, optional)
1347 - "mode": whether and how QEMU should create the snapshot file
1348 (NewImageMode, optional, default "absolute-paths")
1349 When "type" is "blockdev-snapshot-internal-sync":
1350 - "device": device name to snapshot (json-string)
1351 - "name": name of the new snapshot (json-string)
1355 -> { "execute": "transaction",
1356 "arguments": { "actions": [
1357 { "type": "blockdev-snapshot-sync", "data" : { "device": "ide-hd0",
1358 "snapshot-file": "/some/place/my-image",
1359 "format": "qcow2" } },
1360 { "type": "blockdev-snapshot-sync", "data" : { "node-name": "myfile",
1361 "snapshot-file": "/some/place/my-image2",
1362 "snapshot-node-name": "node3432",
1364 "format": "qcow2" } },
1365 { "type": "blockdev-snapshot-sync", "data" : { "device": "ide-hd1",
1366 "snapshot-file": "/some/place/my-image2",
1368 "format": "qcow2" } },
1369 { "type": "blockdev-snapshot-internal-sync", "data" : {
1370 "device": "ide-hd2",
1371 "name": "snapshot0" } } ] } }
1377 .name = "block-dirty-bitmap-add",
1378 .args_type = "node:B,name:s,granularity:i?",
1379 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_block_dirty_bitmap_add,
1384 block-dirty-bitmap-add
1385 ----------------------
1388 Create a dirty bitmap with a name on the device, and start tracking the writes.
1392 - "node": device/node on which to create dirty bitmap (json-string)
1393 - "name": name of the new dirty bitmap (json-string)
1394 - "granularity": granularity to track writes with (int, optional)
1398 -> { "execute": "block-dirty-bitmap-add", "arguments": { "node": "drive0",
1399 "name": "bitmap0" } }
1405 .name = "block-dirty-bitmap-remove",
1406 .args_type = "node:B,name:s",
1407 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_block_dirty_bitmap_remove,
1412 block-dirty-bitmap-remove
1413 -------------------------
1416 Stop write tracking and remove the dirty bitmap that was created with
1417 block-dirty-bitmap-add.
1421 - "node": device/node on which to remove dirty bitmap (json-string)
1422 - "name": name of the dirty bitmap to remove (json-string)
1426 -> { "execute": "block-dirty-bitmap-remove", "arguments": { "node": "drive0",
1427 "name": "bitmap0" } }
1433 .name = "block-dirty-bitmap-clear",
1434 .args_type = "node:B,name:s",
1435 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_block_dirty_bitmap_clear,
1440 block-dirty-bitmap-clear
1441 ------------------------
1444 Reset the dirty bitmap associated with a node so that an incremental backup
1445 from this point in time forward will only backup clusters modified after this
1450 - "node": device/node on which to remove dirty bitmap (json-string)
1451 - "name": name of the dirty bitmap to remove (json-string)
1455 -> { "execute": "block-dirty-bitmap-clear", "arguments": { "node": "drive0",
1456 "name": "bitmap0" } }
1462 .name = "blockdev-snapshot-sync",
1463 .args_type = "device:s?,node-name:s?,snapshot-file:s,snapshot-node-name:s?,format:s?,mode:s?",
1464 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_blockdev_snapshot_sync,
1468 blockdev-snapshot-sync
1469 ----------------------
1471 Synchronous snapshot of a block device. snapshot-file specifies the
1472 target of the new image. If the file exists, or if it is a device, the
1473 snapshot will be created in the existing file/device. If does not
1474 exist, a new file will be created. format specifies the format of the
1475 snapshot image, default is qcow2.
1479 - "device": device name to snapshot (json-string)
1480 - "node-name": graph node name to snapshot (json-string)
1481 - "snapshot-file": name of new image file (json-string)
1482 - "snapshot-node-name": graph node name of the new snapshot (json-string)
1483 - "mode": whether and how QEMU should create the snapshot file
1484 (NewImageMode, optional, default "absolute-paths")
1485 - "format": format of new image (json-string, optional)
1489 -> { "execute": "blockdev-snapshot-sync", "arguments": { "device": "ide-hd0",
1491 "/some/place/my-image",
1492 "format": "qcow2" } }
1498 .name = "blockdev-snapshot",
1499 .args_type = "node:s,overlay:s",
1500 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_blockdev_snapshot,
1508 Create a snapshot, by installing 'node' as the backing image of
1509 'overlay'. Additionally, if 'node' is associated with a block
1510 device, the block device changes to using 'overlay' as its new active
1515 - "node": device that will have a snapshot created (json-string)
1516 - "overlay": device that will have 'node' as its backing image (json-string)
1520 -> { "execute": "blockdev-add",
1521 "arguments": { "options": { "driver": "qcow2",
1522 "node-name": "node1534",
1523 "file": { "driver": "file",
1524 "filename": "hd1.qcow2" },
1529 -> { "execute": "blockdev-snapshot", "arguments": { "node": "ide-hd0",
1530 "overlay": "node1534" } }
1536 .name = "blockdev-snapshot-internal-sync",
1537 .args_type = "device:B,name:s",
1538 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_blockdev_snapshot_internal_sync,
1542 blockdev-snapshot-internal-sync
1543 -------------------------------
1545 Synchronously take an internal snapshot of a block device when the format of
1546 image used supports it. If the name is an empty string, or a snapshot with
1547 name already exists, the operation will fail.
1551 - "device": device name to snapshot (json-string)
1552 - "name": name of the new snapshot (json-string)
1556 -> { "execute": "blockdev-snapshot-internal-sync",
1557 "arguments": { "device": "ide-hd0",
1558 "name": "snapshot0" }
1565 .name = "blockdev-snapshot-delete-internal-sync",
1566 .args_type = "device:B,id:s?,name:s?",
1568 qmp_marshal_blockdev_snapshot_delete_internal_sync,
1572 blockdev-snapshot-delete-internal-sync
1573 --------------------------------------
1575 Synchronously delete an internal snapshot of a block device when the format of
1576 image used supports it. The snapshot is identified by name or id or both. One
1577 of name or id is required. If the snapshot is not found, the operation will
1582 - "device": device name (json-string)
1583 - "id": ID of the snapshot (json-string, optional)
1584 - "name": name of the snapshot (json-string, optional)
1588 -> { "execute": "blockdev-snapshot-delete-internal-sync",
1589 "arguments": { "device": "ide-hd0",
1590 "name": "snapshot0" }
1594 "name": "snapshot0",
1596 "date-sec": 1000012,
1598 "vm-clock-sec": 100,
1606 .name = "drive-mirror",
1607 .args_type = "sync:s,device:B,target:s,speed:i?,mode:s?,format:s?,"
1608 "node-name:s?,replaces:s?,"
1609 "on-source-error:s?,on-target-error:s?,"
1611 "granularity:i?,buf-size:i?",
1612 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_drive_mirror,
1619 Start mirroring a block device's writes to a new destination. target
1620 specifies the target of the new image. If the file exists, or if it is
1621 a device, it will be used as the new destination for writes. If it does not
1622 exist, a new file will be created. format specifies the format of the
1623 mirror image, default is to probe if mode='existing', else the format
1628 - "device": device name to operate on (json-string)
1629 - "target": name of new image file (json-string)
1630 - "format": format of new image (json-string, optional)
1631 - "node-name": the name of the new block driver state in the node graph
1632 (json-string, optional)
1633 - "replaces": the block driver node name to replace when finished
1634 (json-string, optional)
1635 - "mode": how an image file should be created into the target
1636 file/device (NewImageMode, optional, default 'absolute-paths')
1637 - "speed": maximum speed of the streaming job, in bytes per second
1639 - "granularity": granularity of the dirty bitmap, in bytes (json-int, optional)
1640 - "buf_size": maximum amount of data in flight from source to target, in bytes
1641 (json-int, default 10M)
1642 - "sync": what parts of the disk image should be copied to the destination;
1643 possibilities include "full" for all the disk, "top" for only the sectors
1644 allocated in the topmost image, or "none" to only replicate new I/O
1646 - "on-source-error": the action to take on an error on the source
1647 (BlockdevOnError, default 'report')
1648 - "on-target-error": the action to take on an error on the target
1649 (BlockdevOnError, default 'report')
1650 - "unmap": whether the target sectors should be discarded where source has only
1651 zeroes. (json-bool, optional, default true)
1653 The default value of the granularity is the image cluster size clamped
1654 between 4096 and 65536, if the image format defines one. If the format
1655 does not define a cluster size, the default value of the granularity
1661 -> { "execute": "drive-mirror", "arguments": { "device": "ide-hd0",
1662 "target": "/some/place/my-image",
1664 "format": "qcow2" } }
1670 .name = "change-backing-file",
1671 .args_type = "device:s,image-node-name:s,backing-file:s",
1672 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_change_backing_file,
1680 Change the backing file in the image file metadata. This does not cause
1681 QEMU to reopen the image file to reparse the backing filename (it may,
1682 however, perform a reopen to change permissions from r/o -> r/w -> r/o,
1683 if needed). The new backing file string is written into the image file
1684 metadata, and the QEMU internal strings are updated.
1688 - "image-node-name": The name of the block driver state node of the
1689 image to modify. The "device" is argument is used to
1690 verify "image-node-name" is in the chain described by
1692 (json-string, optional)
1694 - "device": The name of the device.
1697 - "backing-file": The string to write as the backing file. This string is
1698 not validated, so care should be taken when specifying
1699 the string or the image chain may not be able to be
1703 Returns: Nothing on success
1704 If "device" does not exist or cannot be determined, DeviceNotFound
1710 .args_type = "value:M",
1711 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_balloon,
1718 Request VM to change its memory allocation (in bytes).
1722 - "value": New memory allocation (json-int)
1726 -> { "execute": "balloon", "arguments": { "value": 536870912 } }
1733 .args_type = "name:s,up:b",
1734 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_set_link,
1741 Change the link status of a network adapter.
1745 - "name": network device name (json-string)
1746 - "up": status is up (json-bool)
1750 -> { "execute": "set_link", "arguments": { "name": "e1000.0", "up": false } }
1757 .args_type = "fdname:s",
1758 .params = "getfd name",
1759 .help = "receive a file descriptor via SCM rights and assign it a name",
1760 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_getfd,
1767 Receive a file descriptor via SCM rights and assign it a name.
1771 - "fdname": file descriptor name (json-string)
1775 -> { "execute": "getfd", "arguments": { "fdname": "fd1" } }
1780 (1) If the name specified by the "fdname" argument already exists,
1781 the file descriptor assigned to it will be closed and replaced
1782 by the received file descriptor.
1783 (2) The 'closefd' command can be used to explicitly close the file
1784 descriptor when it is no longer needed.
1790 .args_type = "fdname:s",
1791 .params = "closefd name",
1792 .help = "close a file descriptor previously passed via SCM rights",
1793 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_closefd,
1800 Close a file descriptor previously passed via SCM rights.
1804 - "fdname": file descriptor name (json-string)
1808 -> { "execute": "closefd", "arguments": { "fdname": "fd1" } }
1815 .args_type = "fdset-id:i?,opaque:s?",
1816 .params = "add-fd fdset-id opaque",
1817 .help = "Add a file descriptor, that was passed via SCM rights, to an fd set",
1818 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_add_fd,
1825 Add a file descriptor, that was passed via SCM rights, to an fd set.
1829 - "fdset-id": The ID of the fd set to add the file descriptor to.
1830 (json-int, optional)
1831 - "opaque": A free-form string that can be used to describe the fd.
1832 (json-string, optional)
1834 Return a json-object with the following information:
1836 - "fdset-id": The ID of the fd set that the fd was added to. (json-int)
1837 - "fd": The file descriptor that was received via SCM rights and added to the
1842 -> { "execute": "add-fd", "arguments": { "fdset-id": 1 } }
1843 <- { "return": { "fdset-id": 1, "fd": 3 } }
1847 (1) The list of fd sets is shared by all monitor connections.
1848 (2) If "fdset-id" is not specified, a new fd set will be created.
1853 .name = "remove-fd",
1854 .args_type = "fdset-id:i,fd:i?",
1855 .params = "remove-fd fdset-id fd",
1856 .help = "Remove a file descriptor from an fd set",
1857 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_remove_fd,
1864 Remove a file descriptor from an fd set.
1868 - "fdset-id": The ID of the fd set that the file descriptor belongs to.
1870 - "fd": The file descriptor that is to be removed. (json-int, optional)
1874 -> { "execute": "remove-fd", "arguments": { "fdset-id": 1, "fd": 3 } }
1879 (1) The list of fd sets is shared by all monitor connections.
1880 (2) If "fd" is not specified, all file descriptors in "fdset-id" will be
1886 .name = "query-fdsets",
1888 .help = "Return information describing all fd sets",
1889 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_fdsets,
1896 Return information describing all fd sets.
1902 -> { "execute": "query-fdsets" }
1908 "opaque": "rdonly:/path/to/file"
1912 "opaque": "rdwr:/path/to/file"
1931 Note: The list of fd sets is shared by all monitor connections.
1936 .name = "block_passwd",
1937 .args_type = "device:s?,node-name:s?,password:s",
1938 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_block_passwd,
1945 Set the password of encrypted block devices.
1949 - "device": device name (json-string)
1950 - "node-name": name in the block driver state graph (json-string)
1951 - "password": password (json-string)
1955 -> { "execute": "block_passwd", "arguments": { "device": "ide0-hd0",
1956 "password": "12345" } }
1962 .name = "block_set_io_throttle",
1963 .args_type = "device:B,bps:l,bps_rd:l,bps_wr:l,iops:l,iops_rd:l,iops_wr:l,bps_max:l?,bps_rd_max:l?,bps_wr_max:l?,iops_max:l?,iops_rd_max:l?,iops_wr_max:l?,iops_size:l?,group:s?",
1964 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_block_set_io_throttle,
1968 block_set_io_throttle
1971 Change I/O throttle limits for a block drive.
1975 - "device": device name (json-string)
1976 - "bps": total throughput limit in bytes per second (json-int)
1977 - "bps_rd": read throughput limit in bytes per second (json-int)
1978 - "bps_wr": write throughput limit in bytes per second (json-int)
1979 - "iops": total I/O operations per second (json-int)
1980 - "iops_rd": read I/O operations per second (json-int)
1981 - "iops_wr": write I/O operations per second (json-int)
1982 - "bps_max": total max in bytes (json-int)
1983 - "bps_rd_max": read max in bytes (json-int)
1984 - "bps_wr_max": write max in bytes (json-int)
1985 - "iops_max": total I/O operations max (json-int)
1986 - "iops_rd_max": read I/O operations max (json-int)
1987 - "iops_wr_max": write I/O operations max (json-int)
1988 - "iops_size": I/O size in bytes when limiting (json-int)
1989 - "group": throttle group name (json-string)
1993 -> { "execute": "block_set_io_throttle", "arguments": { "device": "virtio0",
2012 .name = "set_password",
2013 .args_type = "protocol:s,password:s,connected:s?",
2014 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_set_password,
2021 Set the password for vnc/spice protocols.
2025 - "protocol": protocol name (json-string)
2026 - "password": password (json-string)
2027 - "connected": [ keep | disconnect | fail ] (json-string, optional)
2031 -> { "execute": "set_password", "arguments": { "protocol": "vnc",
2032 "password": "secret" } }
2038 .name = "expire_password",
2039 .args_type = "protocol:s,time:s",
2040 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_expire_password,
2047 Set the password expire time for vnc/spice protocols.
2051 - "protocol": protocol name (json-string)
2052 - "time": [ now | never | +secs | secs ] (json-string)
2056 -> { "execute": "expire_password", "arguments": { "protocol": "vnc",
2063 .name = "add_client",
2064 .args_type = "protocol:s,fdname:s,skipauth:b?,tls:b?",
2065 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_add_client,
2072 Add a graphics client
2076 - "protocol": protocol name (json-string)
2077 - "fdname": file descriptor name (json-string)
2078 - "skipauth": whether to skip authentication (json-bool, optional)
2079 - "tls": whether to perform TLS (json-bool, optional)
2083 -> { "execute": "add_client", "arguments": { "protocol": "vnc",
2084 "fdname": "myclient" } }
2089 .name = "qmp_capabilities",
2092 .help = "enable QMP capabilities",
2093 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_capabilities,
2100 Enable QMP capabilities.
2106 -> { "execute": "qmp_capabilities" }
2109 Note: This command must be issued before issuing any other command.
2114 .name = "human-monitor-command",
2115 .args_type = "command-line:s,cpu-index:i?",
2116 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_human_monitor_command,
2120 human-monitor-command
2121 ---------------------
2123 Execute a Human Monitor command.
2127 - command-line: the command name and its arguments, just like the
2128 Human Monitor's shell (json-string)
2129 - cpu-index: select the CPU number to be used by commands which access CPU
2130 data, like 'info registers'. The Monitor selects CPU 0 if this
2131 argument is not provided (json-int, optional)
2135 -> { "execute": "human-monitor-command", "arguments": { "command-line": "info kvm" } }
2136 <- { "return": "kvm support: enabled\r\n" }
2140 (1) The Human Monitor is NOT an stable interface, this means that command
2141 names, arguments and responses can change or be removed at ANY time.
2142 Applications that rely on long term stability guarantees should NOT
2147 o This command is stateless, this means that commands that depend
2148 on state information (such as getfd) might not work
2150 o Commands that prompt the user for data (eg. 'cont' when the block
2151 device is encrypted) don't currently work
2156 HXCOMM Each query command below is inside a SQMP/EQMP section, do NOT change
2157 HXCOMM this! We will possibly move query commands definitions inside those
2158 HXCOMM sections, just like regular commands.
2168 Return a json-object with the following information:
2170 - "qemu": A json-object containing three integer values:
2171 - "major": QEMU's major version (json-int)
2172 - "minor": QEMU's minor version (json-int)
2173 - "micro": QEMU's micro version (json-int)
2174 - "package": package's version (json-string)
2178 -> { "execute": "query-version" }
2193 .name = "query-version",
2195 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_version,
2202 List QMP available commands.
2204 Each command is represented by a json-object, the returned value is a json-array
2207 Each json-object contain:
2209 - "name": command's name (json-string)
2213 -> { "execute": "query-commands" }
2217 "name":"query-balloon"
2220 "name":"system_powerdown"
2225 Note: This example has been shortened as the real response is too long.
2230 .name = "query-commands",
2232 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_commands,
2239 List QMP available events.
2241 Each event is represented by a json-object, the returned value is a json-array
2244 Each json-object contains:
2246 - "name": event's name (json-string)
2250 -> { "execute": "query-events" }
2262 Note: This example has been shortened as the real response is too long.
2267 .name = "query-events",
2269 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_events,
2276 Return the QMP wire schema. The returned value is a json-array of
2277 named schema entities. Entities are commands, events and various
2278 types. See docs/qapi-code-gen.txt for information on their structure
2284 .name = "query-qmp-schema",
2286 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_query_qmp_schema,
2293 Each device is represented by a json-object. The returned value is a json-array
2296 Each json-object contain the following:
2298 - "label": device's label (json-string)
2299 - "filename": device's file (json-string)
2300 - "frontend-open": open/closed state of the frontend device attached to this
2305 -> { "execute": "query-chardev" }
2309 "label": "charchannel0",
2310 "filename": "unix:/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/seabios.rhel6.agent,server",
2311 "frontend-open": false
2314 "label": "charmonitor",
2315 "filename": "unix:/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/seabios.rhel6.monitor,server",
2316 "frontend-open": true
2319 "label": "charserial0",
2320 "filename": "pty:/dev/pts/2",
2321 "frontend-open": true
2329 .name = "query-chardev",
2331 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_chardev,
2335 query-chardev-backends
2338 List available character device backends.
2340 Each backend is represented by a json-object, the returned value is a json-array
2343 Each json-object contains:
2345 - "name": backend name (json-string)
2349 -> { "execute": "query-chardev-backends" }
2370 .name = "query-chardev-backends",
2372 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_chardev_backends,
2379 Show the block devices.
2381 Each block device information is stored in a json-object and the returned value
2382 is a json-array of all devices.
2384 Each json-object contain the following:
2386 - "device": device name (json-string)
2387 - "type": device type (json-string)
2388 - deprecated, retained for backward compatibility
2389 - Possible values: "unknown"
2390 - "removable": true if the device is removable, false otherwise (json-bool)
2391 - "locked": true if the device is locked, false otherwise (json-bool)
2392 - "tray_open": only present if removable, true if the device has a tray,
2393 and it is open (json-bool)
2394 - "inserted": only present if the device is inserted, it is a json-object
2395 containing the following:
2396 - "file": device file name (json-string)
2397 - "ro": true if read-only, false otherwise (json-bool)
2398 - "drv": driver format name (json-string)
2399 - Possible values: "blkdebug", "bochs", "cloop", "dmg",
2400 "file", "file", "ftp", "ftps", "host_cdrom",
2401 "host_device", "http", "https",
2402 "nbd", "parallels", "qcow", "qcow2", "raw",
2403 "tftp", "vdi", "vmdk", "vpc", "vvfat"
2404 - "backing_file": backing file name (json-string, optional)
2405 - "backing_file_depth": number of files in the backing file chain (json-int)
2406 - "encrypted": true if encrypted, false otherwise (json-bool)
2407 - "bps": limit total bytes per second (json-int)
2408 - "bps_rd": limit read bytes per second (json-int)
2409 - "bps_wr": limit write bytes per second (json-int)
2410 - "iops": limit total I/O operations per second (json-int)
2411 - "iops_rd": limit read operations per second (json-int)
2412 - "iops_wr": limit write operations per second (json-int)
2413 - "bps_max": total max in bytes (json-int)
2414 - "bps_rd_max": read max in bytes (json-int)
2415 - "bps_wr_max": write max in bytes (json-int)
2416 - "iops_max": total I/O operations max (json-int)
2417 - "iops_rd_max": read I/O operations max (json-int)
2418 - "iops_wr_max": write I/O operations max (json-int)
2419 - "iops_size": I/O size when limiting by iops (json-int)
2420 - "detect_zeroes": detect and optimize zero writing (json-string)
2421 - Possible values: "off", "on", "unmap"
2422 - "write_threshold": write offset threshold in bytes, a event will be
2423 emitted if crossed. Zero if disabled (json-int)
2424 - "image": the detail of the image, it is a json-object containing
2426 - "filename": image file name (json-string)
2427 - "format": image format (json-string)
2428 - "virtual-size": image capacity in bytes (json-int)
2429 - "dirty-flag": true if image is not cleanly closed, not present
2430 means clean (json-bool, optional)
2431 - "actual-size": actual size on disk in bytes of the image, not
2432 present when image does not support thin
2433 provision (json-int, optional)
2434 - "cluster-size": size of a cluster in bytes, not present if image
2435 format does not support it (json-int, optional)
2436 - "encrypted": true if the image is encrypted, not present means
2437 false or the image format does not support
2438 encryption (json-bool, optional)
2439 - "backing_file": backing file name, not present means no backing
2440 file is used or the image format does not
2441 support backing file chain
2442 (json-string, optional)
2443 - "full-backing-filename": full path of the backing file, not
2444 present if it equals backing_file or no
2445 backing file is used
2446 (json-string, optional)
2447 - "backing-filename-format": the format of the backing file, not
2448 present means unknown or no backing
2449 file (json-string, optional)
2450 - "snapshots": the internal snapshot info, it is an optional list
2451 of json-object containing the following:
2452 - "id": unique snapshot id (json-string)
2453 - "name": snapshot name (json-string)
2454 - "vm-state-size": size of the VM state in bytes (json-int)
2455 - "date-sec": UTC date of the snapshot in seconds (json-int)
2456 - "date-nsec": fractional part in nanoseconds to be used with
2458 - "vm-clock-sec": VM clock relative to boot in seconds
2460 - "vm-clock-nsec": fractional part in nanoseconds to be used
2461 with vm-clock-sec (json-int)
2462 - "backing-image": the detail of the backing image, it is an
2463 optional json-object only present when a
2464 backing image present for this image
2466 - "io-status": I/O operation status, only present if the device supports it
2467 and the VM is configured to stop on errors. It's always reset
2468 to "ok" when the "cont" command is issued (json_string, optional)
2469 - Possible values: "ok", "failed", "nospace"
2473 -> { "execute": "query-block" }
2478 "device":"ide0-hd0",
2485 "file":"disks/test.qcow2",
2486 "backing_file_depth":1,
2500 "detect_zeroes": "on",
2501 "write_threshold": 0,
2503 "filename":"disks/test.qcow2",
2505 "virtual-size":2048000,
2506 "backing_file":"base.qcow2",
2507 "full-backing-filename":"disks/base.qcow2",
2508 "backing-filename-format":"qcow2",
2512 "name": "snapshot1",
2514 "date-sec": 10000200,
2516 "vm-clock-sec": 206,
2521 "filename":"disks/base.qcow2",
2523 "virtual-size":2048000
2531 "device":"ide1-cd0",
2554 .name = "query-block",
2556 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_block,
2563 Show block device statistics.
2565 Each device statistic information is stored in a json-object and the returned
2566 value is a json-array of all devices.
2568 Each json-object contain the following:
2570 - "device": device name (json-string)
2571 - "stats": A json-object with the statistics information, it contains:
2572 - "rd_bytes": bytes read (json-int)
2573 - "wr_bytes": bytes written (json-int)
2574 - "rd_operations": read operations (json-int)
2575 - "wr_operations": write operations (json-int)
2576 - "flush_operations": cache flush operations (json-int)
2577 - "wr_total_time_ns": total time spend on writes in nano-seconds (json-int)
2578 - "rd_total_time_ns": total time spend on reads in nano-seconds (json-int)
2579 - "flush_total_time_ns": total time spend on cache flushes in nano-seconds (json-int)
2580 - "wr_highest_offset": The offset after the greatest byte written to the
2581 BlockDriverState since it has been opened (json-int)
2582 - "rd_merged": number of read requests that have been merged into
2583 another request (json-int)
2584 - "wr_merged": number of write requests that have been merged into
2585 another request (json-int)
2586 - "idle_time_ns": time since the last I/O operation, in
2587 nanoseconds. If the field is absent it means
2588 that there haven't been any operations yet
2589 (json-int, optional)
2590 - "failed_rd_operations": number of failed read operations
2592 - "failed_wr_operations": number of failed write operations
2594 - "failed_flush_operations": number of failed flush operations
2596 - "invalid_rd_operations": number of invalid read operations
2598 - "invalid_wr_operations": number of invalid write operations
2600 - "invalid_flush_operations": number of invalid flush operations
2602 - "account_invalid": whether invalid operations are included in
2603 the last access statistics (json-bool)
2604 - "account_failed": whether failed operations are included in the
2605 latency and last access statistics
2607 - "timed_stats": A json-array containing statistics collected in
2608 specific intervals, with the following members:
2609 - "interval_length": interval used for calculating the
2610 statistics, in seconds (json-int)
2611 - "min_rd_latency_ns": minimum latency of read operations in
2612 the defined interval, in nanoseconds
2614 - "min_wr_latency_ns": minimum latency of write operations in
2615 the defined interval, in nanoseconds
2617 - "min_flush_latency_ns": minimum latency of flush operations
2618 in the defined interval, in
2619 nanoseconds (json-int)
2620 - "max_rd_latency_ns": maximum latency of read operations in
2621 the defined interval, in nanoseconds
2623 - "max_wr_latency_ns": maximum latency of write operations in
2624 the defined interval, in nanoseconds
2626 - "max_flush_latency_ns": maximum latency of flush operations
2627 in the defined interval, in
2628 nanoseconds (json-int)
2629 - "avg_rd_latency_ns": average latency of read operations in
2630 the defined interval, in nanoseconds
2632 - "avg_wr_latency_ns": average latency of write operations in
2633 the defined interval, in nanoseconds
2635 - "avg_flush_latency_ns": average latency of flush operations
2636 in the defined interval, in
2637 nanoseconds (json-int)
2638 - "avg_rd_queue_depth": average number of pending read
2639 operations in the defined interval
2641 - "avg_wr_queue_depth": average number of pending write
2642 operations in the defined interval
2644 - "parent": Contains recursively the statistics of the underlying
2645 protocol (e.g. the host file for a qcow2 image). If there is
2646 no underlying protocol, this field is omitted
2647 (json-object, optional)
2651 -> { "execute": "query-blockstats" }
2655 "device":"ide0-hd0",
2658 "wr_highest_offset":3686448128,
2660 "wr_operations":751,
2661 "rd_bytes":122567168,
2662 "rd_operations":36772
2663 "wr_total_times_ns":313253456
2664 "rd_total_times_ns":3465673657
2665 "flush_total_times_ns":49653
2666 "flush_operations":61,
2669 "idle_time_ns":2953431879,
2670 "account_invalid":true,
2671 "account_failed":false
2675 "wr_highest_offset":2821110784,
2677 "wr_operations":692,
2678 "rd_bytes":122739200,
2679 "rd_operations":36604
2680 "flush_operations":51,
2681 "wr_total_times_ns":313253456
2682 "rd_total_times_ns":3465673657
2683 "flush_total_times_ns":49653,
2686 "idle_time_ns":2953431879,
2687 "account_invalid":true,
2688 "account_failed":false
2692 "device":"ide1-cd0",
2694 "wr_highest_offset":0,
2699 "flush_operations":0,
2700 "wr_total_times_ns":0
2701 "rd_total_times_ns":0
2702 "flush_total_times_ns":0,
2705 "account_invalid":false,
2706 "account_failed":false
2712 "wr_highest_offset":0,
2717 "flush_operations":0,
2718 "wr_total_times_ns":0
2719 "rd_total_times_ns":0
2720 "flush_total_times_ns":0,
2723 "account_invalid":false,
2724 "account_failed":false
2730 "wr_highest_offset":0,
2735 "flush_operations":0,
2736 "wr_total_times_ns":0
2737 "rd_total_times_ns":0
2738 "flush_total_times_ns":0,
2741 "account_invalid":false,
2742 "account_failed":false
2751 .name = "query-blockstats",
2752 .args_type = "query-nodes:b?",
2753 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_blockstats,
2760 Show CPU information.
2762 Return a json-array. Each CPU is represented by a json-object, which contains:
2764 - "CPU": CPU index (json-int)
2765 - "current": true if this is the current CPU, false otherwise (json-bool)
2766 - "halted": true if the cpu is halted, false otherwise (json-bool)
2767 - "qom_path": path to the CPU object in the QOM tree (json-str)
2768 - Current program counter. The key's name depends on the architecture:
2769 "pc": i386/x86_64 (json-int)
2770 "nip": PPC (json-int)
2771 "pc" and "npc": sparc (json-int)
2772 "PC": mips (json-int)
2773 - "thread_id": ID of the underlying host thread (json-int)
2777 -> { "execute": "query-cpus" }
2784 "qom_path":"/machine/unattached/device[0]",
2792 "qom_path":"/machine/unattached/device[2]",
2802 .name = "query-cpus",
2804 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_cpus,
2811 Returns a list of information about each iothread.
2813 Note this list excludes the QEMU main loop thread, which is not declared
2814 using the -object iothread command-line option. It is always the main thread
2817 Return a json-array. Each iothread is represented by a json-object, which contains:
2819 - "id": name of iothread (json-str)
2820 - "thread-id": ID of the underlying host thread (json-int)
2824 -> { "execute": "query-iothreads" }
2841 .name = "query-iothreads",
2843 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_iothreads,
2850 PCI buses and devices information.
2852 The returned value is a json-array of all buses. Each bus is represented by
2853 a json-object, which has a key with a json-array of all PCI devices attached
2854 to it. Each device is represented by a json-object.
2856 The bus json-object contains the following:
2858 - "bus": bus number (json-int)
2859 - "devices": a json-array of json-objects, each json-object represents a
2862 The PCI device json-object contains the following:
2864 - "bus": identical to the parent's bus number (json-int)
2865 - "slot": slot number (json-int)
2866 - "function": function number (json-int)
2867 - "class_info": a json-object containing:
2868 - "desc": device class description (json-string, optional)
2869 - "class": device class number (json-int)
2870 - "id": a json-object containing:
2871 - "device": device ID (json-int)
2872 - "vendor": vendor ID (json-int)
2873 - "irq": device's IRQ if assigned (json-int, optional)
2874 - "qdev_id": qdev id string (json-string)
2875 - "pci_bridge": It's a json-object, only present if this device is a
2876 PCI bridge, contains:
2877 - "bus": bus number (json-int)
2878 - "secondary": secondary bus number (json-int)
2879 - "subordinate": subordinate bus number (json-int)
2880 - "io_range": I/O memory range information, a json-object with the
2882 - "base": base address, in bytes (json-int)
2883 - "limit": limit address, in bytes (json-int)
2884 - "memory_range": memory range information, a json-object with the
2886 - "base": base address, in bytes (json-int)
2887 - "limit": limit address, in bytes (json-int)
2888 - "prefetchable_range": Prefetchable memory range information, a
2889 json-object with the following members:
2890 - "base": base address, in bytes (json-int)
2891 - "limit": limit address, in bytes (json-int)
2892 - "devices": a json-array of PCI devices if there's any attached, each
2893 each element is represented by a json-object, which contains
2894 the same members of the 'PCI device json-object' described
2896 - "regions": a json-array of json-objects, each json-object represents a
2897 memory region of this device
2899 The memory range json-object contains the following:
2901 - "base": base memory address (json-int)
2902 - "limit": limit value (json-int)
2904 The region json-object can be an I/O region or a memory region, an I/O region
2905 json-object contains the following:
2907 - "type": "io" (json-string, fixed)
2908 - "bar": BAR number (json-int)
2909 - "address": memory address (json-int)
2910 - "size": memory size (json-int)
2912 A memory region json-object contains the following:
2914 - "type": "memory" (json-string, fixed)
2915 - "bar": BAR number (json-int)
2916 - "address": memory address (json-int)
2917 - "size": memory size (json-int)
2918 - "mem_type_64": true or false (json-bool)
2919 - "prefetch": true or false (json-bool)
2923 -> { "execute": "query-pci" }
2935 "desc":"Host bridge"
2969 "desc":"IDE controller"
2991 "desc":"VGA controller"
3001 "mem_type_64":false,
3004 "address":4026531840,
3009 "mem_type_64":false,
3012 "address":4060086272,
3017 "mem_type_64":false,
3032 "desc":"RAM controller"
3053 Note: This example has been shortened as the real response is too long.
3058 .name = "query-pci",
3060 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_pci,
3067 Show KVM information.
3069 Return a json-object with the following information:
3071 - "enabled": true if KVM support is enabled, false otherwise (json-bool)
3072 - "present": true if QEMU has KVM support, false otherwise (json-bool)
3076 -> { "execute": "query-kvm" }
3077 <- { "return": { "enabled": true, "present": true } }
3082 .name = "query-kvm",
3084 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_kvm,
3091 Return a json-object with the following information:
3093 - "running": true if the VM is running, or false if it is paused (json-bool)
3094 - "singlestep": true if the VM is in single step mode,
3095 false otherwise (json-bool)
3096 - "status": one of the following values (json-string)
3097 "debug" - QEMU is running on a debugger
3098 "inmigrate" - guest is paused waiting for an incoming migration
3099 "internal-error" - An internal error that prevents further guest
3100 execution has occurred
3101 "io-error" - the last IOP has failed and the device is configured
3102 to pause on I/O errors
3103 "paused" - guest has been paused via the 'stop' command
3104 "postmigrate" - guest is paused following a successful 'migrate'
3105 "prelaunch" - QEMU was started with -S and guest has not started
3106 "finish-migrate" - guest is paused to finish the migration process
3107 "restore-vm" - guest is paused to restore VM state
3108 "running" - guest is actively running
3109 "save-vm" - guest is paused to save the VM state
3110 "shutdown" - guest is shut down (and -no-shutdown is in use)
3111 "watchdog" - the watchdog action is configured to pause and
3116 -> { "execute": "query-status" }
3117 <- { "return": { "running": true, "singlestep": false, "status": "running" } }
3122 .name = "query-status",
3124 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_status,
3131 Show VM mice information.
3133 Each mouse is represented by a json-object, the returned value is a json-array
3136 The mouse json-object contains the following:
3138 - "name": mouse's name (json-string)
3139 - "index": mouse's index (json-int)
3140 - "current": true if this mouse is receiving events, false otherwise (json-bool)
3141 - "absolute": true if the mouse generates absolute input events (json-bool)
3145 -> { "execute": "query-mice" }
3149 "name":"QEMU Microsoft Mouse",
3155 "name":"QEMU PS/2 Mouse",
3166 .name = "query-mice",
3168 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_mice,
3175 Show VNC server information.
3177 Return a json-object with server information. Connected clients are returned
3178 as a json-array of json-objects.
3180 The main json-object contains the following:
3182 - "enabled": true or false (json-bool)
3183 - "host": server's IP address (json-string)
3184 - "family": address family (json-string)
3185 - Possible values: "ipv4", "ipv6", "unix", "unknown"
3186 - "service": server's port number (json-string)
3187 - "auth": authentication method (json-string)
3188 - Possible values: "invalid", "none", "ra2", "ra2ne", "sasl", "tight",
3189 "tls", "ultra", "unknown", "vencrypt", "vencrypt",
3190 "vencrypt+plain", "vencrypt+tls+none",
3191 "vencrypt+tls+plain", "vencrypt+tls+sasl",
3192 "vencrypt+tls+vnc", "vencrypt+x509+none",
3193 "vencrypt+x509+plain", "vencrypt+x509+sasl",
3194 "vencrypt+x509+vnc", "vnc"
3195 - "clients": a json-array of all connected clients
3197 Clients are described by a json-object, each one contain the following:
3199 - "host": client's IP address (json-string)
3200 - "family": address family (json-string)
3201 - Possible values: "ipv4", "ipv6", "unix", "unknown"
3202 - "service": client's port number (json-string)
3203 - "x509_dname": TLS dname (json-string, optional)
3204 - "sasl_username": SASL username (json-string, optional)
3208 -> { "execute": "query-vnc" }
3229 .name = "query-vnc",
3231 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_vnc,
3234 .name = "query-vnc-servers",
3236 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_vnc_servers,
3243 Show SPICE server information.
3245 Return a json-object with server information. Connected clients are returned
3246 as a json-array of json-objects.
3248 The main json-object contains the following:
3250 - "enabled": true or false (json-bool)
3251 - "host": server's IP address (json-string)
3252 - "port": server's port number (json-int, optional)
3253 - "tls-port": server's port number (json-int, optional)
3254 - "auth": authentication method (json-string)
3255 - Possible values: "none", "spice"
3256 - "channels": a json-array of all active channels clients
3258 Channels are described by a json-object, each one contain the following:
3260 - "host": client's IP address (json-string)
3261 - "family": address family (json-string)
3262 - Possible values: "ipv4", "ipv6", "unix", "unknown"
3263 - "port": client's port number (json-string)
3264 - "connection-id": spice connection id. All channels with the same id
3265 belong to the same spice session (json-int)
3266 - "channel-type": channel type. "1" is the main control channel, filter for
3267 this one if you want track spice sessions only (json-int)
3268 - "channel-id": channel id. Usually "0", might be different needed when
3269 multiple channels of the same type exist, such as multiple
3270 display channels in a multihead setup (json-int)
3271 - "tls": whether the channel is encrypted (json-bool)
3275 -> { "execute": "query-spice" }
3288 "connection-id": 1804289383,
3289 "host": "127.0.0.1",
3297 "connection-id": 1804289383,
3298 "host": "127.0.0.1",
3302 [ ... more channels follow ... ]
3309 #if defined(CONFIG_SPICE)
3311 .name = "query-spice",
3313 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_spice,
3323 Return a json-object with the following information:
3325 - "name": VM's name (json-string, optional)
3329 -> { "execute": "query-name" }
3330 <- { "return": { "name": "qemu-name" } }
3335 .name = "query-name",
3337 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_name,
3346 Return a json-object with the following information:
3348 - "UUID": Universally Unique Identifier (json-string)
3352 -> { "execute": "query-uuid" }
3353 <- { "return": { "UUID": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000" } }
3358 .name = "query-uuid",
3360 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_uuid,
3364 query-command-line-options
3365 --------------------------
3367 Show command line option schema.
3369 Return a json-array of command line option schema for all options (or for
3370 the given option), returning an error if the given option doesn't exist.
3372 Each array entry contains the following:
3374 - "option": option name (json-string)
3375 - "parameters": a json-array describes all parameters of the option:
3376 - "name": parameter name (json-string)
3377 - "type": parameter type (one of 'string', 'boolean', 'number',
3379 - "help": human readable description of the parameter
3380 (json-string, optional)
3381 - "default": default value string for the parameter
3382 (json-string, optional)
3386 -> { "execute": "query-command-line-options", "arguments": { "option": "option-rom" } }
3395 "name": "bootindex",
3399 "option": "option-rom"
3407 .name = "query-command-line-options",
3408 .args_type = "option:s?",
3409 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_command_line_options,
3418 Return a json-object. If migration is active there will be another json-object
3419 with RAM migration status and if block migration is active another one with
3420 block migration status.
3422 The main json-object contains the following:
3424 - "status": migration status (json-string)
3425 - Possible values: "setup", "active", "completed", "failed", "cancelled"
3426 - "total-time": total amount of ms since migration started. If
3427 migration has ended, it returns the total migration
3429 - "setup-time" amount of setup time in milliseconds _before_ the
3430 iterations begin but _after_ the QMP command is issued.
3431 This is designed to provide an accounting of any activities
3432 (such as RDMA pinning) which may be expensive, but do not
3433 actually occur during the iterative migration rounds
3434 themselves. (json-int)
3435 - "downtime": only present when migration has finished correctly
3436 total amount in ms for downtime that happened (json-int)
3437 - "expected-downtime": only present while migration is active
3438 total amount in ms for downtime that was calculated on
3439 the last bitmap round (json-int)
3440 - "ram": only present if "status" is "active", it is a json-object with the
3441 following RAM information:
3442 - "transferred": amount transferred in bytes (json-int)
3443 - "remaining": amount remaining to transfer in bytes (json-int)
3444 - "total": total amount of memory in bytes (json-int)
3445 - "duplicate": number of pages filled entirely with the same
3447 These are sent over the wire much more efficiently.
3448 - "skipped": number of skipped zero pages (json-int)
3449 - "normal" : number of whole pages transferred. I.e. they
3450 were not sent as duplicate or xbzrle pages (json-int)
3451 - "normal-bytes" : number of bytes transferred in whole
3452 pages. This is just normal pages times size of one page,
3453 but this way upper levels don't need to care about page
3455 - "dirty-sync-count": times that dirty ram was synchronized (json-int)
3456 - "disk": only present if "status" is "active" and it is a block migration,
3457 it is a json-object with the following disk information:
3458 - "transferred": amount transferred in bytes (json-int)
3459 - "remaining": amount remaining to transfer in bytes json-int)
3460 - "total": total disk size in bytes (json-int)
3461 - "xbzrle-cache": only present if XBZRLE is active.
3462 It is a json-object with the following XBZRLE information:
3463 - "cache-size": XBZRLE cache size in bytes
3464 - "bytes": number of bytes transferred for XBZRLE compressed pages
3465 - "pages": number of XBZRLE compressed pages
3466 - "cache-miss": number of XBRZRLE page cache misses
3467 - "cache-miss-rate": rate of XBRZRLE page cache misses
3468 - "overflow": number of times XBZRLE overflows. This means
3469 that the XBZRLE encoding was bigger than just sent the
3470 whole page, and then we sent the whole page instead (as as
3475 1. Before the first migration
3477 -> { "execute": "query-migrate" }
3480 2. Migration is done and has succeeded
3482 -> { "execute": "query-migrate" }
3484 "status": "completed",
3494 "normal-bytes":123456,
3495 "dirty-sync-count":15
3500 3. Migration is done and has failed
3502 -> { "execute": "query-migrate" }
3503 <- { "return": { "status": "failed" } }
3505 4. Migration is being performed and is not a block migration:
3507 -> { "execute": "query-migrate" }
3517 "expected-downtime":12345,
3520 "normal-bytes":123456,
3521 "dirty-sync-count":15
3526 5. Migration is being performed and is a block migration:
3528 -> { "execute": "query-migrate" }
3534 "remaining":1053304,
3538 "expected-downtime":12345,
3541 "normal-bytes":123456,
3542 "dirty-sync-count":15
3546 "remaining":20880384,
3552 6. Migration is being performed and XBZRLE is active:
3554 -> { "execute": "query-migrate" }
3558 "capabilities" : [ { "capability": "xbzrle", "state" : true } ],
3561 "remaining":1053304,
3565 "expected-downtime":12345,
3568 "normal-bytes":3412992,
3569 "dirty-sync-count":15
3572 "cache-size":67108864,
3576 "cache-miss-rate":0.123,
3585 .name = "query-migrate",
3587 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_migrate,
3591 migrate-set-capabilities
3592 ------------------------
3594 Enable/Disable migration capabilities
3596 - "xbzrle": XBZRLE support
3597 - "rdma-pin-all": pin all pages when using RDMA during migration
3598 - "auto-converge": throttle down guest to help convergence of migration
3599 - "zero-blocks": compress zero blocks during block migration
3600 - "events": generate events for each migration state change
3606 -> { "execute": "migrate-set-capabilities" , "arguments":
3607 { "capabilities": [ { "capability": "xbzrle", "state": true } ] } }
3612 .name = "migrate-set-capabilities",
3613 .args_type = "capabilities:q",
3614 .params = "capability:s,state:b",
3615 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_migrate_set_capabilities,
3618 query-migrate-capabilities
3619 --------------------------
3621 Query current migration capabilities
3623 - "capabilities": migration capabilities state
3624 - "xbzrle" : XBZRLE state (json-bool)
3625 - "rdma-pin-all" : RDMA Pin Page state (json-bool)
3626 - "auto-converge" : Auto Converge state (json-bool)
3627 - "zero-blocks" : Zero Blocks state (json-bool)
3633 -> { "execute": "query-migrate-capabilities" }
3634 <- { "return": [ { "state": false, "capability": "xbzrle" } ] }
3639 .name = "query-migrate-capabilities",
3641 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_migrate_capabilities,
3645 migrate-set-parameters
3646 ----------------------
3648 Set migration parameters
3650 - "compress-level": set compression level during migration (json-int)
3651 - "compress-threads": set compression thread count for migration (json-int)
3652 - "decompress-threads": set decompression thread count for migration (json-int)
3658 -> { "execute": "migrate-set-parameters" , "arguments":
3659 { "compress-level": 1 } }
3664 .name = "migrate-set-parameters",
3666 "compress-level:i?,compress-threads:i?,decompress-threads:i?",
3667 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_migrate_set_parameters,
3670 query-migrate-parameters
3671 ------------------------
3673 Query current migration parameters
3675 - "parameters": migration parameters value
3676 - "compress-level" : compression level value (json-int)
3677 - "compress-threads" : compression thread count value (json-int)
3678 - "decompress-threads" : decompression thread count value (json-int)
3684 -> { "execute": "query-migrate-parameters" }
3687 "decompress-threads", 2,
3688 "compress-threads", 8,
3696 .name = "query-migrate-parameters",
3698 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_migrate_parameters,
3705 Show balloon information.
3707 Make an asynchronous request for balloon info. When the request completes a
3708 json-object will be returned containing the following data:
3710 - "actual": current balloon value in bytes (json-int)
3714 -> { "execute": "query-balloon" }
3717 "actual":1073741824,
3724 .name = "query-balloon",
3726 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_balloon,
3730 .name = "query-block-jobs",
3732 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_block_jobs,
3737 .args_type = "path:s",
3738 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_qom_list,
3743 .args_type = "path:s,property:s,value:q",
3744 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_qom_set,
3749 .args_type = "path:s,property:s",
3750 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_qom_get,
3754 .name = "nbd-server-start",
3755 .args_type = "addr:q",
3756 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_nbd_server_start,
3759 .name = "nbd-server-add",
3760 .args_type = "device:B,writable:b?",
3761 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_nbd_server_add,
3764 .name = "nbd-server-stop",
3766 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_nbd_server_stop,
3770 .name = "change-vnc-password",
3771 .args_type = "password:s",
3772 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_change_vnc_password,
3775 .name = "qom-list-types",
3776 .args_type = "implements:s?,abstract:b?",
3777 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_qom_list_types,
3781 .name = "device-list-properties",
3782 .args_type = "typename:s",
3783 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_device_list_properties,
3787 .name = "query-machines",
3789 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_machines,
3793 .name = "query-cpu-definitions",
3795 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_cpu_definitions,
3799 .name = "query-target",
3801 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_target,
3805 .name = "query-tpm",
3807 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_tpm,
3814 Return information about the TPM device.
3820 -> { "execute": "query-tpm" }
3823 { "model": "tpm-tis",
3825 { "type": "passthrough",
3827 { "cancel-path": "/sys/class/misc/tpm0/device/cancel",
3839 .name = "query-tpm-models",
3841 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_tpm_models,
3848 Return a list of supported TPM models.
3854 -> { "execute": "query-tpm-models" }
3855 <- { "return": [ "tpm-tis" ] }
3860 .name = "query-tpm-types",
3862 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_tpm_types,
3869 Return a list of supported TPM types.
3875 -> { "execute": "query-tpm-types" }
3876 <- { "return": [ "passthrough" ] }
3881 .name = "chardev-add",
3882 .args_type = "id:s,backend:q",
3883 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_chardev_add,
3894 - "id": the chardev's ID, must be unique (json-string)
3895 - "backend": chardev backend type + parameters
3899 -> { "execute" : "chardev-add",
3900 "arguments" : { "id" : "foo",
3901 "backend" : { "type" : "null", "data" : {} } } }
3904 -> { "execute" : "chardev-add",
3905 "arguments" : { "id" : "bar",
3906 "backend" : { "type" : "file",
3907 "data" : { "out" : "/tmp/bar.log" } } } }
3910 -> { "execute" : "chardev-add",
3911 "arguments" : { "id" : "baz",
3912 "backend" : { "type" : "pty", "data" : {} } } }
3913 <- { "return": { "pty" : "/dev/pty/42" } }
3918 .name = "chardev-remove",
3919 .args_type = "id:s",
3920 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_chardev_remove,
3932 - "id": the chardev's ID, must exist and not be in use (json-string)
3936 -> { "execute": "chardev-remove", "arguments": { "id" : "foo" } }
3941 .name = "query-rx-filter",
3942 .args_type = "name:s?",
3943 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_rx_filter,
3950 Show rx-filter information.
3952 Returns a json-array of rx-filter information for all NICs (or for the
3953 given NIC), returning an error if the given NIC doesn't exist, or
3954 given NIC doesn't support rx-filter querying, or given net client
3957 The query will clear the event notification flag of each NIC, then qemu
3958 will start to emit event to QMP monitor.
3960 Each array entry contains the following:
3962 - "name": net client name (json-string)
3963 - "promiscuous": promiscuous mode is enabled (json-bool)
3964 - "multicast": multicast receive state (one of 'normal', 'none', 'all')
3965 - "unicast": unicast receive state (one of 'normal', 'none', 'all')
3966 - "vlan": vlan receive state (one of 'normal', 'none', 'all') (Since 2.0)
3967 - "broadcast-allowed": allow to receive broadcast (json-bool)
3968 - "multicast-overflow": multicast table is overflowed (json-bool)
3969 - "unicast-overflow": unicast table is overflowed (json-bool)
3970 - "main-mac": main macaddr string (json-string)
3971 - "vlan-table": a json-array of active vlan id
3972 - "unicast-table": a json-array of unicast macaddr string
3973 - "multicast-table": a json-array of multicast macaddr string
3977 -> { "execute": "query-rx-filter", "arguments": { "name": "vnet0" } }
3980 "promiscuous": true,
3982 "main-mac": "52:54:00:12:34:56",
3983 "unicast": "normal",
3991 "multicast": "normal",
3992 "multicast-overflow": false,
3993 "unicast-overflow": false,
3994 "multicast-table": [
3995 "01:00:5e:00:00:01",
3996 "33:33:00:00:00:01",
3999 "broadcast-allowed": false
4007 .name = "blockdev-add",
4008 .args_type = "options:q",
4009 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_blockdev_add,
4018 This command is still a work in progress. It doesn't support all
4019 block drivers among other things. Stay away from it unless you want
4020 to help with its development.
4024 - "options": block driver options
4028 -> { "execute": "blockdev-add",
4029 "arguments": { "options" : { "driver": "qcow2",
4030 "file": { "driver": "file",
4031 "filename": "test.qcow2" } } } }
4036 -> { "execute": "blockdev-add",
4048 "filename": "/tmp/test.qcow2"
4054 "filename": "/dev/fdset/4"
4066 .name = "x-blockdev-del",
4067 .args_type = "id:s?,node-name:s?",
4068 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_x_blockdev_del,
4076 Deletes a block device thas has been added using blockdev-add.
4077 The selected device can be either a block backend or a graph node.
4079 In the former case the backend will be destroyed, along with its
4080 inserted medium if there's any. The command will fail if the backend
4081 or its medium are in use.
4083 In the latter case the node will be destroyed. The command will fail
4084 if the node is attached to a block backend or is otherwise being
4087 One of "id" or "node-name" must be specified, but not both.
4089 This command is still a work in progress and is considered
4090 experimental. Stay away from it unless you want to help with its
4095 - "id": Name of the block backend device to delete (json-string, optional)
4096 - "node-name": Name of the graph node to delete (json-string, optional)
4100 -> { "execute": "blockdev-add",
4107 "filename": "test.qcow2"
4115 -> { "execute": "x-blockdev-del",
4116 "arguments": { "id": "drive0" }
4123 .name = "blockdev-open-tray",
4124 .args_type = "device:s,force:b?",
4125 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_blockdev_open_tray,
4132 Opens a block device's tray. If there is a block driver state tree inserted as a
4133 medium, it will become inaccessible to the guest (but it will remain associated
4134 to the block device, so closing the tray will make it accessible again).
4136 If the tray was already open before, this will be a no-op.
4138 Once the tray opens, a DEVICE_TRAY_MOVED event is emitted. There are cases in
4139 which no such event will be generated, these include:
4140 - if the guest has locked the tray, @force is false and the guest does not
4141 respond to the eject request
4142 - if the BlockBackend denoted by @device does not have a guest device attached
4144 - if the guest device does not have an actual tray and is empty, for instance
4145 for floppy disk drives
4149 - "device": block device name (json-string)
4150 - "force": if false (the default), an eject request will be sent to the guest if
4151 it has locked the tray (and the tray will not be opened immediately);
4152 if true, the tray will be opened regardless of whether it is locked
4153 (json-bool, optional)
4157 -> { "execute": "blockdev-open-tray",
4158 "arguments": { "device": "ide1-cd0" } }
4160 <- { "timestamp": { "seconds": 1418751016,
4161 "microseconds": 716996 },
4162 "event": "DEVICE_TRAY_MOVED",
4163 "data": { "device": "ide1-cd0",
4164 "tray-open": true } }
4171 .name = "blockdev-close-tray",
4172 .args_type = "device:s",
4173 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_blockdev_close_tray,
4180 Closes a block device's tray. If there is a block driver state tree associated
4181 with the block device (which is currently ejected), that tree will be loaded as
4184 If the tray was already closed before, this will be a no-op.
4188 - "device": block device name (json-string)
4192 -> { "execute": "blockdev-close-tray",
4193 "arguments": { "device": "ide1-cd0" } }
4195 <- { "timestamp": { "seconds": 1418751345,
4196 "microseconds": 272147 },
4197 "event": "DEVICE_TRAY_MOVED",
4198 "data": { "device": "ide1-cd0",
4199 "tray-open": false } }
4206 .name = "blockdev-remove-medium",
4207 .args_type = "device:s",
4208 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_blockdev_remove_medium,
4212 blockdev-remove-medium
4213 ----------------------
4215 Removes a medium (a block driver state tree) from a block device. That block
4216 device's tray must currently be open (unless there is no attached guest device).
4218 If the tray is open and there is no medium inserted, this will be a no-op.
4222 - "device": block device name (json-string)
4226 -> { "execute": "blockdev-remove-medium",
4227 "arguments": { "device": "ide1-cd0" } }
4229 <- { "error": { "class": "GenericError",
4230 "desc": "Tray of device 'ide1-cd0' is not open" } }
4232 -> { "execute": "blockdev-open-tray",
4233 "arguments": { "device": "ide1-cd0" } }
4235 <- { "timestamp": { "seconds": 1418751627,
4236 "microseconds": 549958 },
4237 "event": "DEVICE_TRAY_MOVED",
4238 "data": { "device": "ide1-cd0",
4239 "tray-open": true } }
4243 -> { "execute": "blockdev-remove-medium",
4244 "arguments": { "device": "ide1-cd0" } }
4251 .name = "blockdev-insert-medium",
4252 .args_type = "device:s,node-name:s",
4253 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_blockdev_insert_medium,
4257 blockdev-insert-medium
4258 ----------------------
4260 Inserts a medium (a block driver state tree) into a block device. That block
4261 device's tray must currently be open (unless there is no attached guest device)
4262 and there must be no medium inserted already.
4266 - "device": block device name (json-string)
4267 - "node-name": root node of the BDS tree to insert into the block device
4271 -> { "execute": "blockdev-add",
4272 "arguments": { "options": { "node-name": "node0",
4274 "file": { "driver": "file",
4275 "filename": "fedora.iso" } } } }
4279 -> { "execute": "blockdev-insert-medium",
4280 "arguments": { "device": "ide1-cd0",
4281 "node-name": "node0" } }
4288 .name = "query-named-block-nodes",
4290 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_named_block_nodes,
4294 @query-named-block-nodes
4295 ------------------------
4297 Return a list of BlockDeviceInfo for all the named block driver nodes
4301 -> { "execute": "query-named-block-nodes" }
4302 <- { "return": [ { "ro":false,
4305 "file":"disks/test.qcow2",
4306 "node-name": "my-node",
4307 "backing_file_depth":1,
4321 "write_threshold": 0,
4323 "filename":"disks/test.qcow2",
4325 "virtual-size":2048000,
4326 "backing_file":"base.qcow2",
4327 "full-backing-filename":"disks/base.qcow2",
4328 "backing-filename-format":"qcow2",
4332 "name": "snapshot1",
4334 "date-sec": 10000200,
4336 "vm-clock-sec": 206,
4341 "filename":"disks/base.qcow2",
4343 "virtual-size":2048000
4350 .name = "blockdev-change-medium",
4351 .args_type = "device:B,filename:F,format:s?,read-only-mode:s?",
4352 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_blockdev_change_medium,
4356 blockdev-change-medium
4357 ----------------------
4359 Changes the medium inserted into a block device by ejecting the current medium
4360 and loading a new image file which is inserted as the new medium.
4364 - "device": device name (json-string)
4365 - "filename": filename of the new image (json-string)
4366 - "format": format of the new image (json-string, optional)
4367 - "read-only-mode": new read-only mode (json-string, optional)
4368 - Possible values: "retain" (default), "read-only", "read-write"
4372 1. Change a removable medium
4374 -> { "execute": "blockdev-change-medium",
4375 "arguments": { "device": "ide1-cd0",
4376 "filename": "/srv/images/Fedora-12-x86_64-DVD.iso",
4380 2. Load a read-only medium into a writable drive
4382 -> { "execute": "blockdev-change-medium",
4383 "arguments": { "device": "isa-fd0",
4384 "filename": "/srv/images/ro.img",
4386 "read-only-mode": "retain" } }
4389 { "class": "GenericError",
4390 "desc": "Could not open '/srv/images/ro.img': Permission denied" } }
4392 -> { "execute": "blockdev-change-medium",
4393 "arguments": { "device": "isa-fd0",
4394 "filename": "/srv/images/ro.img",
4396 "read-only-mode": "read-only" } }
4403 .name = "query-memdev",
4405 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_memdev,
4412 Show memory devices information.
4417 -> { "execute": "query-memdev" }
4424 "host-nodes": [0, 1],
4432 "host-nodes": [2, 3],
4433 "policy": "preferred"
4441 .name = "query-memory-devices",
4443 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_memory_devices,
4447 @query-memory-devices
4448 --------------------
4450 Return a list of memory devices.
4453 -> { "execute": "query-memory-devices" }
4454 <- { "return": [ { "data":
4455 { "addr": 5368709120,
4456 "hotpluggable": true,
4459 "memdev": "/objects/memX",
4468 .name = "query-acpi-ospm-status",
4470 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_acpi_ospm_status,
4474 @query-acpi-ospm-status
4475 --------------------
4477 Return list of ACPIOSTInfo for devices that support status reporting
4478 via ACPI _OST method.
4481 -> { "execute": "query-acpi-ospm-status" }
4482 <- { "return": [ { "device": "d1", "slot": "0", "slot-type": "DIMM", "source": 1, "status": 0},
4483 { "slot": "1", "slot-type": "DIMM", "source": 0, "status": 0},
4484 { "slot": "2", "slot-type": "DIMM", "source": 0, "status": 0},
4485 { "slot": "3", "slot-type": "DIMM", "source": 0, "status": 0}
4489 #if defined TARGET_I386
4491 .name = "rtc-reset-reinjection",
4493 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_rtc_reset_reinjection,
4498 rtc-reset-reinjection
4499 ---------------------
4501 Reset the RTC interrupt reinjection backlog.
4507 -> { "execute": "rtc-reset-reinjection" }
4512 .name = "trace-event-get-state",
4513 .args_type = "name:s",
4514 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_trace_event_get_state,
4518 trace-event-get-state
4519 ---------------------
4521 Query the state of events.
4525 -> { "execute": "trace-event-get-state", "arguments": { "name": "qemu_memalign" } }
4526 <- { "return": [ { "name": "qemu_memalign", "state": "disabled" } ] }
4530 .name = "trace-event-set-state",
4531 .args_type = "name:s,enable:b,ignore-unavailable:b?",
4532 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_trace_event_set_state,
4536 trace-event-set-state
4537 ---------------------
4539 Set the state of events.
4543 -> { "execute": "trace-event-set-state", "arguments": { "name": "qemu_memalign", "enable": "true" } }
4548 .name = "x-input-send-event",
4549 .args_type = "console:i?,events:q",
4550 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_x_input_send_event,
4557 Send input event to guest.
4561 - "console": console index. (json-int, optional)
4562 - "events": list of input events.
4564 The consoles are visible in the qom tree, under
4565 /backend/console[$index]. They have a device link and head property, so
4566 it is possible to map which console belongs to which device and display.
4568 Note: this command is experimental, and not a stable API.
4572 Press left mouse button.
4574 -> { "execute": "x-input-send-event",
4575 "arguments": { "console": 0,
4576 "events": [ { "type": "btn",
4577 "data" : { "down": true, "button": "Left" } } ] } }
4580 -> { "execute": "x-input-send-event",
4581 "arguments": { "console": 0,
4582 "events": [ { "type": "btn",
4583 "data" : { "down": false, "button": "Left" } } ] } }
4590 -> { "execute": "x-input-send-event",
4591 "arguments": { "console": 0, "events": [
4592 { "type": "key", "data" : { "down": true,
4593 "key": {"type": "qcode", "data": "ctrl" } } },
4594 { "type": "key", "data" : { "down": true,
4595 "key": {"type": "qcode", "data": "alt" } } },
4596 { "type": "key", "data" : { "down": true,
4597 "key": {"type": "qcode", "data": "delete" } } } ] } }
4602 Move mouse pointer to absolute coordinates (20000, 400).
4604 -> { "execute": "x-input-send-event" ,
4605 "arguments": { "console": 0, "events": [
4606 { "type": "abs", "data" : { "axis": "X", "value" : 20000 } },
4607 { "type": "abs", "data" : { "axis": "Y", "value" : 400 } } ] } }
4613 .name = "block-set-write-threshold",
4614 .args_type = "node-name:s,write-threshold:l",
4615 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_block_set_write_threshold,
4619 block-set-write-threshold
4622 Change the write threshold for a block drive. The threshold is an offset,
4623 thus must be non-negative. Default is no write threshold.
4624 Setting the threshold to zero disables it.
4628 - "node-name": the node name in the block driver state graph (json-string)
4629 - "write-threshold": the write threshold in bytes (json-int)
4633 -> { "execute": "block-set-write-threshold",
4634 "arguments": { "node-name": "mydev",
4635 "write-threshold": 17179869184 } }
4641 .name = "query-rocker",
4642 .args_type = "name:s",
4643 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_rocker,
4652 - "name": switch name
4656 -> { "execute": "query-rocker", "arguments": { "name": "sw1" } }
4657 <- { "return": {"name": "sw1", "ports": 2, "id": 1327446905938}}
4662 .name = "query-rocker-ports",
4663 .args_type = "name:s",
4664 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_rocker_ports,
4668 Show rocker switch ports
4669 ------------------------
4673 - "name": switch name
4677 -> { "execute": "query-rocker-ports", "arguments": { "name": "sw1" } }
4678 <- { "return": [ {"duplex": "full", "enabled": true, "name": "sw1.1",
4679 "autoneg": "off", "link-up": true, "speed": 10000},
4680 {"duplex": "full", "enabled": true, "name": "sw1.2",
4681 "autoneg": "off", "link-up": true, "speed": 10000}
4687 .name = "query-rocker-of-dpa-flows",
4688 .args_type = "name:s,tbl-id:i?",
4689 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_rocker_of_dpa_flows,
4693 Show rocker switch OF-DPA flow tables
4694 -------------------------------------
4698 - "name": switch name
4699 - "tbl-id": (optional) flow table ID
4703 -> { "execute": "query-rocker-of-dpa-flows", "arguments": { "name": "sw1" } }
4704 <- { "return": [ {"key": {"in-pport": 0, "priority": 1, "tbl-id": 0},
4707 "action": {"goto-tbl": 10},
4708 "mask": {"in-pport": 4294901760}
4716 .name = "query-rocker-of-dpa-groups",
4717 .args_type = "name:s,type:i?",
4718 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_rocker_of_dpa_groups,
4722 Show rocker OF-DPA group tables
4723 -------------------------------
4727 - "name": switch name
4728 - "type": (optional) group type
4732 -> { "execute": "query-rocker-of-dpa-groups", "arguments": { "name": "sw1" } }
4733 <- { "return": [ {"type": 0, "out-pport": 2, "pport": 2, "vlan-id": 3841,
4734 "pop-vlan": 1, "id": 251723778},
4735 {"type": 0, "out-pport": 0, "pport": 0, "vlan-id": 3841,
4736 "pop-vlan": 1, "id": 251723776},
4737 {"type": 0, "out-pport": 1, "pport": 1, "vlan-id": 3840,
4738 "pop-vlan": 1, "id": 251658241},
4739 {"type": 0, "out-pport": 0, "pport": 0, "vlan-id": 3840,
4740 "pop-vlan": 1, "id": 251658240}