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NAME

       virt-top - 'top'-like utility for virtualization stats

SUMMARY

       virt-top [-options]

DESCRIPTION

       virt-top is a top(1)-like utility for showing stats of virtualized domains.  Many keys and
       command line options are the same as for ordinary top.

       It uses libvirt so it is capable of showing stats across a variety of different
       virtualization systems.

OPTIONS

       -1  Display physical CPUs by default (instead of domains).  When virt-top is running, use
           the 1 key to toggle between physical CPUs and domains display.

       -2  Display network interfaces by default (instead of domains).  When virt-top is running,
           use the 2 key to toggle between network interfaces and domains display.

       -3  Display block devices (virtual disks) by default (instead of domains).  When virt-top
           is running, use the 3 key to toggle between block devices and domains display.

       -b  Batch mode.  In this mode keypresses are ignored.

       -c uri or --connect uri
           Connect to the libvirt URI given.

           To connect to QEMU/KVM you would normally do -c qemu:///system

           To connect to Xen on the same host, do -c xen:///

           To connect to libvirtd on a remote machine you would normally do -c qemu://host/system

           If this option is not given then virt-top connects by default to whatever is the
           default hypervisor for libvirt, although this can be overridden by setting environment
           variables.

           See the libvirt documentation at <http://libvirt.org/uri.html> for further
           information.

       -d delay
           Set the delay between screen updates in seconds.  The default is 3.0 seconds.  You can
           change this while virt-top is running by pressing either s or d key.

       -n iterations
           Set the number of iterations to run.  The default is to run continuously.

       -o sort
           Set the sort order to one of: cpu (sort by %CPU used), mem (sort by total memory),
           time (sort by total time), id (sort by domain ID), name (sort by domain name), netrx
           (sort by network received bytes), nettx (sort by network transmitted bytes), blockrdrq
           (sort by block device [disk] read requests), blockwrrq (sort by block device [disk]
           write requests).

           While virt-top is running you can change the sort order using keys P (cpu), M
           (memory), T (total time), N (domain ID), F (interactively select the sort field).

       -s  Secure mode.  Currently this does nothing.

       --hist-cpu secs
           Set the time in seconds between updates of the historical %CPU at the top right of the
           display.

       --csv file.csv
           Write the statistics to file file.csv.  First a header is written showing the
           statistics being recorded in each column, then one line is written for each screen
           update.  The CSV file can be loaded directly by most spreadsheet programs.

           Currently the statistics which this records vary between releases of virt-top (but the
           column headers will stay the same, so you can use those to process the CSV file).

           Not every version of virt-top supports CSV output - it depends how the program was
           compiled (see README file in the source distribution for details).

           To save space you can compress your CSV files (if your shell supports this feature,
           eg. bash):

            virt-top --csv >(gzip -9 > output.csv.gz)

           You can use a similar trick to split the CSV file up.  In this example the CSV file is
           split every 1000 lines into files called output.csv.00, output.csv.01 etc.

            virt-top --csv >(split -d -l 1000 - output.csv.)

       --no-csv-cpu
           Disable domain CPU stats in CSV output.

       --no-csv-mem
           Disable domain memory stats in CSV output.

       --no-csv-block
           Disable domain block device stats in CSV output.

       --no-csv-net
           Disable domain network interface stats in CSV output.

       --debug filename
           Send debug and error messages to filename.  To send error messages to syslog you can
           do:

            virt-top --debug >(logger -t virt-top)

           See also REPORTING BUGS below.

       --init-file filename
           Read filename as the init file instead of the default which is $HOME/.virt-toprc.  See
           also INIT FILE below.

       --no-init-file
           Do not read any init file.

       --script
           Script mode.  There will be no user interface.  This is most useful when used together
           with the --csv and -n options.

       --stream
           Stream mode.  All output is sent to stdout.  This can be used from shell scripts etc.
           There is no user interface.

       --block-in-bytes
           Show I/O statistics in Bytes. Default is shown in the number of Requests.

       --end-time time
           The program will exit at the time given.

           The time may be given in one of the following formats:

           YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS
               End time is the date and time given.

           HH:MM:SS
               End time is the time given, today.

           +HH:MM:SS
               End time is HH hours, MM minutes, SS seconds in the future (counted from the
               moment that program starts).

           +secs
               End time is secs seconds in the future.

           For example to run the program for 3 minutes you could do:

            virt-top --end-time +00:03:00

           or:

            virt-top --end-time +180

           Not every version of virt-top supports this option - it depends how the program was
           compiled (see README file in the source distribution for details).

       --help
           Display usage summary.

       --version
           Display version number and exit.

KEYS

       Note that keys are case sensitive.  For example use upper-case P (shift P) to sort by
       %CPU.  ^ before a key means a Ctrl key, so ^L is Ctrl L.

       space or ^L
           Updates the display.

       q   Quits the program.

       h   Displays help.

       s or d
           Change the delay between screen updates.

       B   Toggle Block I/O statistics so they are shown in either bytes or requests.

       0 (number 0)
           Show the normal list of domains display.

       1 (number 1)
           Toggle into showing physical CPUs.  If pressed again toggles back to showing domains
           (the normal display).

       2   Toggle into showing network interfaces.  If pressed again toggles back to showing
           domains.

       3   Toggle into showing block devices (virtual disks).  If pressed again toggles back to
           showing domains.

       P   Sort by %CPU.

       M   Sort by total memory.  Note that this shows the total memory allocated to the guest,
           not the memory being used.

       T   Sort by total time.

       N   Sort by domain ID.

       F   Select the sort field interactively (there are other sort fields you can choose using
           this key).

       W   This creates or overwrites the init file with the current settings.

           This key is disabled if --no-init-file was specified on the command line or if
           overwrite-init-file false is given in the init file.

INIT FILE

       When virt-top starts up, it reads initial settings from the file .virt-toprc in the user's
       home directory.

       The name of this file may be overridden using the --init-file filename command line option
       or may be disabled entirely using --no-init-file.

       The init file has a simple format.  Blank lines and comments beginning with # are ignored.
       Everything else is a set of key value pairs, described below.

       display task|pcpu|block|net
           Sets the major display mode to one of task (tasks, the default), pcpu (physical CPUs),
           block (block devices), or net (network interfaces).

       delay secs
           Sets the delay between display updates in seconds.

       hist-cpu secs
           Sets the historical CPU delay in seconds.

       iterations n
           Sets the number of iterations to run before we exit.  Setting this to -1 means to run
           continuously.

       sort cpu|mem|time|id|name|...
           Sets the sort order.  The option names are the same as for the command line -o option.

       connect uri
           Sets the default connection URI.

       debug filename
           Sets the default filename to use for debug and error messages.

       csv filename
           Enables CSV output to the named file.

       csv-cpu true|false
           Enable or disable domain CPU stats in CSV output.

       csv-mem true|false
           Enable or disable domain memory stats in CSV output.

       csv-block true|false
           Enable or disable domain block device stats in CSV output.

       csv-net true|false
           Enable or disable domain network interface stats in CSV output.

       batch true|false
           Sets batch mode.

       secure true|false
           Sets secure mode.

       script true|false
           Sets script mode.

       stream true|false
           Sets stream mode.

       block-in-bytes true|false
           Show block device statistics in bytes.

       end-time time
           Set the time at which the program exits.  See above for the time formats supported.

       overwrite-init-file false
           If set to false then the W key will not overwrite the init file.

       Note that in the current implementation, options specified in the init file override
       options specified on the command line.  This is a bug and this behaviour may change in the
       future.

NOTES

   Block I/O statistics
       This I/O value is the amount of I/O since the previous iteration of virt-top. To calculate
       speed of I/O, you should divide the number by delay secs.

   NETWORK RX BYTES AND PACKETS
       Libvirt/virt-top has no way to know that a packet transmitted to a guest was received (eg.
       if the guest is not listening).  In the network RX stats, virt-top reports the packets
       transmitted to the guest, on the basis that the guest might receive them.

       In particular this includes broadcast packets.  Because of the way that Linux bridges
       work, if the guest is connected to a bridge, it will probably see a steady "background
       noise" of RX packets even when the network interface is idle or down.  These are caused by
       STP packets generated by the bridge.

   DEBUGGING LIBVIRT ISSUES
       virt-top tries to turn libvirt errors into informative messages.  However if libvirt
       initialization fails then this is not possible.  Instead you will get an obscure error
       like:

        libvir: error : Unknown failure
        Fatal error: exception Libvirt.Virterror(...)

       To see the cause of libvirt errors in more detail, enable libvirt debugging by setting
       this environment variable:

        export LIBVIRT_DEBUG=1

SEE ALSO

       top(1), virsh(1), <http://www.libvirt.org/ocaml/>, <http://www.libvirt.org/>,
       <http://people.redhat.com/~rjones/>, <http://caml.inria.fr/>

AUTHORS

       Richard W.M. Jones <rjones @ redhat . com>

COPYRIGHT

       (C) Copyright 2007-2011 Red Hat Inc., Richard W.M. Jones http://libvirt.org/

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of
       the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
       version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

       This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
       without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
       See the GNU General Public License for more details.

       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program;
       if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139,
       USA.

REPORTING BUGS

       Bugs can be viewed on the Red Hat Bugzilla page: <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/>.

       If you find a bug in virt-top, please follow these steps to report it:

       1. Check for existing bug reports
           Go to <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/> and search for similar bugs.  Someone may already
           have reported the same bug, and they may even have fixed it.

       2. Capture debug and error messages
           Run

            virt-top --debug virt-top.log

           and keep virt-top.log.  It contains error messages which you should submit with your
           bug report.

       3. Get version of virt-top and version of libvirt.
           Use:

            virt-top --version

           If you can get the precise version of libvirt you are using then that too is helpful.

       4. Submit a bug report.
           Go to <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/> and enter a new bug.  Please describe the problem
           in as much detail as possible.

           Remember to include the version numbers (step 3) and the debug messages file (step 2).

       5. Assign the bug to rjones @ redhat.com
           Assign or reassign the bug to rjones @ redhat.com (without the spaces).  You can also
           send me an email with the bug number if you want a faster response.