2.5.1. Command Line Options and Parameters of ovm

2.5.1. Command Line Options and Parameters of ovm_vmmessage
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2.5.1. Command Line Options and Parameters of ovm_vmmessage

The ovm_vmmessage utility has the following command line options:

-u user name of an Oracle VM Manager admin user (required)
-p password corresponding with the admin user name (required)
-h host name of the server running Oracle VM Manager (required)
-X use SSL to connect to Oracle VM Manager
-v virtual machine name
-U virtual machine UUID
-k key to send
-V value to send along with the key (required when using -k)
-q key to query

Note that ovm_vmmessage only works on a running virtual machine. To send messages you combine -k <key> and -V <value>. To retrieve messages, use -q <key>.

Caution

The virtual machine name is the name you assign during the creation of the VM. However, the same name could be assigned to several different VMs. If that is the case, you must use the -U option and provide the unique identifier (UUID) of the VM.