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## VM Operations

Show running VMs  
`# xe vm-list --multiple power-state=running`

Poweroff all VMs currently running  
`# xe vm-shutdown --multiple power-state=running`

Start VM  
`# xe vm-start uuid=<vm uuid>`

## Snapshot management

_TODO_

## VM Limits

Check current limits  
`# xe vm-param-get uuid=<vm uuid> param-name=<parameter>`

Parameters:

```
VCPUs-max: Maximum number of CPU cores
VCPUs-at-startup: Number of CPU cores initially assigned
```

Set Limits  
`# xe vm-param-set uuid=<vm uuid> <parameter>=<value>`

![TODO Memory limits](https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX219771/increase-ram-for-xenserver-vms-through-command-line-interface)