xentop(1)

💅 xentop(1): live Xen system & domain tea ☕✨

okay so this page is for xentop, the tool that displays real-time information about a Xen system and domains. It's giving live dashboard energy, no cap. 💖

💖 NAME 💖

xentop — displays real-time information about a Xen system and domains. literally the live tea on your Xen setup and its domains. ✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

xentop [-h] [-V] [-dSECONDS] [-n] [-r] [-v] [-f] [-b] [-iITERATIONS] [-z]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so xentop displays information about the Xen system and domains, in a continually-updating manner. Command-line options and interactive commands can change the detail and format of the information displayed by xentop. obsessed — it's live, it's configurable, it's the main character. fr fr. 💅

✨ OPTIONS ✨

Each flag is a little vibe switch, bestie — iykyk:

• -h, --help — display help and exit. 🫶
• -V, --version — output version information and exit. ⭐
• -d, --delay=SECONDS — seconds between updates (default 3). ⏳
• -n, --networks — output network information. 🌐
• -x, --vbds — output vbd block device data. 💾
• -r, --repeat-header — repeat table header before each domain. 🔁
• -v, --vcpus — output VCPU data. 🧠
• -f, --full-name — output the full domain name (not truncated). 📛
• -b, --batch — output data in batch mode (to stdout). 📤
• -i, --iterations=ITERATIONS — maximum number of iterations xentop should produce before ending. 🔢
• -z, --dom0-first — display dom0 first, ignoring interactive sorting. 👑

🎀 INTERACTIVE COMMANDS 🎀

All interactive commands are case-insensitive. vibe check passed, bestie — you literally cannot mess up the case. 😌

• D — set delay between updates. ⏱️
• N — toggle display of network information. 🌐
• Q, Esc — quit. 👋
• R — toggle table header before each domain. 🔁
• S — cycle sort order. 🔀
• V — toggle display of VCPU information. 🧠
• Arrows — scroll domain display. 🕹️

🫶 AUTHORS 🫶

Written by Judy Fischbach, David Hendricks, and Josh Triplett. icons, honestly. 👑

🐛 REPORTING BUGS 🐛

Report bugs to <xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org>. 📬

👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

Copyright 2005  International Business Machines  Corp

This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is
NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE.

💖 cute sign-off: this page is xentop(1), version 4.20.5-pre, dated 2026-10-16. Bye bestie — go let your domains slay. periodt. 🫶