Start Xenserver VM from cmd line

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  1. Use vm-list to determine the name of the vm you want to start 
    [root my-xen-server-box ~]# xe vm-list
uuid ( RO)           : 60c1607b-1e51-bfe7-088e-a4a868b80f7f
     name-label ( RW): docker
    power-state ( RO): running


uuid ( RO)           : 96b5c2e3-5c76-a354-74ef-c324069a7c91
     name-label ( RW): jenkins
    power-state ( RO): running


uuid ( RO)           : e0bac120-5676-50fc-7989-c11f5cf1537d
     name-label ( RW): puppet_host1
    power-state ( RO): running


uuid ( RO)           : cc502056-ee19-1c97-a90c-a6dfe766db67
     name-label ( RW): devops
    power-state ( RO): halted


uuid ( RO)           : c4555386-c498-4434-8926-3a42e607aabc
     name-label ( RW): networkadmin
    power-state ( RO): running


uuid ( RO)           : f312e45d-506e-a626-5b28-ba9a179f5524
     name-label ( RW): webserver
    power-state ( RO): halted


uuid ( RO)           : dc50cbba-ec9f-4fba-8135-d104a4dc0c61
     name-label ( RW): Control domain on host: xenserver
    power-state ( RO): running


uuid ( RO)           : e4177291-c3e8-8f6c-93ad-a127fe4e9b62
     name-label ( RW): puppet_host2
    power-state ( RO): running


uuid ( RO)           : dbe265c4-a19d-8211-eb57-161359509a2c
     name-label ( RW): puppet_master
    power-state ( RO): running
  2. Now use the name-label to start the VM 
    [root xenserver ~]# xe vm-start vm=webserver
[root xenserver ~]#