Openvz -Create and start a container
To create and start a container, run the following commands:
vzctl create CTID –ostemplate osname
vzctl set CTID –ipadd <ipaddress> –save
vzctl set CTID –nameserver <ipaddress> –save
Vzctl start CTID
Here CTID is the numeric ID for the container; osname is the name of the OS template for the container.
Example:
vzctl create 101 –ostemplate fedora-core-5-minimal
vzctl set 101 –ipadd 192.11.0.3 –save
vzctl set 101 –nameserver 192.11.0.3 –save
vzctl start 101
Your freshly-created container should be up and running now; you can see its processes:
vzctl exec CTID ps ax
Enter to and exit from the container
To enter container give the following command:
vzctl enter CTID
entered into container CTID
[container]#
To exit from container, just type exit and press Enter:
[container]# exit
exited from container VEID
Stop and destroy the container
To stop container:
vzctl stop CTID
Stopping container …
Container was stopped
Container is unmounted
And to destroy container:
vzctl destroy CTID
Destroying container private area: /vz/private/CTID
Container private area was destroyed
Source - openvz forums