Part II Managing Virtual Machines with libvirt #
- 8 Starting and Stopping
libvirtd The communication between the virtualization solutions (KVM, Xen, LXC) and the libvirt API is managed by the daemon libvirtd. It needs to run on the VM Host Server. libvirt client applications such as virt-manager, possibly running on a remote machine, communicate with libvirtd running on the VM Hos…
- 9 Guest Installation
A VM Guest consists of an image containing an operating system and data files and a configuration file describing the VM Guest's virtual hardware resources. VM Guests are hosted on and controlled by the VM Host Server. This section provides generalized instructions for installing a VM Guest. For a l…
- 10 Basic VM Guest Management
Most management tasks, such as starting or stopping a VM Guest, can either be done using the graphical application Virtual Machine Manager or on the command line using
virsh. Connecting to the graphical console via VNC is only possible from a graphical user interface.- 11 Connecting and Authorizing
Managing several VM Host Servers, each hosting multiple VM Guests, quickly becomes difficult. One benefit of
libvirtis the ability to connect to several VM Host Servers at once, providing a single interface to manage all VM Guests and to connect to their graphical console.- 12 Managing Storage
When managing a VM Guest on the VM Host Server itself, you can access the complete file system of the VM Host Server to attach or create virtual hard disks or to attach existing images to the VM Guest. However, this is not possible when managing VM Guests from a remote host. For this reason, libvirt…
- 13 Managing Networks
This chapter describes common network configurations for a VM Host Server, including those supported natively by the VM Host Server and
libvirt. The configurations are valid for all hypervisors supported by SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, such as KVM or Xen.- 14 Configuring Virtual Machines
Virtual Machine Manager's view offers in-depth information about the VM Guest's complete configuration and hardware equipment. Using this view, you can also change the guest configuration or add and modify virtual hardware. To access this view, open the guest's console in Virtual Machine Manager and either choose › from the menu, or click in the toolbar.