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Applies to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3

Part II Managing virtual machines with libvirt

  • 8 Starting and stopping libvirtd
  • 9 Preparing the VM Host Server
  • Before you can install guest virtual machines, you need to prepare the VM Host Server to provide the guests with the resources that they need for their operation. Specifically, you need to configure:

  • 10 Guest installation
  • 11 Basic VM Guest management
  • 12 Connecting and authorizing
  • 13 Advanced storage topics
  • 14 Configuring virtual machines with Virtual Machine Manager
  • Virtual Machine Manager's Details 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 View › Details from the menu, or click Show virtual hardware details in the toolbar.

  • 15 Configuring virtual machines with virsh
  • You can use virsh to configure virtual machines (VM) on the command line as an alternative to using the Virtual Machine Manager. With virsh, you can control the state of a VM, edit the configuration of a VM or even migrate a VM to another host. The following sections describe how to manage VMs by using virsh.

  • 16 Managing virtual machines with Vagrant
  • Vagrant is a tool that provides a unified workflow for the creation, deployment and management of virtual development environments. The following sections describe how to manage virtual machines by using Vagrant.

  • 17 Xen to KVM migration guide
  • As the KVM virtualization solution is becoming more and more popular among server administrators, many of them need a path to migrate their existing Xen based environments to KVM. As of now, there are no mature tools to automatically convert Xen VMs to KVM. There is, however, a technical solution th…

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