Applies to SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1
Part V Integration with Virtualization Tools #
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libvirt
and Ceph The libvirt library creates a virtual machine abstraction layer between hypervisor interfaces and the software applications that use them. With libvirt, developers and system administrators can focus on a common management framework, common API, and common shell interface (virsh) to many different h…
- 27 Ceph as a back-end for QEMU KVM instance
The most frequent Ceph use case involves providing block device images to virtual machines. For example, a user may create a 'golden' image with an OS and any relevant software in an ideal configuration. Then, the user takes a snapshot of the image. Finally, the user clones the snapshot (usually man…