kvm virtualization in RHEL 5.4 Beta, howto

[ESGLinux]

Thanks for your answer Len,
One question, which exactly package did you install to use KVM ? I´m going
to look for it in RHEL 5.4

ESG

2009/8/13 Le Wen <wenle at lenovo.com>

> Yes, it's not supported in RHEL5.3 by default, so I upgrade my kernel to
> 2.6.24 and enable KVM , download KVM package and install it. Then I can
> use qemu command to create a VM.
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> I haven't tested RHEL5.4, you can try if there's such qemu command.
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> > Hi there,
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> >     I don't know what to do in RHEL5.4, but in RHEL5.3, using
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> >      qemu-img create -f qcow /vm/vdisk.img 20G
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> >     to create the virtual disk
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> >    qemu-kvm -hda /vm/vdisk.img -cdrom /vm/iso/w2k3.iso -boot d  -m 1024
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> >      to create the virtual machine,
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> >      and finally, using
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> >    qemu-kvm /vm/vdisk.img -m 1024
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> >     to boot the installed vm.
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> Hi Len,
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> I´m totally overwhelmed with your answer.
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> The use of kvm is one of the great, great news in RHEL, in fact, it´s
> still
> in Beta. So I don´t understad how you can use it on 5.3.
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> on the other hand I don´t have the qemu-kvm command in my RHEL 5.3
> systems.
> (the qemu commands comes with the supplementary packages but I don´t have
> the kvm command)
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> How do I install the qemu-kvm command?
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> Thanks for your answer,
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> ESG
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> > Hi Thomas,
> > thanks for your answer.
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> > When I run virt-manager (as I do with xen) and try to use kvm I dont see
> > this option anywhere.
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> > When I try to add a connection the hypervisors avaliable are xen and
> qemu
> > (like with previous version of RH)
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> > How I build the kvm guest (sorry if this is a silly question, but I
> don´t
> > see how to make it)
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> > Thanks,
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> > ESG
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> > 2009/8/11 Thomas von Steiger <thomas.vonsteiger at bluewin.ch>
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> > > On 11.08.2009, at 15:02, ESGLinux wrote:
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> > >  Hi all,
> > >> I have installed the RHEL 5.4  Beta (see the press
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> http://press.redhat.com/2009/07/02/red-hat-enterprise-linux-5-4-beta-now-available/?sc_cid=70160000000Hv6dAAC
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> > >> )
> > >>
> > >> and I want to test KVM virtualization, but I don´t know how to test
> > >> because
> > >> I´m totall newbie to this kind of virtualization.
> > >>
> > >> I have installed the KVM group from pirut, but I dont see how to test
> > it.
> > >>
> > >> someone knows a good KVM-howto and the utilities that comes with RHEL
> > 5.4
> > >> Beta for manage it?
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > > You can use virt-manager, virsh, virt-viewer from rhel5.4 beta to
> build
> > kvm
> > > guests.
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> > > Thomas
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