[virt-tools-list] [OT] virtual exam environment

[Cole Robinson]

On 07/04/2014 09:14 AM, Pal, Laszlo wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm going to create some virtual exam environment and maybe
> kvm/qemu/virsh can do the job.
> 
> This environment should consists several virtual machines (linux +
> windows) and several virtual networks. This is not a big deal. But
> after the baseline is created, I would like to simulate problems which
> must be solved by the examinees.
> 
> My idea is to use snapshots for this, so I can create faulty snapshots
> and assign them to in a combination with some good  snapshots creating
> 'scenarios'.
> 
> Do you think it can be a working approach? Is there any better
> 'tool'/environment for this? Is there any guide for such thing?

I think qemu/qcow2 internal snapshots should work fine for this. I haven't
heard of anyone trying to solve this specific problem though.

- Cole