====== Linux Kernel Virtual Machines ======

[[https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Virtualization_Host_Configuration_and_Guest_Installation_Guide/form-Virtualization_Host_Configuration_and_Guest_Installation_Guide-Para_virtualized_drivers-Installing_with_a_virtualized_floppy_disk.html|Install Drivers During Windows Installation (Preferred)]]

[[https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Virtualization_Host_Configuration_and_Guest_Installation_Guide/form-Virtualization_Host_Configuration_and_Guest_Installation_Guide-Para_virtualized_drivers-Mounting_the_image_with_virt_manager.html|Install Drivers After Windows Guest Installation]]

:!: Consider using ''raw'' disk images/partitions hosting Microsoft SQL database files for best performance. 

===== Create a Windows 7 VM =====

  - Create the VM using Virt-Manager
    * Choose **Customize configuration before install** 
  - Remove Disk 1
  - Add Hardware
    - VirtIO Drivers ISO
      * Storage -> Select managed or other existing -> Browse -> Browse Local -> virtio-win-0.1-59.iso
      * Device type -> IDE CDROM
    - Disk 1
      * Storage -> Create disk image (at least 30GB) 
      * Allocate entire disk now -> Deselect
      * Device type -> VirtIO disk
      * Cache mode -> None
      * Storage format -> qcow2
  - Modify the NIC
    * Device Model -> VirtIO
  - Modify the Video
    * Model -> QXL
  - Modify the Display
    * Type -> SPICE
    * Add the Spice agent channels -> Yes
  - Start the Windows installation
    * Load Driver -> Select all three VirtIO drivers
      * NIC
      * SCSI
      * Balloon

===== Virtual to Physical =====

http://www.savelono.com/linux/how-to-migrate-a-qemu-kvm-image-to-a-physical-machinepc.html

===== Virtualbox to KVM Migration =====

http://arjunstechblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/how-to-migrate-from-virtualbox-to-kvm.html

<file>
VBoxManage clonehd --format RAW orig_disk_name.[vdi|vmdk] new_disk_name.img

qemu-img convert -f raw new_disk_name.img -O qcow2 new_disk_name.qcow
</file>