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 ====== Linux Kernel Virtual Machines ====== ====== Linux Kernel Virtual Machines ======
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 +[[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)]]
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 +[[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]]
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 +:!: 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 ===== ===== Virtual to Physical =====
  
 http://www.savelono.com/linux/how-to-migrate-a-qemu-kvm-image-to-a-physical-machinepc.html 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>
virtualization/kvm.1327170956.txt.gz · Last modified: 2012/01/21 11:35 by gcooper

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