Virtualización guide 5.2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Virtualization Guide 5.2

Christopher Curran Jan Mark Holzer
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The Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization Guide contains information on installation, configuring, administering, tips, tricks and troubleshooting virtualization technologies used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

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Author Author Translator Translator Translator Translator Translator Translator Copyright © 2008 Red Hat, Inc Christopher Curran Jan Mark Holzer Don Dutile Barry Donahue Rick Ring Michael Kearey Marco Grigull Eugene Teo


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How should CIO's Think about Virtualization? .............................................................. ix 1. About this book .............................................................................................. xi 2.Document Conventions .................................................................................. xi 3. We Need Feedback ..................................................................................... xiii I. System Requirements for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization .............................. 1 1. System requirements..................................................................................... 3 1. Hardware prerequisites .......................................................................... 3 2. Compatibility of host and guest combinations ................................................... 7 3. Virtualization limitations .................................................................................. 9 II. Installation Procedures..........................................................................................11 Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization ............................................... xiii 4. Installing Red Hat Virtualization packages on the host .....................................15 1. Installing Red Hat Virtualization during a new Red Hat Enterprise Linux installation................................................................................................15 2. Installing Red Hat Virtualization on an existing Red Hat Enterprise Linux system .....................................................................................................15 5. Installing guests ............................................................................................19 1. Create a guest using virt-install.......................................................19 2. Create a guest using virt-manager .......................................................21 6. Guest operating system installation processes ................................................31 1. Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 as a para-virtualized guest ..............31 1.1. Graphical Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 installation...