Linux Virtualization Operations: Difference between revisions

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=Cloning a Guest VM=
=Cloning a Guest VM=

Revision as of 03:18, 27 June 2017

Internal

Commands

virsh
virt-install guestmount guestunmount virt-builder virt-cat virt-filesystems virt-inspector
libguestfs virt-copy-in virt-copy-out virt-customize virt-df virt-diff virt-edit virt-format
virt-log virt-ls virt-make-fs virt-p2v virt-rescue virt-resize virt-sparsify virt-sysprep
virt-tar-out virt-tar-in virt-top virt-v2v virt-viewer virt-what virt-who virt-xml-validate

Virtualization Host Storage Operations

Storage Pool Configuration

Storage Volume Configuration

Virtualization Host Network Operations

Create a Guest Virtual Machine

Virtualization host storage and networking must be configured as a prerequisite to creating guest virtual machines. Once storage pools and storage volumes are made available, and the networking is configured, guest virtual machines can be created with:

virt-install
virsh define

Start/Stop Guest VMs

virsh start
virsh shutdown

Connect to the Guest VM

virsh console

Cloning a Guest VM

TO replicate and verify:

  • Shut down the guest with virsh shutdown.
  • Export the XML configuration with virsh dumpxml.
  • Copy the XML definition and the disk image to the target node.
  • Edit the XML as needed.
  • Define the guest with virsh define.

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