Linux Virtualization Operations

Internal

• Linux Virtualization

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

• Disk-Based Storage Pool Configuration
• Partition-Based Storage Pool Configuration
• Directory-Based Storage Pool Configuration
• LVM-Based Storage Pool Configuration
• Storage Pool Deletion

Storage Volume Configuration

• Storage Volume Creation
• Storage Volume Cloning
• Storage Volume Deletion

Virtualization Host Network Operations

• Bridged Networking Configuration

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.

Organizatorium

• qemu-img