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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Hypervisor

Deployment Guide

The complete guide to obtaining, deploying, configuring, and

maintaining the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor.

Hypervisor Deployment Guide

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Hypervisor Deployment Guide

The complete guide to obtaining, deploying, configuring, and

maintaining the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor.

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The Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor is a fully featured virtualization platform for quick,

easy deployment and management of virtualized guests. The Hypervisor is designed for management

via the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager. This Hypervisor Deployment Guide documents

the steps required to obtain, deploy, configure, and maintain the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization

Hypervisor.

Preface v

1. About this Guide ............................................................................................................. v

1.1. Audience .............................................................................................................. v

1.2. Documentation Suite ............................................................................................ v

2. Document Conventions ................................................................................................... vi

2.1. Typographic Conventions ..................................................................................... vi

2.2. Pull-quote Conventions ....................................................................................... viii

2.3. Notes and Warnings ........................................................................................... viii

3. We Need Feedback! ....................................................................................................... ix

1. Introduction 1

2. Requirements 3

2.1. Hypervisor Requirements .............................................................................................. 3

2.2. Guest Requirements and Support Limits ........................................................................ 6

2.3. Guest Operating System Support .................................................................................. 7

3. Preparing Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor Installation Media 9

3.1. Preparation Instructions ................................................................................................ 9

3.2. Deploying Hypervisors with PXE and tftp ..................................................................... 11

3.2.1. Booting a Hypervisor with PXE ......................................................................... 13

3.3. Preparing a Hypervisor USB Storage Device ............................................................... 13

3.3.1. Making a USB Storage Device into a Hypervisor Boot Device ............................. 14

3.3.2. Booting a Hypervisor USB Storage Device ........................................................ 17

3.4. Preparing a Hypervisor from a CD-ROM or DVD .......................................................... 18

3.4.1. Making a Hypervisor CD-ROM Boot Disk .......................................................... 18

3.4.2. Booting a Hypervisor CD-ROM ......................................................................... 18

4. Installation 21

4.1. Interactive Installation ................................................................................................. 21

4.1.1. Booting from the Installation Media ................................................................... 21

4.1.2. Installation Procedure ...................................................................................... 25

4.2. Automated Installation ................................................................................................ 28

4.2.1. How the Kernel Arguments Work ...................................................................... 28

4.2.2. Required Parameters ....................................................................................... 28

4.2.3. Storage Parameters ......................................................................................... 28

4.2.4. Networking Parameters .................................................................................... 31

4.2.5. Red Hat Network (RHN) Parameters ................................................................ 33

4.2.6. Authentication Parameters ............................................................................... 35

4.2.7. Other Parameters ............................................................................................ 36

4.2.8. Example: Automated Hypervisor Installation ...................................................... 38

5. Configuration 39

5.1. Logging In .................................................................................................................. 39

5.2. Status ........................................................................................................................ 39

5.3. Network ..................................................................................................................... 39

5.4. Security ..................................................................................................................... 42

5.5. Logging ...................................................................................................................... 42

5.6. Kernel Dump .............................................................................................................. 43

5.7. Remote Storage ......................................................................................................... 44

5.8. RHEV-M .................................................................................................................... 44

5.9. Red Hat Network ........................................................................................................ 45

6. Upgrading Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisors 47

6.1. Upgrading a Hypervisor with the Manager ................................................................... 47

6.2. Upgrading a Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor with local media ..................... 48

6.3. Re-installing Hypervisors with the Manager .................................................................. 49

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Hypervisor Deployment Guide

A. Security topics 51

B. Filesystem layout 53

C. Uninstallation 55

D. Revision History 57

Preface

This is a guide to the installation and configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisors.

The guide also provides step-by-step procedures to connect the Hypervisor with the Red Hat

Enterprise Virtualization Manager. Advanced options are covered to assist users with configuration of

Hypervisors in a wide variety of environments.

1. About this Guide

This guide describes the procedures for installation and configuration of Red Hat Enterprise

Virtualization Hypervisors. Having read this guide you will be able to:

• create Hypervisor boot media,

• perform interactive installation of the Hypervisor,

• perform automated, or unattended, installation of the Hypervisor,

• configure the Hypervisor,

• attach the Hypervisor to a Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager installation, and

• upgrade the Hypervisor as new versions become available.

Installation and configuration of the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager, other than the

attachment of Hypervisors to the manager, is outside the scope of this document. For instruction on

installation and configuration of the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager consult the Red Hat

Enterprise Virtualization Installation Guide .

1.1. Audience

This guide is intended for use by those who need to install, configure, and maintain instances of

the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor. A relative level of comfort in the administration of

computers that run Linux based operating systems would be beneficial but is not strictly required.

1.2. Documentation Suite

The Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization documentation suite provides information on installation,

development of applications, configuration and usage of the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization platform

and its related products.

• Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization — Administration Guide describes how to setup, configure and

manage Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization. It assumes that you have successfully installed the Red

Hat Enterprise Virtualization manager and hosts.

• Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization — Evaluation Guide enables prospective customers to evaluate

the features of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization. Use this guide if you have an evaluation license.

• Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization — Installation Guide describes the installation prerequisites

and procedures. Read this if you need to install Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization. The installation

of hosts, manager and storage are covered in this guide. You will need to refer to the Red Hat

Enterprise Virtualization Administration Guide to configure the system before you can start using the

platform.

• Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization — Manager Release Notes contain release specific information for

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Managers.

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