Installation guide

Chapter 7. Installing a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 guest virtual
machine on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 host
This chapter covers how to install a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 guest virtual machine on a Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6 host.
These procedures assume that the KVM hypervisor and all other required packages are installed and
the host is configured for virtualization.
Note
For more information on installing the virtualization packages, refer to Chapter 5, Installing the
virtualization packages.
7.1. Creat ing a Red Hat Ent erprise Linux 6 guest wit h local inst allat ion
media
This procedure covers creating a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 guest virtual machine with a locally
stored installation DVD or DVD image. DVD images are available from http://access.redhat.com for
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
Pro ced u re 7.1. C reat in g a Red H at En t erp rise Lin u x 6 g u est virt ual mach in e wit h virt -
manag er
1. O p t io n al: Prep arat io n
Prepare the storage environment for the virtual machine. For more information on preparing
storage, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Virtualization Administration Guide.
Important
Various storage types may be used for storing guest virtual machines. However, for a
virtual machine to be able to use migration features the virtual machine must be
created on networked storage.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 requires at least 1GB of storage space. However, Red Hat
recommends at least 5GB of storage space for a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 installation and
for the procedures in this guide.
2. O p en virt - man ag er an d st art t h e wiz ard
Open virt-manager by executing the vi rt-manag er command as root or opening
Appl i cati o ns → System T o o l s → Vi rtual Machi ne Manag er.
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