Installation 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.

Fig u re 7.15. T h e main virt - man ag er win do w

Click on the Create new vi rtual i zed g uest button to start the new virtualized guest

wizard.

Red Hat Ent erp rise Linux 6 Virt ualiz at ion Host Configurat ion and G uest Inst allat ion G uide