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== Storage virsh/kvm ==
 * Disk storage is a pool, volumes is created from the pool and assigned to individual VM's.
   * {{{ virsh vol-list default }}}

KVM - Linux kernel virtualization manager

  • Links: docker containers

  • Similar in function to VMware, it uses linux as a hypervisor for guest virtual machines.
  • Makes use of hardware virtualization built into most CPU's.
  • Gui - Virtual Machine Manager
  • Memory dedup with KSM

    • Monitor ksm with
      •      watch -d "tail  /sys/kernel/mm/ksm/* | sed -e :a -e 's/\(.*[0-9]\)\([0-9]\{3\}\)/\1,\2/;ta'"

Storage virsh/kvm

  • Disk storage is a pool, volumes is created from the pool and assigned to individual VM's.
    •  virsh vol-list default 

VBox - Oracle virtual box

  • Create physical disk drive
    •  \Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxManage.exe" internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename "C:\Users\<user_name>\VirtualBox VMs\<VM_folder_name>\<file_name>.vmdk" -rawdisk \\.\PhysicalDrive# 

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linux/KVM (last edited 2017-11-12 22:18:05 by PieterSmit)