TOPIC 7

Date: 3/6/2019
Linux and Windows interoperability
Linux System Administration


Windows 7 virtual appliance deployment in KVM.
Exercise
  • At the moment, you should already have the KVM installed on your desktop. Download the Windows 7 VM and deploy it: 
    cd /tmp
mkdir WinVM
cd WinVM
wget http://192.168.5.240/coursefiles/Win7.tgz
tar -zxvf Win7.tgz
mv Win7.img /var/lib/libvirt/images
cp Win7.xml /etc/libvirt/qemu
chown hostadm:hostadm /etc/libvirt/qemu/Win7.xml
chown hostadm:hostadm /var/lib/libvirt/images/Win7.img
virsh define /etc/libvirt/qemu/Win7.xml
  • Launch the virt-manager.
    Start the VM.

  • Find out the IP address that has been assigned to Win7 VM: on your desktop, run command 
    virsh domifaddr Win7
  • Add the IP address of win7, into /etc/hosts on your desktop for the host name resolution, as below for example. If the correct IP address entry is already present in file /etc/hosts, skip this step. 
    192.168.122.245  win7

  • We'll be accessing the desktop from Win7 over the private virtual network.
    The links below demonstrates how to add the IP address of virbr0 of your desktop, 192.168.122.1, to the windows host file:
    Launch Notepad as Administrator,
    navigate to C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc, and open file hosts,
    add the following line in end of the file. 
    192.168.122.1  desktop

  • Try pinging the desktop by the host name from the command line, cmd: 
    ping  desktop



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