TOPIC 3 Date: 2/5/2020

Server virtualization with KVM

Linux System Administration

References VMware: Understanding Full Virtualization, paravirtualization and Hardware Assist (quite outdated, but gives a good explanation of the virtualization types) KVM and QEMU. (Explains well how the KVM module and QEMU work together) Using KVM virtualization

Topic agenda What is virtualization Challenges on x86 Virtualization types KVM virsh (Exercises) VM cloning in virt-manager (Exercises) VM cloning with virt-clone (Exercises) VM appliance deployment (Exercises) Access VM qcow2 disk (Exercises) Delete VMs (Exercises) References Take me to the Course Website