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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Hypervisor Deployment Guide The complete guide to installing, deploying and maintaining Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisors. Edition 9 Chris Curran David Jorm Stephen Gordon Laura Bailey Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Hypervisor Deployment Guide The complete guide to installing, deploying and maintaining Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisors. Edition 9 Chris Curran Red Hat Engineering Content Services [email protected] David Jorm Red Hat Engineering Content Services [email protected] Stephen Gordon Red Hat Engineering Content Services [email protected] Laura Bailey Red Hat Engineering Content Services [email protected] Legal Notice Copyright © 2010 Red Hat, Inc. This document is licensed by Red Hat under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. If you distribute this document, or a modified version of it, you must provide attribution to Red Hat, Inc. and provide a link to the original. 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Red Hat Software Collections is not formally related to or endorsed by the official Joyent Node.js open source or commercial project. The OpenStack ® Word Mark and OpenStack logo are either registered trademarks/service marks or trademarks/service marks of the OpenStack Foundation, in the United States and other countries and are used with the OpenStack Foundation's permission. We are not affiliated with, endorsed or sponsored by the OpenStack Foundation, or the OpenStack community. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Abstract This book is a guide to installing and administering Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor. Table of Contents Table of Contents .P .r e. f. a. c. e. .2 . .C .h .a .p . t.e .r .1 .. .I n. t. r.o .d .u . c. i.n .g . R. .e .d . H. a. t. .E .n .t e. r. p. r.i s. e. .V . i.r t.u . a. l.i z. a. t.i o. n. .H . y. p. e. r.v .i s. o. .r s. .3 . .C .h .a .p . t.e .r .2 .. .U . n. d. e. r. s. t.a .n .d .i n. g. t.h .e . R. .e .d . H. a. t. .E .n .t e. r. p. r.i s. e. V. i.r t. u. a. l.i z. a. t.i o. n. .H . y. p. e. r.v .i s. o. .r . .4 . 2.1. Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor directories 4 .C .h .a .p . t.e .r .3 .. .R . e. q. u. i.r .e .m . e. n. t.s . a. n. d. l.i m. .i t.a .t i.o .n . s. .o .f .R . e. d. .H . a. t. E. n. t. e. r.p .r .i s. e. .V .i r.t .u .a .l i.z .a .t i.o .n . H. .y .p .e .r v. i.s .o . r.s . .6 . 3.1. System requirements 6 3.2. Limitations 7 3.3. RHEV guest operating system support 8 3.4. Para-virtualized driver support 8 .C .h .a .p . t.e .r .4 .. .P . r.e .p .a .r .i n. g. .R . e. d. .H .a .t . E. n. t.e .r .p .r i.s .e . V. .i r.t u. .a .l i.z .a .t i.o .n . H. .y .p .e .r v. i.s .o . r. i.n .s .t a. l.l a. t. i.o .n . m. .e .d .i a. .9 . 4.1. Preparation instructions 9 4.2. Deploying RHEV Hypervisors with PXE and tftp 11 4.3. Preparing a RHEV Hypervisor USB storage device 13 4.4. Preparing a RHEV Hypervisor from a CD-ROM or DVD 14 .C .h .a .p . t.e .r .5 .. .I n. s. t. a. l.l i.n .g . R. .e .d . H. a. t. .E .n .t e. r. p. r.i s. e. .V . i.r t.u . a. l.i z.a .t .i o. n. .H . y. p. e. r.v .i s. o. .r s. .1 .6 . 5.1. Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor interactive installation 16 5.2. RHEV Hypervisor Kernel Parameters and Automated Installation 29 .C .h .a .p . t.e .r .6 .. .M . a. i.n .t .a .i n. i.n .g . a. n. d. A. d. m. i.n .i s. t.r a. t. i.n .g . R. .e .d . H. a. t. .E .n .t .e .r p. r. i.s .e . V. i.r t. u. a. l.i z. a. t.i o. n. .H . y. p. e. r.v .i s. o. .r s. .3 .8 . 6.1. Enabling kdumps 38 6.2. Setting the root password 38 .C .h .a .p . t.e .r .7 .. .U . p. g. r. a. d. i.n .g . R. .e .d . H. .a .t .E .n .t .e .r p. r. i.s .e . V. i.r t. u. a. l.i z. a. t.i o. n. .H . y. p. e. r. v. i.s .o .r s. .4 .1 . 7.1. Upgrading a RHEV Hypervisor with a RHEV Manager 41 7.2. Upgrading a RHEV Hypervisor with local media 43 7.3. Re-installing RHEV Hypervisors with the RHEV Manager 44 .C .h .a .p . t.e .r .8 .. .S . e. c. u. r.i t.y . t. o. p. i.c .s . .4 .5 . .A .p .p . e. n. d. i.x . A. .U .n .i n. .s .t a. l.l i.n .g . R. .e .d . H. .a .t .E .n .t .e .r p. r. i.s .e . V. i.r t. u. a. l.i z. a. t.i o. n. .H . y. p. e. r. v. i.s .o .r s. .f r. o. m. l.o .c .a .l .s .t .o .r a. g. e. .d . e. v. i.c .e .s . .4 .6 . .A .p .p . e. n. d. i.x . B. .R .e .v .i s. i.o .n . .H .i s. t.o . r.y . .4 .7 . 1 Hypervisor Deployment Guide Preface This book is a guide to installing Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) Hypervisors. This.