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Mastering KVM Virtualization

You're reading from   Mastering KVM Virtualization Dive in to the cutting edge techniques of Linux KVM virtualization, and build the virtualization solutions your datacentre demands

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781784399054
Length 468 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Understanding Linux Virtualization 2. KVM Internals FREE CHAPTER 3. Setting Up Standalone KVM Virtualization 4. Getting Started with libvirt and Creating Your First Virtual Machines 5. Network and Storage 6. Virtual Machine Lifecycle Management 7. Templates and Snapshots 8. Kimchi – An HTML5-Based Management Tool for KVM/libvirt 9. Software-Defined Networking for KVM Virtualization 10. Installing and Configuring the Virtual Datacenter Using oVirt 11. Starting Your First Virtual Machine in oVirt 12. Deploying OpenStack Private Cloud backed by KVM Virtualization 13. Performance Tuning and Best Practices in KVM 14. V2V and P2V Migration Tools A. Converting a Virtual Machine into a Hypervisor Index

Summary

In this chapter, we learned about KVM virtualization, along with libvirt management tools. We also learned about the various tools associated with KVM and libvirt, along with sample hardware configurations that will make your system run smoothly.

In the next chapter, you will learn more about the virsh command and its syntax through examples. You will also learn how to use virt-manager to create virtual machines using it. It will also explain the virt-manager and virsh command in more detail, with examples of how to create virtual machines.

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