Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0

Installation Guide

Installing Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Environments

Edition 5

Red Hat Engineering Content Services

Stephen Gordon

Red Hat Engineering Content Services

Tim Hildred

Red Hat Engineering Content Services

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Abstract

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0 Installation Guide
Preface
1. About this Guide
1.1. Audience
1.2. Overview
2. Document Conventions
2.1. Typographic Conventions
2.2. Pull-quote Conventions
2.3. Notes and Warnings
3. Getting Help and Giving Feedback
3.1. Do You Need Help?
3.2. We Need Feedback!
I. Before you Begin
1. Overview
1.1. System Components
1.1.1. About the Virtual Machines
1.1.2. About SPICE
1.2. Installation Workflow
2. System Requirements
2.1. Hardware requirements
2.1.1. Management Server Requirements
2.1.2. Virtualization Host Requirements
2.2. Software requirements
2.2.1. Operating Systems
2.2.2. Client Requirements
2.2.3. Red Hat Network (RHN)
2.2.4. Directory Services
2.2.5. Firewall Configuration
2.2.6. UIDs needed by RHEV
II. Installing Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager
3. Manager Installation
3.1. Installation
3.2. Configuration
3.3. Removing Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager
3.4. Connect to the Administration Portal
4. Data Collection Setup and Reports Installation
5. Upgrades between Minor Releases
III. Installing Virtualization Hosts
6. Introduction to Virtualization Hosts
7. Installing the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor
7.1. Installation Media
7.1.1. Preparation Instructions
7.1.2. Preparing a Hypervisor USB Storage Device
7.1.3. Preparing a Hypervisor from a CD-ROM or DVD
7.2. Installation
7.2.1. Interactive Installation
7.3. Configuration
7.3.1. Logging In
7.3.2. Status
7.3.3. Network
7.3.4. Security
7.3.5. Logging
7.3.6. Kernel Dump
7.3.7. Remote Storage
7.3.8. RHEV-M
7.3.9. Red Hat Network
7.4. Using the Hypervisor
8. Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux Hosts
8.1. Adding Red Hat Enterprise Linux Hosts
8.1.1. Preparing Red Hat Enterprise Linux Hosts
8.1.2. To Add a Host
8.2. Activating a Host
IV. Environment Configuration
9. Planning your Data Center
9.1. Data Centers
9.1.1. Prerequisites for Setting up a Data Center
9.1.2. Working with Data Centers
9.1.3. Creating a New Data Center
9.2. Clusters
9.2.1. Creating a Cluster
10. Network Setup
10.1. Determine Network Requirements
10.2. Logical Networks
10.2.1. Adding Logical Networks
10.3. Set Up a Bond Device
11. Storage Setup
11.1. Storage Domains Overview
11.1.1. Adding NFS Storage
11.1.2. Adding iSCSI Storage
11.1.3. Adding FCP Storage
11.1.4. Adding Local Storage
11.2. Populate the ISO Domain
11.2.1. Uploading the VirtIO and Guest Tool Image Files
V. Appendices
A. Troubleshooting and Error Messages
A.1. Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager Log Files
A.2. Context Sensitive Help
A.2.1. Administration Portal
B. Directory Services
B.1. IPA Server
B.1.1. Adding New Users
B.2. Active Directory
C. Additional Utilities
C.1. Domain Management Tool
C.1.1. Syntax
C.1.2. Examples
C.2. Configuration Tool
C.2.1. Syntax
C.2.2. Examples
C.3. ISO Uploader
C.3.1. Syntax
C.3.2. Examples
C.4. Log Collector
C.4.1. Syntax
C.4.2. Examples
D. Revision History