Track B describes the installation and configuration of a minimal Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization environment on a single host, using local storage.
Track B consists of:
- three basic labs
- two advanced labs (optional)
The basic labs describe how to create virtual machines and assign them to users.
The advanced labs include:
- using the multi-level administration system to assign different levels of user permissions (this is ideal for companies with diverse employee roles)
- provisioning virtual desktops for users
If you have two physical servers and no shared storage, set up a Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization environment by following the labs in Track B - Minimal Setup. The labs in this track are color coded blue. To determine if a lab is part of Track B, look for a blue square in the diagram at the start of each lab.
After you complete Track B, you will have the following environment that includes the following:
- one virtual machine host
- local storage
- a network
- two portals
- user clients
- a host running Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager
Track B - Minimal Setup Labs
- Chapter 9, Install and Configure Minimal Setup — Install the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager and Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor using minimal hardware (60 minutes).
- Chapter 2, Create Virtual Machines — Create virtual machines and templates from the administration portal (25 minutes).
- Chapter 4, Power User Portal — Create and manage virtual machines from the power user portal (35 minutes).
Track B - Advanced Lab (optional)
- Chapter 5, Manage Multi-Level Administrators — Manage administrators for each component of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (10 minutes).
- Chapter 8, Virtual Desktops — Access desktop pools using the SPICE connection protocol (50 minutes).
To work through the labs in Track B, you must have:
- an evaluation license
- a valid Red Hat Network subscription to
- the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization channel
- the Red Hat Enterprise Linux channel
Contact your sales representative if you do not have both of the above.
Before you begin Track B, ensure that you have the following:
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager Requirements
- Minimum - Dual core server with 4 GB RAM, with 25 GB free disk space and 1 Gbps network interface.
- Recommended - Dual Sockets/Quad core server with 16 GB RAM, 50 GB free disk space on multiple disk spindles and 1 Gbps network interface.The breakdown of the server requirements are as below:
- For the Manager: 3 GB memory, 3 GB local disk space, 1 Gbps network controller bandwidth
- For the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 operating system: 1 GB memory, 5 GB local disk space
- For the local ISO domain: 15 GB disk space
- A valid Red Hat Network subscription to the following channels:
- The
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager (v.3.1 x86_64)channel, also referred to asrhel-x86_64-server-6-rhevm-3.1, which provides Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager. - The
JBoss Application Platform (v 6) for 6Server x86_64channel, also referred to asjbappplatform-6-x86_64-server-6-rpm, which provides the supported release of the application platform on which the manager runs. - The
RHEL Server Supplementary (v. 6 64-bit x86_64)channel, also referred to asrhel-x86_64-server-supplementary-6, which provides the supported version of the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) andvirtio-win.
- One client for connecting to Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager.
- A machine with Firefox 10 or higher installed on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
- Internet Explorer 9 or higher on Microsoft Windows.
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Host Requirements
- Minimum - Dual Core server, 2 GB RAM and 10 GB Storage, 1 Gbps network interface.
- Recommended - Dual socket server, 16 GB RAM and 50 GB storage, two 1 Gbps network interfaces.The breakdown of the server requirements is:
- For each host: AMD-V or Intel VT enabled, AMD64 or Intel 64 extensions, minimum 1 GB RAM, 3 GB free storage and 1 Gbps network interface.
- For virtual machines running on the host: 8 GB RAM to run four virtual machines.
- A valid Red Hat Network subscription to the
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor (v.6 x86-64)channel, also referred to asrhel-x86_64-server-6-rhevh.
Storage and Networking Requirements
- Two static IP addresses: One for the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager server and one for the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor.
- One name (DNS) Server which can resolve (forward and reverse) all the IP addresses.
- A DHCP server for the virtual machines.
Virtual Machine Requirements
- Installation images for creating virtual machines. These images will be installed on the virtual machines you create.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, 5 or 6.
- Microsoft Windows XP, 7, 2003 or 2008.
- Valid licenses or subscription entitlements for each operating system.
- At least one valid user account in any of the supported directory services (IPA, AD, or RHDS).