Chapter 7. Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor Hosts
- 7.1. Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor Installation Overview
- 7.2. Obtaining the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor Disk Image
- 7.3. Preparing Installation Media
- 7.4. Installing the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor
- 7.5. Automated Installation
- 7.6. Configuration
- 7.7. Adding Hypervisors to Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager
- 7.8. Modifying the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor ISO
7.1. Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor Installation Overview
Before commencing Hypervisor installation you must be aware that:
- The Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor must be installed on a physical server. It must not be installed on a virtual machine.
- The installation process will reconfigure the selected storage device and destroy all data. Therefore, ensure that any data to be retained is successfully backed up before proceeding.
- All Hypervisors in an environment must have unique hostnames and IP addresses, in order to avoid network conflicts.
- Instructions for using Network (PXE) Boot to install the Hypervisor are contained in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation Guide. See Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Installation Guide or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Installation Guide.
- Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisors can use Storage Attached Networks (SANs) and other network storage for storing virtualized guest images. However, a local storage device is required for installing and booting the Hypervisor.
Note
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor installations can be automated or conducted without interaction. This type of installation is only recommended for advanced users.