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Administration Guide
I. Administering and Maintaining the Red Hat Virtualization Environment
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1. 1. Global Configuration
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  1. 1.1. Roles
    
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    1.1.1. Creating a New Role
    
    1.1.2. Editing or Copying a Role
    
    1.1.3. User Role and Authorization Examples
  2. 1.2. System Permissions
    
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    1.2.1. User Properties
    
    1.2.2. User and Administrator Roles
    
    1.2.3. User Roles Explained
    
    1.2.4. Administrator Roles Explained
  3. 1.3. Scheduling Policies
    
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    1.3.1. Creating a Scheduling Policy
    
    1.3.2. Explanation of Settings in the New Scheduling Policy and Edit Scheduling Policy Window
  4. 1.4. Instance Types
    
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    1.4.1. Creating Instance Types
    
    1.4.2. Editing Instance Types
    
    1.4.3. Removing Instance Types
  5. 1.5. MAC Address Pools
    
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    1.5.1. Creating MAC Address Pools
    
    1.5.2. Editing MAC Address Pools
    
    1.5.3. Editing MAC Address Pool Permissions
    
    1.5.4. Removing MAC Address Pools
2. 2. Dashboard
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  1. 2.1. Prerequisites
  2. 2.2. Global Inventory
  3. 2.3. Global Utilization
    
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    2.3.1. Top Utilized Resources
  4. 2.4. Cluster Utilization
    
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    2.4.1. CPU
    
    2.4.2. Memory
  5. 2.5. Storage Utilization
II. Administering the Resources
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1. 3. Quality of Service
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  1. 3.1. Storage Quality of Service
    
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    3.1.1. Creating a Storage Quality of Service Entry
    
    3.1.2. Removing a Storage Quality of Service Entry
  2. 3.2. Virtual Machine Network Quality of Service
    
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    3.2.1. Creating a Virtual Machine Network Quality of Service Entry
    
    3.2.2. Settings in the New Virtual Machine Network QoS and Edit Virtual Machine Network QoS Windows Explained
    
    3.2.3. Removing a Virtual Machine Network Quality of Service Entry
  3. 3.3. Host Network Quality of Service
    
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    3.3.1. Creating a Host Network Quality of Service Entry
    
    3.3.2. Settings in the New Host Network Quality of Service and Edit Host Network Quality of Service Windows Explained
    
    3.3.3. Removing a Host Network Quality of Service Entry
  4. 3.4. CPU Quality of Service
    
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    3.4.1. Creating a CPU Quality of Service Entry
    
    3.4.2. Removing a CPU Quality of Service Entry
2. 4. Data Centers
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  1. 4.1. Introduction to Data Centers
  2. 4.2. The Storage Pool Manager
  3. 4.3. SPM Priority
  4. 4.4. Using the Events Tab to Identify Problem Objects in Data Centers
  5. 4.5. Data Center Tasks
    
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    4.5.1. Creating a New Data Center
    
    4.5.2. Explanation of Settings in the New Data Center and Edit Data Center Windows
    
    4.5.3. Re-Initializing a Data Center: Recovery Procedure
    
    4.5.4. Removing a Data Center
    
    4.5.5. Force Removing a Data Center
    
    4.5.6. Changing the Data Center Storage Type
    
    4.5.7. Changing the Data Center Compatibility Version
  6. 4.6. Data Centers and Storage Domains
    
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    4.6.1. Attaching an Existing Data Domain to a Data Center
    
    4.6.2. Attaching an Existing ISO domain to a Data Center
    
    4.6.3. Attaching an Existing Export Domain to a Data Center
    
    4.6.4. Detaching a Storage Domain from a Data Center
  7. 4.7. Data Centers and Permissions
    
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    4.7.1. Managing System Permissions for a Data Center
    
    4.7.2. Data Center Administrator Roles Explained
    
    4.7.3. Assigning an Administrator or User Role to a Resource
    
    4.7.4. Removing an Administrator or User Role from a Resource
3. 5. Clusters
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  1. 5.1. Introduction to Clusters
  2. 5.2. Cluster Tasks
    
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    5.2.1. Creating a New Cluster
    
    5.2.2. Explanation of Settings and Controls in the New Cluster and Edit Cluster Windows
    
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    5.2.2.1. General Cluster Settings Explained
    
    5.2.2.2. Optimization Settings Explained
    
    5.2.2.3. Migration Policy Settings Explained
    
    5.2.2.4. Scheduling Policy Settings Explained
    
    5.2.2.5. Cluster Console Settings Explained
    
    5.2.2.6. Fencing Policy Settings Explained
    
    5.2.3. Editing a Resource
    
    5.2.4. Setting Load and Power Management Policies for Hosts in a Cluster
    
    5.2.5. Updating the MoM Policy on Hosts in a Cluster
    
    5.2.6. CPU Profiles
    
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    5.2.6.1. Creating a CPU Profile
    
    5.2.6.2. Removing a CPU Profile
    
    5.2.7. Importing an Existing Red Hat Gluster Storage Cluster
    
    5.2.8. Explanation of Settings in the Add Hosts Window
    
    5.2.9. Removing a Cluster
    
    5.2.10. Changing the Cluster Compatibility Version
  3. 5.3. Clusters and Permissions
    
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    5.3.1. Managing System Permissions for a Cluster
    
    5.3.2. Cluster Administrator Roles Explained
    
    5.3.3. Assigning an Administrator or User Role to a Resource
    
    5.3.4. Removing an Administrator or User Role from a Resource
4. 6. Logical Networks
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  1. 6.1. Logical Network Tasks
    
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    6.1.1. Using the Networks Tab
    
    6.1.2. Creating a New Logical Network in a Data Center or Cluster
    
    6.1.3. Editing a Logical Network
    
    6.1.4. Removing a Logical Network
    
    6.1.5. Viewing or Editing the Gateway for a Logical Network
    
    6.1.6. Explanation of Settings and Controls in the New Logical Network and Edit Logical Network Windows
    
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    6.1.6.1. Logical Network General Settings Explained
    
    6.1.6.2. Logical Network Cluster Settings Explained
    
    6.1.6.3. Logical Network vNIC Profiles Settings Explained
    
    6.1.7. Designate a Specific Traffic Type for a Logical Network with the Manage Networks Window
    
    6.1.8. Explanation of Settings in the Manage Networks Window
    
    6.1.9. Editing the Virtual Function Configuration on a NIC
  2. 6.2. Virtual Network Interface Cards
    
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    6.2.1. vNIC Profile Overview
    
    6.2.2. Creating or Editing a vNIC Profile
    
    6.2.3. Explanation of Settings in the VM Interface Profile Window
    
    6.2.4. Enabling Passthrough on a vNIC Profile
    
    6.2.5. Removing a vNIC Profile
    
    6.2.6. Assigning Security Groups to vNIC Profiles
    
    6.2.7. User Permissions for vNIC Profiles
    
    6.2.8. Configuring vNIC Profiles for UCS Integration
  3. 6.3. External Provider Networks
    
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    6.3.1. Importing Networks From External Providers
    
    6.3.2. Limitations to Using External Provider Networks
    
    6.3.3. Configuring Subnets on External Provider Logical Networks
    
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    6.3.3.1. Configuring Subnets on External Provider Logical Networks
    
    6.3.3.2. Adding Subnets to External Provider Logical Networks
    
    6.3.3.3. Removing Subnets from External Provider Logical Networks
  4. 6.4. Logical Networks and Permissions
    
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    6.4.1. Managing System Permissions for a Network
    
    6.4.2. Network Administrator and User Roles Explained
    
    6.4.3. Assigning an Administrator or User Role to a Resource
    
    6.4.4. Removing an Administrator or User Role from a Resource
  5. 6.5. Hosts and Networking
    
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    6.5.1. Refreshing Host Capabilities
    
    6.5.2. Editing Host Network Interfaces and Assigning Logical Networks to Hosts
    
    6.5.3. Adding Multiple VLANs to a Single Network Interface Using Logical Networks
    
    6.5.4. Assigning Additional IPv4 Addresses to a Host Network
    
    6.5.5. Adding Network Labels to Host Network Interfaces
    
    6.5.6. Bonds
    
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    6.5.6.1. Bonding Logic in Red Hat Virtualization
    
    6.5.6.2. Bonds
    
    6.5.6.3. Creating a Bond Device Using the Administration Portal
    
    6.5.6.4. Example Uses of Custom Bonding Options with Host Interfaces
    
    6.5.7. Changing the FQDN of a Host
5. 7. Hosts
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  1. 7.1. Introduction to Hosts
  2. 7.2. Red Hat Virtualization Host
  3. 7.3. Red Hat Enterprise Linux Hosts
  4. 7.4. Satellite Host Provider Hosts
  5. 7.5. Host Tasks
    
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    7.5.1. Adding a Host to the Red Hat Virtualization Manager
    
    7.5.2. Adding a Satellite Host Provider Host
    
    7.5.3. Configuring Satellite Errata Management for a Host
    
    7.5.4. Adding a Red Hat OpenStack Platform Network Node as a Host
    
    7.5.5. Explanation of Settings and Controls in the New Host and Edit Host Windows
    
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    7.5.5.1. Host General Settings Explained
    
    7.5.5.2. Host Power Management Settings Explained
    
    7.5.5.3. SPM Priority Settings Explained
    
    7.5.5.4. Host Console Settings Explained
    
    7.5.5.5. Network Provider Settings Explained
    
    7.5.5.6. Kernel Settings Explained
    
    7.5.5.7. Hosted Engine Settings Explained
    
    7.5.6. Configuring Host Power Management Settings
    
    7.5.7. Configuring Host Storage Pool Manager Settings
    
    7.5.8. Moving a Host to Maintenance Mode
    
    7.5.9. Activating a Host from Maintenance Mode
    
    7.5.10. Removing a Host
    
    7.5.11. Updating a Host Between Minor Releases
    
    7.5.12. Reinstalling Hosts
    
    7.5.13. Customizing Hosts with Tags
    
    7.5.14. Viewing Host Errata
    
    7.5.15. Viewing the Health Status of a Host
    
    7.5.16. Viewing Host Devices
    
    7.5.17. Preparing Host and Guest Systems for GPU Passthrough
    
    7.5.18. Accessing Cockpit from the Administration Portal
  6. 7.6. Host Resilience
    
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    7.6.1. Host High Availability
    
    7.6.2. Power Management by Proxy in Red Hat Virtualization
    
    7.6.3. Setting Fencing Parameters on a Host
    
    7.6.4. fence_kdump Advanced Configuration
    
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    7.6.4.1. fence_kdump listener Configuration
    
    7.6.4.2. Configuring fence_kdump on the Manager
    
    7.6.5. Soft-Fencing Hosts
    
    7.6.6. Using Host Power Management Functions
    
    7.6.7. Manually Fencing or Isolating a Non-responsive Host
  7. 7.7. Hosts and Permissions
    
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    7.7.1. Managing System Permissions for a Host
    
    7.7.2. Host Administrator Roles Explained
    
    7.7.3. Assigning an Administrator or User Role to a Resource
    
    7.7.4. Removing an Administrator or User Role from a Resource
6. 8. Storage
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  1. 8.1. Understanding Storage Domains
  2. 8.2. Preparing and Adding NFS Storage
    
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    8.2.1. Preparing NFS Storage
    
    8.2.2. Attaching NFS Storage
    
    8.2.3. Increasing NFS Storage
  3. 8.3. Preparing and Adding Local Storage
    
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    8.3.1. Preparing Local Storage
    
    8.3.2. Adding Local Storage
  4. 8.4. Adding POSIX Compliant File System Storage
    
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    8.4.1. Attaching POSIX Compliant File System Storage
  5. 8.5. Adding Block Storage
    
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    8.5.1. Adding iSCSI Storage
    
    8.5.2. Configuring iSCSI Multipathing
    
    8.5.3. Adding FCP Storage
    
    8.5.4. Increasing iSCSI or FCP Storage
    
    8.5.5. Reusing LUNs
  6. 8.6. Importing Existing Storage Domains
    
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    8.6.1. Overview of Importing Existing Storage Domains
    
    8.6.2. Importing Storage Domains
    
    8.6.3. Migrating Storage Domains between Data Centers in the Same Environment
    
    8.6.4. Migrating Storage Domains between Data Centers in Different Environments
    
    8.6.5. Importing Virtual Machines from Imported Data Storage Domains
    
    8.6.6. Importing Templates from Imported Data Storage Domains
    
    8.6.7. Importing a Disk Image from an Imported Storage Domain
    
    8.6.8. Importing an Unregistered Disk Image from an Imported Storage Domain
  7. 8.7. Storage Tasks
    
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    8.7.1. Populating the ISO Storage Domain
    
    8.7.2. Moving Storage Domains to Maintenance Mode
    
    8.7.3. Editing Storage Domains
    
    8.7.4. Updating OVFs
    
    8.7.5. Activating Storage Domains from Maintenance Mode
    
    8.7.6. Removing a Storage Domain
    
    8.7.7. Destroying a Storage Domain
    
    8.7.8. Detaching a Storage Domain from a Data Center
    
    8.7.9. Attaching a Storage Domain to a Data Center
    
    8.7.10. Disk Profiles
    
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    8.7.10.1. Creating a Disk Profile
    
    8.7.10.2. Removing a Disk Profile
    
    8.7.11. Viewing the Health Status of a Storage Domain
    
    8.7.12. Setting Discard After Delete for a Storage Domain
  8. 8.8. Storage and Permissions
    
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    8.8.1. Managing System Permissions for a Storage Domain
    
    8.8.2. Storage Administrator Roles Explained
    
    8.8.3. Assigning an Administrator or User Role to a Resource
    
    8.8.4. Removing an Administrator or User Role from a Resource
7. 9. Working with Red Hat Gluster Storage
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  1. 9.1. Red Hat Gluster Storage Nodes
    
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    9.1.1. Adding Red Hat Gluster Storage Nodes
    
    9.1.2. Removing a Red Hat Gluster Storage Node
  2. 9.2. Using Red Hat Gluster Storage as a Storage Domain
    
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    9.2.1. Introduction to Red Hat Gluster Storage (GlusterFS) Volumes
    
    9.2.2. Gluster Storage Terminology
    
    9.2.3. Attaching a Red Hat Gluster Storage Volume as a Storage Domain
    
    9.2.4. Creating a Storage Volume
    
    9.2.5. Adding Bricks to a Volume
    
    9.2.6. Explanation of Settings in the Add Bricks Window
    
    9.2.7. Optimizing Red Hat Gluster Storage Volumes to Store Virtual Machine Images
    
    9.2.8. Starting Volumes
    
    9.2.9. Tuning Volumes
    
    9.2.10. Editing Volume Options
    
    9.2.11. Reset Volume Options
    
    9.2.12. Removing Bricks from a Volume
    
    9.2.13. Stopping Red Hat Gluster Storage Volumes
    
    9.2.14. Deleting Red Hat Gluster Storage Volumes
    
    9.2.15. Rebalancing Volumes
  3. 9.3. Clusters and Gluster Hooks
    
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    9.3.1. Managing Gluster Hooks
    
    9.3.2. Listing Hooks
    
    9.3.3. Viewing the Content of Hooks
    
    9.3.4. Enabling or Disabling Hooks
    
    9.3.5. Refreshing Hooks
    
    9.3.6. Resolving Conflicts
    
    9.3.7. Resolving Content Conflicts
    
    9.3.8. Resolving Missing Hook Conflicts
    
    9.3.9. Resolving Status Conflicts
    
    9.3.10. Resolving Multiple Conflicts
    
    9.3.11. Managing Gluster Sync
8. 10. Pools
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  1. 10.1. Introduction to Virtual Machine Pools
  2. 10.2. Virtual Machine Pool Tasks
    
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    10.2.1. Creating a Virtual Machine Pool
    
    10.2.2. Explanation of Settings and Controls in the New Pool and Edit Pool Windows
    
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    10.2.2.1. New Pool and Edit Pool General Settings Explained
    
    10.2.2.2. New and Edit Pool Type Settings Explained
    
    10.2.2.3. New Pool and Edit Pool Console Settings Explained
    
    10.2.2.4. Virtual Machine Pool Host Settings Explained
    
    10.2.2.5. New Pool and Edit Pool Resource Allocation Settings Explained
    
    10.2.3. Editing a Virtual Machine Pool
    
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    10.2.3.1. Editing a Virtual Machine Pool
    
    10.2.3.2. Prestarting Virtual Machines in a Pool
    
    10.2.3.3. Adding Virtual Machines to a Virtual Machine Pool
    
    10.2.3.4. Detaching Virtual Machines from a Virtual Machine Pool
    
    10.2.4. Removing a Virtual Machine Pool
  3. 10.3. Pools and Permissions
    
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    10.3.1. Managing System Permissions for a Virtual Machine Pool
    
    10.3.2. Virtual Machine Pool Administrator Roles Explained
    
    10.3.3. Assigning an Administrator or User Role to a Resource
    
    10.3.4. Removing an Administrator or User Role from a Resource
  4. 10.4. Trusted Compute Pools
    
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    10.4.1. Connecting an OpenAttestation Server to the Manager
    
    10.4.2. Creating a Trusted Cluster
    
    10.4.3. Adding a Trusted Host
9. 11. Virtual Disks
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  1. 11.1. Understanding Virtual Machine Storage
  2. 11.2. Understanding Virtual Disks
  3. 11.3. Settings to Wipe Virtual Disks After Deletion
  4. 11.4. Shareable Disks in Red Hat Virtualization
  5. 11.5. Read Only Disks in Red Hat Virtualization
  6. 11.6. Virtual Disk Tasks
    
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    11.6.1. Creating a Virtual Disk
    
    11.6.2. Explanation of Settings in the New Virtual Disk Window
    
    11.6.3. Overview of Live Storage Migration
    
    11.6.4. Moving a Virtual Disk
    
    11.6.5. Changing the Disk Interface Type
    
    11.6.6. Copying a Virtual Disk
    
    11.6.7. Uploading and Downloading a Virtual Disk to a Storage Domain
    
    11.6.8. Importing a Disk Image from an Imported Storage Domain
    
    11.6.9. Importing an Unregistered Disk Image from an Imported Storage Domain
    
    11.6.10. Importing a Virtual Disk from an OpenStack Image Service
    
    11.6.11. Exporting a Virtual Disk to an OpenStack Image Service
    
    11.6.12. Reclaiming Virtual Disk Space
  7. 11.7. Virtual Disks and Permissions
    
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    11.7.1. Managing System Permissions for a Virtual Disk
    
    11.7.2. Virtual Disk User Roles Explained
    
    11.7.3. Assigning an Administrator or User Role to a Resource
    
    11.7.4. Removing an Administrator or User Role from a Resource
10. 12. External Providers
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  1. 12.1. Introduction to External Providers in Red Hat Virtualization
  2. 12.2. Adding External Providers
    
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    12.2.1. Adding a Red Hat Satellite Instance for Host Provisioning
    
    12.2.2. Adding an OpenStack Image (Glance) Instance for Image Management
    
    12.2.3. Adding an OpenStack Networking (Neutron) Instance for Network Provisioning
    
    12.2.4. Adding an OpenStack Volume (Cinder) Instance for Storage Management
    
    12.2.5. Adding a VMware Instance as a Virtual Machine Provider
    
    12.2.6. Adding a Xen Host as a Virtual Machine Provider
    
    12.2.7. Adding a KVM Host as a Virtual Machine Provider
    
    12.2.8. Adding an External Network Provider
    
    12.2.9. Adding Open Virtual Network (OVN) as an External Network Provider
    
    12.2.10. Add Provider General Settings Explained
    
    12.2.11. Add Provider Agent Configuration Settings Explained
  3. 12.3. Editing External Providers
    
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    12.3.1. Editing an External Provider
  4. 12.4. Removing External Providers
    
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    12.4.1. Removing an External Provider
III. Administering the Environment
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1. 13. Backups and Migration
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  1. 13.1. Backing Up and Restoring the Red Hat Virtualization Manager
    
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    13.1.1. Backing up Red Hat Virtualization Manager - Overview
    
    13.1.2. Syntax for the engine-backup Command
    
    13.1.3. Creating a Backup with the engine-backup Command
    
    13.1.4. Restoring a Backup with the engine-backup Command
    
    13.1.5. Restoring a Backup to a Fresh Installation
    
    13.1.6. Restoring a Backup to Overwrite an Existing Installation
    
    13.1.7. Restoring a Backup with Different Credentials
    
    13.1.8. Migrating the Engine Database to a Remote Server Database
  2. 13.2. Backing Up and Restoring Virtual Machines Using the Backup and Restore API
    
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    13.2.1. The Backup and Restore API
    
    13.2.2. Backing Up a Virtual Machine
    
    13.2.3. Restoring a Virtual Machine
2. 14. Errata Management with Red Hat Satellite
3. 15. Automating Configuration Tasks using Ansible
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  1. 15.1. Ansible Roles
    
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    15.1.1. Installing Ansible Roles
    
    15.1.2. Using Ansible Roles to Configure Red Hat Virtualization
4. 16. Users and Roles
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  1. 16.1. Introduction to Users
  2. 16.2. Introduction to Directory Servers
  3. 16.3. Configuring an External LDAP Provider
    
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    16.3.1. Configuring an External LDAP Provider (Interactive Setup)
    
    16.3.2. Attaching an Active Directory
    
    16.3.3. Configuring an External LDAP Provider (Manual Method)
    
    16.3.4. Removing an External LDAP Provider
  4. 16.4. Configuring LDAP and Kerberos for Single Sign-on
  5. 16.5. User Authorization
    
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    16.5.1. User Authorization Model
    
    16.5.2. User Actions
  6. 16.6. Administering User Tasks From the Administration Portal
    
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    16.6.1. Adding Users and Assigning User Portal Permissions
    
    16.6.2. Viewing User Information
    
    16.6.3. Viewing User Permissions on Resources
    
    16.6.4. Removing Users
    
    16.6.5. Viewing Logged-In Users
    
    16.6.6. Terminating a User Session
  7. 16.7. Administering User Tasks From the Command Line
    
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    16.7.1. Creating a New User
    
    16.7.2. Setting a User Password
    
    16.7.3. Setting User Timeout
    
    16.7.4. Pre-encrypting a User Password
    
    16.7.5. Viewing User Information
    
    16.7.6. Editing User Information
    
    16.7.7. Removing a User
    
    16.7.8. Disabling the Internal Administrative User
    
    16.7.9. Managing Groups
    
    16.7.10. Querying Users and Groups
    
    16.7.11. Managing Account Settings
  8. 16.8. Configuring Additional Local Domains
5. 17. Quotas and Service Level Agreement Policy
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6. 18. Event Notifications
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7. 19. Utilities
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  1. 19.1. The oVirt Engine Rename Tool
    
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    19.1.1. The oVirt Engine Rename Tool
    
    19.1.2. Syntax for the oVirt Engine Rename Command
    
    19.1.3. Renaming the Manager with the oVirt Engine Rename Tool
  2. 19.2. The Engine Configuration Tool
    
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    19.2.1. The Engine Configuration Tool
    
    19.2.2. Syntax for the engine-config Command
  3. 19.3. The Image Uploader Tool
    
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    19.3.1. The Image Uploader Tool
  4. 19.4. The USB Filter Editor
    
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    19.4.1. Installing the USB Filter Editor
    
    19.4.2. The USB Filter Editor Interface
    
    19.4.3. Adding a USB Policy
    
    19.4.4. Removing a USB Policy
    
    19.4.5. Searching for USB Device Policies
    
    19.4.6. Exporting a USB Policy
    
    19.4.7. Importing a USB Policy
  5. 19.5. The Log Collector Tool
    
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    19.5.1. Log Collector
    
    19.5.2. Syntax for the ovirt-log-collector Command
    
    19.5.3. Basic Log Collector Usage
  6. 19.6. The ISO Uploader Tool
    
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    19.6.1. The ISO Uploader Tool
    
    19.6.2. Syntax for the engine-iso-uploader Command
    
    19.6.3. Specifying an NFS Server
    
    19.6.4. Basic ISO Uploader Usage
    
    19.6.5. Uploading the VirtIO and Guest Tool Image Files to an ISO Storage Domain
    
    19.6.6. VirtIO and Guest Tool Image Files
  7. 19.7. The Engine Vacuum Tool
    
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    19.7.1. The Engine Vacuum Tool
    
    19.7.2. Engine Vacuum Modes
    
    19.7.3. Syntax for the Engine Vacuum
IV. Gathering Information About the Environment
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1. 20. Log Files
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  1. 20.1. Red Hat Virtualization Manager Installation Log Files
  2. 20.2. Red Hat Virtualization Manager Log Files
  3. 20.3. SPICE Log Files
    
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    20.3.1. SPICE Logs for Hypervisor SPICE Servers
    
    20.3.2. SPICE Logs for Guest Machines
    
    20.3.3. SPICE Logs for SPICE Clients Launched Using console.vv Files
  4. 20.4. Red Hat Virtualization Host Log Files
  5. 20.5. Setting Up a Virtualization Host Logging Server
2. 21. Proxies
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  1. 21.1. SPICE Proxy
    
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    21.1.1. SPICE Proxy Overview
    
    21.1.2. SPICE Proxy Machine Setup
    
    21.1.3. Turning on SPICE Proxy
    
    21.1.4. Turning Off a SPICE Proxy
  2. 21.2. Squid Proxy
    
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    21.2.1. Installing and Configuring a Squid Proxy
  3. 21.3. Websocket Proxy
    
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    21.3.1. Websocket Proxy Overview
    
    21.3.2. Migrating the Websocket Proxy to a Separate Machine
A. VDSM and Hooks
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B. Custom Network Properties
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C. Red Hat Virtualization User Interface Plugins
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1. C.1. Red Hat Virtualization User Interface Plug-ins
2. C.2. Red Hat Virtualization User Interface Plugin Lifecycle
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3. C.3. User Interface Plugin-related Files and Their Locations
4. C.4. Example User Interface Plug-in Deployment
5. C.5. Using Red Hat Support Plug-in
D. Red Hat Virtualization and SSL
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1. D.1. Replacing the Red Hat Virtualization Manager SSL/TLS Certificate
2. D.2. Setting Up SSL or TLS Connections between the Manager and an LDAP Server
E. Using Search, Bookmarks, and Tags
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1. E.1. Searches
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2. E.2. Bookmarks
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3. E.3. Tags
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F. Branding
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1. F.1. Branding
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G. System Accounts
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1. G.1. System Accounts
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