Chapter 1. Installation Overview

Installing a standalone Manager environment with local databases involves the following steps:

  1. Install and configure the Red Hat Virtualization Manager:

    1. Install a Red Hat Enterprise Linux machine for the Manager.
    2. Register the Manager machine with the Content Delivery Network and enable the Red Hat Virtualization Manager repositories.
    3. Install and Configure the Red Hat Virtualization Manager using engine-setup.
    4. Connect to the Administration Portal to add hosts and storage domains.

  2. Install hosts to run virtual machines on:

    1. Use either host type, or both:

    2. Add the hosts to the Manager.

  3. Prepare storage to use for storage domains. You can use one of the following storage types:

  4. Add storage domains to the Manager.
Important

Keep the environment up to date. See https://access.redhat.com/articles/2974891 for more information. Since bug fixes for known issues are frequently released, Red Hat recommends using scheduled tasks to update the hosts and the Manager.