Is plain KVM Virtualization supported in RHEL on Power?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Cannot find qemu-kvm package to install.
  • virt-install commands fails with:
ERROR    Host does not support any virtualization options for arch 'ppc64le'

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • IBM Power8 (ppc64le)
  • IBM Power9 (ppc64le)

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