Kvm

prepare environment

Is environment prepared for viritutalization.

egrep '(vmx|svm)' /proc/cpuinfo

vmx - (intel) svm - (amd)

Create disk image.

qemu-img create -f qcow2 f8_1_x86_64.img 10G

Install software.

yum install -y qemu kvm SDL bridge-utils tunctl

install virtual machine.

virt-install --connect qemu:///system --name Fedora_16 --ram 2048 --vcpus=1 -f /ssd/libvirt/Fedora_16.qcow2 -s 30 -c /install/system/linux/fedora/16/Fedora-16-x86_64-netinst.iso --vnc --noautoconsole --hvm

connect to virtual machine.

virt-viewer Fedora_16

convert file format

qemu-img convert -cp -O qcow2 kvm_1.img kvm_1.qcow2

snapshot

# Create snapshot
virsh snapshot-create SL_63
# List snapshots
virsh snapshot-list SL_63
# Delete snapshot
virsh snapshot-delete SL_63 1346734871
# Revert to snapshot
snapshot-revert