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Preface

The Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization platform is a richly featured virtualization management solution providing fully integrated management across virtual machines. It is based on the leading open source virtualization platform and provides superior technical capabilities. The platform offers scalable management of large numbers of virtual machines.

1. About this Guide

1.1. Audience

This guide is intended to provide detailed instruction on the installation and configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization. A background in the administration of systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux is recommended. Experience with previous versions of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, while beneficial, is not required.
Customers with an Evaluation license should, in the first instance, consult the Evaluation Guide for a more streamlined installation experience. This guide will discuss all installation options in their entirety.

1.2. Overview

Completion of the procedures outlined within this guide will result in a working Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization environment. The environment produced will be configured to the level such that it can be used to create, run, and manage virtual machines.