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Preface

This is a guide to the installation and configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisors. The guide also provides step-by-step procedures to connect the Hypervisor with the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager. Advanced options are covered to assist users with configuration of Hypervisors in a wide variety of environments.

1. About this Guide

This guide describes the procedures for installation and configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisors. Having read this guide you will be able to:
  • create Hypervisor boot media,
  • perform interactive installation of the Hypervisor,
  • perform automated, or unattended, installation of the Hypervisor,
  • configure the Hypervisor,
  • attach the Hypervisor to a Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager installation, and
  • upgrade the Hypervisor as new versions become available.
Installation and configuration of the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager, other than the attachment of Hypervisors to the manager, is outside the scope of this document. For instruction on installation and configuration of the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager consult the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Installation Guide.

1.1. Audience

This guide is intended for use by those who need to install, configure, and maintain instances of the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor. A relative level of comfort in the administration of computers that run Linux based operating systems would be beneficial but is not strictly required.

1.2. Documentation Suite

The Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization documentation suite provides information on installation, development of applications, configuration and usage of the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization platform and its related products.
  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization — Administration Guide describes how to setup, configure and manage Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization. It assumes that you have successfully installed the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization manager and hosts.
  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization — Evaluation Guide enables prospective customers to evaluate the features of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization. Use this guide if you have an evaluation license.
  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization — Installation Guide describes the installation prerequisites and procedures. Read this if you need to install Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization. The installation of hosts, manager and storage are covered in this guide. You will need to refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Administration Guide to configure the system before you can start using the platform.
  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization — Manager Release Notes contain release specific information for Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Managers.
  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization — Power User Portal Guide describes how users of the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization system can access and use virtual machines.
  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization — Quick Start Guide provides quick and simple instructions for first time users to set up a basic Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization environment.
  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization — REST API Guide describes how to use the REST API to set up and manage virtualization tasks. Use this guide if you wish to develop systems which integrate with Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, using an open and platform independent API.
  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization — Technical Reference Guide describes the technical architecture of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization and its interactions with existing infrastructure.
  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization — User Portal Guide describes how users of the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization system can access and use virtual desktops.
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux — Hypervisor Deployment Guide (the book you are reading) describes how to deploy and install the hypervisor. Read this guide if you need advanced information about installing and deploying Hypervisors. The basic installation of Hypervisor hosts is also described in the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Installation Guide.
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux — V2V Guide describes importing virtual machines from KVM, Xen and VMware ESX to Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization and KVM managed by libvirt.