Installation Guide

Index
A
AMD-V (AMD hardware virtualization),
C
Cloning VMs, 5, 21
Configuring VNC
firewall settings, RHEL, 24
firewall settings, SLES, 26
for Debian VMs, 28
for Red Hat VMs, 23
for SUSE VMs, 25
Converting a VM to a template, 2
Creating an ISO image, 36
Creating VMs
converting VM to a template, 2
From pre-configured template, 2
Importing an exported VM, 2
installing OS from a CD or ISO, 2
installing OS from a network repository, 2
overview,
physical to virtual conversion (P2V), 2, 2
Windows, 2
D
Drivers, Windows paravirtualized, 10
I
Importing VMs, 2, 6
Installation server, for installing Red Hat VMs, 37
L
Limits, virtual disk space, 2
Linux
guest agent, 20
runlevels, 28
N
NFS server, mounting ISO from, 9
P
P2V, 2
general guidelines for virtualizing physical
servers, 5
guest installation network, 19
Linux, 14, 19
p2v-legacy option, 4
Windows, 4
XenConvert, 4
Physical to virtual conversion (see P2V)
R
Release notes
Linux VMs, 28
Windows VMs, 12
Remote Administration, SUSE Linux, 25
S
Sysprep, for preparing Windows VM for cloning
sysprep, 11
T
Template
definition of,
Linux VMs, 2
pre-configured (Debian), 2
Windows VMs, 2
Time handling, in Linux VMs
time handling, in VMs, 22
Troubleshooting
Linux VM boot problems, 40
Linux VM general problems, 39
Windows VM general problems, 40
V
Virtual devices, limitations on, 3
VMs
installing by P2V, 4
non-paravirtualized (Windows),
paravirtualized, 15, 15
Paravirtualized, 16, 18
Remote Desktop, 11
W
Windows
multi-processor HAL,
SMB/CIFS share, mounting ISO from, 9
X
XenConvert, 4