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KVM Virtualization in RHEL 6 Made Easy

Deleting a VM is a lot faster than creating one, just a few quick commands. Let‟s delete vm1-clone:

1. First, shutdown the VM:

# virsh shutdown vm1-clone

If the VM is not responding or fails to shut down, shut it down forcefully:

# virsh destroy vm1-clone

2. Undefine the VMs configuration:

# virsh undefine vm1-clone

3. Finally, remove the VM‟s image file:

# rm /vm-images/vm1-clone.img

8. Conclusion

8.1 It’s easy!

Setting up a simple virtualization environment in RHEL 6 is straight-forward and painless. You don‟t

need a top-of-the line Dell server to get started, any Dell server with sufficient CPU power, memory

and disk space is all you need.

8.2 Additional Documentation

 RHEL 6 Virtualization Getting Started Guide. Start here if you‟re a newbie.

 RHEL 6 Virtualization Host configuration and Guest Installation Guide. All about creating VMs.

 RHEL 6 Virtualization Administration Guide. Everything else you want to know.

 RHEL 5 Virtualization Guide. Though this whitepaper is focused on RHEL 6, all implementation steps

also apply to RHEL 5 Update 4 and later (KVM is not included in earlier RHEL 5 releases).

8.3 Future Topics

In a follow-up whitepaper, I will cover more advanced topics such as accessing the file system on a VM

that‟s not running, taking VM snapshots and doing VM migrations, and get you on your way to becoming

a KVM virtualization expert!