Specifications

Figure 17.5. Starting the Virtual Machine Manager

7. Creating a New Virtual Machine

The Virtual Machine Manager (virt-manager) is the desktop application that manages virtual

machines.

You can use Red Hat's Virtual Machine Manager to:

• Create new domains.

• Configure or adjust a domain's resource allocation and virtual hardware.

• Summarize running domains with live performance and resource utilization statistics.

• Display graphs that show performance and resource utilization over time.

• Use the embedded VNC client viewer which presents a full graphical console to the guest

domain.

Note:

You must install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1, virt-manager, and the kernel

packages on all systems that require virtualization. All systems then must be

booted and running the Red Hat Virtualization kernel.

These are the steps required to install a guest operating system on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

using the Virtual Machine Monitor:

Creating a New Virtual Machine