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--- redhat:virtualization-redhat:start [2020/04/01 11:32] – michael
+++ redhat:virtualization-redhat:start [2020/09/02 12:37] (current) – michael
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+  * [[redhat:virtualization-redhat:kvm-suspend-restore-vm-on-reboot|Configure KVM to suspend/restore virtual machines on host reboot]]
   * [[redhat:virtualization-redhat:kvm-installation-centos7|OLD - KVM Installation on CentOS / Red Hat 7.x]]
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 </sxh>
-</WRAP>
-<WRAP center box 100%>
-Allow QEMU/KVM Commands for personal user
-If you want to allow your login user (non-root) to run virsh command or other KVM/QEMU commands, or use these commands without sudo, (needed by cockpit) then add your login user to the libvirt group as follows:
-<code>
-# usermod -aG libvirt YOURUSERNAME
-</code>
 </WRAP>
 <WRAP center box 100%>
-Validate all the components on your KVM host can support virtualization.
+''Validate all the components on your KVM host can support virtualization.''
 <code>
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 KVM and QEMU hypervisors has been installed on CentOS 8.
+===== Configure KVM Environment =====
+<WRAP center box 100%>
+==== Allow QEMU/KVM Commands for personal user: ====
+If you want to allow your login user (non-root) to run virsh command or other KVM/QEMU commands, or use these commands without sudo, (needed by cockpit) then add your login user to the libvirt group as follows:
+<code>
+# usermod -aG libvirt YOURUSERNAME
+</code>
+</WRAP>
+<WRAP center box 100%>
+==== Setup own VM-Storage / ISO-Storage configuration: ====
+**Create needed directories**:
+<code>
+# mkdir -p /data01/vm-storage
+# mkdir /data01/iso-images
+</code>
+----
+**Make the virsh pool configuration changes**:
+  - Listing current pools: <code># virsh pool-list</code><sxh bash; gutter: false;>
+Name                 State      Autostart
+-------------------------------------------
+default              active     yes
+</sxh>
+  - ''Destroying current default pool:''<code># virsh pool-destroy default</code><sxh bash; gutter: false;>Pool default destroyed</sxh>
+  - ''Undefine current default pool:''<code># virsh pool-undefine default</code><sxh bash; gutter: false;>Pool default has been undefined</sxh>
+  - ''Defining a new pool with name "default":''<code># virsh pool-define-as --name default --type dir --target /data01/vm-storage</code><sxh bash; gutter: false;>Pool default defined</sxh>
+  - ''Set pool to be started when libvirt daemons starts:''<code># virsh pool-autostart default</code><sxh bash; gutter: false;>Pool default marked as autostarted</sxh>
+  - ''Start pool:''<code># virsh pool-start default</code><sxh bash; gutter: false;>Pool default started</sxh>
+  - ''Checking pool state:''<code># virsh pool-list</code><sxh bash; gutter: false;>
+Name                 State      Autostart
+-------------------------------------------
+default              active     yes
+</sxh>
+From now, when creating virtual machines, Virtual Machine Manager will inform you that the *.img file (virtual disk of your VM), will be saved at ''/data01/vm-storage/''.
+</WRAP>
 ===== Installing Cockpit Web Interface in CentOS 8 =====