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--- redhat:virtualization-redhat:start [2020/04/01 12:01] – 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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-''Allow QEMU/KVM Commands for personal user:''
+==== 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:
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-''Setup own VM-Storage / ISO-Storage configuration:''
+==== Setup own VM-Storage / ISO-Storage configuration: ====
-----
+**Create needed directories**:
-Create needed directories:
 <code>
-# usermod -aG libvirt YOURUSERNAME
+# mkdir -p /data01/vm-storage
+# mkdir /data01/iso-images
 </code>
 ----
-Make the virsh pool configuration changes:
+**Make the virsh pool configuration changes**:
   - Listing current pools: <code># virsh pool-list</code><sxh bash; gutter: false;>
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 default              active     yes
 </sxh>
-  - Destroying pool:<code># virsh pool-destroy default</code><sxh bash; gutter: false;>Pool default destroyed</sxh>
+  - ''Destroying current default pool:''<code># virsh pool-destroy default</code><sxh bash; gutter: false;>Pool default destroyed</sxh>
-  - Undefine pool:<code>
+  - ''Undefine current default pool:''<code># virsh pool-undefine default</code><sxh bash; gutter: false;>Pool default has been undefined</sxh>
-$ virsh pool-undefine default
+  - ''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>
-Pool default has been undefined
+  - ''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>
-Defining a new pool with name "default":
+  - ''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;>
-$ virsh pool-define-as --name default --type dir --target /media/work/kvm
-Pool default defined
-Set pool to be started when libvirt daemons starts:
-$ virsh pool-autostart default
-Pool default marked as autostarted
-Start pool:
-$ virsh pool-start default
-Pool default started
-Checking pool state:
-$ virsh pool-list
 Name                 State      Autostart
 -------------------------------------------
 default              active     yes
-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 /media/work/kvm.
+</sxh>
-</code>
+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/''.
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