SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

Virtualization with KVM

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Contents

About This Manual
1. Available Documentation
2. Feedback
3. Documentation Conventions
I. Requirements, Limitations, and Support Status
1. KVM Requirements
1.1. The kvm package
1.2. Installing KVM
1.3. Hardware Requirements
1.4. Supported Guest Operating Systems
2. KVM Limitations
2.1. General Limitations
2.2. Hardware Limitations
2.3. Performance Limitations
3. KVM Support Status
3.1. Supported Features and Tools
3.2. Unsupported Features and Tools
II. Set Up and Installation
4. Guest Installation
4.1. Basic Guest Installation
III. Management and Configuration
5. Managing Virtual Machines
5.1. The Virtual Machine Manager (virt-manager)
5.2. Managing Virtual Machines from the Command Line
5.3. Remote Access Methods
6. Configuring Virtual Machines
6.1. Modifying existing Virtual Machine Configurations
6.2. Virtual Networking
6.3. Block Devices
6.4. Clock Settings
IV. Administration
7. Administrating Virtual Machines
7.1. Migrating Virtual Machines
7.2. Monitoring
7.3. Saving and Restoring Virtual Machines
7.4. Updating Virtual Machines
A. qemu Command Line Options
A.1. Supported qemu-kvm Command Line Options
A.2. Unsupported qemu-kvm Command Line Options
A.3. Supported qemu-kvm monitor Command Line Options
A.4. Unsupported qemu-kvm monitor Command Line Options

List of Tables

5.1. Virtual Machine Manager: Remote Connection Types