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Getting Started with oVirt 3.3

By : Alexey Lesovsky
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Getting Started with oVirt 3.3

By: Alexey Lesovsky

Overview of this book

<p>Virtualization technologies are evolving very rapidly. With advanced capabilities for hosts and guests including high availability, live migration, storage management, system scheduler, and many more, oVirt comes with the latest advancements in the field of open source virtualization. oVirt is built on the powerful Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) hypervisor and on the RHEV-M management server, and it allows you to utilize the most advanced capabilities of virtualization in an easy and efficient way.</p> <p>Getting Started with oVirt 3.3 talks you through the internal structure and working of oVirt 3.3 using a practical, hands-on approach. You will learn how to install and set up your own virtualization infrastructure as well as in what order you should configure your virtualization environment, what features oVirt has, and how to use them. You will also learn how easy it is to create cluster policies to control the operation of a cluster as well as how to create and use a virtual machine template.</p> <p>With this book, you will learn how to run your own data centers in different configurations and about the existing opportunities for creating virtual machines. You will perform the re-balancing of clusters and quickly create dozens of virtual machines. This book will also help you create a network environment and set policies for QoS. You will also learn how to manage users and allocate resources between them. Getting Started with oVirt 3.3 teaches you everything you need to know about oVirt 3.3 and shows you how to get the most out of the technology quickly and effectively.</p>
Table of Contents (15 chapters)

Summary


In this chapter, we have done the step-by-step setup and configuration of the oVirt environment. We started with setting up data centers and clusters. Next, we placed our virtualization hosts in clusters. Afterwards, we attached storage. oVirt supports multiple storage types, it allows a very flexible design environment, oVirt and depending on your needs to choose the right type of storage. Finally, we met with the mechanism for creating logical networks, which is an important part of the virtualization infrastructure. In Chapter 4, Managing Virtual Machines, we proceed with the creation of VMs. This is the final step; after this, the oVirt environment is ready for use.