First check if group already exist, if not create it sudo getent group | grep libvirt If it doesn’t exist, add it as a system group. sudo groupadd –system libvirt Add your user account to the group and log onto … Continue reading →
The following is the way to perform cold KVM migration. A cold migration involves shutting down the guest server during the migration. Generally speaking, to move KVM VM, you need to copy all the VM data from the source host … Continue reading →
I did a “dnf update” on a Fedora 38 and after rebooting executing “virsh list –all” I got: Id Name State ————————- I tried running virt-manager and it had problems connecting – it would list my virtual machines, then disconnect … Continue reading →
On my Centos 7 system, I wanted to find out which VM was taking up a large amount of the processor: top – 14:43:15 up 3 days, 7:49, 2 users, load average: 1.66, 1.79, 1.99 Tasks: 442 total, 1 running, … Continue reading →
To start or stop virtual machines using ssh or the console, you will need to use the bash prompt. There is more than one way, but this is the way I prefer First check which virtual machines are available: virsh … Continue reading →
Revised: How to migrate a kvm guest from one host to another. These instructions are for moving a guest machine from one host to another host where the storage is on the host (instead of external storage that can be … Continue reading →
You are using libvirt on Centos 6 and you need to boot a virtual machine from a CD Edit the virtual machine virsh edit domainname Find the section “<os>” and add the following line at the top of the section … Continue reading →