Index

A

• Advanced Message Queuing Protocol (AMQP)
  • URL / Core OpenStack components
  • about / Core OpenStack components
• apache software foundation (ASF)
  • about / What Linux virtualization offers you in the cloud
• Application Programmable Interface (API)
  • about / Starting the libvirt service
• Application Programming Interface (API)
  • about / Getting acquainted with libvirt and its implementation
• applications
  • about / Introducing Software Defined Networking
• Application virtualization
  • URL / Types of virtualization
• arp flux
  • reference / Networking tuning in KVM
• aSPICE
  • Secure SPICE ClientTopicnURL / Managing virtual machine through android phones
• automated virtual machine deployment
  • about / Automated virtual machine deployment
  • virt-builder, defining / Introducing virt-builder
  • oz, defining / Introducing oz

B

• Bare Metal
  • about / Type 1 and Type 2 hypervisors
• best practices, KVM guest time keeping
  • about / KVM guest time-keeping best practices
  • kvm-clock / kvm-clock
• binary translation
  • URL / Full virtualization
• bridge / Virtual networking
  • creating, with shared physical interfaces / NATed virtual network

C

• cache mode, disk and block I/O tuning
  • about / Cache mode
  • none / Cache mode
  • writethrough / Cache mode
  • writeback / Cache mode
  • directsync / Cache mode
  • unsafe / Cache mode
  • default / Cache mode
• CentOS6 template
  • preparing, with LAMP stack / Example 1 – preparing a CentOS 7 template with a complete LAMP stack
• CentOS 7
  • URL / Introducing oz
• clone provisioning method
  • used, for deploying VMs / Deploying VMs using the clone provisioning method
• Cloudstack
  • about / What Linux virtualization offers you in the cloud
• cluster
  • about / Getting acquainted with oVirt data center and cluster
• containers
  • about / Operating system virtualization/partitioning
• controller
  • about / Introducing Software Defined Networking
• Copy on write (COW) shared page
  • about / Getting acquainted with Kernel Same Page merging
• core OpenStack components
  • defining / Core OpenStack components
• CPU and memory
  • tuning, with NUMA / Tuning CPU and memory with NUMA
• CPU cores
  • about / CPU cores
• CPU modes
  • URL / Operating system virtualization/partitioning
• CPU pinning
  • about / CPU pinning, The numactl command
  • numactl command / The numactl command
• CPU tuning
  • about / CPU tuning
  • number of VCPUs / The number of vCPUs
  • CPU configuration / CPU configuration
  • CPU topology / CPU topology
  • CPU pinning / CPU pinning

D

• Data Plane/Forwarding Plane
  • about / Introducing Software Defined Networking
• data structures / Data structures
  • defining / Data structures
• device assignment / How to turn it on?
• DigitalOcean
  • URL / What Linux virtualization offers you in the cloud
• disk and block I/O tuning
  • about / Disk and block I/O tuning
  • cache mode / Cache mode
  • I/O mode / I/O mode
  • I/O tuning / I/O tuning
  • block device I/O tuning / I/O tuning
• Domains
  • about / Xen
• Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) / Core OpenStack components

E

• Embedded
  • about / Type 1 and Type 2 hypervisors
• emulatorpin
  • about / emulatorpin
• environment
  • setting up / Setting up the environment
  • virtualization packages, installing / Installing virtualization packages
  • libvirt service, starting / Starting the libvirt service
  • virt capabilities, validating / Validate and understand your system's virt capabilities
• Ethernet Hub
  • about / Introducing Software Defined Networking
• Eucalyptus
  • about / What Linux virtualization offers you in the cloud
• Extended Page Tables (EPT)
  • about / KVM in action
• external disk snapshots
  • working with / Working with external disk snapshots
  • creating / Creating an external disk snapshot
  • quiesce / What is quiesce?
  • reverting, to external snapshots / Reverting to external snapshots
  • deleting / Deleting external disk snapshots
• external snapshots
  • merging, blockcommit used / Deleting external disk snapshots
  • merging, blockpull used / Deleting external disk snapshots
  • URL / Deleting external disk snapshots

F

• Fedora 22
  • URL / Introducing oz
• Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP)
  • about / Storage
• file structures
  • and inodes / Anonymous inodes and file structures
• FirstInstance
  • launching / Launching First Instance
• FlowSim
  • reference / Adding an Open vSwitch (vswitch001) instance to the OpenDaylight controller on system (ODL-sys)
• full virtualization
  • about / Full virtualization

G

• General Public License (GPL)
  • about / Time to think more about QEMU
• Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE)
  • about / Overlay networks
• GlusterFS
  • about / Storage
• graphics
  • about / Graphics

H

• Hardware-assisted or Full Virtualization (HVM)
  • about / Xen
• hardware assisted virtualization
  • defining / Hardware assisted virtualization
• Hardware configuration examples
  • defining / Hardware configuration examples
• hard_timeout / Adding an Open vSwitch (vswitch001) instance to the OpenDaylight controller on system (ODL-sys)
• host agent
  • about / The oVirt engine
• host system
  • monitoring, with Kimchi WebUI / Monitoring and managing a host system with the Kimchi WebUI
  • managing, with Kimchi WebUI / Monitoring and managing a host system with the Kimchi WebUI
• host system management
  • defining, Kimchi-Ginger plugin used / Host system management using the Kimchi-Ginger plugin
• host system requirements
  • about / Host system requirements
• hugepages / hugepages
• hypervisor
  • type 1 and type 2 hypervisors / Type 1 and Type 2 hypervisors
• hypervisor/VMM
  • about / Types of virtualization

I

• I/O mode
  • IO=native / I/O mode
  • IO=threads / I/O mode
  • IO=default / I/O mode
• idle_timeout / Adding an Open vSwitch (vswitch001) instance to the OpenDaylight controller on system (ODL-sys)
• inodes
  • and file structures / Anonymous inodes and file structures
• instance configuration database
  • accessing / Accessing the instance configuration database
• internal snapshots
  • working with / Working with internal snapshots
  • first internal snapshot, creating / Creating the first internal snapshot
  • creating, with custom name and description / Creating an internal snapshot with a custom name and description
  • multiple snapshots, creating / Creating multiple snapshots
  • reverting to / Reverting to internal snapshots
  • deleting / Deleting internal snapshots
• Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI)
  • about / Storage
• IPA
  • URL / Preparing the system for oVirt engine installation

J

• Just Enough Operating System (JEOS)
  • about / Introducing oz

K

• Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM)
  • about / Introducing KVM
  • defining / High-level overview of KVM
• Kimchi
  • URL / Setting up Kimchi server, Host system management using the Kimchi-Ginger plugin
• Kimchi project
  • defining / Introduction to the Kimchi project
  • architecture / Kimchi architecture
• Kimchi server
  • setting / Setting up Kimchi server
  • kimchid service, starting / Starting kimchid service
• KSM
  • about / Getting acquainted with Kernel Same Page merging
  • packages and files / KSM packages and files
  • and NUMA / KSM and NUMA
• KVM
  • defining / KVM in action
  • APIs / KVM APIs
  • networking tuning / Networking tuning in KVM
• kvm-clock
  • about / kvm-clock
  • reference / kvm-clock
• KVM.ko
  • about / KVM in action
• KVM guest time keeping
  • best practices / KVM guest time-keeping best practices
• KVM virtualization infrastructure
  • managing, kimchi WebUI used / Managing KVM virtualization infrastructure using kimchi WebUI
• KVM VMs
  • integrating, with OVS / Integrating KVM VMs and OVS
• KVM VM traffic
  • controlling / Open vSwitch QoS – controlling KVM VM traffic

L

• LAMP Stack installation
  • URL / Example 1 – preparing a CentOS 7 template with a complete LAMP stack
• LDAP/IPA
  • URL / The oVirt engine
• libvirt
  • defining / Getting acquainted with libvirt and its implementation, Getting acquainted with libvirt
  • implementing / Getting acquainted with libvirt and its implementation
  • URL / Getting acquainted with libvirt and its implementation, Internal workings of libvirt
  • working / Internal workings of libvirt
  • functions / Internal workings of libvirt
  • used, for virtual networking / Virtual networking using libvirt
• libvirt-API bindings
  • URL / Libvirt Web API
• libvirt bindings
  • URL / Internal workings of libvirt
• libvirt Web API
  • defining / Libvirt Web API
• Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) / Core OpenStack components
• Linux bridges
  • limitations / Limitations of Linux bridges
• Linux official documentation
  • URL / Getting acquainted with Kernel Same Page merging
• Linux virtualization
  • using / Why should I use Linux virtualization?
  • defining / What Linux virtualization offers you in the cloud
• lockd
  • enabling / Enabling lockd
• logical networks
  • about / Networking
  • creating / Creating logical networks
• LXC (Linux containers)
  • about / Introducing virt-manager

M

• MacVTap
  • about / MacVTap
• memory
  • about / Working with memory
  • working with / Working with memory
  • allocation / Memory allocation
  • maximum allocation / Memory allocation
  • current allocation / Memory allocation
  • tuning / Memory tuning
  • backing / Memory backing
• memory backing
  • about / Memory backing
  • locked / locked
  • nosharepages / nosharepages
  • hugepages / hugepages
• memory management unit (MMU) / hugepages
• migration
  • live or online migration / Live or online migration
  • future / Future of migration
• multi queue virtio-net
  • reference / How to turn it on?

N

• Native Hypervisor
  • about / Type 1 and Type 2 hypervisors
• nested KVM
  • about / Introducing nested KVM
  • enabling / How to enable nested KVM?
• Network File System (NFS)
  • about / Storage
• network infrastructure
  • about / Introducing Software Defined Networking
• networking tuning, KVM
  • performing / Networking tuning in KVM
  • enabling / How to turn it on?
• Network Interface card (NIC)
  • about / Physical CPU
• Network Interface Card (NIC)
  • about / Network
• network port mirroring
  • about / Network port mirroring
  • configuring / Configuring port mirroring
• Network Time Protocol (NTP) / KVM guest time-keeping best practices
• New Virtual Machine wizard
  • creating / Creating a new virtual machine wizard
• northbound
  • about / Introducing Software Defined Networking
• NUMA
  • about / What is NUMA?
  • automatic NUMA balancing / Automatic NUMA balancing
• NUMA (Non Uniform Memory Access)-capable system / CPU pinning
• numactl command
  • using / The numactl command
• numad
  • about / Understanding numad and numastat
• NUMA memory allocation policies
  • about / NUMA memory allocation policies
  • numatune / numatune
  • emulatorpin / emulatorpin
• numastat
  • about / Understanding numad and numastat
• numatune
  • about / numatune
  • memory element / numatune
  • nodeset attribute / numatune
  • placement attribute / numatune

O

• OpenDaylight controller (ODL-sys)
  • installing / Installing the OpenDaylight controller (ODL-sys)
  • hardware requisites / Hardware requirements
  • ODL, installing / Installing and configuring ODL
  • ODL, configuring / Installing and configuring ODL
  • Open vSwitch (vswitch001) instance, adding / Adding an Open vSwitch (vswitch001) instance to the OpenDaylight controller on system (ODL-sys)
  • flows, installing on OVS bridge / Installing flows on the OVS bridge using OpenDaylight Dashboard
• OpenFlow
  • example / Adding an Open vSwitch (vswitch001) instance to the OpenDaylight controller on system (ODL-sys)
• Open Networking Foundation (ONF)
  • about / Introducing Software Defined Networking
  • key themes / Introducing Software Defined Networking
• Open Source
  • features / Why should I use Linux virtualization?
• open source virtualization projects
  • about / Open source virtualization projects
  • references / Open source virtualization projects
  • Xen / Xen
  • Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) / Introducing KVM
• Openstack
  • about / What Linux virtualization offers you in the cloud
• OpenStack
  • references / RDO OpenStack deployments methods, Launching First Instance
  • virtualization layer, troubleshooting / Troubleshooting the virtualization layer of OpenStack
• OpenStack architecture
  • defining / OpenStack architecture
  • core OpenStack components / Core OpenStack components
• OpenStack components
  • Compute service (Nova) / Core OpenStack components
  • Block storage (Cinder) / Core OpenStack components
  • Virtual network (Neutron) / Core OpenStack components
  • Image management (Glance) / Core OpenStack components
  • Authentication (Keystone) / Core OpenStack components
  • Telemetry (Ceilometer) / Core OpenStack components
  • Dashboard (Horizon) / Core OpenStack components
  • Object Storage (Swift) / Core OpenStack components
  • Orchestration (Heat) / Core OpenStack components
  • URL / Core OpenStack components
• OpenStack deployment
  • defining / OpenStack deployment
  • RDO OpenStack / RDO OpenStack
• OpenStack Marketplace
  • URL / OpenStack deployment
• open virtualization format (ova)
  • about / Converting virtual machines from unsupported virtualization platforms
• Open vSwitch
  • about / Introducing Open vSwitch
  • reference / Introducing Open vSwitch
  • versus Linux bridge / Comparison between Linux bridge and Open vSwitch
  • architecture / Open vSwitch architecture
  • installation / Open vSwitch installation and setup
  • setup / Open vSwitch installation and setup
  • openvswitch.service, starting / Starting openvswitch.service
  • kernel module / Open vSwitch kernel module
  • command-line interface / Getting started with the Open vSwitch command-line interface
  • KVM VMs, integrating / Integrating KVM VMs and OVS
  • managing, OpenDaylight SDN controller used / Managing Open vSwitch using the OpenDaylight SDN controller
  • troubleshooting / Basic Open vSwitch troubleshooting
• Open vSwitch bridge
  • setting up / Setting up your first Open vSwitch bridge
  • configuring manually, ovs-vsctl command used / Configuring an Open vSwitch bridge manually using the ovs-vsctl command
  • configuring, network scripts used / Configuring an Open vSwitch bridge using network scripts
• Open vSwitch tunnels configuration, with VxLan
  • performing / Configuring Open vSwitch tunnels with VxLan
  • KvmHOST1 host side configuration / KvmHOST1 host side configuration
  • kvmHOST2 host configuration / kvmHOST2 host configuration
• operating system partitioning
  • about / Operating system virtualization/partitioning
• operating system virtualization
  • about / Operating system virtualization/partitioning
• output_port / Configuring port mirroring
• overlay networks
  • about / Overlay networks
• oVirt
  • URL / Getting acquainted with libvirt and its implementation, oVirt architecture
  • defining / Introducing oVirt
  • about / Introducing oVirt, Networking, What next?
  • architecture / oVirt architecture
  • components / oVirt architecture
  • engine / The oVirt engine
  • node / The oVirt node
  • storage / Storage
  • networking / Networking
  • references / What next?
• oVirt data center
  • defining / Getting acquainted with oVirt data center and cluster
  • initiating / Initiating an oVirt data center
• oVirt engine / The oVirt engine
  • functions / The oVirt engine
  • installing / Installing the oVirt engine
  • URL / Installing the oVirt engine
  • about / Initiating an oVirt data center
• oVirt engine commands
  • defining / Creating and starting a virtual machine
• oVirt engine installation
  • system, preparing for / Preparing the system for oVirt engine installation
• oVirt manager
  • URL / Preparing the system for oVirt engine installation
• ovirtmgmt
  • about / Getting acquainted with oVirt data center and cluster
• oVirt node / The oVirt node
  • installing / Installing oVirt node
• ovs-vsctl commands
  • ovs-vsctl show / Getting started with the Open vSwitch command-line interface
  • #ovs-vsctl list-br / Getting started with the Open vSwitch command-line interface
  • #ovs-vsctl list-ports <bridge> / Getting started with the Open vSwitch command-line interface
  • #ovs-vsctl list interface <bridge> / Getting started with the Open vSwitch command-line interface
  • #ovs-vsctl add-br <bridge> / Getting started with the Open vSwitch command-line interface
  • #ovs-vsctl add-port <bridge> / Getting started with the Open vSwitch command-line interface
  • ovs-dpctl / Getting started with the Open vSwitch command-line interface
  • #ovs-ofctl / Getting started with the Open vSwitch command-line interface
  • #ovs-ofctl show <BRIDGE> / Getting started with the Open vSwitch command-line interface
  • #ovs-ofctl dump-flows <Bridge> / Getting started with the Open vSwitch command-line interface
  • #ovs-dpctl show / Getting started with the Open vSwitch command-line interface
  • #ovs-dpctl dump-flows / Getting started with the Open vSwitch command-line interface
  • ovs-appctl / Getting started with the Open vSwitch command-line interface
  • #ovs-appctl bridge/dumpflows <br> / Getting started with the Open vSwitch command-line interface
  • #ovs-appctl fdb/show <br> / Getting started with the Open vSwitch command-line interface
• OVS-vsctlshow command / Configuring an Open vSwitch bridge manually using the ovs-vsctl command
• oz
  • defining / Introducing oz
  • configuration file / The oz configuration file
  • URL / The oz configuration file
  • used, for creating virtual machine / Creating a virtual machine using oz

P

• Packstack
  • about / RDO OpenStack deployments methods
  • installing / Installing Packstack
  • prerequisites / Prerequisites
  • installer, installing / Installing the Packstack installer
  • running, for installing OpenStack / Running Packstack to install OpenStack
• pages / hugepages
• Parallel NFS (pNFS)
  • about / Storage
• paravirtualization
  • about / Paravirtualization
  • URL / Paravirtualization
• PCI passthrough
  • about / PCI passthrough
  • enabling / PCI passthrough
• permissions
  • and User access control / Permissions and user access control
• physical CPU
  • about / Physical CPU
• physical memory
  • about / Physical memory
• Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM)
  • about / Starting kimchid service
• policing / Open vSwitch QoS – controlling KVM VM traffic
• pre-configured disk Fedora 22 image
  • URL / Importing an existing disk image
• Precision Time Protocol (PTP) servers / Benefits of VM migration

Q

• qcow
  • references / Disk and block I/O tuning
• QEMU/KVM
  • URL / Internal workings of libvirt
• QEMU guest agent
  • about / QEMU guest agent
• QEMU internals
  • defining / Qemu – KVM internals
• Qemu Machine Protocol (QMP)
  • about / QEMU guest agent
• QEMU Monitor Protocol (QMP)
  • defining / QEMU Monitor Protocol
• Quality of Service (QOS) / I/O tuning
• Quick Emulator (QEMU)
  • defining / Time to think more about QEMU, Qemu – KVM internals
  • about / Time to think more about QEMU
  • URL / Time to think more about QEMU
  • data structures / Data structures
  • models, threading / Threading models in QEMU
• quiesce / What is quiesce?

R

• RDO-Manager
  • URL / RDO OpenStack deployments methods
  • about / RDO OpenStack deployments methods
• RDO OpenStack
  • defining / RDO OpenStack
  • URL / RDO OpenStack
  • deployments methods / RDO OpenStack deployments methods
  • Packstack, installing / Installing Packstack
• Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV)
  • about / Getting acquainted with libvirt, Introducing oVirt, Introducing the virt-v2v utility
• restore
  • URL / Creating and starting a virtual machine
• routed virtual network
  • about / Routed virtual network
  • virtual network, editing / Editing a virtual network

S

• Secure Virtual Machine (SVM)
  • about / Hardware assisted virtualization, KVM in action
• select_all / Configuring port mirroring
• select_dst_port / Configuring port mirroring
• select_src_port / Configuring port mirroring
• shaping / Open vSwitch QoS – controlling KVM VM traffic
• shared storage
  • about / Shared storage
  • offline migration / Offline migration, What if I start the VM accidently on both the hypervisors?
• Show My Network State
  • about / Basic Open vSwitch troubleshooting
  • reference / Basic Open vSwitch troubleshooting
• Simple Protocol for Independent Computing Environments (SPICE)
  • about / SPICE graphics server
• Single Root IO Virtualization(SR-IOV) / How to turn it on?
• snapshots
  • about / Snapshots
  • VM disk image formats / VM disk image formats
  • best practices / Best practices for dealing with snapshots
• snapshots, for libvirt guests
  • internal snapshot / Snapshots
  • external snapshot / Snapshots
• Software-Defined Networking (SDN)
  • about / Types of virtualization
  • URL / Types of virtualization
• Software Defined Networking (SDN)
  • about / Introducing Software Defined Networking
• Software Defined Storage (SDS)
  • URL / Types of virtualization
• southbound
  • about / Introducing Software Defined Networking
• Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) / Virtual networking
• SPICE graphics server
  • about / SPICE graphics server
  • URL / SPICE graphics server
  • adding / Adding SPICE graphics server, Methods to access a virtual machine console
• standalone KVM guests
  • converting, to oVirt Virtualization platform / Converting standalone KVM guests to an oVirt Virtualization platform and the OpenStack cloud
  • converting, to OpenStack cloud / Converting standalone KVM guests to an oVirt Virtualization platform and the OpenStack cloud
• storage
  • about / Storage, It's all about storage!
  • SWAP space / How much SWAP space is recommended?
  • unmanaged storage, working with / Working with unmanaged storage
  • disk image, creating / Creating a disk image and attaching it to a guest
  • disk image, attaching to guest / Creating a disk image and attaching it to a guest
  • image information, obtaining / Getting image information
  • virt-manager, used for attaching disk / Attach a disk using virt-manager
  • virsh, used for attaching disk / Attach a disk using virsh
  • managed storage, working with / Working with managed storage
  • management console / Storage management console
  • pools, creating / Creating storage pools
  • ISO image library, creating / Creating an ISO image library
  • pool, deleting / Deleting a storage pool
  • volumes, deleting / Creating storage volumes
  • volumes, creating with virsh command / Creating volume using virsh command
  • deleting, with virsh command / Deleting a volume using the virsh command
• storage domains
  • data domain / Storage
  • export domain / Storage
  • ISO domain / Storage
  • creating / Creating storage domains
• storage pool
  • file system directory backed storage pool / File system directory backed storage pool
  • Logical Volume Manager (LVM) Volume Group backed storage pool / LVM Volume Group backed storage pool
  • Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) backed storage pool / iSCSI backed storage pool
  • deleting / Deleting a storage pool
  • deleting, virt-manager used / Deleting storage pool using virt-manager
  • deleting, with virsh / Deleting storage pool using virsh
• Storage Pool Manager (SPM)
  • about / Creating storage domains
• storage pool types
  • -dir / Working with managed storage
  • -disk / Working with managed storage
  • -fs / Working with managed storage
  • -netfs / Working with managed storage
  • -gluster / Working with managed storage
  • -iscsi / Working with managed storage
  • -scsi / Working with managed storage
  • -lvm / Working with managed storage
  • -rbd / Working with managed storage
• system call
  • URL / Operating system virtualization/partitioning
• System Preparation (Sysprep) tool
  • about / Example 2 – preparing a Windows 7 template with a MySQL database
  • URL / Example 2 – preparing a Windows 7 template with a MySQL database

T

• TAP devices / Virtual networking
• TDL (Template Definition Language)
  • URL / Introducing oz
• templates
  • defining / Working with templates
  • thin method / Working with templates
  • clone method / Working with templates
  • creating / Creating templates
• thin provisioning method
  • used, for deploying VMs / Deploying VMs using the thin provisioning method
• Tiny Code Generator (TCG)
  • about / Time to think more about QEMU
  • URL / Time to think more about QEMU
• traffic rate limiting
  • applying / Applying traffic rate limiting
  • outbound (egress) traffic, controlling / Controlling outbound (egress) traffic
  • traffic shaping, applying / Applying traffic shaping
• Translation LookAside Buffer (TLB)
  • about / hugepages
• Transparent Hugepages (THP)
  • about / hugepages
• troubleshooting
  • Open vSwitch / Basic Open vSwitch troubleshooting
• TUN / Virtual networking
• type 1 hypervisors
  • advantages / Type 1 and Type 2 hypervisors

U

• User-mode Linux (UML)
  • about / Why should I use Linux virtualization?

V

• vCPU
  • execution flow / Execution flow of vCPU
• version packages
  • URL / Setting up Kimchi server
• virsh
  • used, for attaching disk / Attach a disk using virsh
  • used, for deleting storage pool / Deleting storage pool using virsh
• virsh command
  • used, for creating volume / Creating volume using virsh command
  • used, for deleting volume / Deleting a volume using the virsh command
• virt-builder
  • URL / Introducing virt-builder
• virt-install
  • defining / Introducing virt-install
• virt-install command
  • used, for installing Windows 7 Guest / Installing a Windows 7 Guest using the virt-install command
• virt-manager
  • URL / Getting acquainted with libvirt and its implementation
  • defining / Introducing virt-manager
  • Virtual Networks tab / The Virtual Networks tab
  • Storage tab / Storage tab
  • used, for attaching disk / Attach a disk using virt-manager
  • used, for deleting storage pool / Deleting storage pool using virt-manager
  • used, for managing snapshots / Managing snapshots using virt-manager
• virt-p2v-make-disk
  • URL / Creating a virt-p2v bootable image
• virt-p2v-make-kickstart
  • URL / Creating a virt-p2v bootable image
• virt-p2v bootable image
  • creating / Creating a virt-p2v bootable image
• virt-p2v ISOs and PXE boot images
  • URL / Creating a virt-p2v bootable image
• virt-sysprep
  • about / What is virt-sysprep?
• virt-v2p bootable disk
  • used, for booting physical system / Booting a physical system using a virt-p2v bootable disk for conversion
• virt-v2v utility
  • defining / Introducing the virt-v2v utility
  • working / How does virt-v2v work?
  • obtaining / Getting the virt-v2v utility
  • v2v conversion, preparing for / Preparing for the v2v conversion
  • prerequisites / Preparing for the v2v conversion
  • source hypervisors-specific prerequisites / Preparing for the v2v conversion
  • conversion process / Conversion process
  • URL / Conversion process
  • troubleshooting / Troubleshooting virt-v2v related issues
  • used, for converting physical computers to virtual / Can we convert any physical computers to virtual using virt-v2v?
  • input and output methods / List of input and output methods supported with virt-v2v
• virtio
  • about / VirtIO
  • drivers / VirtIO
  • reference / VirtIO
• virtio-balloon
  • about / VirtIO
• virtio-blk
  • about / VirtIO
• virtio-console
  • about / VirtIO
• virtio-net
  • about / VirtIO
• virtio-rng
  • about / VirtIO
• virtio-scsi
  • about / VirtIO
• virtual conversion
  • physical system / Physical system to virtual conversion
• Virtual Desktop and Server Manager (VDSM)
  • about / The oVirt node
• virtual disk
  • preallocated / Creating a disk image and attaching it to a guest
  • thin-provisioned / Creating a disk image and attaching it to a guest
• Virtual eXtensible Local Area Network (VXLAN)
  • about / Overlay networks
• virtualization
  • about / What is virtualization?
  • types / Types of virtualization
  • advantages / Advantages of virtualization
• virtualization platforms
  • virtual machines, converting from / Converting virtual machines from unsupported virtualization platforms
• virtualization technology
  • about / What is virtualization?
• Virtualization Technology (VT)
  • about / Hardware assisted virtualization, Setting up the environment
• virtual machine
  • managing, through android phones / Managing virtual machine through android phones
  • creating / Creating and starting a virtual machine
  • starting / Creating and starting a virtual machine
• Virtual Machine Control Block (VMCB)
  • about / KVM in action
• Virtual Machine Control Structure (VMCS)
  • about / KVM in action
• Virtual Machine Manager
  • used, for creating virtual machines / Creating virtual machines using the Virtual Machine Manager
  • network installation (HTTP, FTP, or NFS) method / The Network installation (HTTP, FTP, or NFS) method
  • Network Boot (PXE) / Network Boot (PXE)
  • existing disk image, importing / Importing an existing disk image
• Virtual Machine Monitor (VMM)
  • about / Operating system virtualization/partitioning
• virtual machines
  • deploying, from template / Deploying virtual machines from a template
  • creating, through Kimchi WebUI / Creating virtual machines through Kimchi WebUI
  • resource allocation, editing / Editing a virtual machine's resource allocation
  • converting, from virtualization platforms / Converting virtual machines from unsupported virtualization platforms
• virtual machines graphical console
  • accessing / Accessing a virtual machine's graphical console
• virtual machine templates
  • defining / Introducing virtual machine templates
• virtual networking
  • about / Virtual networking
  • libvirt, using / Virtual networking using libvirt
  • types / Virtual networking using libvirt
  • isolated virtual network / Isolated virtual network
  • routed virtual network / Routed virtual network
  • NATedvirtual network / NATed virtual network
• Virtual Networks tab
  • about / The Virtual Networks tab
  • NATed virtual network / NATed virtual network
  • routed virtual network / Routed virtual network
  • isolated virtual network / Isolated virtual network
  • default network / Default network
• virtual private server (VPS)
  • about / Host system management using the Kimchi-Ginger plugin
• virtual video card
  • about / Virtual video cards and graphics, Virtual video card
• VLANS (Virtual LANs)
  • about / VLANs with Open vSwitch
  • advantages / VLANs with Open vSwitch
• VLANs, with Open vSwitch
  • about / VLANs with Open vSwitch
  • configuring, for KVM virtual machines / Configuring VLANs for KVM virtual machines
  • libvirt integration, using / Using libvirt integration
  • Open vSwitch QoS / Open vSwitch QoS – controlling KVM VM traffic
• VM-king
  • URL / Managing virtual machine through android phones
• vmcore
  • collecting, from instances / QEMU Monitor Protocol
• VM disk format
  • converting / Converting a VM disk format
• VMM/hypervisor
  • defining / Introducing VMM/hypervisor
• VM Manager
  • URL / Managing virtual machine through android phones
• VM migration
  • about / VM migration
  • offline migration / Offline migration
  • live or online migration / Live or online migration
  • benefits / Benefits of VM migration
  • environment, setting up / Setting up the environment
• VMs
  • deploying, from template / Deploying virtual machines from a template
  • deploying, clone provisioning method used / Deploying VMs using the clone provisioning method
  • deploying, thin provisioning method used / Deploying VMs using the thin provisioning method
• VMware guests conversion
  • about / VMware guest conversion
• VMwarevSphere guest
  • converting, to standalone KVM host / Converting a VMware vSphere guest to a standalone KVM host
  • converting, to oVirt / Converting a VMware vSphere guest to oVirt
  • converting, to OpenStack-Glance repository / Converting a VMware vSphere guest to an OpenStack-Glance repository
• VNC graphics server
  • about / VNC graphics server
• VPS (Virtual Private Server) / Open vSwitch QoS – controlling KVM VM traffic
• vrtual video card
  • Cirrus / Virtual video card
  • VGA / Virtual video card
  • VMVGA / Virtual video card
  • QXL / Virtual video card

W

• Web-based management tools
  • URL / Libvirt Web API
• Windows
  • agaents and drivers, URL / QEMU guest agent
• Windows 7 template
  • preparing, with MySQL database / Example 2 – preparing a Windows 7 template with a MySQL database

X

• Xen
  • URL / Xen
• Xen guests
  • converting / Xen guest conversion
• Xen project
  • URL / Xen