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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7

Hypervisor Deployment Guide

The complete guide to installing, deploying and maintaining Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisors.

Edition 6

Chris Curran

Red Hat Engineering Content Services

David Jorm

Red Hat Engineering Content Services

Stephen Gordon

Red Hat Engineering Content Services

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Abstract
This book is a guide to installing and administering Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor version 5.7.

Preface
1. About this Guide
1.1. The Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Documentation Suite
1.2. Audience
2. Document Conventions
2.1. Typographic Conventions
2.2. Pull-quote Conventions
2.3. Notes and Warnings
3. We Need Feedback!
1. Introducing Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisors
2. Understanding the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor
3. Requirements and limitations of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisors
4. Preparing Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor installation media
4.1. Preparation instructions
4.2. Deploying RHEV Hypervisors with PXE and tftp
4.2.1. Booting a RHEV Hypervisor with PXE
4.3. Preparing a RHEV Hypervisor USB storage device
4.3.1. Making a bootable RHEV Hypervisor USB storage device
4.3.2. Booting a RHEV Hypervisor USB storage device
4.4. Preparing a RHEV Hypervisor from a CD-ROM or DVD
4.4.1. Making a bootable RHEV Hypervisor CD-ROM
4.4.2. Booting a RHEV Hypervisor CD-ROM
5. Installing Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisors
5.1. Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor interactive installation
5.1.1. The RHEV Hypervisor Configuration Menu
5.1.2. Remove existing RHEV Hypervisor installations
5.1.3. Partitioning the disk
5.1.4. Set the administrator password
5.1.5. Set the hostname
5.1.6. Setup Networking
5.1.7. Register to RHN
5.1.8. Configure the host for RHEV
5.1.9. View logs
5.1.10. Installation
5.2. RHEV Hypervisor Kernel Parameters and Automated Installation
5.2.1. Storage parameters
5.2.2. Networking and RHEV Manager parameters
5.2.3. Red Hat Network (RHN) parameters
5.2.4. Other parameters
5.2.5. Example: Automated RHEV Hypervisor Installation
6. Maintaining and Administrating Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisors
6.1. Enabling kdumps
6.2. Setting the root password
7. Upgrading Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisors
7.1. Upgrading a RHEV Hypervisor with a RHEV Manager
7.2. Upgrading a RHEV Hypervisor with local media
7.3. Re-installing RHEV Hypervisors with the RHEV Manager
8. Security topics
A. Uninstalling Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisors from local storage devices
B. Revision History