Chapter 6. Creating a kernel-based virtual machine and booting the installation ISO in the VM

This section describes how to create a kernel-based virtual machine (KVM) and staring the Red Hat Enterprise Linux installation.

Prerequisites

On the IBM Z platform, the KVM host runs Red Hat Enterprise Linux installed in LPAR mode. See Installing in an LPAR.
You are familiar with virtualization on 64-bit IBM Z.

Procedure

Create virtual machine with the instance of Red Hat Enterprise Linux as a KVM guest operating system, use the following virt-install command on the KVM host:
```
$ virt-install --name=<guest_name> --disk size=<disksize_in_GB> --memory=<memory_size_in_MB> --cdrom <filepath_to_iso> --graphics vnc
```

Additional resources

virt-install man page on your system
Creating virtual machines by using the command-line interface

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