7.2. Creating a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Guest with a Network Installation Tree

Procedure 7.2. Creating a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 guest with virt-manager

1. Optional: Preparation

   Prepare the storage environment for the guest virtual machine. For more information on preparing storage, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Virtualization Administration Guide.

   Important

   Various storage types may be used for storing guest virtual machines. However, for a virtual machine to be able to use migration features the virtual machine must be created on networked storage.
   Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 requires at least 1GB of storage space. However, Red Hat recommends at least 5GB of storage space for a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 installation and for the procedures in this guide.

2. Open virt-manager and start the wizard

   Open virt-manager by executing the virt-manager command as root or opening Applications System Tools Virtual Machine Manager.
   

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   Figure 7.11. The main virt-manager window

   Click on the Create a new virtual machine button to start the new virtual machine wizard.
   

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   Figure 7.12. The Create a new virtual machine button

   The Create a new virtual machine window opens.

3. Name the virtual machine

   Virtual machine names can contain letters, numbers and the following characters: '_', '.' and '-'. Virtual machine names must be unique for migration and cannot consist only of numbers.
   Choose the installation method from the list of radio buttons.
   

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   Figure 7.13. The New VM window - Step 1

   Click Forward to continue.
4. Provide the installation URL, and the Kickstart URL and Kernel options if required.
   

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   Figure 7.14. The New VM window - Step 2

   Click Forward to continue.
5. The remaining steps are the same as the ISO installation procedure. Continue from Step 5 of the ISO installation procedure.