Redhat:KVM Install
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KVM Installation
As with all software packages on Redhat, yum rpm and the gui tools can be used to install them.
| qemu-kvm | The Main KVM package |
| python-virtinst | Command Line Tools for VMs |
| virt-manager | GUI VM admin tool |
| virt-top | VM statistics |
| virt-viewer | GUI connections to VMs |
| libvirt | C libraries for VMs |
| libvirt-client | C libraries for VM clients |
KVM Modules
To check that the correct modules have been loaded for KVM:
[root@head ~]# lsmod | grep kvm
kvm_intel 50380 4
kvm 305113 1 kvm_intel # Intel Systems
kvm 305113 1 kvm_amd # AMD systems