One of the biggest weaknesses of dd is that it has no way to display progress on its actions. You can send a signal to the process which will pause, display statistics, and resume the process however this takes up alot of your terminal screen if you are doing any…
Linux-KVM Management: Offline Migration
When you compare Linux-KVM to Hyper-V or VMWare your initial results will indicate that Linux-KVM is lacking when it comes to management tools, and basic functionality. You would be correct, however you would also be incorrect. You see with Linux-KVM we can leverage the underlying power of the Linux userland,…
Identify Package Origin of Binary on Apt Systems
There will come a time when you need to install a package on a machine in order to take advantage of a utility contained within. In my case I know that I need kvm-img (which is also called qemu-img), and I assumed that it was either in the libvirt-bin package…
Linux-KVM: VLAN Tagging for Guest Connectivity
Today we will be discussing the process of configuring VLANs for the KVM Guests to use to gain access to a wider variety of networks from a single host. This is extremely helpful if you are able to take advantage of 10Gbps connections, as you can eliminate multiple 1Gbps connections…
KVM Guests: Using Virt-Install to Install VMs from a CD or ISO Image
In my previous article KVM Guests: Using Virt-Install to Import an Existing Disk Image we discussed how to use virt-install to import an existing disk image, which already has an OS installed into it. Additionally in KVM Guests: Using Virt-Install to Install Debian and Ubuntu Guests I documented how to…