KVM has several tools to manage VMs. The Virtual Machine Manager is a GUI tool that's quite easy to use. If you want more power, you can use the virsh command line tool, which has hundreds of subcommands useful for managing VMs, storage pools, and virtual networks.
- [Instructor] We can manage our guest VMs…using the virtual machine manager gui.…The default view shows our VMs and whether they're…running or not.…If they are running, it shows the guest CPU usage…on the right.…We can have it show our host CPU usage, as well, by going to…view, graph, and selecting "host CPU usage."…We can also double-click on any guest VM to open…the VM viewer.…From that interface, we can pause, shut down, clone, migrate…or delete the VM by going to the virtual machine menu.…
We can also go to the view menu and click on "details" to…see all of the VM details.…Here, we can add or configure the guest VM's…virtual hardware.…The virtual machine manager is a very easy to use…interface to KVM, but if you want more power you'll need…to use virsh, a command line tool.…Virsh can work as a normal command, but also as an…interactive tool with its own prompt.…We're going to minimize the virtual machine manager…and then go to a terminal.…In the terminal, type in "sudo" space "virsh" space…"list" and hit enter.…
Author
Released
1/30/2019- Virtualization on Enterprise Linux
- Managing virtual machines
- Installing Linux in a guest VM
- Configuring interface bonding
- Configuring interface teaming
- Configuring IPv6 addresses
- Creating static routes
Skill Level Intermediate
Duration
Views
Related Courses
-
Linux System Engineer: Networking and SSH
with Grant McWilliams1h 53m Appropriate for all
-
Introduction
-
What you will need2m 43s
-
1. Virtual Systems Configuration
-
2. Virtual Machine Installation
-
Create an FTP repository4m 16s
-
Manage virtual machines6m 31s
-
3. Network Link Aggregation
-
About link aggregation3m 46s
-
-
4. Networking with IPv6
-
About IPv61m 45s
-
Configure IPV6 addresses4m 21s
-
-
5. Static Routing
-
About routing1m 9s
-
Viewing the routing table1m 19s
-
-
Conclusion
-
Next steps43s
-
- Mark as unwatched
- Mark all as unwatched
Are you sure you want to mark all the videos in this course as unwatched?
This will not affect your course history, your reports, or your certificates of completion for this course.
CancelTake notes with your new membership!
Type in the entry box, then click Enter to save your note.
1:30Press on any video thumbnail to jump immediately to the timecode shown.
Notes are saved with you account but can also be exported as plain text, MS Word, PDF, Google Doc, or Evernote.
Share this video
Embed this video
Video: Manage virtual machines