Red Hat Virtualization

Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) is an x86 virtualization product produced by Red Hat, based on the KVM hypervisor that enables management of unlimited guest machines.

Components:
 * Red Hat Virtualization Manager (RHV-M):
 * Red Hat Virtualization Hypervisors: Red Hat Enterprise Linux or RHV Host (RHV-H)

Features:
 * RHV support scheduling policies that defines the logic by which virtual machines are distributed amongst hosts.
 * Predefined Instance Types
 * Dashboard
 * Storage Quality of Service
 * Host High Availability
 * SSO using a Kerberos server

Commands

 * (i will install ) which has to be available.


 * or ovirt-hosted-engine-cleanup to cleanup

oVirt commands

 * shell script
 * shell script
 * shell script

Sanlock
Sanlock is a shared storage lock manager. https://www.ovirt.org/develop/developer-guide/vdsm/sanlock.html.

Logs:.

Commands:

VDSM
Vdsm manages and monitors the host’s storage, memory and networks as well as virtual machine creation, other host administration tasks, statistics gathering, and log collection.
 * Logs:

Basic

 * 1) Read RHV Quick Start: https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-virtualization-43-quick-start
 * 2) Install RHV following https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_virtualization/4.3/html/installing_red_hat_virtualization_as_a_self-hosted_engine_using_the_cockpit_web_interface/index
 * 3) Install RHVH Self-hosted Engine Deployment Host
 * 4) Install Red Hat Virtualization Host (RHVM):
 * 5) Read RHV Administration Guide: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_virtualization/4.3/html/administration_guide/index

Advanced

 * 1) Install RHV using NFS as a shared storage filesystem a troubleshoot problems following https://www.ovirt.org/develop/troubleshooting-nfs-storage-issues.html
 * 2) Review Backup documentation: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_virtualization/4.3/html-single/administration_guide/index#chap-Backups_and_Migration and Veritas NetBackup support.
 * 3) Read Red Hat Virtualization Life Cycle https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/rhev