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Installing kvm on Fedora 20

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Installing kvm on a recent Fedora OS is quite easy. Fedora already ships all the necessary software packages and kernel modules for running a kernel virtualised machine. 0. Prerequisites Since late 2005 / early 2006 almost every x86 processor is capable of hardware virtualization. To check if your CPU supports Intel’s VT-d or AMD’s Pacifica, which is a requirement for… Read more »

Shutting down kvm guest on host shutdown

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Per default, kvm instances are suspended when the host OS shuts down. This is down through an init scripot (libvirt-guests) that comes out of the box with Fedora and RHEL 6. To change the guests’ shutdown behaviour, have a look at /etc/sysconfig/libvirt-guests. If you would like to send an ACPI system_powerdown event to the guest (i.e. a regular shutdown) instead… Read more »