Top "Libvirt" questions

libvirt is an open source API, daemon and management tool for managing platform virtualization.

Libvirt Cannot Stop Reboot Force Shutdown or Destroy Guest

The subject pretty much says it all. I am running libvirt (KVM?) on Ubuntu and I have two guests (both …

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libvirt and VirtualBox / Getting Started

I'm trying to get started on libvirt with VirtualBox as a virtualization solution. I installed everything and VirtualBox itself is …

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KVM and libvirt: wrong CPU type in virtual host

We us KVM and libvirt on a 6 core (12 HT cores) machine for virtualization. Problem: wrong CPU type in virtual host. …

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KVM, OVS, bridged network. How to configure?

I'm completely new to KVM and bridging and need your help. I have a remote server with QEMU/KVM and …

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libvirtError: internal error Cannot find suitable CPU model for given data

I am trying to run a simple instance after a fresh installation of OpenStack. The instance cannot start and in …

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Converting QEMU command line args to libvirt domain xml

I have a hard time converting this QEMU command to a libvirt domain XML: qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm \ -m 3072 \ -cpu core2duo \ …

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why is virtio-scsi much slower than virtio-blk in my experiment (over and ceph rbd image)?

Hi I recently did a experiment of virtio-scsi over rbd through qemu target (for its DISCARD/TRIM support), and compared …

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Dynamic memory allocation in KVM

I have Ubuntu 16.04 host over which I installed a Virtual guest (Windows server 2012) using KVM. The total RAM available is 16 …

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How to boot up from CDROM(ISO image) to install the guest OS using virsh

UPDATE on Oct. 4th, 2017: See my answer below. The credit goes to DanielB as I wouldn't have solved the problem …

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Windows time drifting with Qemu/KVM

I have a Windows VM running with kvm/qemu which is experiencing time drift. What would be the optimal libvirt …

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