Virtualisation

Our primary virtualised infrastructure is built upon KVM, but VMWare exists where it needs to.

KVM Description of the platform Why KVM? Creation of a new Host Creation of a new VM - Ubuntu-vm-builder + default packages, Windows, Adding a second Hard Disk Adding a second Hard Disk Cloning existing VMs Access your VM - Virt-manager, virt-viewer, VNC, SSH... Basic KVM operations - Stop, start, delete, or clone a VM... Import/Export VMs from/to other formats - Transform .vdi files into qcow2, qcow2 formats into vmdk... Boot a VM to single user mode Notes on improving KVM performance How to sparsify (reduce the disk space used) a qcow disk How to increase the size of a VM's Hard Disk Misc: PXE Boot, Virtio with windows guests Support - Canonical is out there to help us! Issues - What could still be improved

VMware Why VMware? - Kace replication is the name of the game here VMware Server Installation - Setup a host to run virtual machines VMware virtual machine installation - Kace appliances and others VMware Tools - Can be installed to make your virtual computing life easier Accessing your VMware VM - The web console is good