Linux KVM for System Engineers

Linux KVM for System Engineers udemy course

Learn KVM Installation, Configuration and Administration.

Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) is a virtualization infrastructure for the Linux kernel that turns it into a hypervisor. It was merged into the Linux kernel  mainline in kernel version 2.6.20, which was released on February 5, 2007. 

In this quick training on KVM ( Kernel Based Machines) , we will discuss the following topics with appropriate LABs at end of the session :

Quick Introduction to Hypervior and KVM :

• What is a Hypervisor ?
  
• KVM Quick Intro , its Pros/Cons and Terminology

KVM Installation and Configuration

• LAB Details, Pre-Reqs for KVM Installation
• KVM Installation
• KVM Network Configuration
• KVM Storage Pool Configuration

Creating Guest Virtual Machines

KVM Administration

• Management of Guest Virtual Machines
• Backup of Guest Virtual Machines
• Expanding the disk sizes of Guest Virtual Machine
• Guest Virtual Machines Snapshot Create/Restore
• Renaming a Guest VM
• Increasing resources on of Guest Virtual Machines
• Cloning a guest VM
• Troubleshooting the KVM issues.