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Table 1 provides definitions for some of the terms that are used in this guide.
Table 1. Terminology
Term | Definition | |
KVM | Kernel-based virtual machine | |
Hypervisor | The software, hardware, and firmware that creates, manages, and runs virtual machines. It can manage a physical host’s hardware for this purpose. | |
Snapshot | A point-in-time copy of a virtual machine that might or might not include the running state of the virtual machine. This snapshot can be used for restores or backups. | |
oVirt | A free open-source distributed virtualization solution which can manage a KVM environment. | |
oVirt Engine | The management tool that is used to configure, customize, and monitor the KVM environment. | |
OVM | Open Virtualization Manager, which is the KVM UI | |
VMV | Virtual Machine Viewer | |
QEMU | Quick Emulator, which enables creation and management of VMs on a virtualization platform | |
VDSM | Virtual Desktop Server Manager | |
VM | Virtual Machine | |
Node | As well as “host”, refers to a physical machine with the KVM hypervisor | |
Host | As well as “node”, refers to a physical machine with the KVM hypervisor | |
Device | Used interchangeably with “volume” to refer to a host device | |
Volume | Used interchangeably with “device” to refer to a host device | |
Guest OS | The operating system running on a VM | |
FC | Fibre Channel | |
iSCSI | Internet Small Computer System Interface | |
NAS | Network Attached Storage | |
NFS | Network File System |
Table 2 provides the revision history:
Table 2. Revision history
Part number | Release date | Description |
H19941 | February 2024 | Initial release |