Periko Support
2012-Jul-18 17:37 UTC
Re: [virt-tools-list] virt-install options, are important?
On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 9:56 AM, Cole Robinson <crobinso@redhat.com> wrote:> On 07/18/2012 10:33 AM, Periko Support wrote: >> Hi. >> >> This is related to hvm. >> >> I have read virt-install man page, I had read that we have a lot of >> flags, we can be very specific on how we build a hvm for win 2k3, 3k3, >> etc. >> >> Now, is important to be very specific on what we want to build or >> virt-install is smart enough to detect our vm OS we are building? >> >> Running this: >> >> virt-install -n win8-1 -r 2048 -f /opt/win8/win8-disk.img -b eth0 >> --vnc --vnclisten=192.168.50.2 -v -c /opt/win8/win8.iso >> >> or >> >> virt-install -n win8-2 -r 2048 --hvm --vcpus=2 --cpuset=2-3 --disk >> path=/opt/win8-2/win8-disk.img --os-type=windows --os-variant=win2k8 >> -b bridge0 --noautoconsole --vnc --vnclisten=192.168.50.107 -v --cdrom >> /dev/dvdrw >> >> is important? >> >> Exist a way to know how we build our vm? or is not important? >> >> Does the options we give to virt-install affect our vm daily >> operation(Performance)? >> > > Yes, you always want to specify --os-variant if there is an appropriate value > (--os-type isn''t really required). It is used for setting up the most > performant defaults. We do some detection if you are installing with > --location, but not --cdrom. libosinfo provides that and we should hopefully > be switching over soon. > > - ColeHi Cole, thanks for your explanation. Other thing, them what options we give to virt-install affect the hvm daily operation? or this is has nothing to do? Last thing, there is a way to know how someone setup a vm? Thanks!!!