KVM Archives - IODocs https://www.iodocs.com/linux/kvm/ IODocs: Comprehensive How-To Guides, Software Tutorials, and More IODocs.com Thu, 31 Dec 2020 16:28:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://www.iodocs.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/cropped-logoIODOCSretina-32x32.avif KVM Archives - IODocs https://www.iodocs.com/linux/kvm/ 32 32 Use virt-manager to share files between Linux host and Windows guest? https://www.iodocs.com/use-virt-manager-share-files-linux-host-windows-guest/ Fri, 11 Jan 2019 19:43:16 +0000 https://iodocs.com/?p=932 Use virt-manager to share files between Linux host and Windows guest?

I usually setup a Samba server on the Linux KVM host and then share a folder out using that to my KVM guests.

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]]> KVM Guest Drivers for Windows 2018 https://www.iodocs.com/kvm-guest-drivers-windows/ Wed, 04 Jul 2018 18:20:39 +0000 https://iodocs.com/?p=919 KVM Guest Drivers for Windows 2018 Overview This page describes how to obtain and use virtio drivers for Windows virtual machines running on KVM, and additional software agents for Windows VMs. Yum|Dnf Repo There are a yum|dnf repo shipping ‘virtio-win’ RPMs. The RPMs install driver binaries and agent installers on your host machine into /usr/share. […]

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]]> [SOLVED] Problem adding USB host device to KVM Windows guest machine. https://www.iodocs.com/solved-problem-adding-usb-host-device-to-kvm-windows-guest-machine/ Mon, 28 May 2018 14:29:50 +0000 https://iodocs.com/?p=1671 [SOLVED] Problem adding USB host device to KVM Windows guest machine. Windows machine guest info Description of problem: Trying to add USB host device – storage and eToken to KVM Windows 7 32 and 64 bit (also Windows XP 32 and 64 bit) guest. No luck. It looks like Windows 7 see something on the […]

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]]> How I converted a VMware VM to KVM https://www.iodocs.com/converted-vmware-vm-kvm/ Thu, 24 Nov 2016 16:21:32 +0000 http://iodocs.com/?p=402 There’s lots of info on the net on achieving that, but I found it a bit too scattered, and had to combine instructions from multiple sources. I’m not certain it’s the right way, but it worked?. So I’ll share, and get your feedback in case I’ve done anything stupid: Convert VMDKs (VM’s disk), even when […]

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