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How to reset a KVM clone virtual Machines with virt-sysprep on Linux

last updated August 14, 2018 in CentOS, Debian / Ubuntu, Linux KVM, RedHat and Friends, Suse, Virtualization

I know how to clone a KVM VM. Once cloned I would like to reset cloned VM. How do I reset, unconfigure or customize a virtual machine so clones can be made? How can I reset a KVM clone virtual Machines with virt-sysprep command on a Linux server based hypervisor?

How to find ip address of Linux KVM guest virtual machine

last updated May 2, 2018 in CentOS, Debian / Ubuntu, Linux, Linux KVM, RedHat and Friends, Suse

How do I find out an IP address of Linux KVM guest from Linux host itself? I wanted to ssh into KVM guest VM. How can I find the IP address of a KVM Virtual Machine Guest on a CentOS Linux 7.x server?

How to use KVM cloud images on Ubuntu Linux

last updated February 5, 2018 in Linux KVM, Ubuntu Linux

How do I download and use a cloud image with kvm running on an Ubuntu Linux server? How do I create create a virtual machine without the need of a complete installation on an Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS server? How can I use KVM cloud image on Ubuntu?

How to forcefully shutdown a guest VM using virsh command on Linux KVM

last updated February 26, 2017 in CentOS, Debian / Ubuntu, Linux, Linux KVM, RedHat and Friends, Suse, Virtualization

I used the command ‘virsh shutdown vm1’ to shut down a guest named vm1 using the virsh command. However, it is still running, and my vm1 is not responding to an ssh session. Is there is a way to forcefully stop or kill a guest VM using the virsh command from host server?

How to enable KVM virsh console access for Ubuntu Linux VM

last updated February 19, 2017 in Linux, Linux KVM, Ubuntu Linux

I just followed your tutorial and setup KVM with Ubuntu Linux as a new guest virtual machine. However, I am unable to use the command: ‘virsh console vm’. How do I setup and enable console access in order to gain shell access on the newly created Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS VM?