Step by Step installation of KVM / RHEVH 3.0 inside VMware Workstation 8.0

We require some additional setting to install KVM / RHEVH 3.0 inside VMware Workstation:

i) You can install KVM / RHEVH 3.0 in Physical system or Vmware Workstation 8.0 only.

ii) In this Lab we used the below component;

a) VMware Workstation 8.0

b) RHEVH 3.0 beta “rhevh-6.2-20111108.0″

PART 1: Configuring KVM / RHEVH 3.0 VM inside VMware workstation

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Select LSI logic SAS, and click next

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Select Virtualize Intel VT-x/EPT or AMD-V/RVI

Note:- Intel-VT or AMD-VT should be enable on physical system, then you can ignore this warning.

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Go to the Configuration file the VM and open in notepad

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Under the last line of RHEV.vmx, add “apic.xapic.enable = FALSE”, and save the .vmx file

PART 2: Install and configure KVM / RHEVH 3.0 inside VMware workstation



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