HowTo: Up and Running with oVirt 3.4 | Linux Today

HowTo: Up and Running with oVirt 3.4

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 4, 2014

Last week, the oVirt Project delivered a new version of its open source virtualization management system, complete with a feature I’ve eagerly awaited for the past two years. The feature, called Hosted Engine, enables oVirt admins to host the system’s management server (aka the engine) on one of the virtualization hosts it manages. This article walks through the installation and first steps of a basic oVirt install using the Hosted Engine feature.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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