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The virt-manager is a desktop user interface for managing virtual machines through libvirt

Virt-manager application is which uses libvirt APIs to create, manage and use Virtual machines.

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Is there a way to make virt-manager and xe to work at the same time?

I followed instructions from this site: http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/XCP_toolstack_on_a_Debian-based_distribution. The gist of it is basically to do an apt-get install xcp-xapi xcp-xe. If I follow the "Workaround XAPI conflicts with XEND (Debian and…
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What is the difference betweeen "Network install" and "Network Boot" options in virt-manager when installing a new virtual machine

From my understanding of PXE (Preboot Execution Environment), I know that there must be some negotiation first between the booting client and a DHCP server to obtain network parameters (IP address, etc) in order for the client to be able to fetch…
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virt-manager cannot identify machine

last time I had virt-manager + Desktop on my centos server everything was fine then I removed desktop for more security. and after a while I installed it again and now when I open virt-manager it doesn't show the list of KVMs but it's connected and…
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Error while creating VM using virt-manager on Xen

After a great struggle I got my XEN installed now I am using virt-manager and trying to create a VM. Since my H/W doesnt support full Virtualization using the Para Virtualization installation over network. After I specify all the details like URL ,…
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Setting up libvirt with remote access on gentoo: not listening tls port

I'm trying to set up libvirtd on my headless gentoo server. I'd like to have remote control via tls. I've followed libvirt remote access guide, but it don't work for me: client virt-manager shows following error: unable to connect to libvirtd at…
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KVM guest/VM use host/physical VGA port

Is it possible to use the physical video interface (hdmi or vga, onboard), so that a VM can be viewed/used thru it? What I want it to plug a monitor on the host and see the VM graphical interface.
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AMD driver doesn't load after rebooting vm with GPU passthrough on virt manager

I'm having an issue with GPU passthrough, using virt manager on Debian 11. It's a very specific question, but i hope that someone can help me with this. I have an RX 5500XT GPU, and i passthrough it following the tutorial available on the Arch wiki…
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Making SCSI tape drive controller accessible to VM OS using virt-manager

I'm trying to make a SCSI tape drive drive controller card (or strictly, the tape drives and robotic tape library hanging off it) visible to the OS running on the VM. I'm running RHEL 7.9 on both the hypervisor and VM guest. On the hypervisor, a…
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Virt-manager: unable to interact with existing vms on a server

I have 3vm's on a kvm. of recent i have been able to manage these vm's visually through virt-manager. on a windows machine i have been using mobaxterm to access the server and everything was working fine. however, after switching to linux(fedora36)…
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Issues with starting a virtual machine using virsh without intializing virt manager

I am having problems with starting a virtual machine using virsh. When I do virsh list --all, I see the VM named "ubuntu20.04" and it's state if shut off. Then I do virsh start ubuntu20.04 and get this error: error: Failed to start domain…
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How can I view the gui for a virtual machine on Ubuntu Server?

I set my main machine to run Ubuntu Server because my old Optiplex finally bit the dust (RIP). I'm trying to set up a virtual machine using Ubuntu Server as a host and just allocate resources as needed to a Windows 10 VM. To be specific, I want to…
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Why does linking a gpu freeze QEMU in Ubuntu

I am running a Ubuntu on a workstation with 2 GTX 1070 and I5 7400 CPU, I have QEMU installed and I have an old windows 10 vm I tried to link the GPU by adding the PCI link hardware in virt-manager GUI, and restored windows vm (from a saved state)…
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virt-manager's remote-viewer: fails to connect thru SSH tunnel with "incomplete link header (-104/16)

I have a server running libvirtd with QEMU/KVM domains. I would like to access it with virt-manager from a remote machine, for which I open an SSH tunnel and forward a TCP port (libvirtd is listening on a local TCP port). Then, virt-manager is able…
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Getting error “libosinfo: Unexpected file type (0)” when trying to create or open VM in virt-manager

I get the following error when clicking “Open” or “Create a new virtual machine” in virt-manager: Error launching details: libosinfo: Unexpected file type (0) Traceback (most recent call last): File…
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why is kvm pool so small

I set up kvm on a fresh install ubuntu server 18.04 on a 1TB disk. There is nothing else on the disk. Whether I use virt-manager or virsh on cli to create a pool, I always get a pool of 3.75GB screenshot of pool size The reason so little space is…
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