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=OPS235 Lab 2: Fedora 16 Installation Methods (on Virtual Machines)=
==Introduction== A ''virtual machine'' is a software simulation of a computer which can be used as though it were actual hardware. It's possible to run multiple virtual machines on one computer, reducing hardware requirements and introducing flexibility. Some common uses of virtualization include: * Software testing -- Using multiple operating systems simultaneously on a single computer for testing and experimentation.* Network simulation -- Testing network services, protocols, and security scenarios with a small number of computers.* Isolation -- Protecting multiple sets of data by storing them on multiple virtual machines. If one of the virtual machines is compromised, the data on other virtual machines is still protected.* Server consolidation -- Reducing the number of physical servers in a network by moving physical machines to virtual machines. This saves hardware, administration, cooling, and electricity costs, and it can increase the utilization of hardware (by ensuring that the hardware is not under-loaded).* Load-balancing and disaster recovery -- It is possible to migrate virtual machines between different physical machines, to ensure that a workload is balanced across multiple computers, to allow routine hardware maintenance and upgrading, and to compensate for hardware failure or other disasters. In this lab, you will create three virtual machines. This also gives you an opportunity to experiment with different ways of installing Fedora. Later in this course you will install another operating system distribution in a virtual machines. You have already used a Fedora DVD installation disc. In both cases, the boot media (which you used to load the installation software) and the installation source (where the software that got installed came from) were the same: they CD/DVD provided both. However, the Fedora (and most other Linux distributions) permits you to use any combination of boot media and installation media: * Boot Media** CD or DVD** Hard disk** USB flash drive** Network boot * Installation source** CD or DVD** Hard disk** USB flash drive** Network HTTP or NFS software repository == Objectives == * Understand Virtualization* Use KVM virtualization on Fedora* Use a variety of installation methods** Live Image Installation** Network Installation** Kickstart Installation == Reference Material == Virtualization* [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/virtualization-guide/f13/en-US/html/ Fedora 13 Virtualization Guide] Installation Methods* Live Image Installation** [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/readme-live-image/en-US.html Fedora 13 Live Image Guide]** [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/installation-quick-start-guide/f13/en-US/html/ Fedora 13 Installation Quick Start Guide]* Network Installation** [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f13/en-US/html/ Fedora 13 Installation Guide]*** [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f13/en-US/html/s1-steps-network-installs-x86.html Preparing for a Network Installation]*** [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f13/en-US/html/s1-begininstall-perform-nfs-x86.html Performing a Network Installation]* Kickstart Installation** [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f13/en-US/html/ Fedora 13 Installation Guide]*** [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f13/en-US/html/sn-automating-installation.html Automating the Installation with Kickstart]*** [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f13/en-US/html/ch-kickstart2.html Kickstart Installations]*** [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f13/en-US/html/ch-redhat-config-kickstart.html Kickstart Configurator] == Required Materials == * Removable disk pack with Fedora installed (see [[OPS235 Lab 2|Lab 2]]).* Fedora 13 x86_64 Live CD. {{Admon/tip|Performing this Lab off the Seneca network|This lab uses servers which are on the Seneca network and which are not available from other locations (such as your home). If you attempt this lab from another location, adjust the belmont.senecac.on.ca URLs to point to another [http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/publiclist Fedora mirror server] -- note that you may need to change the directory name as well as the server name. The installation of the ''fedora3'' virtual machine must be done at Seneca.}}
==Objectives==
