Er Installing and Configuring RHEV Hypervisor Hosts Pe) Po Product Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Difficulty Beginner Time 25 minutes Setup Instructions ‘The environment you have in front of you is a Red Hat Enterprise Linux system with virtual machines that can be accessed using the icons on the user's desktop. To setup the environment to support the lab and to provide a clean setup, reset the virtual ‘machines before starting the lab exercise, open a terminal window from the physical machine (Applications > System Tools > Terminal) and run the following command: [kiosk@foundationO ~]$ rht-vmctl restore all ch03s09 To access any of the virtual machines required for conducting the lab, double click the icon on the User's desktop corresponding to the machine name (e.g. View workstation or View servera), For logging into the any of the virtual machines used in the lab, use the following credentials: login: student password: student “or login: root password: redhatChapter3. Installing and Configuring RHEV Hy ppervisor Hosts Lab: Installing and Configuring RHEV Hypervisor Hosts In this lab, you will uninstall, reinstall, then upgrade your RHEV-H host. Files NA ‘Application URL hitp://thevm-podX.example.com ‘Outcome(s) You should be able to reinstall and fully upgrat Before you begin ide a RHEV-H host managed by the RHEV-M server. Make sure the RHEV-M environment configured in the previous lab is still working, Lab outline 1 2 Remove the existing RHEV-H host installation Install your RHEW Hypervisor server using PXE with the following configuration: Gina RHEV-H installation Boot device Internal hard disk Installation device Internal hard disk RHEV-H administrator password redhat RHEV-H configuration RHEV-H host name servera.podX.example.com DNS server 17225254254 NTP server 172.25.254.254 Network interface configuration Static TP address 172.2510 Netmask 295.255.2550 Gateway 225x254 Enable SSH password authentication | Yes RHEV-M management server thevm.podX.example.com RHEV-M management server port 443, RHEV-M admin password redhat 3. Once the RHEV Hypervisor system boots, redhat. Configure accarding to the previ 4. Approve the newly installed RHEV-H host. log into the console as admin with a password of ious settings. 3a RHSiB-RHEVS.Senr5-201S05155. The newest rhev-hypervisor7 package should already be installed and available on the rhevm server, Upgrade the newly installed RHEV-H host to the current release. 35Chapter 3.Installing and Configuring RHEW Hypervisor Hosts Solution In this lab, you will uninstall, reinstall, then upgrade your RHEV-H host. Files NA ‘Application URL hitp://thevm.podX.example.com Outcomets) You should be able to reinstall and fully upgrade a RHEV-H host managed by the RHEV-M server. Before you begin Make sure the RHEV-M environment configured in the previous lab is still working, Lab outline 1. Remove the existing RHEV-H host installation. Log into the RHEV-M Administration Portal. Remove the host from your RHEV-M configuration, Select the Hosts tab, then select the servera.podX. example .com host. Click the Maintenance button, then click OK when the confirmation dialog appears. Click the Remove button, then click OK to confirm your choice. Now that the hypervisor has been removed from your RHEV-M configuration, wipe your existing RHEV-H server, If running servera on physical hardware, reboot it and stop the boot process when GRUB appears, Modify the default stanza by appending the following parameters to the kernel line uninstall storage_init= If running servera in a virtual environment, then reset the servera virtual machine. 2. Install your RHEV Hypervisor server using PXE with the following configuration: RHEV-H specifications RHEV-H installation Boot device Internal hard disk Installation device Internal hard disk RHEV-H administrator password redhat RHEV-H configuration RHEV-H host name servera podX.example.com ONS server 17225254254 NTP server 172,25.254.254 Network interface configuration Static IP address 172.2510 Netmask 255.255.2550 36 RHGiG-RHEVS.S:en5 20150515Solution Gowen Gateway 225X254 Enable SSH password authentication _| Yes RHEV-M management server thevm.podX.example.com RHEV-M management server port | 443, RHEV-M admin password redhat PXE-boot your second server. When the PKE menu appears, type rhevh at the boot : prompt. Alter the RHEV Hypervisor installer boots, select Install Hypervisor 7.1-version, then hit Enter. The internal hard disk drive should be selected when the installer asks for the boot device. Confirm the internal hard drive is selected, then choose and press Enter, The internal hard disk drive should be selected when the installer asks for the installation device, Confirm the internal hard drive is selected, then choose and press Enter. Accept the default partition sizes, then choose . The RHEV-H installer will prompt for the RHEV-H host administrator password. Type redhat in the Password: and Confirm Password: fields, choose , and press Enter. {At this point, the hard disk drive will be formatted, followed by the installation of the RHEV Hypervisor. Once the installation finishes, press Enter at the prompt. 3. Once the RHEV Hypervisor system boots, log into the console as admin with a password of redhat. Configure according to the previous settings. First configure the RHEV-H network settings. Select Network from the main menu. When the network configuration screen appears, set the host name and DNS and NTP settings. Provide the following values: + Hostname: servera.podX.example.com + DNS Server 1: 172.25.254.254 “NTP Server 1: 172.258.254.254 Select to confirm your choices, Next configure the network interface. Use the Tab key to move the cursor to the network devices and make sure eth@ is highlighted, then press Enter. When the network interface configuration screen appears, choose the Static radio button for IPv4 Settings:, then provide the following values: + IP Address: 172.25.X.10 + Netmask: 255.255.255.0 + Gateway: 172.25.x.254 Select to confirm your choices. RSIS RHEVS Senr5- 2015055 7Chapter 3. Installing and Configuring RHEV Hypervisor Hosts _ @ 9g Important This step is only necessary if you are running this in an online learning environment, since the nested virtualization of the cloud is missing some information needed to run RHEV-H. ‘Open the virtual keyboard to send F2 to the system to open the Rescue Shell. Select OK to be presented with a prompt. [rooteservera adnin]* mkdir -p /config/usr/share/Libvirt [rooteservera adnin] wget http://classroon.example.con/naterials/ pu_nap. xml -P /config/usr/share/Libvirt [rooteservera adain}# echo */usr/share/ibvirt/epu_map.xml* >> /eonfig/ files [rocteservera adnin}+ wuidgen -r > /etc/vdsa/vdsm.id [rooteservera adnin]# persist /ete/vdsa/vdsn.id [rooteservera acmin]¥ reboot After it finishes booting, log back into the RHEV-H configuration interface. Select Security from the main menu, Navigate to the Enable ssh password authentication field and hit Space to toggle it on. Select , then select Close to confirm your settings. Select RHEV-M from the main menu, Specify the values that will allow your RHEV-H host to ‘communicate with your RHEV-M server. + Management Server: rhevm.podx.example.com + Management Server Port: 443 Fill in the fields with the provided information. Select < Save & Register >to save your changes. When the RHEV-H host contacts the RHEV-M server, it should display a digital fingerprint. Select to continue the RHEV-M registration. Select OK once the registration succeeds, Select Status from the main menu, then select to exit the configuration tool ‘and get back to the RHEV:H login prompt. Approve the newly installed RHEV-H host. Log into your RHEV-M web administration interface. Select the Hosts tab. Shortly after ‘your RHEV-H system has rebooted, you should see it appear on the list in state Pending Approval. Click servera. podX. example.com to highlight it and then click the Approve button. Review the Edit and Approve Host window and click Ok. The host should change state to Installing, then quickly progress through Non Responsive to Up. If the RHEV-H host enters a Non-Operational state, reboot the RHEV-H host and check its BIOS settings. Make sure the “Execute Disable Memory Protection Technology” is, enabled, 3BSolution 5. The newest rhev-hypervisor7 package should already be installed and available on the rhevm server, Upgrade the newly installed RHEV-H host to the current release, In the RHEV-M management console, select the Hosts tab and select the host servera. podx.example.com. Click the Maintenance button, then click OK. In the Hosts tab, select the servera. podx. example..con. Click the Upgrade button. An Install Host window will open. The new hypervisor ISO file should be listed in the pulldown menu next to the RHEV-H-ISO Name option. Select the rhevh-71-atest-version.iso, then click OK. ‘The host Status changes to InstalLing and after some time changes to Reboot. When the status finally changes to Up the upgrade process has finished, After some time, new information about the operating system, kernel, etc. will be updated in the Details pane below the General tab. RHSIE-RHEVS.S-er-5-20150515 39