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Installing KVM on Oracle Solaris
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As searched shown KVM is not bare-metal and can be installed on some Linux distros, I wonder is it possible to install KVM hypervisor on Solaris?
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As searched shown KVM is not bare-metal and can be installed on some Linux distros, I wonder is it possible to install KVM hypervisor on Solaris?
kvm-virtualization solaris qemu hypervisor emulator
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As searched shown KVM is not bare-metal and can be installed on some Linux distros, I wonder is it possible to install KVM hypervisor on Solaris?
kvm-virtualization solaris qemu hypervisor emulator
asked Apr 30 at 14:53
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As searched shown KVM is not bare-metal and can be installed on some Linux distros, I wonder is it possible to install KVM hypervisor on Solaris?
kvm-virtualization solaris qemu hypervisor emulator
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Yes and no, it depends on what you actually want from it. Do you want the /dev/kvm API or do you just want to run hardware-accelerated qemu?
The core KVM hypervisor isn't a regular program; it is an integral part of the Linux kernel. It's not something you install from your distro, and it's not something you can simply compile and run on a non-Linux system.
But KVM does nothing on its own – it is usually managed through Qemu where it acts as an "accelerator" backend – that is, KVM supervises the virtual CPUs but Qemu emulates all the remaining hardware (disks, GPUs, network interfaces). When most people talk about running VMs via KVM, they usually mean qemu -accel kvm (or sometimes alternatives like kvmtool).
Qemu can run on other operating systems, as long as they have a supported hypervisor – it doesn't need Linux KVM specifically. In theory you should get the same results with e.g. qemu -accel haxm on Windows as with Linux KVM.
That said, KVM has apparently been ported to Illumos, which is a Solaris derivative, and is used in the SmartOS product. (Of course, while illumos-kvm is based on Linux KVM, they are no longer the same as both have diverged in their own ways since then – they both just provide the same /dev/kvm API to userspace programs.)
So if you want to run qemu -enable-kvm on Illumos/OmniOS/SmartOS, you can do that. There is no KVM on OpenSolaris, however – at least not that I could find.
answered Apr 30 at 16:28
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I don't know what is available on Solaris... There's Oracle VirtualBox, I guess? (Bare qemu without a supported hypervisor backend would be slow, as it'd have to use CPU-based emulation.)
– grawity
Apr 30 at 16:55
Oracle VirtualBox is a emulator but i am looking for hypervisor!
– R1w
Apr 30 at 16:58
2
No, they work the same way though... Both qemu-kvm and virtualbox use a hosted hypervisor with hardware acceleration (qemu uses KVM, virtualbox uses its own kernel driver) whenever possible, and both emulate what isn't possible to virtualize.
– grawity
Apr 30 at 17:44
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In this link www.linux-kvm.org shows that it is possible to install qemu-kvm 2.3.1 on Oracle Solaris 10 1/13.
answered Apr 30 at 19:08
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No, it says that it is possible to install Oracle Solaris 10 1/13 on qemu-kvm 2.3.1, the opposite thing. (Note that the whole page is titled guest support status – KVM is the host and all these systems are VMs/guests.)
– grawity
May 1 at 7:46
@grawity what a big mistake!!! Thanks for mentioning.
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Yes and no, it depends on what you actually want from it. Do you want the /dev/kvm API or do you just want to run hardware-accelerated qemu?
The core KVM hypervisor isn't a regular program; it is an integral part of the Linux kernel. It's not something you install from your distro, and it's not something you can simply compile and run on a non-Linux system.
But KVM does nothing on its own – it is usually managed through Qemu where it acts as an "accelerator" backend – that is, KVM supervises the virtual CPUs but Qemu emulates all the remaining hardware (disks, GPUs, network interfaces). When most people talk about running VMs via KVM, they usually mean qemu -accel kvm (or sometimes alternatives like kvmtool).
Qemu can run on other operating systems, as long as they have a supported hypervisor – it doesn't need Linux KVM specifically. In theory you should get the same results with e.g. qemu -accel haxm on Windows as with Linux KVM.
That said, KVM has apparently been ported to Illumos, which is a Solaris derivative, and is used in the SmartOS product. (Of course, while illumos-kvm is based on Linux KVM, they are no longer the same as both have diverged in their own ways since then – they both just provide the same /dev/kvm API to userspace programs.)
So if you want to run qemu -enable-kvm on Illumos/OmniOS/SmartOS, you can do that. There is no KVM on OpenSolaris, however – at least not that I could find.
answered Apr 30 at 16:28
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I don't know what is available on Solaris... There's Oracle VirtualBox, I guess? (Bare qemu without a supported hypervisor backend would be slow, as it'd have to use CPU-based emulation.)
– grawity
Apr 30 at 16:55
Oracle VirtualBox is a emulator but i am looking for hypervisor!
– R1w
Apr 30 at 16:58
2
No, they work the same way though... Both qemu-kvm and virtualbox use a hosted hypervisor with hardware acceleration (qemu uses KVM, virtualbox uses its own kernel driver) whenever possible, and both emulate what isn't possible to virtualize.
– grawity
Apr 30 at 17:44
add a comment |
Yes and no, it depends on what you actually want from it. Do you want the /dev/kvm API or do you just want to run hardware-accelerated qemu?
The core KVM hypervisor isn't a regular program; it is an integral part of the Linux kernel. It's not something you install from your distro, and it's not something you can simply compile and run on a non-Linux system.
But KVM does nothing on its own – it is usually managed through Qemu where it acts as an "accelerator" backend – that is, KVM supervises the virtual CPUs but Qemu emulates all the remaining hardware (disks, GPUs, network interfaces). When most people talk about running VMs via KVM, they usually mean qemu -accel kvm (or sometimes alternatives like kvmtool).
Qemu can run on other operating systems, as long as they have a supported hypervisor – it doesn't need Linux KVM specifically. In theory you should get the same results with e.g. qemu -accel haxm on Windows as with Linux KVM.
That said, KVM has apparently been ported to Illumos, which is a Solaris derivative, and is used in the SmartOS product. (Of course, while illumos-kvm is based on Linux KVM, they are no longer the same as both have diverged in their own ways since then – they both just provide the same /dev/kvm API to userspace programs.)
So if you want to run qemu -enable-kvm on Illumos/OmniOS/SmartOS, you can do that. There is no KVM on OpenSolaris, however – at least not that I could find.
answered Apr 30 at 16:28
grawitygrawity
6,9682035
1
I don't know what is available on Solaris... There's Oracle VirtualBox, I guess? (Bare qemu without a supported hypervisor backend would be slow, as it'd have to use CPU-based emulation.)
– grawity
Apr 30 at 16:55
Oracle VirtualBox is a emulator but i am looking for hypervisor!
– R1w
Apr 30 at 16:58
2
No, they work the same way though... Both qemu-kvm and virtualbox use a hosted hypervisor with hardware acceleration (qemu uses KVM, virtualbox uses its own kernel driver) whenever possible, and both emulate what isn't possible to virtualize.
– grawity
Apr 30 at 17:44
add a comment |
Yes and no, it depends on what you actually want from it. Do you want the /dev/kvm API or do you just want to run hardware-accelerated qemu?
The core KVM hypervisor isn't a regular program; it is an integral part of the Linux kernel. It's not something you install from your distro, and it's not something you can simply compile and run on a non-Linux system.
But KVM does nothing on its own – it is usually managed through Qemu where it acts as an "accelerator" backend – that is, KVM supervises the virtual CPUs but Qemu emulates all the remaining hardware (disks, GPUs, network interfaces). When most people talk about running VMs via KVM, they usually mean qemu -accel kvm (or sometimes alternatives like kvmtool).
Qemu can run on other operating systems, as long as they have a supported hypervisor – it doesn't need Linux KVM specifically. In theory you should get the same results with e.g. qemu -accel haxm on Windows as with Linux KVM.
That said, KVM has apparently been ported to Illumos, which is a Solaris derivative, and is used in the SmartOS product. (Of course, while illumos-kvm is based on Linux KVM, they are no longer the same as both have diverged in their own ways since then – they both just provide the same /dev/kvm API to userspace programs.)
So if you want to run qemu -enable-kvm on Illumos/OmniOS/SmartOS, you can do that. There is no KVM on OpenSolaris, however – at least not that I could find.
answered Apr 30 at 16:28
grawitygrawity
6,9682035
Yes and no, it depends on what you actually want from it. Do you want the /dev/kvm API or do you just want to run hardware-accelerated qemu?
The core KVM hypervisor isn't a regular program; it is an integral part of the Linux kernel. It's not something you install from your distro, and it's not something you can simply compile and run on a non-Linux system.
But KVM does nothing on its own – it is usually managed through Qemu where it acts as an "accelerator" backend – that is, KVM supervises the virtual CPUs but Qemu emulates all the remaining hardware (disks, GPUs, network interfaces). When most people talk about running VMs via KVM, they usually mean qemu -accel kvm (or sometimes alternatives like kvmtool).
Qemu can run on other operating systems, as long as they have a supported hypervisor – it doesn't need Linux KVM specifically. In theory you should get the same results with e.g. qemu -accel haxm on Windows as with Linux KVM.
That said, KVM has apparently been ported to Illumos, which is a Solaris derivative, and is used in the SmartOS product. (Of course, while illumos-kvm is based on Linux KVM, they are no longer the same as both have diverged in their own ways since then – they both just provide the same /dev/kvm API to userspace programs.)
So if you want to run qemu -enable-kvm on Illumos/OmniOS/SmartOS, you can do that. There is no KVM on OpenSolaris, however – at least not that I could find.
answered Apr 30 at 16:28
grawitygrawity
6,9682035
answered Apr 30 at 16:28
grawitygrawity
6,9682035
answered Apr 30 at 16:28
grawitygrawity
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answered Apr 30 at 16:28
grawitygrawity
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I don't know what is available on Solaris... There's Oracle VirtualBox, I guess? (Bare qemu without a supported hypervisor backend would be slow, as it'd have to use CPU-based emulation.)
– grawity
Apr 30 at 16:55
Oracle VirtualBox is a emulator but i am looking for hypervisor!
– R1w
Apr 30 at 16:58
2
No, they work the same way though... Both qemu-kvm and virtualbox use a hosted hypervisor with hardware acceleration (qemu uses KVM, virtualbox uses its own kernel driver) whenever possible, and both emulate what isn't possible to virtualize.
– grawity
Apr 30 at 17:44
add a comment |
1
I don't know what is available on Solaris... There's Oracle VirtualBox, I guess? (Bare qemu without a supported hypervisor backend would be slow, as it'd have to use CPU-based emulation.)
– grawity
Apr 30 at 16:55
Oracle VirtualBox is a emulator but i am looking for hypervisor!
– R1w
Apr 30 at 16:58
2
No, they work the same way though... Both qemu-kvm and virtualbox use a hosted hypervisor with hardware acceleration (qemu uses KVM, virtualbox uses its own kernel driver) whenever possible, and both emulate what isn't possible to virtualize.
– grawity
Apr 30 at 17:44
1
1
I don't know what is available on Solaris... There's Oracle VirtualBox, I guess? (Bare qemu without a supported hypervisor backend would be slow, as it'd have to use CPU-based emulation.)
– grawity
Apr 30 at 16:55
I don't know what is available on Solaris... There's Oracle VirtualBox, I guess? (Bare qemu without a supported hypervisor backend would be slow, as it'd have to use CPU-based emulation.)
– grawity
Apr 30 at 16:55
Oracle VirtualBox is a emulator but i am looking for hypervisor!
– R1w
Apr 30 at 16:58
Oracle VirtualBox is a emulator but i am looking for hypervisor!
– R1w
Apr 30 at 16:58
2
2
No, they work the same way though... Both qemu-kvm and virtualbox use a hosted hypervisor with hardware acceleration (qemu uses KVM, virtualbox uses its own kernel driver) whenever possible, and both emulate what isn't possible to virtualize.
– grawity
Apr 30 at 17:44
No, they work the same way though... Both qemu-kvm and virtualbox use a hosted hypervisor with hardware acceleration (qemu uses KVM, virtualbox uses its own kernel driver) whenever possible, and both emulate what isn't possible to virtualize.
– grawity
Apr 30 at 17:44
add a comment |
In this link www.linux-kvm.org shows that it is possible to install qemu-kvm 2.3.1 on Oracle Solaris 10 1/13.
answered Apr 30 at 19:08
R1wR1w
1117
No, it says that it is possible to install Oracle Solaris 10 1/13 on qemu-kvm 2.3.1, the opposite thing. (Note that the whole page is titled guest support status – KVM is the host and all these systems are VMs/guests.)
– grawity
May 1 at 7:46
@grawity what a big mistake!!! Thanks for mentioning.
– R1w
May 1 at 8:25
add a comment |
In this link www.linux-kvm.org shows that it is possible to install qemu-kvm 2.3.1 on Oracle Solaris 10 1/13.
answered Apr 30 at 19:08
R1wR1w
1117
No, it says that it is possible to install Oracle Solaris 10 1/13 on qemu-kvm 2.3.1, the opposite thing. (Note that the whole page is titled guest support status – KVM is the host and all these systems are VMs/guests.)
– grawity
May 1 at 7:46
@grawity what a big mistake!!! Thanks for mentioning.
– R1w
May 1 at 8:25
add a comment |
In this link www.linux-kvm.org shows that it is possible to install qemu-kvm 2.3.1 on Oracle Solaris 10 1/13.
answered Apr 30 at 19:08
R1wR1w
1117
In this link www.linux-kvm.org shows that it is possible to install qemu-kvm 2.3.1 on Oracle Solaris 10 1/13.
answered Apr 30 at 19:08
R1wR1w
1117
answered Apr 30 at 19:08
R1wR1w
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answered Apr 30 at 19:08
R1wR1w
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answered Apr 30 at 19:08
R1wR1w
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No, it says that it is possible to install Oracle Solaris 10 1/13 on qemu-kvm 2.3.1, the opposite thing. (Note that the whole page is titled guest support status – KVM is the host and all these systems are VMs/guests.)
– grawity
May 1 at 7:46
@grawity what a big mistake!!! Thanks for mentioning.
– R1w
May 1 at 8:25
add a comment |
No, it says that it is possible to install Oracle Solaris 10 1/13 on qemu-kvm 2.3.1, the opposite thing. (Note that the whole page is titled guest support status – KVM is the host and all these systems are VMs/guests.)
– grawity
May 1 at 7:46
@grawity what a big mistake!!! Thanks for mentioning.
– R1w
May 1 at 8:25
No, it says that it is possible to install Oracle Solaris 10 1/13 on qemu-kvm 2.3.1, the opposite thing. (Note that the whole page is titled guest support status – KVM is the host and all these systems are VMs/guests.)
– grawity
May 1 at 7:46
No, it says that it is possible to install Oracle Solaris 10 1/13 on qemu-kvm 2.3.1, the opposite thing. (Note that the whole page is titled guest support status – KVM is the host and all these systems are VMs/guests.)
– grawity
May 1 at 7:46
@grawity what a big mistake!!! Thanks for mentioning.
– R1w
May 1 at 8:25
@grawity what a big mistake!!! Thanks for mentioning.
– R1w
May 1 at 8:25
add a comment |
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