[CentOS] qemu-kvm package?

Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com
Mon Aug 19 20:24:09 UTC 2013


On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 1:22 PM, Gene Poole <gene.poole at macys.com> wrote:
> Let me say that your question does not match your subject.
>
> I run a 32-bit CentOS with virt-manager installed to monitor the virtual
> machines running on a 64-bit CentOS.  That leaves the following:
>
> Is it because I'm running CentOS 5.9 in both cases?
> Or is it because I performed a full install from a DVD in both cases?
>
> That being said, It's a fact that virt-manager will run on a 32-bit OS.

No, I think the subject is right.  You can install/run virt-manager
and use it as a client to 64-bit systems (in 6.x also).  But you can't
connect to localhost even though there is a libvirtd because of the
missing qemu-kvm package.

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   Les Mikesell
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