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Creating the FortiVoice VM

Creating the FortiVoice VM

To create the FortiVoice VM:
  1. Launch the Virtual Machine Manager (virt-manager) on your KVM host server.
  2. In the toolbar, select Create a new virtual machine.
  3. Enter a Name for the VM, FortiVoice-VM for example.
  4. Ensure that Connection is localhost. (This is the default.)
  5. Select Import existing disk image.
  6. Select Forward.
  7. In OS Type, select Linux.
  8. In Version, select Generic 2.6 and later kernel.
  9. Select Browse.
  10. If you copied the fortivoice-kvm.qcow2 file to /var/lib/libvirt/images, it will be visible on the right. If you saved it somewhere else on your server, select Browse Local and find it.
  11. Select Choose Volume.
  12. Select Forward.
  13. Specify the amount of memory and number of CPUs to allocate to this virtual machine.
  14. Select Forward.
  15. Expand Advanced options. A new virtual machine includes one network adapter by default. Select a network adapter on the host computer. Optionally, set a specific MAC address for the virtual network interface. Set Virt Type to virtio and Architecture to qcow2.
  16. Select Finish.
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Creating the FortiVoice VM

To create the FortiVoice VM:
  1. Launch the Virtual Machine Manager (virt-manager) on your KVM host server.
  2. In the toolbar, select Create a new virtual machine.
  3. Enter a Name for the VM, FortiVoice-VM for example.
  4. Ensure that Connection is localhost. (This is the default.)
  5. Select Import existing disk image.
  6. Select Forward.
  7. In OS Type, select Linux.
  8. In Version, select Generic 2.6 and later kernel.
  9. Select Browse.
  10. If you copied the fortivoice-kvm.qcow2 file to /var/lib/libvirt/images, it will be visible on the right. If you saved it somewhere else on your server, select Browse Local and find it.
  11. Select Choose Volume.
  12. Select Forward.
  13. Specify the amount of memory and number of CPUs to allocate to this virtual machine.
  14. Select Forward.
  15. Expand Advanced options. A new virtual machine includes one network adapter by default. Select a network adapter on the host computer. Optionally, set a specific MAC address for the virtual network interface. Set Virt Type to virtio and Architecture to qcow2.
  16. Select Finish.
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