Other KVM Virtual Machine Manager Stream deployment

Generic instructions for how to deploy a virtual Stream VM on KVM-based virtual machine managers other than the recommended ones.

This information is provided for reference and will not match your software exactly. You will have to be familiar with setting up virtual virtual machines using your software so that you can find the settings that correspond to the generic information documented here.

Downloading the latest KVM Stream OVA or QCOW2 image

Follow the instructions in Downloading Image for Traditional Hypervisors to download the OVA or QCOW2 Stream image, depending on which is supported by your virtual machine management software.

Note: the same OVA image is compatible with both VMWare and KVM hypervisors.

Deploy the OVA or the QCOW2

Depending on which format your KVM environment requires, follow either the OVA or QCOW2 instructions below:

Deploying the OVA

• Import the OVA to your virtual machine management software.
• Deploy the OVA to a new virtual machine. Do not power it on yet.
• Proceed to Virtual Hardware Configuration and Powering On

Deploying the QCOW2 Images

• Import each disk to your virtual machine management software.
• Create a new virtual machine. Enter a name of your choice.
• Add either the 100GB or the 150GB disk image to the virtual machine, depending on which size Stream you are deploying. If you are deploying a Stream with a larger than 150GB disk, resize the 150GB disk image to the correct size.
• Add the seed.iso image as a CD-ROM drive.
• Do not power on the virtual machine yet.
• Proceed to Virtual Hardware Configuration and Powering On

Virtual Hardware Configuration and Powering On

Make sure the hardware configuration of your virtual machine matches the following:

Hardware Item	Configuration
Boot type	Legacy BIOS
Operating system (if available)	Closest match to "Linux 5.4 64-bit" or "Ubuntu 20.04 64-bit"
CPU	1 socket Number of cores from Stream sizing
Memory	Amount from Stream sizing
Memory Ballooning	disabled
Disks	vectra-stream Controller: virtio-scsi-single or virtio-scsi or virtio
CD-ROM	seed.iso
Network	Management interface (connected to management network) Controller: virtio-net or virtio (multiqueue enabled, number of queues equal to the number of CPU cores of the virtual machine)
Console	VGA (optional but recommended)
QEMU Guest Agent	Enabled (only network interface info and power control will be allowed by the Stream)
Cloud Init	None
Boot order	Disk first

Once the virtual hardware configuration is correct, you may start the virtual machine.