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<title>Introduction</title>
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The <citetitle>Virtualization Getting Started Guide</citetitle> introduces the basics of virtualization and assists with the navigation of other virtualization documentation and products that Fedora provides.
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This guide also explains the advantages of virtualization and dispels some common myths that exist regarding virtualization.
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<title>Who should read this guide?</title>
<para>This guide is designed for anyone wishing to understand the basics of virtualization, but may be of particular interest to:</para>
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Those who are new to virtualization and seeking knowledge about the benefits offered.
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Those considering deployment of virtualized machines in their environment.
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Those looking for an overview of the virtualization technologies that Fedora produces and supports.
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<title>Virtualization in Fedora 19</title>
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Fedora contains packages and tools to support a variety of virtualized environments.
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Virtualization in Fedora is carried out by KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine). KVM is a full virtualization solution built into Fedora.
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Refer to <xref linkend="chap-Virtualization_Getting_Started-Products"/> for more about the virtualization products available in Fedora 19.
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<section>
<title>Virtualization resources</title>
<para>
Fedora contains packages and tools to support a variety of virtualized environments. Fedora virtualization provides the upstream development for virtualization in Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Refer to <xref linkend="chap-Virtualization_Getting_Started-Products"/> for more information about the virtualization products available in Fedora.
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In addition to this guide, the following books cover virtualization with Fedora:
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<citetitle>Virtualization Deployment Guide</citetitle>: This guide provides information on system requirements and restrictions, package details, host configuration and detailed instructions for installing different types of guests.
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<citetitle>Virtualization Administration Guide</citetitle>: This guide provides information on servers, security, KVM, remote management of guests, KSM, administration tasks, storage, volumes, <application>virt-manager</application>, guest disk access with offline tools, virtual networking, and troubleshooting.
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<citetitle>Virtualization Security Guide</citetitle>: This guide provides information on virtualization security technologies including sVirt, configuration and recommendations for host and guest security, and network security.
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Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) is another virtualization option for servers and desktops. Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization provides an end-to-end datacenter virtualization solution developed from the upstream oVirt project. Visit <ulink url="https://fedorahosted.org/ovirt/"/> for more information about oVirt.
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Documentation for Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization and virtualization with Red Hat Enterprise Linux can be found at <ulink url="http://docs.redhat.com/"/>.
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