diff --git a/docs/linux-virtual-machines.mdwn b/docs/linux-virtual-machines.mdwn index 13cc2fe9..f72b763b 100644 --- a/docs/linux-virtual-machines.mdwn +++ b/docs/linux-virtual-machines.mdwn @@ -16,12 +16,27 @@ to operate, whereas others work with any Linux kernel. Though some of them again need some configurations to be turned on in the stock kernel. +### Management + +Most hypervisors contain some minor collection of utilities +to manage virtual machines. Some libraries / frameworks +try to integrate those utilities, to abstract the different +implementations. + +Typical issues are: + + * Autostart machines on startup / autostop on shutdown + * Creation of new VMs / including template handling + * Manual start/stop of VMs + * Listing of running / existing VMs + ## Hypervisors [[!table data=""" Name | Host Kernel [QEMU](http://wiki.qemu.org/) | Original [KVM](http://www.linux-kvm.org/) | Original w/KVM +[Lguest](http://lguest.ozlabs.org/) | Original w/Lguest [Linux Containers](http://lxc.sourceforge.net/) | Original w/Containers [Linux VServer](http://linux-vserver.org) | Own [User Mode Linux](http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/) | Original