====== Basic virtual machine installation ======

  * Download Qiime virtualbox image (see [[http://qiime.org/install/virtual_box.html|QIIME Virtual Box]])

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@KVM:~#wget ftp://thebeast.colorado.edu/pub/QIIME-v1.5.0-dependencies/QIIME-1.5.0-amd64.vdi.gz
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  * Unzip and convert to KVM raw disk

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@KVM:~#gunzip QIIME-1.5.0-amd64.vdi.gz
@KVM:~#qemu-img convert -f vdi -O raw QIIME-1.5.0-amd64.vdi QIIME-1.5.0-amd64.img
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  * Resize QIIME system partition

Create VM qiime with QIIME-1.5.0-amd64.img as /dev/vda.
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Mount gparted-live-0.14.0-1.iso as CD-ROM and boot from it.
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Resize /dev/vda1 (e.g. to 20GB)
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Shutdown VM
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Resize raw image (e.g. -180GB relative current size)

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@KVM:~#qemu-img resize QIIME-1.5.0-amd64.img -180GB
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  * convert raw disk to LVM

Create LV for VM system disk

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@KVM:~#lvcreate -L 20G -n qiime vm_vg
@KVM:~#dd if=QIIME-1.5.0-amd64.img | pv -s 20G | dd of=/dev/vm_vg/qiime
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  * new VM qiime

Create new VM qiime with two virtual HD:
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/dev/vda - LVM virtual disk (local storage) - /dev/vda1 mounted as /
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/dev/vbd - LVM virtual disk (iSCSI storage) - /dev/vdb1 will be mounted as /home
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Boot VM qiime
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Copy /home in a temp directory
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Partitioning, format and mount /dev/vdb1 as /home
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Copy temp directory to /home
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Edit /etc/fstab to make /home mounted at boot
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UUID=aa38e61a-2d77-4c3d-8758-6afad79a780b /home           ext4    nodev,nosuid,relatime        0       2
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