Basic virtual machine installation
@KVM:~#wget ftp://thebeast.colorado.edu/pub/QIIME-v1.5.0-dependencies/QIIME-1.5.0-amd64.vdi.gz
@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
Create VM qiime with QIIME-1.5.0-amd64.img as /dev/vda.
@KVM:~#qemu-img resize QIIME-1.5.0-amd64.img -180GB
Create LV for VM system disk @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
Create new VM qiime with two virtual HD:
UUID=aa38e61a-2d77-4c3d-8758-6afad79a780b /home ext4 nodev,nosuid,relatime 0 2 |