1) Add the OpenVZ repos See the Quick Installation guide and ensure that: [root@opti330 yum.repos.d]# cat /etc/yum.repos.d/openvz.repo [openvz-utils] name=OpenVZ utilities #baseurl=http://download.openvz.org/current/ mirrorlist=http://download.openvz.org/mirrors-current enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=http://download.openvz.org/RPM-GPG-Key-OpenVZ [openvz-kernel-rhel6] name=OpenVZ RHEL6-based kernel #baseurl=http://download.openvz.org/kernel/branches/rhel6-2.6.32/current/ mirrorlist=http://download.openvz.org/kernel/mirrors-rhel6-2.6.32 enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=http://download.openvz.org/RPM-GPG-Key-OpenVZ http://blogfranz.blogspot.com/2011/07/5-minute-guide-to-running-openvz-on.html