Difference between revisions of "Xen Virtualization Essentials"
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#* [[Configuring and Installation a Xen Hardware Virtual Machine (HVM) domainU Guest|Full Virtualization vs. Para-Virtualization]] | #* [[Configuring and Installation a Xen Hardware Virtual Machine (HVM) domainU Guest|Full Virtualization vs. Para-Virtualization]] | ||
#* [[Configuring and Installation a Xen Hardware Virtual Machine (HVM) domainU Guest|Checking Hardware Support for Xen Hardware Virtual Machines (HVM)]] | #* [[Configuring and Installation a Xen Hardware Virtual Machine (HVM) domainU Guest|Checking Hardware Support for Xen Hardware Virtual Machines (HVM)]] | ||
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#* [[Configuring and Installation a Xen Hardware Virtual Machine (HVM) domainU Guest|Connecting to the HVM dominU Guest Graphical Console]]<br><br> | #* [[Configuring and Installation a Xen Hardware Virtual Machine (HVM) domainU Guest|Connecting to the HVM dominU Guest Graphical Console]]<br><br> | ||
# [[Installing and Running Windows XP or Vista as a Xen HVM domainU Guest]] | # [[Installing and Running Windows XP or Vista as a Xen HVM domainU Guest]] | ||
| + | #* [[Installing and Running Windows XP or Vista as a Xen HVM domainU Guest|Pre-Requisites for Installing a Windows Xen Guest]] | ||
| + | #* [[Installing and Running Windows XP or Vista as a Xen HVM domainU Guest|Preparing to Install Windows]] | ||
| + | #* [[Installing and Running Windows XP or Vista as a Xen HVM domainU Guest|Preparing the Windows XP / Windows Vista for Xen HVM Installation]] | ||
| + | #* [[Installing and Running Windows XP or Vista as a Xen HVM domainU Guest|Configuring the Xen Windows Guest Configuration File]] | ||
| + | #* [[Installing and Running Windows XP or Vista as a Xen HVM domainU Guest|Starting the Xen Windows HVM Guest]]<br><br> | ||
# [[Building a Xen Virtual Guest Filesystem on a Disk Image (Cloning Host System)]] | # [[Building a Xen Virtual Guest Filesystem on a Disk Image (Cloning Host System)]] | ||
#* [[Building a Xen Virtual Guest Filesystem on a Disk Image (Cloning Host System)|Xen Requirements]] | #* [[Building a Xen Virtual Guest Filesystem on a Disk Image (Cloning Host System)|Xen Requirements]] | ||
Revision as of 20:00, 7 May 2008
- Configuring and Installating a Xen Hardware Virtual Machine (HVM) domainU Guest
- Installing and Running Windows XP or Vista as a Xen HVM domainU Guest
- Building a Xen Virtual Guest Filesystem on a Disk Image (Cloning Host System)
- Xen Requirements
- Creating a Disk Image for the Root Filesystem
- Creating a Swap Space Disk Image
- Cloning the Host OS on the Guest Domain
- Creating a Xen Configuration File
- Configuring System Files for the Guest Operating System
- Modifying /etc/fstab for the Guest System
- Booting the Guest OS
- Xen Guest Boot Problems
- Building a Xen Virtual Guest Filesystem on a Physical Disk Partition (Cloning Host System)
- An Overview of the Xen Host and Guest Physical Disks
- Preparing the Xen Disk Partitions
- Creating the a Filesystem on the Xen Guest Root Partition
- Configuring the Swap Partition for the Xen Guest System
- Mounting the Root Filesystem
- Cloning the Host OS on the Guest Root Partition
- Creating a Xen Configuration File
- Configuring System Files for the Guest Operating System
- Modifying /etc/fstab for the Guest System
- Booting the Guest OS
- Xen Guest Boot Problems
- Building a Xen Virtual Guest Filesystem using Logical Volume Management (LVM)
- The Key Components of Logical Volume Management
- Preparing for an LVM based Xen Guest Domain
- Converting Physical Disks into Physical Volumes
- Creating a Volume Group
- Creating a Logical Volume for the Xen Guest System
- Creating a Filesystem on the Logical Volume
- Configuring the Swap Partition for the Xen Guest System
- Mounting the Root Filesystem
- Cloning the Host OS on the Guest Root Partition
- Creating a Xen Configuration File
- Configuring System Files for the Guest Operating System
- Modifying /etc/fstab for the Guest System
- Booting the Guest OS
- Xen Guest Boot Problems
- Building a Xen Guest Root Filesystem using yum and rpm
- Building a Debian or Ubuntu Xen Guest Root Filesystem using debootstrap
- Creating the Xen Guest Root Filesystem
- Creating Swap for the Xen Guest Domain
- Installing the Base Ubuntu/Debian System using debootstrap
- Configuring the root Password
- Creating a Configuration File for the Guest Domain
- Configuring System Files for the Guest Operating System
- Modifying /etc/fstab for the Guest System
- Booting the Guest OS
- Xen Guest Boot Problems
- Building a Xen Guest Domain using Xen-Tools
- Getting Xen-Tools
- Configuring Xen-Tools
- Specifiy Xen-Tools Installation Location
- Specifying the Xen-Tools Installation Source and Method
- Configuring Disk Space and Memory for the Xen Guest
- Choosing a Linux Distribution
- Configuring Xen Guest Network Options
- Configuring the Kernel and RAM Disk
- Defining the Installation Source
- Miscellaneous Settings Xen-Tools Configuration
- Xen Guest Console Settings
- Options Disk Drive Device Naming
- Building the Xen Guest Images
- Booting the Xen Guest System
- Using QEMU Disk Images for Xen DomainU Systems
- Creating and Booting a Xen Guest domainU using an NFS Mounted Root Filesystem
- Configuring a VNC based Graphical Console for a Xen Paravirtualized domainU Guest
- Running and Connecting to VNC Servers on a Xen Guest (domainU) System
- Adding Disk, CDROM and DVD Devices to a Running Xen domainU Guest System
- Xen Monitoring Tools and Techniques
- Solving Common Xen Boot Problems
