Revision as of 19:43, 4 September 2008

Virtuatopia - Welcome to The World of Virtualization

Virtuatopia is a new and rapidly growing on-line resource providing extensive information relating to the topic of virtualization technology. Virtuatopia includes on-line books, tutorials and problem solutions covering a wide range of virtualization solutions and is intended to be of use to enterprise, small business and home users alike.

Virtuatopia On-line Virtualization Books

	Xen Virtualization Essentials is an online book which takes a practical approach to learning about and deploying Xen based virtualization solutions. The book covers a wide range of Xen virtualization related topics including the creation and configuration of both paravirtualized and HVM guests, and the ongoing configuration and maintenance of the virtualized environment. Read this book>>
	Coming soon, VirtualBox Essentials is an online book designed as both a learning resource and reference guide intended to be of use to both new and experience VirtualBox users. VirtualBox Essentials is due for completion in November 2008. Track our Progress>>

Virtualization Tutorials

• Virtualizing Windows Server 2008 with Xen
• CentOS 5 - Build a Custom Xen Kernel with NFS Root Filesystem (CONFIG_ROOT_NFS) Support
• Building a Xen Virtual Guest Filesystem on a Disk Image by Cloning the Host System
• Building a Xen Virtual Guest Filesystem on a Physical Disk Partition by Cloning the Host System
• Building a Xen Guest Root Filesystem using yum and rpm
• Building a Debian or Ubuntu Xen Guest Root Filesystem using debootstrap
• All Tutorials....

Virtualization Problem Solutions

• Windows Server 2008 does not recognize VMware Server Network Adaptor
• Windows Server 2008 Xen HVM installation fails - Firmware (BIOS) is not ACPI compatible
• Xen mouse pointer appears in the wrong position in VNC console
• Xen domainU Guest has an IP address on 192.168.122 subnet instead of the subnet to which the domain0 host belongs
• Ubuntu DomainU Fails to boot with "Error: Device 0 (vif) could not be connected. Could not find bridge, and none was specified".
• Ubuntu Xen Guest (DomU) Hangs after EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode message
• Ubuntu Xen System Boot Hangs After Setting System Clock Message
• Xen domainU fails to boot with a "Xen Guest OS Fails to Boot with Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)" error message
• A Xen Guest OS fails to boot with a "switchroot: mount failed: No such file or directory error message" error message.
• Xen CentOS/Fedora/Red Hat Guest OS Hangs During Boot
• Xen domainU Boot Fails with Invalid kernel / ERROR: Not a Xen-ELF image Message
• Xen guest domainU migration fails with Error: can't connect: No route to host message

Virtualization Quick How To Guides

• How to run Windows XP on Linux using KVM
• How to run Windows Server 2008 on Linux using KVM
• How to display Xen boot and runtime messages
• How to add a CDROM or DVD drive to a running Xen domainU guest