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About Xen Virtualization Essentials
- What is Virtualization?
- Why is Virtualization Important?
An Overview of Virtualization Techniques
- Guest Operating System Virtualization
- Shared Kernel Virtualization
- Kernel Level Virtualization
- Hypervisor Virtualization
- Paravirtualization
- Full Virtualization
- Hardware Virtualization
Configuring and Installing a Xen Hardware Virtual Machine (HVM) domainU Guest
- Checking Hardware Support for Xen Hardware Virtual Machines (HVM)
- Preparing to Install a Xen HVM domainU Guest
- Creating a Xen HVM Configuration File
- Booting the HVM Guest
- Connecting to the HVM domainU Guest Graphical Console
Installing and Running Windows XP or Vista as a Xen HVM domainU Guest
- Pre-Requisites for Installing a Windows Xen Guest
- Preparing to Install Windows
- Preparing the Windows XP / Windows Vista for Xen HVM Installation
- Configuring the Xen Windows Guest Configuration File
- Starting the Xen Windows HVM Guest
Virtualizing Windows Server 2008 with Xen
- Requirements for Xen Windows Server 2008 Virtualization
- Windows Server 2008 Installation Media
- Preparing Storage Space for Windows Server 2008
- Creating the Xen Windows Server 2008 Configuration File
- Starting the Xen Windows Server 2008 HVM Guest
Installing and Running Windows 7 as a Xen HVM domainU Guest
- Requirements for Xen Windows 7 Virtualization
- Windows 7 Installation Media
- Preparing Storage Space for Windows 7
- Creating the Xen Windows 7 Configuration File
- Starting the Xen Windows 7 HVM Guest
Adding USB Devices to a Xen HVM domainU Guest
- Identifying USB Devices on the Xen Host System
- A Trick to Identify the Correct USB Device
- Adding the New USB Device to the Xen domainU Configuration File
- Temporarily Adding a USB Device to a running Xen HVM 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
- An Overview of Repository Based Installation
- Preparing to Create a Xen Guest Root Filesystem from Repositories
- Beginning the Installation
- Configuring the Guest System using chroot
- Booting the Xen Guest System
- Xen Guest Boot Problems
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 a QEMU Disk Image for the Xen domainU
- Installing the Guest Operating System
- Configuring the Guest Operating System for Xen
- Mounting QEMU Disk Image Partitions
- pyGRUB and the Xen Configuration File
- Booting the Xen domainU System
Creating and Booting a Xen Guest domainU using an NFS Mounted Root Filesystem
- Kernel Requirements for NFS based Root Filesystems
- Populating the Root Filesystem
- Exporting and Mounting the Xen Guest Root Filesystem
- Creating the Xen Configuration File for the NFS Root Filesystem
- Booting the Xen domainU
Configuring a VNC based Graphical Console for a Xen Paravirtualized domainU Guest
- What is VNC?
- VNC Security
- Configuring a Xen domainU for VNC Access
- Connecting to the Guest Desktop using VNC Viewer
- Starting a Graphical Desktop on the Xen domainU Guest
- Establishing a Secure Remote Desktop Session
Running and Connecting to VNC Servers on a Xen Guest (domainU) System
- Installing VNC on the Xen domainU Guest
- Creating Xen domainU VNC Desktop Sessions
- Connecting to a Xen domainU Remote Desktop
- Configuring the Xen domainU Desktop Environment
- Closing Down a domainU VNC Desktop Session
Adding Disk, CDROM and DVD Devices to a Running Xen domainU Guest System
- Requirements for Xen domainU Block Device Attachment
- An Overview of xm block-attach
- Attaching a Device to a domainU Guest
- Mounting the Device in the domainU Guest
- Detaching a Device from the domainU Guest
Xen Monitoring Tools and Techniques
- Why Monitor a Xen Environment?
- Obtaining Xen Configuration and System Information
- Monitoring Xen Performance with XenMon
- Monitoring Performance with XenTop
Migrating Xen domainU Guests Between Host Systems
- Requirements for Xen domainU Migration
- Enabling Xen Guest Migration
- Xen Migration Firewall Configuration
- Preparing the Xen Migration Environment
- Running the DomainU Guest
- Performing the Migration
- Checking the Xen Log for Migration Errors
Solving Common Xen Problems

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