Re: [Xen-users] Xen/VMWare co-existence?

[Thomas King <tking@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Novell has released SLES-Virtual-Machine-Driver-Pack-10-CD1.iso
that has network drivers for Win2k3. Of course you must be running a SLES
10sp1 box.

> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 23:00:41 -0700
> From: "Stephen Carville" <stephen.carville@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Xen/VMWare co-existence?
> To: "Gary W. Smith" <gary@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,   Martin Goldstone
>    <m.j.goldstone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> On 8/16/07, Gary W. Smith <gary@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Oddball suggestion:
> >
> > Download the Linux version of VMWare Server, run it on the Dom0.
 Do both at
> > the same time.  I've never tried it but I don't see why
it wouldn't work.
> 
> I tried that on a Core2 box and it did NOT work.  Either VMware
> crashed or the box froze.
> 
> >
> >  ________________________________
> >  From: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of
> > Martin Goldstone
> > Sent: Thu 8/16/2007 4:02 AM
> > To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [Xen-users] Xen/VMWare co-existence?
> >
> >
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> > Hi all,
> >
> > I've been working on a project recently which we want to virtualize.
 It
> > runs on Windows Server 2003, so my first attempt was to put it
in a HVM
> > domU.  Sadly, this application requires network performance
higher than
> > HVM is seemingly capable of.  In the absence of PV drivers
for Windows,
> > I tried running it on VMWare instead, and I got the extra network
> > performance I was looking for.
> >
> > However, rather than having to have VMware hosts alongside Xen
hosts,
> > I'd much rather run VMware on the same physical box as Xen.  Obviously
I
> > can't run it in dom0 or in a PV domU (according to what I've
seen on the
> > net, the kernel modules VMware uses attempt to force it into
ring 0,
> > which causes a General Protection Fault), so I've tried running
it in a
> > HVM domU (CentOS 5, with PV drivers to improve the network performance).
> >  I've seen several posts on several lists via Google suggesting
that HVM
> > domU's have a virtual ring 0, which should suffice.  While
I'm no longer
> > getting a GPF, the Windows VM still refuses to start, most of
the time
> > giving me no error message but sometimes it pops up a box telling
me
> > about an unrecoverable error, unexpected signal 11.  I can't
determine
> > anything useful from the log file either.
> >
> > So, the question is, has anyone tried (or had any success with)
getting
> > VMware and Xen to co-exist on the same box?  If you have,
how did you do
> > it?  If not, I'd appreciate any ideas as to how to achieve
this, or
> > (perhaps preferably) any hints to improve network performance
under HVM.
> >    Or if anyone's got any alternative ideas I'd be
happy to hear them.
> > Of course, the best solution would be to have open source PV
drivers for
> > Windows, but I don't think that's even on the horizon.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any input.
> >
> >
> > Martin
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