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RE: [Xen-users] Fw: Xen, full virtualization and Virtual Machine Manager

To: Lowell S Middleton <lmiddlet@xxxxxxx>, "xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Fw: Xen, full virtualization and Virtual Machine Manager ?
From: Matej Zary <matej.zary@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:23:15 +0200
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Thread-topic: [Xen-users] Fw: Xen, full virtualization and Virtual Machine Manager ?
Hello, sounds like XCP (http://www.xen.org/products/cloudxen.html) or even 
XenServer might be better fit for your needs.

Regarding the vnc and console access, check out xend-config.sxp config file and 
the VNC relationed settings there.

Regards

Matej

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[mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lowell S Middleton
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 6:46 PM
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Subject: [Xen-users] Fw: Xen, full virtualization and Virtual Machine Manager ?


I downloaded and ran the live CD from http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/LiveCD 
<http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/LiveCD>  which worked fine on a Lenovo,  
Intel Core 2CPU 6300@xxxx GHz with 2GB of ram and 80 GB disk space. 

The next step was to recreate a working version on this machine, using full 
virtualization of some test OS's, one goal would be Microsoft Server 20xx and 
being able to view the console of the guest machine. 

I have kernel 2.6.26-2-xen-amd64 running from the Debian lenny distribution. 

Using the Virtual Machine Manager I attempted to create a new virtual system, 
my test OS was the CrunchBang Linux distribution.  Selecting local install 
media (ISO image or CDROM) ..... there does not appear to be a problem.  I then 
attempt to open the Virtual Machine and I get "Console is not yet active for 
guest"  I have found a couple of "Bug" posts 
http://osdir.com/ml/debian-bugs-rc/2010-04/msg01107.html 
<http://osdir.com/ml/debian-bugs-rc/2010-04/msg01107.html>  that have no 
reference/solution identified. 

I have heard that Virtual Machine Manager uses VNC to connect, a little 
assistance would be appreciated.  This effort is supposed to be a proof of 
concept initiative I doubt that my managers would buy off on makefile 
modifications or complex tweaks that would be hard to reproduce - my 
predecessor left them in that position, failed to document the steps involved 
and was unable to recreate. 

I find it interesting that with VirtualBox I managed to install XP, Linux Mint 
and CrunchBang within a couple of hours.  I have been hoping that once stood up 
Xen would be a more robust solution, or not, given that I am new to the world 
of virtualiztion. 



Thanks in Advance, 
Scott M. 


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