xen discuss - Oct 2008 - Linux HVM install in Solaris Dom-0 talking 36+ hours

Hi!

I''m running svn_99 and just tried to install Fedora
using the following script:

#!/bin/sh

ISO=nfs:dom0:/storage/misc/Downloads/ISOs/Linux/Fedora9/Fedora-9-x86_64

zfs create -V 20G storage/fedora

virt-install \
        --hvm \
        --os-type linux \
        --os-variant fedora8 \
        -n fedora \
        -f /dev/zvol/dsk/storage/fedora \
        -l ${ISO} \
        --vnc \
        --vcpus=1 \
        -r 1024

/storage is a raidz.  Dom0 in a Sun Ultra 40 M2 with 2 sockets dual-core
sockets, and 12GB ram.  xm list takes a long time, Dom0 is sluggish.

# xm list
Name                                        ID   Mem VCPUs      State   
Time(s)
Domain-0                                     0  3096     1     r-----  
92243.9
fedora                                       1  1024     1     -b----   
2871.1
jes                                             3096     1             
40905.7

I started this install yesterday at 4pm, and now it is 9pm (29 hours later)
and it has installed 1297 of 1406 packages.  It might still be running 
in the
morning!!

emike

On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 09:15:31PM -0500, E. Mike Durbin
wrote:
> /storage is a raidz.  Dom0 in a Sun Ultra 40 M2 with 2 sockets dual-core
> sockets, and 12GB ram.  xm list takes a long time, Dom0 is sluggish.
SATA, SCSI or IDE?

Switching to root image on UFS helped when i installed SUSE11 HVM at SNV_98.
ZVOL for SUSE11 HVM at SNV_98 gave unacceptable performance.
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Have you limited dom0 memory and the ZFS arc as discussed in previous 
threads?

E. Mike Durbin wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I''m running svn_99 and just tried to install Fedora
> using the following script:
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> 
> ISO=nfs:dom0:/storage/misc/Downloads/ISOs/Linux/Fedora9/Fedora-9-x86_64
> 
> zfs create -V 20G storage/fedora
> 
> virt-install \
>         --hvm \
>         --os-type linux \
>         --os-variant fedora8 \
>         -n fedora \
>         -f /dev/zvol/dsk/storage/fedora \
>         -l ${ISO} \
>         --vnc \
>         --vcpus=1 \
>         -r 1024
> 
> /storage is a raidz.  Dom0 in a Sun Ultra 40 M2 with 2 sockets dual-core
> sockets, and 12GB ram.  xm list takes a long time, Dom0 is sluggish.
> 
> # xm list
> Name                                        ID   Mem VCPUs      State   
> Time(s)
> Domain-0                                     0  3096     1     r-----  
> 92243.9
> fedora                                       1  1024     1     -b----   
> 2871.1
> jes                                             3096     1             
> 40905.7
> 
> I started this install yesterday at 4pm, and now it is 9pm (29 hours later)
> and it has installed 1297 of 1406 packages.  It might still be running 
> in the
> morning!!
> 
> emike
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