I''m just wondering if anyone has success with a modified solaris dom0 under xen with a Linux dom0? Should be possible (not easy though) based on sun''s documentations.. I think you would need a physical solaris box or at least a HVM domain to make the initial image. Anyone tried this? -Jeff _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 02:55:06PM -0400, Jeff Utter wrote:> I''m just wondering if anyone has success with a modified solaris dom0 > under xen with a Linux dom0? Should be possible (not easy though) based > on sun''s documentations.. I think you would need a physical solaris box > or at least a HVM domain to make the initial image.This is how we brought up Solaris domU, and we''ve done sporadic testing since. I''m not sure, but you may need to turn off checksumming via ethtool on the Linux dom0. Also, if you''re not using Sun''s version of Xen, you may experience instability with SMP domUs (this is related to writable pagetables). But it should certainly work in theory... if you manage to get it working, we''d appreciate hearing about your experiences... regards john _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On 2 Aug 2006, at 8:35pm, John Levon wrote:> On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 02:55:06PM -0400, Jeff Utter wrote: > >> I''m just wondering if anyone has success with a modified solaris dom0 >> under xen with a Linux dom0? Should be possible (not easy though) >> based >> on sun''s documentations.. I think you would need a physical >> solaris box >> or at least a HVM domain to make the initial image. > > This is how we brought up Solaris domU, and we''ve done sporadic > testing > since. I''m not sure, but you may need to turn off checksumming via > ethtool on the Linux dom0.You''ll definitely have to turn off checksum offload for any backend network interface that communicates with a Solaris domU. dme. -- David Edmondson, Solaris Engineering, http://www.dme.org _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
I''m really interested in giving zfs a try .. please let us know how this goes :) Thanks Tim On Thu, 2006-08-03 at 07:52 +0100, David Edmondson wrote:> On 2 Aug 2006, at 8:35pm, John Levon wrote: > > > On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 02:55:06PM -0400, Jeff Utter wrote: > > > >> I''m just wondering if anyone has success with a modified solaris dom0 > >> under xen with a Linux dom0? Should be possible (not easy though) > >> based > >> on sun''s documentations.. I think you would need a physical > >> solaris box > >> or at least a HVM domain to make the initial image. > > > > This is how we brought up Solaris domU, and we''ve done sporadic > > testing > > since. I''m not sure, but you may need to turn off checksumming via > > ethtool on the Linux dom0. > > You''ll definitely have to turn off checksum offload for any backend > network interface that communicates with a Solaris domU. > > dme._______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Hey, thanks for the reply. I''m not using Sun''s Xen. I don''t have a readily available solaris box either. I was hoping someone knew a method to setup opensolaris under xen without solaris? I think it would work in a HVM setup (which i don''t have readily available either) The other option is setting up a dedicated box like mentioned on sun''s xen site. and making an image from that. I tried doing that in vmware but it wouldn''t even boot after i rebuilt the kernel. Any ideas? Did you setup a dedicated box like they have mentioned on their site and just copy the resulting image to a linux box? -Jeff John Levon wrote:> On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 02:55:06PM -0400, Jeff Utter wrote: > > >> I''m just wondering if anyone has success with a modified solaris dom0 >> under xen with a Linux dom0? Should be possible (not easy though) based >> on sun''s documentations.. I think you would need a physical solaris box >> or at least a HVM domain to make the initial image. >> > > This is how we brought up Solaris domU, and we''ve done sporadic testing > since. I''m not sure, but you may need to turn off checksumming via > ethtool on the Linux dom0. Also, if you''re not using Sun''s version of > Xen, you may experience instability with SMP domUs (this is related to > writable pagetables). But it should certainly work in theory... if you > manage to get it working, we''d appreciate hearing about your > experiences... > > regards > john >_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On Thursday 03 August 2006 9:36 am, Jeff Utter wrote:> Any ideas? Did you setup a dedicated box like they have mentioned on > their site and just copy the resulting image to a linux box?you could try a QEmu session instead of Xen/HVM to do the initial install -- Javier _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
In theory you should be able to setup opensolaris as a hvm guest. Setting up opensolaris as a dom-0 as a hvm guest, then having opensolaris support additional guests (sort of like box in a box in a box) ... I''m not so sure about. A similar question was raised about openVZ. My problem has been getting VT servers that aren''t otherwise already occupied to use for testing. While I would love to just play with OpenSolaris, my biggest interest is playing with zfs. Again please keep us informed, success could help (im sure) many of us get a few more boxes past the ''bean counters'' for R&D use :) Thanks again - Tim On Thu, 2006-08-03 at 10:36 -0400, Jeff Utter wrote:> Hey, thanks for the reply. > > I''m not using Sun''s Xen. I don''t have a readily available solaris box > either. I was hoping someone knew a method to setup opensolaris under > xen without solaris? I think it would work in a HVM setup (which i don''t > have readily available either) The other option is setting up a > dedicated box like mentioned on sun''s xen site. and making an image from > that. I tried doing that in vmware but it wouldn''t even boot after i > rebuilt the kernel. > > Any ideas? Did you setup a dedicated box like they have mentioned on > their site and just copy the resulting image to a linux box? > > -Jeff > > John Levon wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 02:55:06PM -0400, Jeff Utter wrote: > > > > > >> I''m just wondering if anyone has success with a modified solaris dom0 > >> under xen with a Linux dom0? Should be possible (not easy though) based > >> on sun''s documentations.. I think you would need a physical solaris box > >> or at least a HVM domain to make the initial image. > >> > > > > This is how we brought up Solaris domU, and we''ve done sporadic testing > > since. I''m not sure, but you may need to turn off checksumming via > > ethtool on the Linux dom0. Also, if you''re not using Sun''s version of > > Xen, you may experience instability with SMP domUs (this is related to > > writable pagetables). But it should certainly work in theory... if you > > manage to get it working, we''d appreciate hearing about your > > experiences... > > > > regards > > john > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users > >_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Yeah, zfs is the real reason i want a opensolaris domU. I think i will try doing the initial setup in Qemu tonight. I''ll let everyone know how that goes -Jeff Tim Post wrote:> In theory you should be able to setup opensolaris as a hvm guest. > Setting up opensolaris as a dom-0 as a hvm guest, then having > opensolaris support additional guests (sort of like box in a box in a > box) ... I''m not so sure about. A similar question was raised about > openVZ. > > My problem has been getting VT servers that aren''t otherwise already > occupied to use for testing. > > While I would love to just play with OpenSolaris, my biggest interest is > playing with zfs. > > Again please keep us informed, success could help (im sure) many of us > get a few more boxes past the ''bean counters'' for R&D use :) > > Thanks again - > Tim > > On Thu, 2006-08-03 at 10:36 -0400, Jeff Utter wrote: > >> Hey, thanks for the reply. >> >> I''m not using Sun''s Xen. I don''t have a readily available solaris box >> either. I was hoping someone knew a method to setup opensolaris under >> xen without solaris? I think it would work in a HVM setup (which i don''t >> have readily available either) The other option is setting up a >> dedicated box like mentioned on sun''s xen site. and making an image from >> that. I tried doing that in vmware but it wouldn''t even boot after i >> rebuilt the kernel. >> >> Any ideas? Did you setup a dedicated box like they have mentioned on >> their site and just copy the resulting image to a linux box? >> >> -Jeff >> >> John Levon wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 02:55:06PM -0400, Jeff Utter wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> I''m just wondering if anyone has success with a modified solaris dom0 >>>> under xen with a Linux dom0? Should be possible (not easy though) based >>>> on sun''s documentations.. I think you would need a physical solaris box >>>> or at least a HVM domain to make the initial image. >>>> >>>> >>> This is how we brought up Solaris domU, and we''ve done sporadic testing >>> since. I''m not sure, but you may need to turn off checksumming via >>> ethtool on the Linux dom0. Also, if you''re not using Sun''s version of >>> Xen, you may experience instability with SMP domUs (this is related to >>> writable pagetables). But it should certainly work in theory... if you >>> manage to get it working, we''d appreciate hearing about your >>> experiences... >>> >>> regards >>> john >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Xen-users mailing list >> Xen-users@lists.xensource.com >> http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users >> >> >> > >_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users