Kelly KKS. SACAULT
2007-Apr-14 00:25 UTC
[Xen-users] Eval XEN 3.2 - Provide disk with data for DomU
Hi, I am very new to XEN, as to Linux OS too. Our organization has about 25 Windows 2003 Servers. I am willing to consolidate as many servers as possible. For this project, I have been testing Xen v3.2 (upgraded from a v3.1) for about 2 months only. My current test plateform consist of one PC with C2D cpu, 2 Go RAM, and 1 SATA2 disk. I have XEN 3.2 running, and 2 VM guest (windows 2003) running also. At this stage, I would like to submit the 2 "problems" below. Problem 1 : The Xen Host has a 1000BT Lan card. Within the VMs, le PV Nics only show 100 Mbps. Is there any way to have the PV Nics run at 1 Gbps ? Problem 2 : I have added a 2nd SATA2 disk already formatted in NTFS and populated with data. I want at least 1 VM (win2003) to be able to access that disk and share its content to all Lan clients. At Xen console the command ''fdisk -l'' shows this additional disk. What are the other steps to have the whole disk shown under a given guest ? Thanks in advance, Kelly SACAULT IT Manager French Polynesia Presidency _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Artur Linhart - Linux communication
2007-Apr-17 13:09 UTC
RE: [Xen-users] Eval XEN 3.2 - Provide disk with data for DomU
Hello, Kelly,
Ad 1, - no idea, but I would be also interested very much in
that question. As far as I know, You can use another driver in the xen
configuration:
Instead of
vif = [ ''type=ioemu, mac=aa:00:b0:00:00:11, bridge=xenbr0'' ]
use something like
vif = [ ''type=ioemu, mac=00:16:3e:00:00:11, bridge=xenbr0,
model=ne2k_pci'' ]
- I''ve tested it some weeks ago, but as far as I remember, this
reported me
a different HW in Windows, but also only 100MBit...
Ad 2, Following lines in the configuration file
disk = [ ''file:/xen/vserver/images/vm_w2k3srv.img,hda,w'',
''phy:/dev/hda,hdc:cdrom,r'',
''phy:/dev/sda1,ioemu:hdd,r'' ]
Offered me windows with 3 disks - first one system disk with
windows system, second one CDROM, third one with the partition, which is
NTFS formatted with some windows data, which are readable (and, this looks
strange, but are also writable, even if I specified the parameter "r"
in the
configuration above - is this OK?).
With regards,
Archie
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Subject: [Xen-users] Eval XEN 3.2 - Provide disk with data for DomU
Importance: High
Hi,
I am very new to XEN, as to Linux OS too.
Our organization has about 25 Windows 2003 Servers.
I am willing to consolidate as many servers as possible. For this project, I
have been testing Xen v3.2 (upgraded from a v3.1) for about 2 months only.
My current test plateform consist of one PC with C2D cpu, 2 Go RAM, and 1
SATA2 disk. I have XEN 3.2 running, and 2 VM guest (windows 2003) running
also. At this stage, I would like to submit the 2 "problems" below.
Problem 1 : The Xen Host has a 1000BT Lan card. Within the VMs, le PV Nics
only show 100 Mbps. Is there any way to have the PV Nics run at 1 Gbps ?
Problem 2 : I have added a 2nd SATA2 disk already formatted in NTFS and
populated with data. I want at least 1 VM (win2003) to be able to access
that disk and share its content to all Lan clients.
At Xen console the command ''fdisk -l'' shows this additional
disk. What are
the other steps to have the whole disk shown under a given guest ?
Thanks in advance,
Kelly SACAULT
IT Manager
French Polynesia Presidency
__________ Informace od NOD32 2193 (20070416) __________
Tato zprava byla proverena antivirovym systemem NOD32.
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Kelly KKS. SACAULT
2007-Apr-18 18:54 UTC
RE: [Xen-users] Eval XEN 3.2 - Provide disk with data for DomU
Hi Artur,
I have log into the root console of Xen. I can only display some files.
How can I find and edit the configuration file of xen or the wm configuration
file ?
Regards,
Kelly.
De : Artur Linhart - Linux communication [mailto:AL.LINUX@bcpraha.com]
Envoyé : mardi 17 avril 2007 03:09
À : Kelly KKS. SACAULT; xen-users@lists.xensource.com
Objet : RE: [Xen-users] Eval XEN 3.2 - Provide disk with data for DomU
Hello, Kelly,
Ad 1, - no idea, but I would be also interested very much in that
question. As far as I know, You can use another driver in the xen configuration:
Instead of
vif = [ ''type=ioemu, mac=aa:00:b0:00:00:11, bridge=xenbr0'' ]
use something like
vif = [ ''type=ioemu, mac=00:16:3e:00:00:11, bridge=xenbr0,
model=ne2k_pci'' ]
- I''ve tested it some weeks ago, but as far as I remember, this
reported me a different HW in Windows, but also only 100MBit...
Ad 2, Following lines in the configuration file
disk = [ ''file:/xen/vserver/images/vm_w2k3srv.img,hda,w'',
''phy:/dev/hda,hdc:cdrom,r'',
''phy:/dev/sda1,ioemu:hdd,r'' ]
Offered me windows with 3 disks - first one system disk with windows
system, second one CDROM, third one with the partition, which is NTFS formatted
with some windows data, which are readable (and, this looks strange, but are
also writable, even if I specified the parameter "r" in the
configuration above - is this OK?).
With regards,
Archie
________________________________
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[mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of Kelly KKS. SACAULT
Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 2:25 AM
To: xen-users@lists.xensource.com
Subject: [Xen-users] Eval XEN 3.2 - Provide disk with data for DomU
Importance: High
Hi,
I am very new to XEN, as to Linux OS too.
Our organization has about 25 Windows 2003 Servers.
I am willing to consolidate as many servers as possible. For this project, I
have been testing Xen v3.2 (upgraded from a v3.1) for about 2 months only.
My current test plateform consist of one PC with C2D cpu, 2 Go RAM, and 1 SATA2
disk. I have XEN 3.2 running, and 2 VM guest (windows 2003) running also. At
this stage, I would like to submit the 2 "problems" below.
Problem 1 : The Xen Host has a 1000BT Lan card. Within the VMs, le PV Nics only
show 100 Mbps. Is there any way to have the PV Nics run at 1 Gbps ?
Problem 2 : I have added a 2nd SATA2 disk already formatted in NTFS and
populated with data. I want at least 1 VM (win2003) to be able to access that
disk and share its content to all Lan clients.
At Xen console the command ''fdisk -l'' shows this additional
disk. What are the other steps to have the whole disk shown under a given guest
?
Thanks in advance,
Kelly SACAULT
IT Manager
French Polynesia Presidency
__________ Informace od NOD32 2193 (20070416) __________
Tato zprava byla proverena antivirovym systemem NOD32.
http://www.nod32.cz
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Roger Klorese
2007-Apr-18 19:25 UTC
RE: [Xen-users] Eval XEN 3.2 - Provide disk with data for DomU
XenExpress and other XenServer products do not allow manual modification of the
configuration file, or direct use of pre-formatted pass-through disk devices.
The "appliance-style" configuration and storage model requires that
storage be configured on logical volumes created through its built-in virtual
disk creation interfaces. Its feature set is restricted for ease of use in a
limited configuration model. The model is implemented via the user interface
and "sm" (storage manager) and "xe" (XenEnterprise) command
lines.
As for the network adapter in the guest, that''s just a fixed string.
It has no impact on the actual speed of the adapter. It could say 1b/s or
100Gb/s and the speed of the data transfer would be the same.
And, once again: this is the flip-side of what I usually say elsewhere, but: the
community that supports the commercial products is best reached via the forums
at forums.xensource.com. This list will bring you answers that tell you a
million things you can do in open-configured open source Xen but which are not
supported or even enabled in the "appliance-style" commercial product
packaging.
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[mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of Kelly KKS. SACAULT
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 11:54 AM
To: Artur Linhart - Linux communication
Cc: xen-users@lists.xensource.com
Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Eval XEN 3.2 - Provide disk with data for DomU
Hi Artur,
I have log into the root console of Xen. I can only display some files.
How can I find and edit the configuration file of xen or the wm configuration
file ?
Regards,
Kelly.
De : Artur Linhart - Linux communication [mailto:AL.LINUX@bcpraha.com]
Envoyé : mardi 17 avril 2007 03:09
À : Kelly KKS. SACAULT; xen-users@lists.xensource.com
Objet : RE: [Xen-users] Eval XEN 3.2 - Provide disk with data for DomU
Hello, Kelly,
Ad 1, - no idea, but I would be also interested very much in that
question. As far as I know, You can use another driver in the xen configuration:
Instead of
vif = [ ''type=ioemu, mac=aa:00:b0:00:00:11, bridge=xenbr0'' ]
use something like
vif = [ ''type=ioemu, mac=00:16:3e:00:00:11, bridge=xenbr0,
model=ne2k_pci'' ]
- I''ve tested it some weeks ago, but as far as I remember, this
reported me a different HW in Windows, but also only 100MBit...
Ad 2, Following lines in the configuration file
disk = [ ''file:/xen/vserver/images/vm_w2k3srv.img,hda,w'',
''phy:/dev/hda,hdc:cdrom,r'',
''phy:/dev/sda1,ioemu:hdd,r'' ]
Offered me windows with 3 disks - first one system disk with windows
system, second one CDROM, third one with the partition, which is NTFS formatted
with some windows data, which are readable (and, this looks strange, but are
also writable, even if I specified the parameter "r" in the
configuration above - is this OK?).
With regards,
Archie
________________________________
From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com
[mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of Kelly KKS. SACAULT
Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 2:25 AM
To: xen-users@lists.xensource.com
Subject: [Xen-users] Eval XEN 3.2 - Provide disk with data for DomU
Importance: High
Hi,
I am very new to XEN, as to Linux OS too.
Our organization has about 25 Windows 2003 Servers.
I am willing to consolidate as many servers as possible. For this project, I
have been testing Xen v3.2 (upgraded from a v3.1) for about 2 months only.
My current test plateform consist of one PC with C2D cpu, 2 Go RAM, and 1 SATA2
disk. I have XEN 3.2 running, and 2 VM guest (windows 2003) running also. At
this stage, I would like to submit the 2 "problems" below.
Problem 1 : The Xen Host has a 1000BT Lan card. Within the VMs, le PV Nics only
show 100 Mbps. Is there any way to have the PV Nics run at 1 Gbps ?
Problem 2 : I have added a 2nd SATA2 disk already formatted in NTFS and
populated with data. I want at least 1 VM (win2003) to be able to access that
disk and share its content to all Lan clients.
At Xen console the command ''fdisk -l'' shows this additional
disk. What are the other steps to have the whole disk shown under a given guest
?
Thanks in advance,
Kelly SACAULT
IT Manager
French Polynesia Presidency
__________ Informace od NOD32 2193 (20070416) __________
Tato zprava byla proverena antivirovym systemem NOD32.
http://www.nod32.cz
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