Hello List, I am a newbie when it comes to Xen so please excuse my low level of knowledge. We are looking at replacing our vmware esx servers and xen seems to be an interesting choice, but after having installed an ubuntu server with xen which seems to work fine but daily administration seems to be a night mare, is there any gui that is simple to use and access, the internal joke in the company is that the cleaning lady must be able to use it :) and also how can we take snapshots easily preferably from the same gui (if any) ? Does anyone have any pointers for me? Kind regards Per Qvindesland _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
> I am a newbie when it comes to Xen so please excuse my low level of > knowledge.No problem. Welcome ;-)> We are looking at replacing our vmware esx servers and xen seems to be > an interesting choice, but after having installed an ubuntu server > with xen which seems to work fine but daily administration seems to be > a night mare, is there any gui that is simple to use and access, the > internal joke in the company is that the cleaning lady must be able to > use it :) and also how can we take snapshots easily preferably from > the same gui (if any) ? > > Does anyone have any pointers for me?My experience of Ubuntu''s Xen support (and that I''ve heard from others) hasn''t been that great, to be honest. CentOS 5.1 / RHEL 5.1 / Fedora <whatever> include an administrative tool called "virt-manager" to make creating and administering guests nicer. I''ve used it quite a bit; it''s a bit rough in some places, and some functionality is not available yet. Nevertheless, it''s actually a pretty nice tool. Various other folks do open source Xen management tools. If you''re switching from ESX, though, you could probably afford one of the commercial Xen-based hypervisor products (from XenSource, VirtualIron, Sun or Oracle) that are now available or going to become available. RedHat''s offering is like RH Linux + Virtualisation, whereas the other products are "hypervisor appliance"-style. Suse Enterprise Linux and OpenSuse offer Xen solutions too but I don''t really know what these are like from a user perspective. Various manufacturers (RedHat?, Novell, XenSource, VirtualIron) already offer Windows driver packs to improve Windows guest IO performance - as part of a subscription from their paying customers, I think. Some community developers (and a guy from Oracle, I think) are working on some GPL-licensed Windows drivers which should be stable at some point in the future. Final suggestion: there''s always the option of something like the free VMware Server. This isn''t an inclusive list but I hope I''ve helped give you some ideas. Cheers, Mark -- Dave: Just a question. What use is a unicyle with no seat? And no pedals! Mark: To answer a question with a question: What use is a skateboard? Dave: Skateboards have wheels. Mark: My wheel has a wheel! _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Hi, for management of large implementation take a look at : openqrm.org I didn''t try it, but it''s look like a solution for management of virtual env. - Doron Mark Williamson wrote:>> I am a newbie when it comes to Xen so please excuse my low level of >> knowledge. >> > > No problem. Welcome ;-) > > >> We are looking at replacing our vmware esx servers and xen seems to be >> an interesting choice, but after having installed an ubuntu server >> with xen which seems to work fine but daily administration seems to be >> a night mare, is there any gui that is simple to use and access, the >> internal joke in the company is that the cleaning lady must be able to >> use it :) and also how can we take snapshots easily preferably from >> the same gui (if any) ? >> >> Does anyone have any pointers for me? >> > > My experience of Ubuntu''s Xen support (and that I''ve heard from others) hasn''t > been that great, to be honest. > > CentOS 5.1 / RHEL 5.1 / Fedora <whatever> include an administrative tool > called "virt-manager" to make creating and administering guests nicer. I''ve > used it quite a bit; it''s a bit rough in some places, and some functionality > is not available yet. Nevertheless, it''s actually a pretty nice tool. > > Various other folks do open source Xen management tools. If you''re switching > from ESX, though, you could probably afford one of the commercial Xen-based > hypervisor products (from XenSource, VirtualIron, Sun or Oracle) that are now > available or going to become available. RedHat''s offering is like RH Linux + > Virtualisation, whereas the other products are "hypervisor appliance"-style. > Suse Enterprise Linux and OpenSuse offer Xen solutions too but I don''t really > know what these are like from a user perspective. > > Various manufacturers (RedHat?, Novell, XenSource, VirtualIron) already offer > Windows driver packs to improve Windows guest IO performance - as part of a > subscription from their paying customers, I think. Some community developers > (and a guy from Oracle, I think) are working on some GPL-licensed Windows > drivers which should be stable at some point in the future. > > Final suggestion: there''s always the option of something like the free VMware > Server. > > This isn''t an inclusive list but I hope I''ve helped give you some ideas. > > Cheers, > Mark > >-- P Save a tree...please don''t print this e-mail/ / _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Thanks a million everybody, Just a quick one could this be used also? http://www.openqrm.org/ Kind regards Per Qvindesland On Jan 2, 2008, at 6:57 PM, Ofek Doron [Ofek BIZ] wrote:> > Hi, > > for management of large implementation take a look at : openqrm.org > > I didn''t try it, but it''s look like a solution for management of > virtual env. > > - Doron > > Mark Williamson wrote: >>> I am a newbie when it comes to Xen so please excuse my low level of >>> knowledge. >>> >> No problem. Welcome ;-) >> >> >>> We are looking at replacing our vmware esx servers and xen seems >>> to be >>> an interesting choice, but after having installed an ubuntu server >>> with xen which seems to work fine but daily administration seems >>> to be >>> a night mare, is there any gui that is simple to use and access, the >>> internal joke in the company is that the cleaning lady must be >>> able to >>> use it :) and also how can we take snapshots easily preferably from >>> the same gui (if any) ? >>> >>> Does anyone have any pointers for me? >>> >> My experience of Ubuntu''s Xen support (and that I''ve heard from >> others) hasn''t >> been that great, to be honest. >> >> CentOS 5.1 / RHEL 5.1 / Fedora <whatever> include an administrative >> tool >> called "virt-manager" to make creating and administering guests >> nicer. I''ve >> used it quite a bit; it''s a bit rough in some places, and some >> functionality >> is not available yet. Nevertheless, it''s actually a pretty nice >> tool. >> >> Various other folks do open source Xen management tools. If you''re >> switching >> from ESX, though, you could probably afford one of the commercial >> Xen-based >> hypervisor products (from XenSource, VirtualIron, Sun or Oracle) >> that are now >> available or going to become available. RedHat''s offering is like >> RH Linux + >> Virtualisation, whereas the other products are "hypervisor >> appliance"-style. >> Suse Enterprise Linux and OpenSuse offer Xen solutions too but I >> don''t really >> know what these are like from a user perspective. >> >> Various manufacturers (RedHat?, Novell, XenSource, VirtualIron) >> already offer >> Windows driver packs to improve Windows guest IO performance - as >> part of a >> subscription from their paying customers, I think. Some community >> developers >> (and a guy from Oracle, I think) are working on some GPL-licensed >> Windows >> drivers which should be stable at some point in the future. >> >> Final suggestion: there''s always the option of something like the >> free VMware >> Server. >> >> This isn''t an inclusive list but I hope I''ve helped give you some >> ideas. >> >> Cheers, >> Mark >> >> > > > -- > > P Save a tree...please don''t print this e-mail_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users