Xen users - Dec 2009 - a few questions about configuring xen 3.4.1 on OpenSuse 11.1 x86

Hello all:

 

I started playing with Xen over the last couple of weeks and I have
successfully got a windows 7 HVM running from the OpenSUSE 11.1 Xen 3.4.1
package. I would like to know if it is possible to do a couple of things:

 

First: I''ve seen some of the youtube videos posted by the user Teo En
Ming
on 3D acceleration. I am not really concerned with that, but I noticed in
the video he is logging in directly to a xen guest from the console. The
customization work that guy did aside, is there a way to set up xen to do
this? I''d like the ability to choose a configuration from the GRUB boot
screen and then have some scripts run to start up xen, dom0, and my domU,
then present the domU''s graphics (windows) to the screen. Is this
possible
in XCI perhaps? Do I have to try to figure out how to pass my VGA card to my
DomU? If that''s the case, I am running on a machine that has
Intel''s VT-X
and VT-D chipsets. 

 

Second (probably simpler): I''d like to write/run a script that restores
a
domU to a "gold" state from a snapshot when it shuts down. Any
guidance on
this?

 

Anyone that has insight or advice would be extremely appreciated.

 

Cyrex562



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You''re basically looking to create an lvm2 snapshot of a volume on
startup, use that as the vbd, and then discard that snapshoot on shutdown (with
the result being that, on the next startup, a new snapshot is created)?  Neat
idea.

Best Regards,
Nathan Eisenberg

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Subject: [Xen-users] a few questions about configuring xen 3.4.1 on OpenSuse
11.1 x86

Hello all:

I started playing with Xen over the last couple of weeks and I have successfully
got a windows 7 HVM running from the OpenSUSE 11.1 Xen 3.4.1 package. I would
like to know if it is possible to do a couple of things:

First: I''ve seen some of the youtube videos posted by the user Teo En
Ming on 3D acceleration. I am not really concerned with that, but I noticed in
the video he is logging in directly to a xen guest from the console. The
customization work that guy did aside, is there a way to set up xen to do this?
I''d like the ability to choose a configuration from the GRUB boot
screen and then have some scripts run to start up xen, dom0, and my domU, then
present the domU''s graphics (windows) to the screen. Is this possible
in XCI perhaps? Do I have to try to figure out how to pass my VGA card to my
DomU? If that''s the case, I am running on a machine that has
Intel''s VT-X and VT-D chipsets.

Second (probably simpler): I''d like to write/run a script that restores
a domU to a "gold" state from a snapshot when it shuts down. Any
guidance on this?

Anyone that has insight or advice would be extremely appreciated.

Cyrex562


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