Xen users - Jul 2010 - Fw: Xen, full virtualization and Virtual Machine Manager ?

I downloaded and ran the live CD from 
http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/LiveCD which worked fine on a Lenovo,  
Intel Core 2CPU 6300@1.86 GHz with 2GB of ram and 80 GB disk space. 

The next step was to recreate a working version on this machine, using 
full virtualization of some test OS''s, one goal would be Microsoft
Server
20xx and being able to view the console of the guest machine.

I have kernel 2.6.26-2-xen-amd64 running from the Debian lenny 
distribution.

Using the Virtual Machine Manager I attempted to create a new virtual 
system, my test OS was the CrunchBang Linux distribution.  Selecting local 
install media (ISO image or CDROM) ..... there does not appear to be a 
problem.  I then attempt to open the Virtual Machine and I get "Console is 
not yet active for guest"  I have found a couple of "Bug" posts 
http://osdir.com/ml/debian-bugs-rc/2010-04/msg01107.html that have no 
reference/solution identified.

I have heard that Virtual Machine Manager uses VNC to connect, a little 
assistance would be appreciated.  This effort is supposed to be a proof of 
concept initiative I doubt that my managers would buy off on makefile 
modifications or complex tweaks that would be hard to reproduce - my 
predecessor left them in that position, failed to document the steps 
involved and was unable to recreate.

I find it interesting that with VirtualBox I managed to install XP, Linux 
Mint and CrunchBang within a couple of hours.  I have been hoping that 
once stood up Xen would be a more robust solution, or not, given that I am 
new to the world of virtualiztion.


Thanks in Advance,
Scott M.


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Hello, sounds like XCP (http://www.xen.org/products/cloudxen.html) or even
XenServer might be better fit for your needs.

Regarding the vnc and console access, check out xend-config.sxp config file and
the VNC relationed settings there.

Regards

Matej

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Subject: [Xen-users] Fw: Xen, full virtualization and Virtual Machine Manager ?


I downloaded and ran the live CD from http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/LiveCD
<http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/LiveCD>  which worked fine on a Lenovo,
Intel Core 2CPU 6300@1.86 GHz with 2GB of ram and 80 GB disk space.

The next step was to recreate a working version on this machine, using full
virtualization of some test OS''s, one goal would be Microsoft Server
20xx and being able to view the console of the guest machine.

I have kernel 2.6.26-2-xen-amd64 running from the Debian lenny distribution. 

Using the Virtual Machine Manager I attempted to create a new virtual system, my
test OS was the CrunchBang Linux distribution.  Selecting local install media
(ISO image or CDROM) ..... there does not appear to be a problem.  I then
attempt to open the Virtual Machine and I get "Console is not yet active
for guest"  I have found a couple of "Bug" posts
http://osdir.com/ml/debian-bugs-rc/2010-04/msg01107.html
<http://osdir.com/ml/debian-bugs-rc/2010-04/msg01107.html>  that have no
reference/solution identified.

I have heard that Virtual Machine Manager uses VNC to connect, a little
assistance would be appreciated.  This effort is supposed to be a proof of
concept initiative I doubt that my managers would buy off on makefile
modifications or complex tweaks that would be hard to reproduce - my predecessor
left them in that position, failed to document the steps involved and was unable
to recreate.

I find it interesting that with VirtualBox I managed to install XP, Linux Mint
and CrunchBang within a couple of hours.  I have been hoping that once stood up
Xen would be a more robust solution, or not, given that I am new to the world of
virtualiztion.



Thanks in Advance, 
Scott M. 


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