Xen users - Mar 2013 - how to create a full-virtualization xen VM with autoyast

Hi.
  I want to create a full-virtualization xen VM with autoyast installation.
how can i do that? and how does the configuration file to be configured?

I use suse linux 11 SP2.



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Jing.

 



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Hello everybody.
   This is a emergency issue. can anybody reply as soon as possible? 


Thanks.

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Hi Alexandre.
    I post a new topic in xen forum. Please see below email and link. I got the
reply that Frank Zhang is out of office for long time. I am wondering if I put
to the wrong place?

Could you help to answer this question?


Thanks very much.


Jing Chen

CBC/XIB/K
No.5 Lize East Street, Chaoyang District
100102, Beijing, China
Phone +86 10 84767586
Mobile +86 13801223973
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Hi.
  I want to create a full-virtualization xen VM with autoyast installation.
how can i do that? and how does the configuration file to be configured?

I use suse linux 11 SP2.



looking forward your replay.



Jing.

 



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you can contact suse techinical engineer

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On 2013-3-19, at 8:37, "Jing Chen" <jing.chen@ericsson.com>
wrote:
> Hi Alexandre.
>    I post a new topic in xen forum. Please see below email and link. I got
the reply that Frank Zhang is out of office for long time. I am wondering if I
put to the wrong place?
> 
> Could you help to answer this question?
> 
> 
> Thanks very much.
> 
> 
> Jing Chen
> 
> CBC/XIB/K
> No.5 Lize East Street, Chaoyang District
> 100102, Beijing, China
> Phone +86 10 84767586
> Mobile +86 13801223973
> jing.chen@ericsson.com
> www.ericsson.com  
> 
> 
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> This Communication is Confidential. We only send and receive email on the
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autoyast
> 
> Hi.
>  I want to create a full-virtualization xen VM with autoyast installation.
> how can i do that? and how does the configuration file to be configured?
> 
> I use suse linux 11 SP2.
> 
> 
> 
> looking forward your replay.
> 
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> 
> Jing.
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Hello.
   jun. how can i contact you? you can send you phone number directly to my
emaill.


Jing.



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Hi.
  I create Full-virtualization VM using below configu file.

name="sles11"
description="None"
uuid="cc2f5ec7-9568-0bd9-d89b-f4fe13e60b08"
memory=8192
maxmem=8192
vcpus=2
on_poweroff="destroy"
on_reboot="destroy"
on_crash="destroy"
localtime=0
keymap="en-us"

builder="hvm"
device_model="/usr/lib/xen/bin/qemu-dm"
kernel="/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader"

disk=[ ''phy:/dev/sda3,hda,w'',
''file:/var/nsmbuild/linux/3_19089-CNA10802_2_Ux_C.iso,hdb:cdrom,r'',
''file:/opt/ericsson/HA/tmp/autoyast.sles11_sp2,hdp,r'']
vif=[ ''mac=00:16:3e:0e:c9:4e,bridge=br0,type=netfront'', ]


stdvga=0
vnc=1
vncunused=1

viridian=0
acpi=1
pae=1


serial="pty"

I create device hdp for autoyast. but seem hvmloader do not take any
parameter. so I have to manually input
"autoyast=device://hdp/autoinst.xml"
in installation process.

can this manual step be replaced by automatic step?

Regards
Jing



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Hello.

El 18/03/13 18:35, Jing Chen escribió:
> Hi Alexandre.
>      I post a new topic in xen forum. Please see below email and link. I
got the reply that Frank Zhang is out of office for long time. I am wondering if
I put to the wrong place?
>
> Could you help to answer this question?
Sorry, I am not familiar with autoyast at all.

Consider treating this as separate topics.
First, you need to get your VM to start and boot from proper media for a 
automated installation. I would go for a network boot, but probably you 
will find better reference for a CD/DVD based installation.
Second, you will have to deal with autoyast directly, Xen mailing list 
is probably not the right place to start with. Suse Linux support forums 
might be more helpful.
> This Communication is Confidential.
Beware, you have been sending confidential communications to a public list.

Greetings.

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Thanks Alexandre.
     one thing i am wondering is that Para-virtualization VM support
specifing the autoyast xml for installation. the configuration file is as 

builder="linux"
kernel="/opt/ericsson/HA/boot/vmlinuz-xenpae.sles11.sp2"
ramdisk="/opt/ericsson/HA/boot/inst-initrd.sles11.sp2"
extra=" install=hd:/dev/xvdb autoyast=device://xvdp/autoinst.xml "
disk=[ ''phy:/dev/sda3,xvda,w'',
''file:/var/nsmbuild/linux/3_19089-CNA10802_2_Ux_C.iso,xvdb,r'',
''file:/opt/ericsson/HA/tmp/autoyast.sles11_sp2,xvdp,r'',
''file:/opt/ericsson/HA/patch/fixorg,xvdc,r'', ]

kernel can take the parameter in extra for autoyast. while full
virtualzation kerner can not take extra parameter.

builder="hvm"
device_model="/usr/lib/xen/bin/qemu-dm"
kernel="/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader"
boot="d"
disk=[ ''phy:/dev/sda3,hda,w'',
''file:/var/nsmbuild/linux/3_19089-CNA10802_2_Ux_C.iso,hdb:cdrom,r'',
''file:/opt/ericsson/HA/tmp/autoyast.sles11_sp2,hdp,r'']

Can you help to clarify what is difference between vmlinuz-xenpae.sles11.sp2
and hvmloader? can full-virtualization VM be create using
vmlinuz-xenpae.sles11.sp2  and initrd like Para-virtualization VM.

Thanks.

Jing



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hi jing,

if you use opensuse ，i can support you freely,otherwise for sles ,you must pay
for it.



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On 2013-3-20, at 9:04, "Jing Chen" <jing.chen@ericsson.com>
wrote:
> Thanks Alexandre.
>     one thing i am wondering is that Para-virtualization VM support
> specifing the autoyast xml for installation. the configuration file is as 
> 
> builder="linux"
> kernel="/opt/ericsson/HA/boot/vmlinuz-xenpae.sles11.sp2"
> ramdisk="/opt/ericsson/HA/boot/inst-initrd.sles11.sp2"
> extra=" install=hd:/dev/xvdb autoyast=device://xvdp/autoinst.xml
"
> disk=[ 'phy:/dev/sda3,xvda,w',
> 'file:/var/nsmbuild/linux/3_19089-CNA10802_2_Ux_C.iso,xvdb,r',
> 'file:/opt/ericsson/HA/tmp/autoyast.sles11_sp2,xvdp,r',
> 'file:/opt/ericsson/HA/patch/fixorg,xvdc,r', ]
> 
> kernel can take the parameter in extra for autoyast. while full
> virtualzation kerner can not take extra parameter.
> 
> builder="hvm"
> device_model="/usr/lib/xen/bin/qemu-dm"
> kernel="/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader"
> boot="d"
> disk=[ 'phy:/dev/sda3,hda,w',
> 'file:/var/nsmbuild/linux/3_19089-CNA10802_2_Ux_C.iso,hdb:cdrom,r',
> 'file:/opt/ericsson/HA/tmp/autoyast.sles11_sp2,hdp,r']
> 
> Can you help to clarify what is difference between
vmlinuz-xenpae.sles11.sp2
> and hvmloader? can full-virtualization VM be create using
> vmlinuz-xenpae.sles11.sp2  and initrd like Para-virtualization VM.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Jing
> 
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Hello.

El 19/03/13 19:00, Jing Chen escribió:
> Can you help to clarify what is difference between
vmlinuz-xenpae.sles11.sp2
> and hvmloader? can full-virtualization VM be create using
> vmlinuz-xenpae.sles11.sp2  and initrd like Para-virtualization VM.
A fully virtualized DomU does not care about guest system''s kernel or 
initrd. It does not even provide a boot loader for it. It attempts to 
emulate a whole computer, and the guest system is booted as if it where 
on a normal host. So, a fully virtualized DomU can not be created using 
a kernel and initrd files, as PV DomU.

In case of a PV DomU, the guest kernel interacts directly with Xen''s
low
level hypervisor.

In case of HVM DomU, there is an additional layer between guest kernel 
and the hypervisor: qemu. Hvmloader''s job is "to load all the
necessary
information that qemu will use to build the necessary environment that 
will "fool" an unmodified guest that he is in fact on a physical
machine
is needed by qemu".

http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Hvmloader

As you may see, PV and HVM guests works in a quite different manner. If, 
by chance, they are configured and run in a similar way, that is because 
there is wrapper for that.
(If I''m wrong, please somebody correct me.)

Greetings.

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