Re: [CentOS-virt] Vmware to KVM - possible?

2010-07-27 Thread Matt Keating
> From: Alexander Dalloz > Reply-To: Discussion about the virtualization on CentOS > > Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:26:43 +0200 (CEST) > To: Discussion about the virtualization on CentOS > Subject: Re: [CentOS-virt] Vmware to KVM - possible? > >> >> Is it possible to convert a VMWare image to KV

Re: [CentOS-virt] which virtualization platform to choose

2010-07-27 Thread Gilberto Nunes
Hi Eric... I'm using virtio drivers on my hosts... Both Xen and KVM. What I see is the KVM has been easier to manage and maitain. Also, KVM is more easier to implement, 'cause I don't need re-compile the kernel...It's just do a modprobe and everything is well... Thanks 2010/7/26 Eric Searcy :

[CentOS-virt] Virt-install Error on Centos 5.4 64bit and kvm

2010-07-27 Thread cris rock
Hi guys, I hope you can help me on this issue with kvm/libvirt: using this command to install a kvm virtual machine: virt-install --connect qemu:///system \ --name p3k0401 \ --ram 2048 \ --file //dev/VolGroup01/p3k0401logvol \ --accelerate \ -s 10 \ --nographics \ --hvm \ --location=

[CentOS-virt] Power Management and dom0 cpus

2010-07-27 Thread Ben M.
["Standard" CentOS 5.5 Xen Virtualization installation.] I'm setting up a new box on AMD Opteron platform. I'm doing some preliminary baselines (no domUs running) with an inline Watt/VA meter. It appears to enable full power management Xen dom0 must have all cpus by not limiting in kernel stat

Re: [CentOS-virt] Virt-install Error on Centos 5.4 64bit and kvm

2010-07-27 Thread Kenni Lund
2010/7/27 cris rock : > > On the /var/log/libvirt/qemu/p3k0401.log: > > LC_ALL=C PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin HOME=/ > /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 -S -M rhel5.4.0 -m 1024 -smp 1 -name p3k0401 > -uuid 7658c102-0738-724c-40eb-e1c58b2c2369 -domid 3 -nographic -monitor > pty -pidfile /var/run/lib

Re: [CentOS-virt] Virt-install Error on Centos 5.4 64bit and kvm

2010-07-27 Thread Akemi Yagi
On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 2:47 PM, Kenni Lund wrote: > 2010/7/27 cris rock : >> And my packages installed: >> >> # rpm -qa | grep qemu >> qemu-0.12.4-1.el5.rf >> >> # rpm -qa | grep kvm >> etherboot-zroms-kvm-5.4.4-13.el5.centos >> kmod-kvm-83-164.el5_5.12 >> kvm-83-164.el5_5.12 > > I haven't used

Re: [CentOS-virt] which virtualization platform to choose

2010-07-27 Thread Grant McWilliams
On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 4:17 AM, Gilberto Nunes wrote: > Hi Eric... > > I'm using virtio drivers on my hosts... Both Xen and KVM. > > What I see is the KVM has been easier to manage and maitain. > > Also, KVM is more easier to implement, 'cause I don't need re-compile > the kernel...It's just do a

Re: [CentOS-virt] which virtualization platform to choose

2010-07-27 Thread Luke S Crawford
Grant McWilliams writes: > I'm not sure any of the rest of us have ever had to recompile the kernel to > get xen to work either. I have 160 or so DomUs on CentOS Dom0s and still > haven't recompiled a kernel. how many guests per dom0? for my smallest plans I approach 160 DomUs per dom0, and I