Re: [CentOS-virt] What kernel source and how to download it

2009-11-26 Thread Drew
referenced because they are the upstream creator of the source code for that package. So all you need to do to get the CentOS kernel source code is yum install kernel-devel. You'll get 2.6.18 with the CentOS/RHEL patches. -- Drew "Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be

Re: [CentOS-virt] Thoughts on storage infrastructure for small scale HA virtual machine deployments

2010-03-01 Thread Drew
> Don't waste your money on iSCSI adapters. Just get ones with TOEs. Just a point of note, if your hypervisor is derived from Linux (excluding some vendors who may have hacked in support), the TOEs (TCP Offload Engine) functions are *not* supported in Linux. -- Drew "Nothing in

Re: [CentOS-virt] new to xen - got questions, please

2010-06-16 Thread Drew
selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1006543 Down at the bottom you'll find the edition comparatives. -- Drew "Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood." --Marie Curie ___

Re: [CentOS-virt] new to xen - got questions, please

2010-06-16 Thread Drew
requires Intel's VT/VT-x or not as the ESXi 4 servers we're bringing in are all vmware certified. -- Drew "Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood." --Marie Curie ___ CentOS-virt mailing list CentOS-virt@centos

Re: [CentOS-virt] A question about memory ballooning

2011-04-26 Thread Drew
om the guest when the demands on the host's physical memory exceed the amount available. The balloon inflates within the guests forcing them to swap or take other memory management measures. When the pressure on the host eases the balloon deflates automatically. -- Drew "Nothing in life

Re: [CentOS-virt] A question about memory ballooning

2011-05-07 Thread Drew
and our memory pressure on the host is up to 16GB, a 4GB shortfall. Now I would expect to see the balloon drivers in each guest inflate to recover that 4GB shortfall. RedHat's statement above implies that the guests control how and when that balloon inflates which seems to contradict what I

[CentOS-virt] KVM vs ESXi

2011-05-18 Thread Drew
27;t always match what's in the field and you folks are the field. And with CentOS 6 just around the corner (no flame wars please, my nomex pants are at the cleaners :-P ) I'm wanting to know if it's worth holding off another month or so on finalizing my build. Thanks, -- Drew &qu

Re: [CentOS-virt] My CentOS in VMware can't find my wireless card

2011-06-08 Thread Drew
's a usb device as you can attach to the guest a required. Assuming Player, are you *absolutely sure* that you connected the USB device to the guest per VMware's procedures? If yes, what's the output of "lsusb"? We need to know *if* it's being seen by the guest at

Re: [CentOS-virt] virtio-win for c6?

2011-07-11 Thread Drew
; Which dir might be the right one for w2k3? YMMV, but the the server & desktop relations are thus: XP <-> Server 2003(r2) Vista <-> Server 2008 Win7 <-> Server 2008r2 That information I gathered from reading M$ documentation from several sources online and in print. -- Drew

[CentOS-virt] VMWare 4.1 and CentOS

2010-10-24 Thread Drew Kollasch
Is there any known issues when trying to run CentOS (x86 or x64) on a fresh install of vmware 4.1? Details as to why I am asking are here in the CentOS forums: https://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?viewmode=flat&order=DESC&topic_id=28521&forum=39 T

Re: [CentOS-virt] VMWare 4.1 and CentOS

2010-10-24 Thread Drew Kollasch
x27;t afford to plunk down the cash to VMWare so, if I can't figure out the issue, I will be forced to just not use anything CentOS based. For now, I just grabbed another random PC and installed my asterisknow server on it. Thanks -Drew On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 4:20 PM, Joseph L. Casale wrote: &