Re: [CentOS-virt] KVM: where are the directions?

2010-11-15 Thread Benjamin Franz
On 11/15/2010 09:00 AM, compdoc wrote: > It's still useful, but why invest in an older technology when the newer > technology is there and doesn't cost more? > Because it *does* cost more and doesn't (in my case) provide anything special I need feature wise. I already had a nice hot swappable 2U

Re: [CentOS-virt] KVM: where are the directions?

2010-11-15 Thread compdoc
It's still useful, but why invest in an older technology when the newer technology is there and doesn't cost more? 100baseT switches are still being sold, but it's a bad idea to buy one... ___ CentOS-virt mailing list CentOS-virt@centos.org http://li

Re: [CentOS-virt] KVM: where are the directions?

2010-11-15 Thread Benjamin Franz
On 11/14/2010 05:25 PM, compdoc wrote: > Unless you have old cards you have to retain, PCI-x isn't useful anymore. > Too slow. > Depends on what you consider 'too slow'. I just benchmarked an 8 drive software RAID6 (8 x 1.5 TByte Seagate drives) on a PCI-X card (Areca ARC-1120 configured for JBO

Re: [CentOS-virt] KVM: where are the directions?

2010-11-14 Thread MargoAndTodd
On 11/14/2010 05:25 PM, compdoc wrote: > Unless you have old cards you have to retain, PCI-x isn't useful anymore. > Too slow. Supermicro X8SAX: 2 (x16) PCI-Express 2.0, 1 (x4) PCI-Express (using X8 slot), 2x 64-bit 133/100MHz PCI-X, 1x 32-bit PCI Slots I put the video and the RAID

Re: [CentOS-virt] KVM: where are the directions?

2010-11-14 Thread compdoc
Unless you have old cards you have to retain, PCI-x isn't useful anymore. Too slow. ___ CentOS-virt mailing list CentOS-virt@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt

Re: [CentOS-virt] KVM: where are the directions?

2010-11-14 Thread MargoAndTodd
On 11/14/2010 03:11 PM, Kenni Lund wrote: > ...and the current 64-bit updates: > http://mirror.stanford.edu/yum/pub/centos/5.5/updates/x86_64/RPMS/ > which contains several kvm-packages, with the latest being > kvm-83-164.el5_5.23.x86_64.rpm. Guess I will just have to upgrade my office computer to

Re: [CentOS-virt] KVM: where are the directions?

2010-11-14 Thread Kenni Lund
2010/11/14 MargoAndTodd : > On 11/13/2010 07:44 AM, compdoc wrote: >>> $ uname -r -m >>> 2.6.18-194.26.1.el5 i686 >>> >>> $ rpm -qa \*kvm\* >>> kvm-36-1 >>> kmod-kvm-36-3 >>> >>> >>> Not even close to 83.  :-( >> >> My centos 5.5 has kvm 83. I'm not sure how you got that old stuff > > I am 32 bit.

Re: [CentOS-virt] KVM: where are the directions?

2010-11-13 Thread MargoAndTodd
On 11/13/2010 07:44 AM, compdoc wrote: >> $ uname -r -m >> 2.6.18-194.26.1.el5 i686 >> >> $ rpm -qa \*kvm\* >> kvm-36-1 >> kmod-kvm-36-3 >> >> >> Not even close to 83. :-( > > My centos 5.5 has kvm 83. I'm not sure how you got that old stuff I am 32 bit. yum install kvm kmod-kvm

Re: [CentOS-virt] KVM: where are the directions?

2010-11-13 Thread MargoAndTodd
On 11/13/2010 02:06 AM, Kenni Lund wrote: > 2010/11/13 MargoAndTodd: >> On 11/11/2010 01:50 PM, Kenni Lund wrote: >>> No, you're not running an old version of qemu-kvm in CentOS. Like most >>> other packages, Red Hat has selected an (old and stable) version as >>> the baseline version and then back

Re: [CentOS-virt] KVM: where are the directions?

2010-11-13 Thread MargoAndTodd
On 11/13/2010 02:05 AM, Kenni Lund wrote: > 2010/11/13 MargoAndTodd: >> On 11/11/2010 01:50 PM, Kenni Lund wrote: >>> You'll never need to run it from the command line, use the available >>> management tools (libvirt+virsh from the command line, >>> libvirt+virt-manager from X11), it makes your lif

Re: [CentOS-virt] KVM: where are the directions?

2010-11-13 Thread compdoc
> $ uname -r -m > 2.6.18-194.26.1.el5 i686 > > $ rpm -qa \*kvm\* > kvm-36-1 > kmod-kvm-36-3 > > > Not even close to 83.  :-( My centos 5.5 has kvm 83. I'm not sure how you got that old stuff ___ CentOS-virt mailing list CentOS-virt@centos.org http://li

Re: [CentOS-virt] KVM: where are the directions?

2010-11-13 Thread Kenni Lund
2010/11/13 Mathieu Baudier : >> kvm-83. That said, as you've probably already read in the docs, KVM is >> a "technology preview" in RHEL 5.x...6.0 will be the first version >> with official/stable KVM support by Red Hat. > > My understanding is that KVM was tech preview in RHEL/CentOS 5.4 and > off

Re: [CentOS-virt] KVM: where are the directions?

2010-11-13 Thread Kenni Lund
2010/11/13 MargoAndTodd : > On 11/11/2010 01:50 PM, Kenni Lund wrote: >> No, you're not running an old version of qemu-kvm in CentOS. Like most >> other packages, Red Hat has selected an (old and stable) version as >> the baseline version and then backported bugfixes and new features >> from newer

Re: [CentOS-virt] KVM: where are the directions?

2010-11-13 Thread Kenni Lund
2010/11/13 MargoAndTodd : > On 11/11/2010 01:50 PM, Kenni Lund wrote: >> You'll never need to run it from the command line, use the available >> management tools (libvirt+virsh from the command line, >> libvirt+virt-manager from X11), it makes your life much much easier. >> I've been running qemu-k

Re: [CentOS-virt] KVM: where are the directions?

2010-11-13 Thread Mathieu Baudier
> kvm-83. That said, as you've probably already read in the docs, KVM is > a "technology preview" in RHEL 5.x...6.0 will be the first version > with official/stable KVM support by Red Hat. My understanding is that KVM was tech preview in RHEL/CentOS 5.4 and officially supported from RHEL/CentOS 5.

Re: [CentOS-virt] KVM: where are the directions?

2010-11-12 Thread MargoAndTodd
On 11/11/2010 01:50 PM, Kenni Lund wrote: > No, you're not running an old version of qemu-kvm in CentOS. Like most > other packages, Red Hat has selected an (old and stable) version as > the baseline version and then backported bugfixes and new features > from newer versions of the package, to fulf

Re: [CentOS-virt] KVM: where are the directions?

2010-11-12 Thread MargoAndTodd
On 11/11/2010 01:50 PM, Kenni Lund wrote: > You'll never need to run it from the command line, use the available > management tools (libvirt+virsh from the command line, > libvirt+virt-manager from X11), it makes your life much much easier. > I've been running qemu-kvm from the command line for sev

Re: [CentOS-virt] KVM: where are the directions?

2010-11-11 Thread Kenni Lund
2010/11/11 MargoAndTodd : > On 11/10/2010 08:31 PM, Mark Pryor wrote: >> >> >> --- On Wed, 11/10/10, jaye...@gmail.com  wrote: >> >>> From: jaye...@gmail.com >>> Subject: Re: [CentOS-virt] KVM: where are the directions? >>> To: "Discuss

Re: [CentOS-virt] KVM: where are the directions?

2010-11-11 Thread MargoAndTodd
On 11/10/2010 08:31 PM, Mark Pryor wrote: > > > --- On Wed, 11/10/10, jaye...@gmail.com wrote: > >> From: jaye...@gmail.com >> Subject: Re: [CentOS-virt] KVM: where are the directions? >> To: "Discussion about the virtualization on CentOS" >> Date: We

Re: [CentOS-virt] KVM: where are the directions?

2010-11-10 Thread Mark Pryor
--- On Wed, 11/10/10, jaye...@gmail.com wrote: > From: jaye...@gmail.com > Subject: Re: [CentOS-virt] KVM: where are the directions? > To: "Discussion about the virtualization on CentOS" > Date: Wednesday, November 10, 2010, 7:15 PM > rpm -ql kvm > rpm -qa | g

Re: [CentOS-virt] KVM: where are the directions?

2010-11-10 Thread MargoAndTodd
On 11/10/2010 07:15 PM, jaye...@gmail.com wrote: > rpm -ql kvm > rpm -qa | grep kvm > > /sys/john == /dev/BlackBerry Not sure what you are trying to say. The "ql" is a cool way to see where everything is installed. Thank you, -T ___ CentOS-virt mailing

Re: [CentOS-virt] KVM: where are the directions?

2010-11-10 Thread MargoAndTodd
On 11/10/2010 07:50 PM, MargoAndTodd wrote: > On 11/10/2010 07:12 PM, MargoAndTodd wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> I have been Googling my rear off. Where is the manual for KVM? It seems >> like the information is just all thrown about. Anyone know of a >> manual? A pdf? >> A home page with instruction

Re: [CentOS-virt] KVM: where are the directions?

2010-11-10 Thread MargoAndTodd
On 11/10/2010 07:12 PM, MargoAndTodd wrote: > Hi All, > > I have been Googling my rear off. Where is the manual for KVM? It seems > like the information is just all thrown about. Anyone know of a > manual? A pdf? > A home page with instructions? I am teachable (mostly). > > Many thanks, > -T

Re: [CentOS-virt] KVM: where are the directions?

2010-11-10 Thread jayeola
rpm -ql kvm rpm -qa | grep kvm /sys/john == /dev/BlackBerry ___ CentOS-virt mailing list CentOS-virt@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt

[CentOS-virt] KVM: where are the directions?

2010-11-10 Thread MargoAndTodd
Hi All, I have been Googling my rear off. Where is the manual for KVM? It seems like the information is just all thrown about. Anyone know of a manual? A pdf? A home page with instructions? I am teachable (mostly). Many thanks, -T ___ CentOS-virt