Re: [CentOS-virt] Need Help with Xen Please

2008-11-28 Thread Brett Serkez
On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 3:52 AM, Jason Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Brett: > > Thank you for your help. It has been a few days since I was able to give > this a try. However I installed Cygwin on my Windows desktop and SSH'd to > the headless machine. I then ran virt-install without the gra

Re: [CentOS-virt] Need Help with Xen Please

2008-11-28 Thread Christopher G. Stach II
Brett Worth wrote: Jason Taylor wrote: Can anyone suggest what the next course of action would be? The server has a single physical NIC and 1 IP. Will I need to request an additional IP address to use with the new guest I create? Jason, AFAIK you will need another IP address for the VM. Thi

Re: [CentOS-virt] Need Help with Xen Please

2008-11-27 Thread Brett Worth
Jason Taylor wrote: > Can anyone suggest what the next course of action would be? The server has a > single physical NIC and 1 IP. Will I need to request an additional IP > address to use with the new guest I create? Jason, AFAIK you will need another IP address for the VM. This can be done eit

RE: [CentOS-virt] Need Help with Xen Please

2008-11-27 Thread Jason Taylor
A To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Discussion about the virtualization on CentOS Subject: Re: [CentOS-virt] Need Help with Xen Please On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 6:41 AM, Brett Worth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jason Taylor wrote: > When you connect to the Centos server from your remote console you

Re: [CentOS-virt] Need Help with Xen Please

2008-11-18 Thread Kai Schaetzl
You just need a shell for running virt-install and attach to the xen console, no X. Kai -- Kai Schätzl, Berlin, Germany Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: http://www.conactive.com ___ CentOS-virt mailing list CentOS-virt@centos.org http:/

Re: [CentOS-virt] Need Help with Xen Please

2008-11-18 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Jason Taylor wrote on Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:47:09 -0700: > I proceeded to use virt-install (and later virt-install --nographics and > virt-install --vnc) and none of them will install the guest. It always fails > saying that there is no console and to reconnect. Ok, sorry, I expected to get a compl

Re: [CentOS-virt] Need Help with Xen Please

2008-11-18 Thread Brett Serkez
On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 6:41 AM, Brett Worth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jason Taylor wrote: > When you connect to the Centos server from your remote console you said > before that you're > using ssh. Is this from another Linux system? You need to ensure that you > have access to > your local

Re: [CentOS-virt] Need Help with Xen Please

2008-11-18 Thread Brett Worth
Jason Taylor wrote: > Kai: > > I used yum to install xen and xen-kernel I then edited the grub config and > rebooted the server. Using uname -r I verified I was in the right kernel. > > > I proceeded to use virt-install (and later virt-install --nographics and > virt-install --vnc) and none of

Re: [CentOS-virt] Need Help with Xen Please

2008-11-18 Thread Karanbir Singh
Kai Schaetzl wrote: Tru Huynh wrote on Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:41:10 +0100: what don't you use http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Xen/InstallingCentOSDomU This tutorial is much more complicated than using virt-install. There is no need for "installation kernels" and such. You just run virt-install an

RE: [CentOS-virt] Need Help with Xen Please

2008-11-18 Thread Jason Taylor
: centos-virt@centos.org Subject: Re: [CentOS-virt] Need Help with Xen Please Jason, I'm surely not going to read the whole tutorial. Tell what exact virt-install command you used and any preparation steps if you did any. (e.g. what did you install to get xen on the system.) Kai -- Kai Sc

Re: [CentOS-virt] Need Help with Xen Please

2008-11-18 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Jason, I'm surely not going to read the whole tutorial. Tell what exact virt-install command you used and any preparation steps if you did any. (e.g. what did you install to get xen on the system.) Kai -- Kai Schätzl, Berlin, Germany Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: http://www.cona

Re: [CentOS-virt] Need Help with Xen Please

2008-11-18 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Tru Huynh wrote on Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:41:10 +0100: > what don't you use http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Xen/InstallingCentOSDomU This tutorial is much more complicated than using virt-install. There is no need for "installation kernels" and such. You just run virt-install and off you go. Kai -

Re: [CentOS-virt] Need Help with Xen Please

2008-11-18 Thread Tru Huynh
On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 01:20:16AM -0700, Jason Taylor wrote: > Hello Kai: > what don't you use http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Xen/InstallingCentOSDomU and related links instead of howtoforge ? Tru -- Tru Huynh (mirrors, CentOS-3 i386/x86_64 Package Maintenance) http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/look

RE: [CentOS-virt] Need Help with Xen Please

2008-11-18 Thread Jason Taylor
16, 2008 4:31 A To: centos-virt@centos.org Subject: Re: [CentOS-virt] Need Help with Xen Please Jason Taylor wrote on Sat, 15 Nov 2008 17:00:46 -0700: > One thing to note is that the base Xen installs fine it seems > but when trying to create the virtual instance (domU) it says it cannot >

Re: [CentOS-virt] Need Help with Xen Please

2008-11-17 Thread Karanbir Singh
Kai Schaetzl wrote: What specifically is better about 3.2 that you are recommended it over 2.6.18? AFAIK, you cannot run 32bit guests on 64bit hosts and the HVM support also lacks in the stock CentOS version (which is a 3.0.3/3.1 mix). afaik, you would be wrong on both those counts. 5.2 sti

Re: [CentOS-virt] Need Help with Xen Please

2008-11-17 Thread Karanbir Singh
Michael Hall wrote: One thing: you want to use the Xen 3.2 rpms provided by xen.org for serious production work on CentOS and not the one coming with CentOS. Suggest you read the archives of the list for all tips and caveats. On the downloads page at xen.org I can only see source tarballs for

RE: [CentOS-virt] Need Help with Xen Please

2008-11-17 Thread Caitlyn O'Hanna
On Sat, 2008-11-15 at 19:18 -0700, Jason Taylor wrote: > Michael: > > I was following the tutorial at http://www.howtoforge.com/centos_5.0_xen I > was not aware that virt-manager is GUI only. > > Xend does start and I can do everything listed in the tutorial until I get > to the virt-manager pa

Re: [CentOS-virt] Need Help with Xen Please

2008-11-16 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Michael Hall wrote on Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:34:25 +0930: > When installing the xen.org RPMs, are existing VMs and config files etc dealt > with gracefully? yes. Kai -- Kai Schätzl, Berlin, Germany Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: http://www.conactive.com _

Re: [CentOS-virt] Need Help with Xen Please

2008-11-16 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Brett Serkez wrote on Sun, 16 Nov 2008 07:16:45 -0500: > I've been using the stock Xen (2.6.18) that comes with the latest > CentOS 5.2 in production without major issue. At one time I had to > restart xend occasionally to be able to properly reboot guest OSes > from virt-manager, but even that h

Re: [CentOS-virt] Need Help with Xen Please

2008-11-16 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Michael Hall wrote on Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:59:35 +0930: > On the downloads page at xen.org I can only see source tarballs for 3.3. There are no 3.3 rpms provided by xen.org. The fiels for 3.2 are in the archive: http://www.xen.org/download/dl_32rhel5.html Again: before you use it, skim this grou

Re: [CentOS-virt] Need Help with Xen Please

2008-11-16 Thread Michael Hall
> One thing: you want to use the Xen 3.2 rpms provided by xen.org for serious > production work on CentOS and not the one coming with CentOS. Suggest you > read > the archives of the list for all tips and caveats. On the downloads page at xen.org I can only see source tarballs for 3.3. Am I lo

Re: [CentOS-virt] Need Help with Xen Please

2008-11-16 Thread Brett Serkez
> One thing: you want to use the Xen 3.2 rpms provided by xen.org for serious > production work on CentOS and not the one coming with CentOS. Suggest you read > the archives of the list for all tips and caveats. I've been using the stock Xen (2.6.18) that comes with the latest CentOS 5.2 in produc

Re: [CentOS-virt] Need Help with Xen Please

2008-11-16 Thread Michael Hall
> One thing: you want to use the Xen 3.2 rpms provided by xen.org for serious > production work on CentOS and not the one coming with CentOS. Suggest you > read > the archives of the list for all tips and caveats. When installing the xen.org RPMs, are existing VMs and config files etc dealt wi

Re: [CentOS-virt] Need Help with Xen Please

2008-11-16 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Jason Taylor wrote on Sat, 15 Nov 2008 17:00:46 -0700: > One thing to note is that the base Xen installs fine it seems > but when trying to create the virtual instance (domU) it says it cannot > connect to the console. Then try without making it connect to the console. (I may have misunderstood

Re: [CentOS-virt] Need Help with Xen Please

2008-11-15 Thread Michael Hall
> I was following the tutorial at http://www.howtoforge.com/centos_5.0_xen I > was not aware that virt-manager is GUI only. > > Xend does start and I can do everything listed in the tutorial until I get > to the virt-manager part. > > What command line do you use to create a virtual server wit

RE: [CentOS-virt] Need Help with Xen Please

2008-11-15 Thread Jason Taylor
ember 15, 2008 6:56 P To: Discussion about the virtualization on CentOS Subject: Re: [CentOS-virt] Need Help with Xen Please > I am new to Xen and have been having problems getting it to run properly on > CentOS 5.2. One thing to note is that the base Xen installs fine it seems > but when tr

Re: [CentOS-virt] Need Help with Xen Please

2008-11-15 Thread Michael Hall
> I am new to Xen and have been having problems getting it to run properly on > CentOS 5.2. One thing to note is that the base Xen installs fine it seems > but when trying to create the virtual instance (domU) it says it cannot > connect to the console. I have looked up the error but cannot find a

[CentOS-virt] Need Help with Xen Please

2008-11-15 Thread Jason Taylor
Hello: I am new to Xen and have been having problems getting it to run properly on CentOS 5.2. One thing to note is that the base Xen installs fine it seems but when trying to create the virtual instance (domU) it says it cannot connect to the console. I have looked up the error but cannot find