Steve, In my opinion, you would be better off pursuing zones (Solaris Containers) than LDOMS on a T1000/T2000. Zones share the same running kernel, so they are more like application virtualization. LDOMS divvy up the hardware such as CPU cores and memory. Ldoms also seem to proxy all the network and i/o and thus are a LOT more overhead. On a 5120/5220 type system (Niagara 2), I think LDOMS works a bit better, but still has all the i/o overhead. Again, this is just my opinion, after having run LDOMS for a couple years alongside zones and xVM.
Tommy On Jun 14, 2010, at 5:10 PM, Steve Arntzen wrote: > On Tue, 2010-06-15 at 04:20 +0530, Surya Prakki wrote: >> xVM is an x86 specific virtualization technology. Don't worry trying it >> on a sparc. >> Interesting you got this far !! >> > I get very determined :) > > Thanks for the quick response. I will change direction a little bit and > keep pushing forward. > > I have used Xen on Linux, but am also a huge fan of OpenSolaris and it > seemed like the right way to go for a T1000 to take advantage of the > threading. > > Steve. > > >> Steve Arntzen wrote: >>> I am running OpenSolaris build 134 on a T1000 (Sparc). >>> >>> It has been an uphill battle getting this far. Many of the commands I >>> find in the various documentation won't work for me. >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------ >>> st...@t1000:~# pfexec pkg install xvm-gui >>> Creating Plan >>> pkg: 'xvm-gui' matches multiple packages >>> system/xvm/xvm-gui >>> xvm-gui >>> >>> st...@t1000:~# pfexec svcadm enable milestone/xvm >>> svcadm: Pattern 'milestone/xvm' doesn't match any instances >>> ------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> I have managed to get What I believe are the necessary packages >>> installed, but can't enable them: >>> >>> st...@t1000:~# pkginfo |grep xvm >>> system SUNWxvmh Hypervisor Header Files >>> system SUNWxvmhvm Hypervisor HVM >>> system SUNWxvmr Hypervisor (Root) >>> system SUNWxvmu Hypervisor (Usr) >>> st...@t1000:~# >>> >>> >>> st...@t1000:~# svcs -a|grep xvm >>> disabled 9:59:07 svc:/system/xvm/store:default >>> disabled 9:59:08 svc:/system/xvm/domains:default >>> disabled 9:59:09 svc:/system/xvm/console:default >>> disabled 9:59:10 svc:/system/xvm/xend:default >>> st...@t1000:~# >>> >>> >>> I believe the current problem is Xen.gz is not loading on boot. I am >>> trying to understand what I need in /rpool/boot/menu.lst. >>> >>> On: http://hub.opensolaris.org/bin/view/Community+Group >>> +xen/developers#5_Booting >>> >>> I found a link under "Booting": >>> >>> To run Solaris as a dom0 with the hypervisor, there must be an entry >>> in /boot/grub/menu.lst that specifies the hypervisor, as described here >>> >>> But when I follow that link, I get: >>> >>> "You are not allowed to view this document or perform this action" >>> >>> Can someone please point me to the most recent documentation for getting >>> Xen running on OpenSolaris build 134 (Sparc)? >>> >>> I'm about ready to throw in the towel. >>> >>> Thank you, >>> >>> Steve. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> xen-discuss mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> >> > > _______________________________________________ > xen-discuss mailing list > [email protected] _______________________________________________ xen-discuss mailing list [email protected]
