LOL I need to change the CPU. I was testing it on a old server at work. <br><br><br>Thanks for the info.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Chris Kleeschulte <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chris.kleeschulte@it.libertydistribution.com">chris.kleeschulte@it.libertydistribution.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Somewhat loaded question:<br>
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If you are planning on making this a para-virtualized guest on a DOM:<br>
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this requires that your guest OS (the physical server) run the xen<br>
kernel modifications and modules, in other words it needs to know it<br>
is being virtualized, so you would need to consider the following:<br>
1. does this machine need a custom kernel and custom modules?<br>
2. does this machine need access to all the same hardware it used<br>
when it was physically running on hardware<br>
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If you are planning on running the physical server inside a non para-<br>
virtualized guest, it is fairly easy (or could be):<br>
the guest OS need not be aware it is being virtualized<br>
1. you can LVM snapshot the disk(s) and prepare a Xen DOM and boot<br>
LVM snapshot inside the DOM<br>
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I realize to newcomers to Xen, this all seems daunting, but there are<br>
a huge number of options here. You could make the physical machine a<br>
Xen DOM (physical machine that hosts guest machines) and then just<br>
snapshot or copy the data for the guest to use (this may be the<br>
easiest). There are many senarios, so it would depend on what state<br>
the intended guest is in...what OS, etc.<br>
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I would consult the Xen docs and check if your dom hardware can<br>
support non para virtualized hosts (your processor must have the<br>
extensions)<br>
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Chris Kleeschulte<br>
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On Apr 28, 2009, at 3:23 PM, Brandon Colbert wrote<br>
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> Does anyone know how to convert a physical server to a Xen guest?<br>
> Where do I start?<br>
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