[ale] Physical to Xen Server

[Brandon Colbert]

LOL I need to change the CPU. I was testing it on a old server at work.


Thanks for the info.

On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Chris Kleeschulte <
chris.kleeschulte at it.libertydistribution.com> wrote:

> Somewhat loaded question:
>
>
> If you are planning on making this a para-virtualized guest on a DOM:
>
>        this requires that your guest OS (the physical server) run the xen
> kernel modifications and modules, in other words it needs to know it
> is being virtualized, so you would need to consider the following:
>                1. does this machine need a custom kernel and custom
> modules?
>                2. does this machine need access to all the same hardware it
> used
> when it was physically running on hardware
>
>
> If you are planning on running the physical server inside a non para-
> virtualized guest, it is fairly easy (or could be):
>        the guest OS need not be aware it is being virtualized
>                1. you can LVM snapshot the disk(s) and prepare a Xen DOM
> and boot
> LVM snapshot inside the DOM
>
>
> I realize to newcomers to Xen, this all seems daunting, but there are
> a huge number of options here. You could make the physical machine a
> Xen DOM (physical machine that hosts guest machines) and then just
> snapshot or copy the data for the guest to use (this may be the
> easiest). There are many senarios, so it would depend on what state
> the intended guest is in...what OS, etc.
>
>
>
> I would consult the Xen docs and check if your dom hardware can
> support non para virtualized hosts (your processor must have the
> extensions)
>
>
>
> Chris Kleeschulte
>
> On Apr 28, 2009, at 3:23 PM, Brandon Colbert wrote
> >
> > Does anyone know how to convert a physical server to a Xen guest?
> > Where do I start?
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