Re: [Publicity] Blog Czar update, week of August 12

[Russell Pavlicek <russell.pavlicek@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Okay, the modified and scheduled version is here:

http://blog.xen.org/index.php/2013/08/22/learning-xen-converting-existing-non-xen-project-images-for-use-in-xen/?preview=true&preview_id=7755&preview_nonce=9e403b6a3c

I have it scheduled to publish at 21:00 tonight (GMT, I think; whatever the 
clock is on the server).  Let me know if I should address anything else before 
publication.

Thanks,

Russ Pavlicek
Xen Project Evangelist, Citrix Systems
Home Office: +1-301-829-5327
Mobile: +1-240-397-0199

-----Original Message-----
From: Ian Campbell 
Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 10:42 AM
To: Russell Pavlicek
Cc: Mark Hinkle; Lars Kurth; Anthony Perard; Dario Faggioli; 
publicity@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Publicity] Blog Czar update, week of August 12

Looks good. 

I would drop the viridian setting from the example cfg -- that enables Hyper-V 
mode for the benefit of Window's guests. There's no benefit for a Linux guest, 
other than perhaps confusing the kernel if you are unlucky.

Might be worth mentioning "sysprep" in relation to Windows? AIUI you run this 
tool as you shutdown on the original VMM and then it "rebases" onto the new 
hardware on boot. I might be talking rubbish here though so probably best omit 
unless you can confirm its still right ;-)

On Thu, 2013-08-22 at 15:34 +0100, Russell Pavlicek wrote:
> Ian,
> 
> Thanks for the input.  As a result, I have significantly enhanced the post.  
> Please recheck when you can.
> 
> http://blog.xen.org/?p=7755&preview=true
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Russ Pavlicek
> Xen Project Evangelist, Citrix Systems Home Office: +1-301-829-5327
> Mobile: +1-240-397-0199
> ________________________________________
> From: Ian Campbell [ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 3:10 AM
> To: Russell Pavlicek
> Cc: Mark Hinkle; Lars Kurth; Anthony Perard; Dario Faggioli; 
> publicity@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Publicity] Blog Czar update, week of August 12
> 
> Looks good, my only coment is that Xen doesn't necessarily require a 
> raw image, it can use qcow2 and vhd etc as well. Best performance is 
> with a raw image in an LVM volume though, so after conversion you 
> would want to dd it into a new lv.
> 
> Perhaps it could like to some docs on the cfg file format, or give an 
> example of the disk line needed to go with the image you have converted?
> 
> Ian.
> 
> On Thu, 2013-08-22 at 05:57 +0100, Russell Pavlicek wrote:
> > Okay, so here's the replacement post:
> >
> > http://blog.xen.org/?p=7755&preview=true
> >
> > It's a simple on-ramp piece on moving non-Xen images to Xen.
> >
> > Let me know what you think, please.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Russ Pavlicek
> >
> > Xen Project Evangelist, Citrix Systems
> >
> > Home Office: +1-301-829-5327
> >
> > Mobile: +1-240-397-0199
> >
> >
> >
> > ____________________________________________________________________
> > __
> > From: Mark Hinkle
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 10:10 AM
> > To: Lars Kurth
> > Cc: Russell Pavlicek; Anthony Perard; Dario Faggioli; Ian Campbell; 
> > publicity@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [Publicity] Blog Czar update, week of August 12
> >
> >
> >
> > Along those lines of lock-in or migration, a good post might be how 
> > to convert a VMDK file to a Xen image using QEMU like this:
> >
> >
> > http://www.geekyfacts.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&;
> > id=76:vmware-to-xen
> >
> >
> > Or  the opposite of this
> >
> >
> > http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/343785-migrating-xenserver-to-
> > vmware-2013-remix-version
> >
> >
> > Regards, Mark
> >
> > On Aug 21, 2013, at 6:58 AM, Lars Kurth <lars.kurth@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > I am not sure there is much of a story here, unless I missed 
> > > something. The basic argument seems to be OSS is good and avoids 
> > > vendor lock in, proprietary is bad. With little supporting 
> > > evidence/examples. Also the same argument applies to KVM. Maybe we 
> > > can make this more real. Greg KHs user summit talk provides an 
> > > interesting angle. There may be more Lars P.s. checking out for a 
> > > week
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Sent from Samsung Mobile
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -------- Original message --------
> > > From: Russell Pavlicek <russell.pavlicek@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Date: 2013/08/21 04:08 (GMT+00:00)
> > > To: Anthony Perard <anthony.perard@xxxxxxxxxx>,Dario Faggioli 
> > > <dario.faggioli@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: Lars Kurth <lars.kurth@xxxxxxxxxx>,Ian Campbell 
> > > <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>,publicity@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: RE: [Publicity] Blog Czar update, week of August 12
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Okay, so here is my post, available for comment:
> > >
> > > http://blog.xen.org/index.php/2013/08/21/why-a-cloud-independent-h
> > > ypervisor-is-essential/?preview=true
> > >
> > > This piece is a thought leadership post.  It is meant to appeal to 
> > > a wider Cloud-interested audience.  It doesn't even mention Xen 
> > > until the conclusion.
> > >
> > > It's actually more about VMware (not named) than anything.  With 
> > > some external promotion, I am hoping to draw some new eyes to our 
> > > Xen Project blog.
> > >
> > > It's not the best piece I've ever written, but I think it might do 
> > > the job.  Let me know what you think.  It is currently scheduled 
> > > to post around close of business GMT Wednesday.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Russ Pavlicek
> > > Xen Project Evangelist, Citrix Systems Home Office: 
> > > +1-301-829-5327
> > > Mobile: +1-240-397-0199
> > > ________________________________________
> > > From: publicity-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > [publicity-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] on behalf of Russell 
> > > Pavlicek [russell.pavlicek@xxxxxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 9:47 AM
> > > To: Anthony Perard; Dario Faggioli
> > > Cc: Lars Kurth; Ian Campbell; publicity@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: Re: [Publicity] Blog Czar update, week of August 12
> > >
> > > [Putting on temporary Blog Czar hat]
> > >
> > > So, does anyone else have something to write about?  If not, given 
> > > Anthony's situation, I'll see if there is something I can write 
> > > about (like installing Xen on my laptop or some such).
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Russ Pavlicek
> > > Xen Project Evangelist, Citrix Systems Home Office: 
> > > +1-301-829-5327
> > > Mobile: +1-240-397-0199
> > > ________________________________________
> > > From: Anthony PERARD [anthony.perard@xxxxxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 6:58 AM
> > > To: Dario Faggioli
> > > Cc: publicity@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Lars Kurth; Stefano 
> > > Stabellini; Russell Pavlicek; Wei Liu; Ian Campbell
> > > Subject: Re: [Publicity] Blog Czar update, week of August 12
> > >
> > > On 14/08/13 18:37, Dario Faggioli wrote:
> > > > So, Anthony, what will you be blogging about?
> > >
> > > I have no idee :(.
> > >
> > > Well, maybe this project that I will start working on it in the 
> > > next few month, but there is not much to talk about.
> > >
> > > It about TLB flushing optimization on the Xen side. Without any 
> > > benchmark numbers, the post will be pretty thin.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Anthony PERARD
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