Re: [Xen-users] OSX host?

[Simon Hobson <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mr Gabriel wrote:
> Is it possible to run xen under osx?
>
> I have a pretty beefy laptop, and it would really make my tech life 
> pretty much perfect, because I would be able to build vm's locally, 
> and migrate directly to the host destination.
> Also, having a bunch of vm's of various flavors always available is 
> also very appealing!
I run Linux VMs under Parallels (http://www.parallels.com/uk/products/desktop/)

It's not free (not too pricey either), but it does run them quite 
nicely. The biggest problem I have is RAM - I've an early model 
MacBook Pro limited to only 2G, and regularly get VM usage up to 3 or 
4 Gig. The bank balance won't run to a newer model with larger RAM 
capability :-/
I've not actually tried building a VM under Parallels and then moving 
it to Xen - but it should be no harder than migrating a machine from 
a real (ie direct on the hardware) machine to a Xen guest.
My preferred technique for migration is :
Install Xen capable kernel on real machine.
Make the volumes, create filesystems, and mount them on the Xen host.
Use rsync (with -avH --numeric-ids) to copy everything from real 
machine to guest virtual disks (shutdown things like database engines 
first).
Edit things like /etc/fstab in new copy of machine, unmount 
filesystems from Xen host.
Shutdown real machine, start Xen guest.

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