Re: [Xen-users] XPC: Where to start?

[Nicolas Vilz 'niv' <niv@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 09/08/10 14:52, Boris Quiroz wrote:
> 2010/9/8 Nicolas Vilz 'niv'<niv@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> > On 09/08/10 11:24, Buckminster Katt wrote:
> > > I'm actually no stranger to virtualization, but XCP is just stumping me.
> > >
> > > I've been logged in as root... tried xe... I've used the xsconsole...
> > > I've used the XenAPI viewer... but nothing seems to get me what I
> > > actually need.
> > >
> > > I've read the documentation, and it tells me a great deal about Xen and
> > > XCP, but not what I need to actually do to get a VM running and
> > > installable.
> > >
> > > Can someone give me the basic shell commands I need to initialize a
> > > sample VM to the point where I can VNC to it from another server and
> > > install an OS. In this case, I happen to be install Vista. Otherwise,
> > > could someone point me to a "Getting started guide" for the impatient?
> > > I'm running 0.5.
> > >
> > > Or have I completely missed the preferred method for controlling XCP? It
> > > seems I can't run OpenXenManager, since it requires Ubuntu or Debian.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance.
> > from what i know, i can say, xcp is organized in templates, which are fed on
> > xenstore. You actually use xe cli-tool to create your vms and modify them.
> > The latest version of xcp has some templates in stock which cover the latest
> > centos/redhat/debian/suse/windows systems. Some of them are for hvm, some of
> > them are for paravirt.
> >
> > According to your system, not all of them can be used on your hardware, if
> > your hardware doesn't support hvm. XCP tells you that on installation.
> >
> > I spent one weekend to figure that out because the documentation is ... lets
> > say... very plain. xe made me mad, but i got used to it.
> >
> > You will probably use xe help|grep or xe help|less to get the information,
> > you want. Explore the existing templates. For netinstall templates (mostly
> > all debian ones), you will have to get a decent internet connection. UMTS
> > and netinstall is probably not, what you want.
> >
> > Once you have a template running an installer, vnc is most likely spawned
> > and listening on localhost, so you probably want to ssh tunnel to your local
> > box and access it from there. For some templates you have to modify the
> > template a bit to have networking and that stuff...
> >
> > Good luck.
> >
> > Sincerly
> > Nicolas
> >
> >
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> Guys,
> Try installing Open Xen Manager [1]. It will help you a lot with the
> administration of XCP. In [2] you can find very good documentation
> about XCP. I strongly disagree when you said that documentation is
> "plain".
Ok, what I miss (that could be found in an administration or in that 
installation guide, i guess):
(1) step-by-step howto copy&change existing templates with xe
(2) Some wizzards to create my own templates which i can change in 
return. Perhaps that is what xapi is for, to code that yourself...
I admit, I haven't had a look at Open Xen Manager yet.

Sincerly
Nicolas

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