Re: [Fedora-xen] [Xen-users] Re: Stable Xen Dom0 and DomU via Fedora 12

[Zhiqiang Ma]

On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 8:40 PM, Boris Derzhavets <bderzhavets(a)yahoo.com&gt; wrote:
>  Actually, Pasi himself managed a bit different :) 

The src.rpm is much more convenient to use. I should find out this
information earlier!

But thanks all the same for the nice information. I will try Pasi's
src.rpm when we upgrade our platform.

Best,
Eric


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>  Hello,
>
>  I just hacked together Xen 4.0.1-rc3-pre src.rpm package for Fedora 13,
>  and I thought I'd share it. It should work with Fedora 12 aswell.
>
>  download-link:
>  http://pasik.reaktio.net/fedora/xen-4.0.1-0.1.rc3.fc13.src.rpm
>
>
>  Instructions to compile/install:
>
>  - Check http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/Xen4.0 wiki page and install the packages/rpms
> listed there!
>  - Download xen-4.0.1-0.1.rc3.fc13.src.rpm
>  - rpm -i xen-4.0.1-0.1.rc3.fc13.src.rpm
>  - rpmbuild -bb xen-4.0.1-0.1.rc3.fc13.src.rpm
>
>  After a while you should see:
>
>  Wrote: /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/xen-4.0.1-0.1.rc3.fc13.x86_64.rpm
>  Wrote: /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/xen-libs-4.0.1-0.1.rc3.fc13.x86_64.rpm
>  Wrote: /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/xen-runtime-4.0.1-0.1.rc3.fc13.x86_64.rpm
>  Wrote: /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/xen-hypervisor-4.0.1-0.1.rc3.fc13.x86_64.rpm
>  Wrote: /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/xen-doc-4.0.1-0.1.rc3.fc13.x86_64.rpm
>  Wrote: /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/xen-devel-4.0.1-0.1.rc3.fc13.x86_64.rpm
>  Wrote: /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/xen-debuginfo-4.0.1-0.1.rc3.fc13.x86_64.rpm
>
>  - cd /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64
>  - rpm -Uvh xen*4.0.1*.rpm
>  - Install Xen dom0 capable kernel,
>  ********************************************************************
>  wget       
> http://fedorapeople.org/~myoung/dom0/src/kernel-2.6.32.16-1.2.108.xendom0...
>  ********************************************************************
>  edit grub.conf, reboot
>
>  Note that Xen 4.0.1-rcX is required for the latest xen/stable-2.6.32.x kernels
> (2.6.32.15+),
>  they won't work with Xen 4.0.0 anymore.
>
>  This unofficial src.rpm works for me, hopefully for you aswell :)
>
>  -- Pasi
>
>
>  --- On Sun, 8/1/10, Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik(a)iki.fi&gt; wrote:
>
>  From: Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik(a)iki.fi&gt;
>  Subject: [Xen-users] Re: [Fedora-xen] Stable Xen Dom0 and DomU via Fedora 12
>  To: "Zhiqiang Ma" <cnfnxk(a)gmail.com&gt;
>  Cc: xen-users(a)lists.xensource.com, fedora-xen(a)redhat.com
>  Date: Sunday, August 1, 2010, 7:34 AM
>
>  On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 01:55:22AM +0800, Zhiqiang Ma wrote:
>  > Hi all,
>  >
>  > Our group are using Fedora (We updated the system to Fedora 12
>  > recently) in our research cluster and we virtualize the computing
>  > resources using Xen. I have do a lot test and we finally settle on a
>  > stable Xen solution for our cluster. The test shows it is quite stable
>  > and we are satisfy with the virtual machine's performance.
>  >
>  > We use Xen 4.0.0 and Xenified Linux kernel 2.6.32.13 to set up Dom0
>  > since Fedora 12 no longer provides kernel form Dom0:
>  >
> http://pkill.info/b/2252/setting-up-stable-xen-dom0-with-fedora-xen-4-0-0...
>  >
>  > Fedora 12's kernel is already pv_ops enabled. We are happy to install
>  > Fedora 12 in the virtual machine without any special configuration.
>  > All the packages are from Fedora's repository:
>  >
> http://pkill.info/b/2256/setting-up-stable-xen-domu-with-fedora-unmodifie...
>  >
>  > I know both the Xen and the kernel are not the most latest ones. But
>  > the current ones are enough for us.
>  >
>  > Please give your comments on this solution. Your suggestions will be
>  > highly appreciated.
>  >
>
>  Hello,
>
>  Nice and very clear tutorials! Thanks!
>
>  -- Pasi
>
>
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Thanks.
Eric

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