Paravirtualization is a virtualization technique in which the kernel of the guest OS 'cooperates' with the hypervisor in providing low-level hardware-related functions, instead of relying on slower and much more complex emulation. This requires a modified kernel of the guest OS.
Questions tagged [paravirtualization]
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kvmtool: guest OS fails: mounting /dev/vda on /root failed: No such device
I am trying to load a guest Ubuntu using kvmtool. For this I am running following command.
sudo ./lkvm run --disk ~/Downloads/ubuntu-core-16-amd64.img --kernel ~/kvmtool/guest_linux_kernel/linux-4.13/arch/x86_64/boot/bzImage --network virtio -c 2 -m…
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Citrix XenCenter templates for RHEL 6.x OS
I have Citrix XenServer 7.1 installed on my server. In Citrix XenCenter, I have connected my server and created few VMs.
On choosing respective VM templates, OS with 6.x architecture (i.e. RHEL 6.x, CentOS 6.x, Oracle Linux 6.x) is getting installed…
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How can I force xenserver to create a full (not paravirtualized) vm?
Exact opposite of this question:
How to makesure VM is in Para virtualization mode on XEN?
I've got xenserver 6.2 and nowhere in the UI when creating a VM does it give me the option to use HVM and not paravirtualize by default.
Any ideas?
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Can I run multiple Linux instances within a RHEV-M VM?
My overlords have allocated me one VM and externally-routable IP for use on a certain project, and I've since discovered that the software that runs on this is essentially a singleton (no more than 1 instance running) and darn it, I have to have…
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PXE boot server on a xen PV guest?
I've set up a Xen hypervisor on ubuntu 14.04 and a PV guest also on ubuntu 14.04.
I want this PV guest to be a PXE boot server. But when I look at the /boot folder I see that it's empty.
I'm a newbie in virtualization. So where am I supposed…
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How to makesure VM is in Para virtualization mode on XEN?
I am having a server running XEN,with ubuntu 12.04 as Domain 0.
Intel VT is turned on by default and i dont want to run any Windows OS as VM.
So
1. how can i makesure that all the created VM will be in
paravirtualized mode even with VT enabled?
I…
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Create something like Citrix XenDesktop using Xen
I am doing an academic project. I want to deploy a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure for my college. So, is there any way/guideline to make something like XenDesktop using Xen on a Linux Distro from scratch?
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Error: Cannot find ramdisk "hd(0)/boot/grub/menu.lst"
I have a dom0 and try to run domU with config like this:
kernel = '/root/xen/dist/install/usr/local/lib/xen/boot/pv-grub-x86_32.gz'
ramdisk = 'hd(0)/boot/grub/menu.lst'
vcpus = '2'
memory = '1024'
root = '/dev/sda1…
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