[opensuse-virtual] [Fwd: virtualisation: xen vs kvm]

20 Nov 2012

      As Per suggested, i'll try on this list as it is more on-topic.

I grew up with XEN, so i rather stick with it (inertia ;-)
but if it isn't maintained anymore, i'll ditch xen and start looking at
LXC (for linux) and KVM (for non-linux).

Hans

ps1 
no pending updates/reboot, rpm -qa reports:
kernel-xen-3.4.11-2.16.1.x86_64
patterns-openSUSE-xen_server-12.2-5.5.1.x86_64
xen-4.2.0_03-210.8.x86_64
xen-doc-html-4.2.0_03-210.8.x86_64
xen-doc-pdf-4.2.0_03-210.8.x86_64
xen-kmp-desktop-4.2.0_03_k3.4.11_2.16-210.8.x86_64
xen-libs-4.2.0_03-210.8.x86_64
xen-tools-4.2.0_03-210.8.x86_64

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From: Hans Witvliet 
To: opensuse@opensuse.org
Subject: virtualisation: xen vs kvm
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 21:54:42 +0100
hi all,
afaicr there are several ways om virtualisation techniques available
under suse. What is currently advised for doing an virtual suse machine
on hardware running 12.2? XEN or KVM?
Reason for asking is that it seems that xen-through yast doesn't work
anymore. I booted up the xen-kernel and tried to create a machine
through yast2-module.
-kept paravirtualized
-defined mem 1024 def./2048 max.
-iso-image, 10GB disk
-paravirt network adapter (fixed mac), on a proper working br0.
after pressing OK, it just yields:
"unable to connect to libvirt with URI (none)" and
"No kernel was found. the installation may have failed."
tried:
- 64-bit in stead of 32-bit iso-image
- plain 10GB file instead of logical volume
- full instead of para
The log in /var/log/xen/domain-builder-ng.log only says  that
loader-probe fails because the kernel isn't a bzImage.
Up till 11.4 i used to create xen-image on the fly this way.
Any suggestions?
Hans

Hans Witvliet

James Oakley

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