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Check full-virtualization support on CPU ># egrep -c '(vmx|svm)' /proc/cpuinfo Install KVM ># sudo apt-get install qemu-kvm libvirt-bin ubuntu-vm-builder bridge-utils virt-manager Verify Installation ># virsh list Install guest OS using virt-manager * used the ISO file for the installation ># virt-manager Accessing the guest OS via console ># vim /etc/init/ttyS0.conf Enable real-network on the g..

name = "xptemplate" uuid = "4d9f36dd-ea42-4a08-afd3-3546b24edbfe" maxmem = 1024 memory = 512 vcpus = 1 builder = "hvm" kernel = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader" boot = "c" pae = 1 acpi = 0 apic = 0 localtime = 0 on_poweroff = "destroy" on_reboot = "restart" on_crash = "restart" device_model = "/usr/lib64/xen/bin/qemu-dm" sdl = 0 vnc = 1 vncunused = 1 keymap = "en-us" #disk = [ "file:/mnt/vine_data/..

Xen ># xm vcpu-list ># xm vcpu-pin green1 0-2 KVM ># taskset 0x00000003 qemu-system-x86_64 -hda green1.img -m 2048 ># ps -eo pid,comm | grep qemu 7532 qemu-system-x86 Current affinity mask ># taskset -p 7532 List current affinity list ># taskset -c -p 7532 Modify an already running KVM process ># taskset -p 0x00000001 7532 Can I using virsh command to pin core in KVM?? References 1. Pinning KVM,..

Here is a manual way to configure para-virtulized driver for network in KVM. Missing virtio option. ># virsh shutdown green15 ># virsh dumpxml green15 > green15.xml Edit the green15.xml and add the following line ># virsh define green15.xml ># virsh start green15 Testing green15># netserver remote># netperf -H green15 -l 20 -f K References 1. KVM, Virt-manager and virtio, http://www.linux-archiv..

># dd if=/dev/zero bs=1M count=4096 >> root.img ># e2fsck -f root.img ># resize2fs root.img ># xm create green10.cfg ># xm console green10 ># df -h References 1. Howto: Resize Xen Loop Disk Image, http://mediakey.dk/~cc/howto-resize-xen-loop-disk-image/

OS (infi8): Ubuntu 9.04 64-bit VMware (ubuntu) : Ubuntu 9.04 (32-bit) If these two files were in the http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/linux-2.6 repository, then I would have to do the hard way, but it seems I don't have much choice. So here is the steps. linux-modules-2.6.26-2-xen-686_2.6.26-15_i386.deb sudo dpkg -i linux-image-2.6.26-2-xen-686_2.6.26-15_i386.deb From the vmware ># wget ..

OS: Ubuntu 9.04 server (64-bit) Installing Xen on Ubuntu 9.04 ># apt-get install ubuntu-xen-server 1. Get the xen binary packages from the following web sites: * It seems that the package is no longer exists in the ftp server (2011/02/23) ># wget http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-modules-2.6.26-2-xen-amd64_2.6.26-21_amd64.deb ># wget http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/..