Virtualisation

Processes and configurations concerning servervirtualisation in the open-sharedroot cluster can be found here.

Hostdependent parts for using Xen

This document describes the parts needing to be hostdependent when using Xen on an open-sharedroot cluster.

syslinux PXE Configuration for booting XEN Hosts via Network

This page describes the settings for getting XEN Hosts to boot from the network.

How can you restart reconfigure virtual bridges?

How can you restart reconfigure network bridges?

[RedHat] What is the virbr?

What is the virtual bridge virbr[0-9]+ found on RedHat based systems?

[RedHat] How to configure the RedHat Cluster Manger to manage virtual machines

This document describes how to configure the RedHat Cluster Manger to manage virtual machines. This is relevant for RedHat based systems.

[XEN] Xen and clockdrifts or why does the clock stop after live migration

This document describes the problems with stopping of the DomU clock after live migration. It is only valid for XEN virtualization.

Pings and other networkconnections time out after live migration

Depending on the setup of the virtual machines and client settings it might happen that the connection times out. Read here on more information. THIS FAQ ENTRY IS NOT EXACTLY THE OPTIMAL WAY AND NEEDS TO BE REWORKED BUT IT CAN BE USED AS PROOF-OF-CONCEPT

InstallingXenParaVirtualizedSLC4

 

Online book on virtualization

 

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