Category Archives: Virtualization

select the virtual machine you want to add sound to (the machine should not be powered on, if it is, shut down). commands–add Hardware– “Sound Adapter”–Auto Detect/“Connect at power on” Power on your machine and login. If you have VMware … Continue reading →

感觉其未来在于其可靠高效的管理工具，而不是虚拟化本身。其核心如此之小，内嵌在主板上也不是没有可能。芯片商已对此动心。也就是说，可能总有一天，用户会感觉不到虚拟化的存在。买来一台这样的机器，开机就可以运行n个系统。 而管理却是另一码事，如果你有几十上百上千台虚拟的服务器，安全，高效，可靠就是核心，决不会大意。所以，谁的管理支撑做的靠谱，谁就有未来。

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To create a new guest OS is easy too, the configurations are done by a wizard. And all of them can be changed later. Before you power on your new VM, make sure the console plug-in for your browser has … Continue reading →

WMware server 2 is a free guest OS virtualization server. That means, it is an entry level product. Better use it on a powerful PC, why not Virtualbox3.0? Yeah, Virtualbox3.0 is small, small and powerful, it can do a better … Continue reading →

install nfs server mount -o loop /home/y/study/vm/CentOS/CentOS-5.3-i386-bin-DVD.iso /home/y/study/vm/cd virt-install –paravirt –name centos5vm1 –vcpus 2 –ram 256 -f /home/vm/centos5/centos5webvm1.img -s 9.15 -l nfs://192.168.122.1:/home/yong/study/vm/cd –check-cpu virt-manager–>new–>…installation source URL: nfs://192.168.122.1:/home/yong/study/vm/cd–>… for domainU, make sure the iso image has been xenlized.:)

http://virt-manager.et.redhat.com/ For Ubuntu:sudo apt-get install python-virtinst virt-viewer virt-manager virt-top http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-compile-virt-df-virt-top-virt-mem-virt-ctrl-on-debian-lenny bug:Unable to open connection to hypervisor URI ‘xen:///’: to fix: gedit /etc/xen/xend-config.sxp xend-unix-server yes ##xend-http-server yes (there are two more items should be enabled if this item is checked, beware … Continue reading →

The very easy way(but doesn’t work for 32bit pv?):        synapic—>linux-image-****-virtual/ubuntu-xen-desktop/server/xen 3.3…   2. The geek way (the result is same:)): Install a Kernel Dom0 that works:        First download Debian kernels: linux-image-2.6.26-2-xen-686_2.6.26-15_i386.deb from here:        Kernel: http://packages.debian.org/lenny/i386/linux-image-2.6.26-2-xen-686/download        Modules: … Continue reading →

Virtualization types: Level3, Guest OS: Virtualbox, VMware server/workstation/player Level2, HVM (bare metal): Full HVM: VMware ESX, XEN/XENserver,KVM(unmodified OS) Paravirtualization: XEN(modified OS),UML(unmodified OS, hosted) The Xen hypervisor is the basic abstraction layer of software that sits directly on the                          hardware … Continue reading →

Virtuabox "wires" the guest’s NICs to the switch when the guests use same network ID name. You can use DHCP or assign a static IP address for the NICs. With internal networking, you can build a "real" virtual LAN by … Continue reading →