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About Xen Virtualization Essentials
- What is Virtualization?
- Why is Virtualization Important?
An Overview of Virtualization Techniques
- Guest Operating System Virtualization
- Shared Kernel Virtualization
- Kernel Level Virtualization
- Hypervisor Virtualization
- Paravirtualization
- Full Virtualization
- Hardware Virtualization
Configuring and Installing a Xen Hardware Virtual Machine (HVM) domainU Guest
- Checking Hardware Support for Xen Hardware Virtual Machines (HVM)
- Preparing to Install a Xen HVM domainU Guest
- Creating a Xen HVM Configuration File
- Booting the HVM Guest
- Connecting to the HVM domainU Guest Graphical Console
Installing and Running Windows XP or Vista as a Xen HVM domainU Guest
- Pre-Requisites for Installing a Windows Xen Guest
- Preparing to Install Windows
- Preparing the Windows XP / Windows Vista for Xen HVM Installation
- Configuring the Xen Windows Guest Configuration File
- Starting the Xen Windows HVM Guest
Virtualizing Windows Server 2008 with Xen
- Requirements for Xen Windows Server 2008 Virtualization
- Windows Server 2008 Installation Media
- Preparing Storage Space for Windows Server 2008
- Creating the Xen Windows Server 2008 Configuration File
- Starting the Xen Windows Server 2008 HVM Guest
Installing and Running Windows 7 as a Xen HVM domainU Guest
- Requirements for Xen Windows 7 Virtualization
- Windows 7 Installation Media
- Preparing Storage Space for Windows 7
- Creating the Xen Windows 7 Configuration File
- Starting the Xen Windows 7 HVM Guest
Adding USB Devices to a Xen HVM domainU Guest
- Identifying USB Devices on the Xen Host System
- A Trick to Identify the Correct USB Device
- Adding the New USB Device to the Xen domainU Configuration File
- Temporarily Adding a USB Device to a running Xen HVM Guest
Building a Xen Virtual Guest Filesystem on a Disk Image (Cloning Host System)
- Xen Requirements
- Creating a Disk Image for the Root Filesystem
- Creating a Swap Space Disk Image
- Cloning the Host OS on the Guest Domain
- Creating a Xen Configuration File
- Configuring System Files for the Guest Operating System
- Modifying /etc/fstab for the Guest System
- Booting the Guest OS
- Xen Guest Boot Problems
Building a Xen Virtual Guest Filesystem on a Physical Disk Partition (Cloning Host System)
- An Overview of the Xen Host and Guest Physical Disks
- Preparing the Xen Disk Partitions
- Creating the a Filesystem on the Xen Guest Root Partition
- Configuring the Swap Partition for the Xen Guest System
- Mounting the Root Filesystem
- Cloning the Host OS on the Guest Root Partition
- Creating a Xen Configuration File
- Configuring System Files for the Guest Operating System
- Modifying /etc/fstab for the Guest System
- Booting the Guest OS
- Xen Guest Boot Problems
Building a Xen Virtual Guest Filesystem using Logical Volume Management (LVM)
- The Key Components of Logical Volume Management
- Preparing for an LVM based Xen Guest Domain
- Converting Physical Disks into Physical Volumes
- Creating a Volume Group
- Creating a Logical Volume for the Xen Guest System
- Creating a Filesystem on the Logical Volume
- Configuring the Swap Partition for the Xen Guest System
- Mounting the Root Filesystem
- Cloning the Host OS on the Guest Root Partition
- Creating a Xen Configuration File
- Configuring System Files for the Guest Operating System
- Modifying /etc/fstab for the Guest System
- Booting the Guest OS
- Xen Guest Boot Problems
Building a Xen Guest Root Filesystem using yum and rpm
- An Overview of Repository Based Installation
- Preparing to Create a Xen Guest Root Filesystem from Repositories
- Beginning the Installation
- Configuring the Guest System using chroot
- Booting the Xen Guest System
- Xen Guest Boot Problems
Building a Debian or Ubuntu Xen Guest Root Filesystem using debootstrap
- Creating the Xen Guest Root Filesystem
- Creating Swap for the Xen Guest Domain
- Installing the Base Ubuntu/Debian System using debootstrap
- Configuring the root Password
- Creating a Configuration File for the Guest Domain
- Configuring System Files for the Guest Operating System
- Modifying /etc/fstab for the Guest System
- Booting the Guest OS
- Xen Guest Boot Problems
Building a Xen Guest Domain using Xen-Tools
- Getting Xen-Tools
- Configuring Xen-Tools
- Specifiy Xen-Tools Installation Location
- Specifying the Xen-Tools Installation Source and Method
- Configuring Disk Space and Memory for the Xen Guest
- Choosing a Linux Distribution
- Configuring Xen Guest Network Options
- Configuring the Kernel and RAM Disk
- Defining the Installation Source
- Miscellaneous Settings Xen-Tools Configuration
- Xen Guest Console Settings
- Options Disk Drive Device Naming
- Building the Xen Guest Images
- Booting the Xen Guest System
Using QEMU Disk Images for Xen DomainU Systems
- Creating a QEMU Disk Image for the Xen domainU
- Installing the Guest Operating System
- Configuring the Guest Operating System for Xen
- Mounting QEMU Disk Image Partitions
- pyGRUB and the Xen Configuration File
- Booting the Xen domainU System
Creating and Booting a Xen Guest domainU using an NFS Mounted Root Filesystem
- Kernel Requirements for NFS based Root Filesystems
- Populating the Root Filesystem
- Exporting and Mounting the Xen Guest Root Filesystem
- Creating the Xen Configuration File for the NFS Root Filesystem
- Booting the Xen domainU
Configuring a VNC based Graphical Console for a Xen Paravirtualized domainU Guest
- What is VNC?
- VNC Security
- Configuring a Xen domainU for VNC Access
- Connecting to the Guest Desktop using VNC Viewer
- Starting a Graphical Desktop on the Xen domainU Guest
- Establishing a Secure Remote Desktop Session
Running and Connecting to VNC Servers on a Xen Guest (domainU) System
- Installing VNC on the Xen domainU Guest
- Creating Xen domainU VNC Desktop Sessions
- Connecting to a Xen domainU Remote Desktop
- Configuring the Xen domainU Desktop Environment
- Closing Down a domainU VNC Desktop Session
Adding Disk, CDROM and DVD Devices to a Running Xen domainU Guest System
- Requirements for Xen domainU Block Device Attachment
- An Overview of xm block-attach
- Attaching a Device to a domainU Guest
- Mounting the Device in the domainU Guest
- Detaching a Device from the domainU Guest
Xen Monitoring Tools and Techniques
- Why Monitor a Xen Environment?
- Obtaining Xen Configuration and System Information
- Monitoring Xen Performance with XenMon
- Monitoring Performance with XenTop
Migrating Xen domainU Guests Between Host Systems
- Requirements for Xen domainU Migration
- Enabling Xen Guest Migration
- Xen Migration Firewall Configuration
- Preparing the Xen Migration Environment
- Running the DomainU Guest
- Performing the Migration
- Checking the Xen Log for Migration Errors
Solving Common Xen Problems

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+# [[About Xen Virtualization Essentials]]
+#* [[About Xen Virtualization Essentials|What is Virtualization?]]
+#* [[About Xen Virtualization Essentials|Why is Virtualization Important?]]<br><br>
+# [[An Overview of Virtualization Techniques]]
+#* [[An Overview of Virtualization Techniques|Guest Operating System Virtualization]]
+#* [[An Overview of Virtualization Techniques|Shared Kernel Virtualization]]
+#* [[An Overview of Virtualization Techniques|Kernel Level Virtualization]]
+#* [[An Overview of Virtualization Techniques|Hypervisor Virtualization]]
+#* [[An Overview of Virtualization Techniques|Paravirtualization]]
+#* [[An Overview of Virtualization Techniques|Full Virtualization]]
+#* [[An Overview of Virtualization Techniques|Hardware Virtualization]]<br><br>
+# [[Configuring and Installing a Xen Hardware Virtual Machine (HVM) domainU Guest]]
+#* [[Configuring and Installing a Xen Hardware Virtual Machine (HVM) domainU Guest|Checking Hardware Support for Xen Hardware Virtual Machines (HVM)]]
+#* [[Configuring and Installing a Xen Hardware Virtual Machine (HVM) domainU Guest|Preparing to Install a Xen HVM domainU Guest]]
+#* [[Configuring and Installing a Xen Hardware Virtual Machine (HVM) domainU Guest|Creating a Xen HVM Configuration File]]
+#* [[Configuring and Installing a Xen Hardware Virtual Machine (HVM) domainU Guest|Booting the HVM Guest]]
+#* [[Configuring and Installing a Xen Hardware Virtual Machine (HVM) domainU Guest|Connecting to the HVM domainU Guest Graphical Console]]<br><br>
+# [[Installing and Running Windows XP or Vista as a Xen HVM domainU Guest]]
+#* [[Installing and Running Windows XP or Vista as a Xen HVM domainU Guest|Pre-Requisites for Installing a Windows Xen Guest]]
+#* [[Installing and Running Windows XP or Vista as a Xen HVM domainU Guest|Preparing to Install Windows]]
+#* [[Installing and Running Windows XP or Vista as a Xen HVM domainU Guest|Preparing the Windows XP / Windows Vista for Xen HVM Installation]]
+#* [[Installing and Running Windows XP or Vista as a Xen HVM domainU Guest|Configuring the Xen Windows Guest Configuration File]]
+#* [[Installing and Running Windows XP or Vista as a Xen HVM domainU Guest|Starting the Xen Windows HVM Guest]]<br><br>
+# [[Virtualizing Windows Server 2008 with Xen]]
+#* [[Virtualizing Windows Server 2008 with Xen|Requirements for Xen Windows Server 2008 Virtualization]]
+#* [[Virtualizing Windows Server 2008 with Xen|Windows Server 2008 Installation Media]]
+#* [[Virtualizing Windows Server 2008 with Xen|Preparing Storage Space for Windows Server 2008]]
+#* [[Virtualizing Windows Server 2008 with Xen|Creating the Xen Windows Server 2008 Configuration File]]
+#* [[Virtualizing Windows Server 2008 with Xen|Starting the Xen Windows Server 2008 HVM Guest]]<br><br>
+# [[Installing and Running Windows 7 as a Xen HVM domainU Guest]]
+#* [[Installing and Running Windows 7 as a Xen HVM domainU Guest|Requirements for Xen Windows 7 Virtualization]]
+#* [[Installing and Running Windows 7 as a Xen HVM domainU Guest|Windows 7 Installation Media]]
+#* [[Installing and Running Windows 7 as a Xen HVM domainU Guest|Preparing Storage Space for Windows 7]]
+#* [[Installing and Running Windows 7 as a Xen HVM domainU Guest|Creating the Xen Windows 7 Configuration File]]
+#* [[Installing and Running Windows 7 as a Xen HVM domainU Guest|Starting the Xen Windows 7 HVM Guest]]<br><br>
+# [[Adding USB Devices to a Xen HVM domainU Guest]]
+#* [[Adding USB Devices to a Xen HVM domainU Guest|Identifying USB Devices on the Xen Host System]]
+#* [[Adding USB Devices to a Xen HVM domainU Guest|A Trick to Identify the Correct USB Device]]
+#* [[Adding USB Devices to a Xen HVM domainU Guest|Adding the New USB Device to the Xen domainU Configuration File]]
+#* [[Adding USB Devices to a Xen HVM domainU Guest|Temporarily Adding a USB Device to a running Xen HVM Guest]]<br><br>
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 #* [[Creating and Booting a Xen Guest domainU using an NFS Mounted Root Filesystem|Booting the Xen domainU]]<br><br>
+# [[Configuring a VNC based Graphical Console for a Xen Paravirtualized domainU Guest]]
+#* [[Configuring a VNC based Graphical Console for a Xen Paravirtualized domainU Guest|What is VNC?]]
+#* [[Configuring a VNC based Graphical Console for a Xen Paravirtualized domainU Guest|VNC Security]]
+#* [[Configuring a VNC based Graphical Console for a Xen Paravirtualized domainU Guest|Configuring a Xen domainU for VNC Access]]
+#* [[Configuring a VNC based Graphical Console for a Xen Paravirtualized domainU Guest|Connecting to the Guest Desktop using VNC Viewer]]
+#* [[Configuring a VNC based Graphical Console for a Xen Paravirtualized domainU Guest|Starting a Graphical Desktop on the Xen domainU Guest]]
+#* [[Configuring a VNC based Graphical Console for a Xen Paravirtualized domainU Guest|Establishing a Secure Remote Desktop Session]]<br><br>
+# [[Running and Connecting to VNC Servers on a Xen Guest (domainU) System]]
+#* [[Running and Connecting to VNC Servers on a Xen Guest (domainU) System|Installing VNC on the Xen domainU Guest]]
+#* [[Running and Connecting to VNC Servers on a Xen Guest (domainU) System|Creating Xen domainU VNC Desktop Sessions]]
+#* [[Running and Connecting to VNC Servers on a Xen Guest (domainU) System|Connecting to a Xen domainU Remote Desktop]]
+#* [[Running and Connecting to VNC Servers on a Xen Guest (domainU) System|Configuring the Xen domainU Desktop Environment]]
+#* [[Running and Connecting to VNC Servers on a Xen Guest (domainU) System|Closing Down a domainU VNC Desktop Session]]<br><br>
+# [[Adding Disk, CDROM and DVD Devices to a Running Xen domainU Guest System]]
+#* [[Adding Disk, CDROM and DVD Devices to a Running Xen domainU Guest System|Requirements for Xen domainU Block Device Attachment]]
+#* [[Adding Disk, CDROM and DVD Devices to a Running Xen domainU Guest System|An Overview of xm block-attach]]
+#* [[Adding Disk, CDROM and DVD Devices to a Running Xen domainU Guest System|Attaching a Device to a domainU Guest]]
+#* [[Adding Disk, CDROM and DVD Devices to a Running Xen domainU Guest System|Mounting the Device in the domainU Guest]]
+#* [[Adding Disk, CDROM and DVD Devices to a Running Xen domainU Guest System|Detaching a Device from the domainU Guest]]<br><br>
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-# [[Solving Common Xen Boot Problems]]
+# [[Migrating Xen domainU Guests Between Host Systems]]
+#* [[Migrating Xen domainU Guests Between Host Systems|Requirements for Xen domainU Migration]]
+#* [[Migrating Xen domainU Guests Between Host Systems|Enabling Xen Guest Migration]]
+#* [[Migrating Xen domainU Guests Between Host Systems|Xen Migration Firewall Configuration]]
+#* [[Migrating Xen domainU Guests Between Host Systems|Preparing the Xen Migration Environment]]
+#* [[Migrating Xen domainU Guests Between Host Systems|Running the DomainU Guest]]
+#* [[Migrating Xen domainU Guests Between Host Systems|Performing the Migration]]
+#* [[Migrating Xen domainU Guests Between Host Systems|Checking the Xen Log for Migration Errors]]<br><br>
+# [[Solving Common Xen Problems]]
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