Latest revision as of 19:07, 25 March 2009

Virtuatopia - Welcome to The World of Virtualization

Virtuatopia is a new and rapidly growing on-line resource providing extensive information relating to the topic of virtualization technology. Virtuatopia includes on-line books, tutorials and problem solutions covering a wide range of virtualization solutions and is intended to be of use to enterprise, small business and home users alike.

Virtuatopia On-line Virtualization Books

	Xen Virtualization Essentials is an online book which takes a practical approach to learning about and deploying Xen based virtualization solutions. The book covers a wide range of Xen virtualization related topics including the creation and configuration of both paravirtualized and HVM guests, and the ongoing configuration and maintenance of the virtualized environment. Read this book>>
	VMware Server 2.0 Essentials is an online book intended as both a learning resource and reference guide designed to be of use to new and experienced VMware Server users alike. Comprising 20 chapters of detailed information, the book covers a wide range of topics relating to this entry level virtualization solution. Read this book>>
	Virtuatopia.com's Hyper-V Essentials on-line book covers the installation, deployment and management of virtualized infrastructures using Microsoft Hyper-V technology. Included in this publication are chapters on creating and configuring virtual machines, Hyper-V architecture, virtual network configuration, Hyper-V Integration Services, remote access, the Hyper-V Manager and much more. Read this book>>
	The VMM 2008 Essentials on-line book covers the installation, deployment and management of virtualized infrastructures using Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 (VMM 2008), including an overview of the VMM 2008 architecture, the VMM Administrator Console, creation of virtual machine templates, deploying Self-Service Portals, configuring VMM Libraries and performing both P2V and V2V conversions. Read this book>>
	Coming Soon - Scheduled for completion in March 2009, VirtualBox 2 Essentials is a new on-line book designed to cover the installation, deployment and management of virtual machines using Sun Microsystems xVM VirtualBox 2.1. Track our Progress>>

Virtualization Tutorials

• Installing and Running Windows 7 as a Xen HVM domainU Guest
• Installing and Running Windows XP or Vista as a Xen HVM domainU Guest
• Virtualizing Windows Server 2008 with Xen
• CentOS 5 - Build a Custom Xen Kernel with NFS Root Filesystem (CONFIG_ROOT_NFS) Support
• Building a Xen Virtual Guest Filesystem on a Disk Image by Cloning the Host System
• Building a Xen Virtual Guest Filesystem on a Physical Disk Partition by Cloning the Host System
• Building a Xen Guest Root Filesystem using yum and rpm
• Building a Debian or Ubuntu Xen Guest Root Filesystem using debootstrap
• All Tutorials....

Virtualization Problem Solutions

• Windows Vista Crashes in VMware Server 2.0 with STOP:0x0000008E Error
• Windows Server 2008 does not recognize VMware Server Network Adaptor
• Windows Server 2008 Xen HVM installation fails - Firmware (BIOS) is not ACPI compatible
• Xen mouse pointer appears in the wrong position in VNC console
• Xen domainU Guest has an IP address on 192.168.122 subnet instead of the subnet to which the domain0 host belongs
• Ubuntu DomainU Fails to boot with "Error: Device 0 (vif) could not be connected. Could not find bridge, and none was specified".
• Ubuntu Xen Guest (DomU) Hangs after EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode message
• Ubuntu Xen System Boot Hangs After Setting System Clock Message
• Xen domainU fails to boot with a "Xen Guest OS Fails to Boot with Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)" error message
• A Xen Guest OS fails to boot with a "switchroot: mount failed: No such file or directory error message" error message.
• Xen CentOS/Fedora/Red Hat Guest OS Hangs During Boot
• Xen domainU Boot Fails with Invalid kernel / ERROR: Not a Xen-ELF image Message
• Xen guest domainU migration fails with Error: can't connect: No route to host message

Virtualization Quick How To Guides

VirtualBox

• How to Convert a Xen Guest to VirtualBox

VMware Server

• How to Convert a VMware Pre-allocated Virtual Disk to a Growable Virtual Disk
• How to Reduce the Size of a VMware Server 2.0 Virtual Disk
• How to Increase the Size of a VMware Server 2.0 Virtual Disk
• How to Copy Files To and From a VMware Server Virtual Machine Guest
• How to Control VMware Virtual Machines from the Command-Line using vmrun
• How to Remotely Rename and Delete Files in a VMware Virtual Machine Guest
• How to Remotely Create and Delete Directories in a VMware Virtual Machine Guest
• How to Remotely Run, List and Kill Programs Running in a VMware Virtual Machine

KVM

• How to run Windows XP on Linux using KVM
• How to run Windows Server 2008 on Linux using KVM

Xen

• How to display Xen boot and runtime messages
• How to add a CDROM or DVD drive to a running Xen domainU guest