The following command are supported:
+ - help
- pause
- unpause
- destroy
- - suspend <file>
- - suspend live <file>
- - restore <file>
+ - start
+ - suspend file=<file>
+ - suspend file=<file> live=true
+ - restore file=<file>
- checkpoint <file>
- shutdown
- restart
= Running with xen-unstable
It's possible to run with xen-unstable directly, but you need the
-qemu-dm-wrapper script and xenguest binary in /opt/xensource/bin/.
-They are available in ocaml/xenguest/xenguest and scripts/qemu-dm-wrapper
-in the api.hg repository. For people that can't build ocaml tools,
-you can get the binary/script on some testings machines, but be careful about
-architecture, and out-of-date-ness.
+qemu-dm-wrapper script and xenguest binary in /usr/bin/.
+They are available in xenguest/xenguest and scripts/qemu-dm-wrapper
+in the toolstack.git repository.
And you need to replace your udev rules by the one available in
scripts/xen-backend.rules and scripts/xen-frontend.rules and add the
Also note that since xen-unstable doesn't have the dm-ready patch,
hvm domain takes unfortunately a substantial time (around 20s.) to start.
-On a rio build, xenvm should be ready out-of-the-box
-
= Example of config
-PV config with one LVM disk and one VIF :
+PV config with one LVM disk called 'test' and one VIF :
----8<----
uuid = 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001
kernel = /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-xenU
cmdline = root=/dev/sda1 ro
memory = 64
-disk = /dev/VG_XenStorage-8cbac5b8-edeb-b04b-d455-e08e07ec3088/test:phy:sda:w:disk
+disk = /dev/vg/test:phy:sda:w:disk
vif =
----8<----
-HVM config for installing a win2k3.. iso :
+HVM config for installing a windows 2k3 from iso on a LVM disk called 'testhvm':
----8<----
uuid = 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000002
hvm = true
memory = 256
-disk = /dev/VG_XenStorage-8cbac5b8-edeb-b04b-d455-e08e07ec3088/testhvm:phy:hda:w:disk
+disk = /dev/vg/testhvm:phy:hda:w:disk
disk = /var/opt/xen/iso_import/w2k3eesp2.iso:file:hdd:r:cdrom
boot = dc
-pae = false
-acpi = false
-apic = false
+pae = true
+acpi = true
+apic = true
----8<----