[one-users] managing images
anoop Lekshmanan
anpl1980 at gmail.com
Tue Feb 1 05:02:14 PST 2011
Hi,
Thanks for the reply.
So Target can be any name like hda1 sda1 etc right?
You mean "virtualDiskFilePath" is a blank disk created on Node using dd
command
or is it the .img created uisng virt-install.
Thanks,
Anoop
On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 6:10 PM, <Daniel.MOLDOVAN at cs.utcluj.ro> wrote:
> Hy,
> The target is the virtual target for the virtual disk. I have no used the
> images repository until now and i am using KVM so i'm not entirely sure
> what DISK types XEN supports . However, this might be useful so : using an
> already existing virtual machine virtual disk i declare
>
> DISK = [
> type = disk,
> clone=no,
> size =4096,
> format = ext3,
> source= "virtualDiskFilePath",
> target = hda,
> readonly = "no"
> ]
> . Then, i have in the OS section
> OS = [
> boot = hd,
> ROOT = hda
> ]
> Note that hda is just the target inside the virtual machine.
>
> And for booting a XEN kernel located on the Host computer, NOT in the
> virtual machine, use
> OS = [
> boot = hd,
> ROOT = hda,
> kernel = "/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-server",
> initrd = "/boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-22-server",
> ]
> where "boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-server" should be replaced by the path to
> your kernel and its name,
> as shown in http://opennebula.org/documentation:rel2.0:template OS
> section.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Regards
>
> În Mar, Februarie 1, 2011 1:16 pm, anoop Lekshmanan a scris:
> > Thanks Daniel.
> >
> >
> > I have Xen installed and XenDom0 running on a node and I have
> > successfully connected to the Node.
> >
> > ID NAME CLUSTER RVM TCPU FCPU ACPU TMEM FMEM
> > STAT
> > 0 node-0 default 0 400 395 400
> > 7.9G 1024K off
> > 1 node1 default 0 400 398 400
> > 7.9G 7.2G on
> >
> >
> > I have created an image template of CentOS DVD ISO:
> > NAME = "CentOS 5.5 Base"
> > PATH = /opt/cloud/one/images/CentOS-5.5-x86_64-bin-DVD-1of2.iso
> > PUBLIC = YES
> > DESCRIPTION = "CentOS 5.5 for testing"
> >
> >
> > Then registered the template and oneimage lsited it:
> >
> >
> > oneimage list ID USER NAME TYPE REGTIME
> > PUB PER STAT
> > #VMS
> > 1 oneadmin CentOS 5.5 Base OS Jan 31, 2011 11:14 Yes No
> > rdy 0
> >
> > I have created vnet using onevnet with name LAN2.
> >
> >
> > Now I am trying to start a VM on the node using this image.
> >
> >
> > I have created the vm template as:
> >
> >
> > CPU = 1
> > MEMORY = 2056
> >
> >
> > DISK = [ image = "CentOS 5.5 Base" ]
> >
> >
> > DISK = [ type = swap,
> > size = 3072 ]
> >
> > #swap of 3 GB
> > DISK = [ type = swap,
> > size = 3072 ] #/ root file system of 10 GB
> >
> >
> > DISK = [ TYPE = fs,
> > SIZE = 10240,
> > FORMAT = ext3,
> > SAVE = yes,
> > TARGET = ? ]
> > NIC = [ NETWORK = "LAN2" ]
> >
> >
> > GRAPHICS = [type="vnc",listen="0.0.0.0",port="1"]
> >
> >
> > What could be the Target, I have /vm on hda3 ( not a separate partition
> > but / of my Xen Host)
> > I am trying to have a 10 GB / mount and 3 GB swap space. How can I set
> the
> > rest like kernel etc....
> >
> > I have no idea how to create the disk, I have no separate partitions for
> > Xen guest, partitions I have are / /boot and swap. I have a /vm
> > directory for keeping Guests. Should I re-instal the machine with
> > separate /vm partition?
> >
> > I am stuck on this for some time. It would be great if some one can help
> > me.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Anoop
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 12:42 PM, <Daniel.MOLDOVAN at cs.utcluj.ro> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Hello,
> >> Look at http://www.opennebula.org/documentation:rel2.0:template . And
> >> depending on your needs you can create both swap partitions and disk and
> >> so on. You need at least one boot partition which is the root for the
> >> OS
> >> in the case you are using KVM. For XEN you can use a kernel located on
> >> the host to boot the VM. Regarding the disk concepts,think at each disk
> >> as a separate storage drive, depending on the storage type(cdrom, disk,
> >> swap, etc).
> >>
> >> P.S. Is ONE not ON :P
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> În Lun, Ianuarie 31, 2011 10:27 pm, anoop Lekshmanan a scris:
> >>
> >>> Thanks Nikolay.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> One more question, on deploying like this how can I choose/customize
> >>> disk for thus deployed VMs like /, swap, boot etc. I had gone through
> >>> ON
> >>> docs, but I dont understand the disk concepts, should we create
> >> partitions
> >>> /,swap,
> >>> boot on the node for VM. What does Target means, should we create
> >>> target partitions before running the deploy commands.
> >>>
> >>> Sorry for bothering you, I am totally confused on this part.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Anoop
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 1:42 AM, <knawnd at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> anoop Lekshmanan wrote on 31/01/11 23:04:
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi Nikolay,
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks!
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I have used the registered image with VM template but on onevm
> >>>>> create template-name the vm state continues be on pending.
> >>>>>
> >>>> To run VM it needs to be deployed apart from creating VM
> >>>> $ onevm deploy <VM_id> <Host_id>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> VM_id is virtual machine id (specified in first column on 'onevm
> >>>> list') Host_id is registered in ON host id ('onehost list') E.g.
> >>>> $ onevm deploy 9 3
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Hope it helps,
> >>>> Nikolay.
> >>>>
> >>>>
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