Xen: Create dom0

From Ece

• Use kickstart cd with option "centos5_dom0"
• Server config after kickstart
  • disable CentOS repos
    • /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo
      • add enabled=0 to each section
  • enable xen kernel
    • /boot/grub/menu.lst
      • change default=# of xen kernel
  • disable tls (threaded local storage)
    • mv /lib/tls /lib/tls.disabled
  • create partitions for xen domU
    • fdisk /dev/sdX
      • define new partitions
      • write partition table
• reboot server
• login to server (now in xen dom0 mode)

pvcreate /dev/sdXN
vgcreate VGNAME /dev/sdXN
lvcreate -l 100%VG -n SERVERNAME VGNAME

• ssh with x11 forwarding and start virt-manager to create a domU
  • System name: Server name
  • Paravirtualized
  • Install media URL: http://install.ece.msstate.edu/dist/CentOS/5/base/x86_64
  • Kickstart URL: http://install.ece.msstate.edu/kickstart/CentOS/5/ks.cfg
  • Normal Disk Partition: /dev/VolGroup01/SERVERNAME
  • Shared Physical Device
• Pause VM when it starts to boot
• Set static IP in DHCP
• Unpause VM
• Be sure to turn off ckpatch

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