Xen Documentation

Here is a list of useful documentation

• Official Red Hat 5.1 manual: http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-5-manual/en-US/RHEL51...
• CentOS version: http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/Virtualization-en-US/
• Xen Wiki: http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenDocs
• A very useful set of notes on messing around wtih VM's and LVM's: http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-xen/2006-November/msg00257.html
• Some other notes relating to RAID + LVM + LUKS + Xen on Debian Etch: http://lxer.com/module/forums/t/24435/
• Basic instructions using virt-install on CentOS 5.0: http://www.howtoforge.com/centos_5.0_xen
• Useful notes using Debian Etch, xen-tools and LVM: http://www.johnandcailin.com/blog/john/setting-xen-your-debian-etch-box
• Running Xen: A Hands-On Guide to the Art of Virtualization: http://www.amazon.com/Running-Xen-Hands-Guide-Virtualization/dp/0132349663

Notes on installing MS Windows under Xen

• How To Xen Windows On CentOS5: http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/HowToXenWindowsOnCentOS5
• Official Red Hat 5.1 manual (above) p.117f
• Red Hat knowledgebase article: http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_108_10987.shtm
• to send a Ctrl-Alt-Del to a console window, press Ctrl 3 times, then Alt-Del

Misc notes about Xen

• If there is not enough memory to start an HVM guest, then it may be because Dom-0 is ballooning and taking all the free memory. It can be set to 1024Mbytes by using: /usr/sbin/xm mem-set Domain-0 1024
• Here is an article about it: http://systembash.com/content/memory-allocation-problems-on-xen-server-fix/
• If the hypervisor console dies, restart it with /usr/sbin/xenconsoled
• The console can then be accessed with: xm console [name of vm]