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Xen Express + Jumpbox <> 15 minutes to heaven?Submitted by microchip on Wed, 01/02/2008 - 3:50pm.Ok, so I grabbed a free server, threw Xen Express which is the free version of the commercial Xen product on it, and thought all I would have to do is open up XenCenter and import the .xen file, but no, that's for importing .xva. I was really hoping I could get Jumpboxes up and running whizbang fast on Xen. Any help? Thanks! |
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Just FYI, I have done this
Just FYI, I have done this procedure now on several jumpboxes that we wanted to test and it has worked flawlessly every time.
MC
Just FYI, I have done this
Thats great to hear. I am assuming you have done this with the more recent JumpBoxes? The ones with the 10GB data disk? We haven't made any disk related changes since then.
I am glad it is working for you.
Austin
I figured it out...
Ok, download VMWare's free P2V tool, VMWare converter. Convert the Jumpbox from Standalone Virtual Machine to Standalone Virtual Machine, only change you need to make is to fully create the disks, because the Jumpboxes are created with expanding disks, and v2xva doesn't like that. Also ignore the error that it can't configure the VM, because it can't.
Next run v2xva on the new VM.
Then open XenCenter and import the VM as a Xen Appliance V1 (oma.xml).
Lastly, in XenCenter you need to add a network interface, for some reason it doesn't convert. Then fire it up and boom, Joomla Jumpbox running fine on XenExpress.
If anybody wants more details let me know. I'm going to test out the process again using one or two more Jumpboxes and see how it goes.
MC
I figured it out...
Awesome! Good work. This is all on windows right? I only found a v2xva for windows, which rains on my parade a bit but is vastly better then nothing.
Austin
Yes, you have to run both
Yes, you have to run both the vmware converter and v2xva on windows, I did it on my dell laptop. The whole process took maybe 30 minutes total.
Good luck!
MC
Xen Express + Jumpbox <> 15 minutes to heaven?
I share your dream Mr Chip but sadly Xen Express and the rest of the commercial Xen products have brought me some sadness. Our Xen support is currently targeted at the Open Source version of Xen and so far tested on Xen 3.1 in Fedora 8. The commercial Xen world is a bit in a bit of a jumble at the moment due to the Citrix acquisition and we are kind of waiting to see how that flushes out. For the time being you might look into this v2xva tool and try and convert it. If I get a chance I may try myself, but I don't have a Xen Express install available. If you try it, I would love to know how it works out, maybe your equation will turn out to be:
Austin