From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QZkgG-0007UU-KF for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:14:52 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 530FA1C075; Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:11:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svr-us4.tirtonadi.com (unknown [69.65.43.212]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 190891C08E for ; Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:11:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ey0-f181.google.com ([209.85.215.181]) by svr-us4.tirtonadi.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QZkd9-003EMq-Dd for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Thu, 23 Jun 2011 21:11:39 +0700 Received: by eyh5 with SMTP id 5so703925eyh.40 for ; Thu, 23 Jun 2011 07:11:33 -0700 (PDT) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.14.14.95 with SMTP id c71mr441191eec.61.1308838293619; Thu, 23 Jun 2011 07:11:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.14.99.67 with HTTP; Thu, 23 Jun 2011 07:11:33 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1308827918.71397.15.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <48478426.vrnISNt4Jx@eve> <1308827918.71397.15.camel@localhost.localdomain> Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 21:11:33 +0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT virtual stuff] gentoo vm appliance From: Pandu Poluan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - svr-us4.tirtonadi.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.gentoo.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - poluan.info X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: e2482a43906fb9b336fc292e255cc256 On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 18:18, Albert Hopkins wrot= e: > > On Thursday, June 23 at 09:54 (+0200), Joost Roeleveld said: > > > > Any such program to build XenServer appliances (.xva) ? > > > > Shouldn't it work similarly? > > Eg. start an appliance and install using the stage4? > > > > I use Xen directly and as long as I can create and fill the partitions > > for the > > VM, any "creation" tool should work. > > > Yes the stage4 should work similarly. =C2=A0However Pandu was asking abou= t > building ".xva" which I know nothing about, unless an .xva is similar > to/same as a stage4 (I have no idea)? Um, an ".xva" is more like a qcow2 file. With Citrix' XenCenter, all I have to do is "import" the xva, and XenServer automagically creates a VM with a specified RAM, specified storage, specified cores, etc. Of course these settings (RAM, storage, cores) can be modified post-import, but usually xva-makers already set the settings to the recommended minimum. So, it saves the xva users from planning stage :-) Plus, xva-packaged appliances are usually already configured to run in PV-mode, thus giving the highest performance over XenServer. Rgds, -- Pandu E Poluan ~ IT Optimizer ~ Visit my Blog: http://pepoluan.posterous.com Google Talk:=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 pepoluan Y! messenger: pepoluan MSN / Live:=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 pepoluan@hotmail.com (do not send= email here) Skype:=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 pe= poluan More on me:=C2=A0=C2=A0My LinkedIn Account=C2=A0 My Facebook Account