From c9aff5ca9beec31b12916dd2b179930b660c75e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "mwilli2@equilibrium.research" Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 06:30:49 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] bitkeeper revision 1.1159.1.361 (4189cc99kcfAjah5PwXTNmK_0GONgA) Tweak migration instructions + update ttylinux instructions (we now mirror Tim's modified ttylinux on SF). --- docs/src/user.tex | 20 +++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/src/user.tex b/docs/src/user.tex index 47669ba6e5..0d3a8c04b2 100644 --- a/docs/src/user.tex +++ b/docs/src/user.tex @@ -602,7 +602,9 @@ full-featured distribution once they have mastered the basics. \begin{enumerate} -\item Download the ttylinux disk image from XXX where from? +\item Download and extract the ttylinux disk image from the Files +section of the project's SourceForge site (see {\tt +http://sf.net/projects/xen/}). \item Create a configuration file like the following: \begin{verbatim} kernel = "/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.9-xenU" @@ -611,7 +613,7 @@ name = "ttylinux" cpu = -1 # leave to Xen to pick nics = 1 ip = "1.2.3.4" -disk = ['file:/path/to/ttylinux-disk,sda1,w'] +disk = ['file:/path/to/ttylinux/rootfs,sda1,w'] root = "/dev/sda1 ro" \end{verbatim} \item Now start the domain and connect to its console: @@ -758,12 +760,17 @@ To perform a live migration, both hosts must be running Xen / \xend and the destination host must have sufficient resources (e.g. memory capacity) to accommodate the domain after the move. +Currently, there is no support for providing access to disk +filesystems when a domain is migrated. Administrators should choose +an appropriate storage solution (i.e. SAN, NAS, etc.) to ensure that +domain filesystems are also available on their destination node. + A domain may be migrated using the {\tt xm migrate} command. To -migrate the example ttylinux domain to another machine, we would use +live migrate a domain to another machine, we would use the command: \begin{verbatim} -# xm migrate --live ttylinux destination.ournetwork.com +# xm migrate --live mydomain destination.ournetwork.com \end{verbatim} There will be a delay whilst the domain is moved to the destination @@ -780,11 +787,6 @@ the new machine using the {\tt xm console} command. If a migrated domain has any open network connections then they will be preserved, so SSH connections do not have this limitation. -Currently, there is no support for providing access to disk -filesystems when a domain is migrated. Administrators should choose -an appropriate storage solution (i.e. SAN, NAS, etc.) to ensure that -domain filesystems are also available on their destination node. - \section{Managing domain memory (ballooning and memory limits)} XenLinux domains have the ability to relinquish / reclaim machine -- 2.30.2