Difference between revisions of "GSP Virtualisation with Xen"
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* Get the latest XenCenter 6.1 (download the XenServer 6.1 install CD ISO and extract the [http://stal.nikhef.nl/mirror/XenServer/XenServer6.1.0/client_install/XenCenter.msi XenCenter.MSI] from it or the XE CLI) | * Get the latest XenCenter 6.1 (download the XenServer 6.1 install CD ISO and extract the [http://stal.nikhef.nl/mirror/XenServer/XenServer6.1.0/client_install/XenCenter.msi XenCenter.MSI] from it or the XE CLI) | ||
* ALWAYS upgrade the master first, WITHOUT putting it in maintenance mode | * ALWAYS upgrade the master first, WITHOUT putting it in maintenance mode | ||
| − | * | + | * Unpack all of the XCP-1.6-61809c.iso file and put it up on a [http://stal.nikhef.nl/mirror/XenServer/XCP16/install/ web site] |
| + | * Create an upgrade XML file and put it on a web site as well, e.g. [http://stal.nikhef.nl/cfg/XCP16up.xml XCP16up.xml] | ||
| + | * Install PXE linux, and make sure the mboot.c32 and pxelinux.0 file belong together. Create a PXE config file as | ||
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| + | default xenserver | ||
| + | label xenserver | ||
| + | kernel mboot.c32 | ||
| + | append XCP16/xen.gz dom0_max_vcpus=2 dom0_mem=752M com1=115200,8n1 console=com1,vga --- XCP16/vmlinuz xencons=hvc console=hvc0 console=tty0 answerfile=http://194.171.97.240/cfg/XCP16up.xml install --- XCP16/install.img | ||
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| + | * on Dell IDRAC systems you can force PXE boot on next boot, by doring the following TWICE (that's an iDRAC bug): | ||
| + | ipmitool -H <hostname>.ipmi.nikhef.nl -U root chassis bootparam set bootflag pxe | ||
| + | ipmitool -H <hostname>.ipmi.nikhef.nl -U root chassis bootparam set bootflag pxe | ||
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| + | * boot to install/upgrade | ||
| + | ln -sf XCP16-install.cfg `hexaddrbyname vms-sec-01.inst.ipmi.nikhef.nl` | ||
| + | * reset to disk via obvious | ||
| + | ipmitool -H <hostname>.ipmi.nikhef.nl -U root chassis bootparam set bootflag disk | ||
| + | * also reset the PXE | ||
| + | ln -sf localboot.cfg `hexaddrbyname vms-sec-01.inst.ipmi.nikhef.nl` | ||
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