Difference between revisions of "GSP Virtualisation with Xen"
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; --start : start the VM after provisioning on any host in the pool | ; --start : start the VM after provisioning on any host in the pool | ||
; --user=s ($xapi_user) : name of the management user, defaults to <tt>root</tt> | ; --user=s ($xapi_user) : name of the management user, defaults to <tt>root</tt> | ||
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| + | == Re-installation of an existing VM == | ||
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| + | To re-install an existing VM, set the bootloader to "eliloader": | ||
| + | xe vm-param-set uuid=7dff5ebc-f348-718e-72d7-850670897469 PV-bootloader=pygrub | ||
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| + | The re-installation uses an ISO from the OS distribution. Use the following command to find out which location is used: | ||
| + | xe vm-param-list uuid=c2f112e8-4a1f-0072-8d5a-99e91d132bac | grep other-config | ||
| + | other-config (MRW): last_shutdown_time: 20121107T16:07:02Z; last_shutdown_action: Restart; last_shutdown_initiator: internal; last_shutdown_reason: rebooted; install-repository: http://stal.nikhef.nl/centos/5.7/os/x86_64/; install-methods: cdrom,nfs,http,ftp; auto_poweron: true | ||
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| + | To change the location from which the ISO is downloaded, execute: | ||
| + | xe vm-param-set uuid=c2f112e8-4a1f-0072-8d5a-99e91d132bac other-config:install-repository=http://stal.nikhef.nl/centos/5.8/os/x86_64/ | ||
== XAPI XML-RPC management == | == XAPI XML-RPC management == | ||
