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XCP (Xen) on a Mac Mini
I picked up a new Mac Mini this Friday to play around with Xen at home. Right now I run a few services off of one server in my apartment, but I’d prefer to have separate VMs for each service, because I...
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Architectural Primitives: Inter-Datacenter Tunnels
(cross-posted to blog.tempo-db.com) At TempoDB, we maintain multiple environments (production, staging, etc), and each environment is in a datacenter (Dallas, Seattle, etc). For the most part, we want...
View ArticleVirtualization Options
At my job, we have quite a few servers, all on dedicated hardware. Most of our servers relate directly to storing data on disk, and so physical hardware makes sense. For the scores of random, smallish...
View ArticleXencap – Xen Management Library for Capistrano
I’m starting to dive into choosing from a variety of server virtualization options for work in order to determine which solution to roll into our environments. First up is XenServer, with which I’ll...
View ArticleXenServer – Create a VM from an ISO
When creating a new virtual machine in XenServer, the typical path is to clone a pre-built template of the type of linux/Windows you want to install, and add a network repository from which it can grab...
View ArticleXen Workflow – Copy VMs
Creating VMs from scratch in XenServer is a bit of a hassle, but that’s OK because it’s not a frequent task. Typically you’d create one (or a few) base templates, and then make copies whenever you want...
View ArticleXen Workflow – Creating a Pool
Using Xen pools, you open the door to a lot of cool features, including high availability of VMs, migration of running VNs, and automatic placement of machines. Setting up the pool is pretty easy....
View ArticleXen Workflow – Migrating a VM
One of the great features of a hypervisor management suite like XenServer is the ability to migrate a running VM from one physical host to another without affecting running services on that VM. This...
View ArticleXenServer Recap
Having spent a week playing with various features of XenServer (with a focus on automation), I’ve only scratched the surface of what it can do. I have a sense, though, for the power of the system, and...
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