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Xen
One thing you notice online when working in virtualization is the lack of resource explaining the engines / drive trains / gear boxes what go into making system virtualization possible.
This actually goes for a lot of things, there will always be more howto’s on technical webserver stuff for linux than for windows… etc etc.
Today I am going to explain a bit about the relationship between processes and objects that come together to make your virtual machine work.
For those of you have used vanilla Xen will know about the xm command and what it does. While I’ve found in a few places people are saying the xm command has been replaced with xe in XenServer – which is sort of true. The xe should used whenever you can, as it is ensuring all data in the DB is kept in tact, etc.
If you really want to get access to xm (which I do not recommend unless you really know what you are doing), you can use xl on a XenServer machine.
This should only be use as a visibility tool, and should not be used to make any modifications!
If the physical interface used for the manage interface needs to be changed, edit the MANAGEMENT_INTERFACE field /etc/xensource-inventory file on the host to reflect the new interface being used. Make sure you use the bridge interface (e.g. xenbr0) and not the physical NIC.
Once you have made this modification you will need to run the following:
xe-toolstack-restart
Xen and OpenVZ can be seen as one of the same both being virtualisation technologies they are actually very different. As a lot of you know Crucial Paradigm has been offering Xen based virtual private servers for some time now and to date we’ve built up a solid name for ourselves due to the stability and performance of the product we offer.
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Managed Xen VDS Features:
- Full root access, complete access, and control over resources
- Multiple Dedicated IPs
- Direct Access via SSH or Console
- System Isolation
- Choice of multiple OS installations, and ability to change at anytime at the click of a mouse
- Ability to install/uninstall applications as you please
- Control Panel to manage Virtual Server, even if it is down, or not accessible via the internet. Includes the following features:
- Start Virtual Server
- Stop Virtual Server
- Restart Virtual Server
- Hard Reboot
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- Rebuild Virtual Server with Original OS, or OS of choice
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- Reset Root Password
- File Manager
- Timezone Management
- Live Traffic and CPU Graphs
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