XEN Notes

1 limit memory consumtion for dom0

vi /etc/rc.local
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/usr/sbin/xm mem-set Domain-0 384M'
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2 turn off dumping memory

turn off dumping memory to /var/lib/xen/save when stopping xendomains service

vi /etc/sysconfig/xendomains
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XENDOMAINS_MIGRATE=""
XENDOMAINS_SAVE=
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3 VM Config for Windows Machine

Xen VM config file for Windows with Mouse Support on Console

vi /etc/xen/auto/windows01
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import os, re
arch = os.uname()[4]
if re.search('64', arch):
    arch_libdir = 'lib64'
else:
    arch_libdir = 'lib'
kernel = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader"
builder='hvm'
memory = 384
shadow_memory = 8
name = "xen7"
acpi=0
vif = [ 'type=ioemu, mac=ab:00:01:00:00:07, bridge=xenbr0' ]
disk = [ 'phy:/dev/VG0/lv_win01,ioemu:hda,w' ]
on_poweroff = 'restart'
on_reboot   = 'restart'
on_crash    = 'restart'
device_model = '/usr/' + arch_libdir + '/xen/bin/qemu-dm'
boot="c"
sdl=1
vnc=1
stdvga=0
serial='pty'
usb=1
usbdevice='mouse'

4 XEND vnc settings

vi /etc/xen/xend-config.sxp
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(vnc-listen '0.0.0.0')
(vncpasswd 'sekret!')
(keymap 'de-ch')