Best Practices And Suggestions - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 11 - VIRTUALIZATION Manual

Virtualization with xen
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System Compo-
nent
Free Disk Space
Optical Drive
Hard Drive
Network Board
IP Address
Xen virtualization technology is available in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server products
based on code path 10 and later. Code path 10 products include Open Enterprise Server
2 Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10, and
openSUSE 10.x.
The virtual machine host requires a number of software packages and their dependencies
to be installed. To install all necessary packages, run YaST Software Management, select
the filter Patterns and choose Xen Virtual Machine Host Server for installation. The
installation can also be performed with YaST using the module Virtualization > Install
Hypervisor and Tools.
After the Xen software is installed, restart the computer.
Updates are available through your update channel. To be sure to have the latest updates
installed, run YaST Online Update after the installation has finished.

2.1 Best Practices and Suggestions

When installing and configuring the SUSE Linux Enterprise operating system on the
host, be aware of the following best practices and suggestions:
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Virtualization with Xen
Minimum Requirements
7 GB of available disk space for the host.
DVD-ROM Drive
20 GB
Ethernet 100 Mbps
• One IP address on a subnet for the host.
• One IP address on a subnet for each VM Guest.

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