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OES 11 SP2 cannot run as a paravirtualized guest on SLES 10 SP4 or earlier hosts.
Performing a down-server upgrade on a Xen VM guest running on a SLES 11/OES 11 SP2 VM host
is very much like upgrading a physical machine
Section 10.5.1, "Before You Start the Upgrade Process," on page 202
Section 10.5.2, "Starting the Upgrade," on page 202
10.5.1
Before You Start the Upgrade Process
1
Make sure you follow all of the applicable instructions and guidelines in
for the Upgrade to OES 11 SP2," on page 116
Requirements," on page
10.5.2
Starting the Upgrade
1
In Virtual Machine Manager, shut down the OES 2 VM guest that you are upgrading.
2
Click the Create a New Virtual Machine icon or right-click localhost (Xen) and choose New.
Click Forward.
3
Select I Need to Upgrade an Existing Operating System, then click Forward.
4
Select Novell Open Enterprise Server 2, then click Forward.
5
In the Managed Virtual Machines list, select the VM guest you are upgrading.
6
In the Network URL field, type the URL to your SLES 11 SP3 network-based installation source,
7
then click Upgrade.
On the Welcome page, agree to the license and click Next.
8
9
For instructions on the rest of the upgrade process, go to
Installation Mode Options," on page 126
10.6
Managing a Virtual Machine Running OES 11 SP2
Managing a virtual machine running OES 11 SP2 is the same as managing virtual machines running
other operating systems. See the instructions for your virtualization platform:
"Managing a Virtualization Environment (http://www.suse.com/documentation/sles11/book_xen/
data/cha_xen_manage.html)" in the
documentation/sles11/book_xen/data/book_xen.html).
The
book_kvm.html).
10.7
Setting Up an OES 11 SP2 VM Guest to Use Novell
Storage Services (NSS)
When you install OES 11 SP2 on a virtual machine, we recommend that you configure a virtual
machine with multiple devices. Use the primary virtual disk as the system device with LVM2 (the
YaST install default) as the volume manager. After the install, you can assign additional storage
resources from the host server to the virtual machine.
202
OES 11 SP2: Installation Guide
117.
Virtualization with KVM guide (http://www.suse.com/documentation/sles11/book_kvm/data/
and
Section 5.3, "Meeting the Upgrade
Section 5.4.5, "Selecting the
and continue from there.
Virtualization with Xen guide (http://www.suse.com/
Section 5.2, "Planning
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