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• Enter the command rpm -qa | grep xen and make sure that you have installed
the software packages listed in
• Make sure the parameters in the GRUB boot loader configuration file are correct.
Compare your file to the example given in
File (Typical)"
23.7 Creating Virtual Machines
After installing the Xen software packages and booting the computer as a VM Server,
virtual machines can now be created to run on the VM Server. A virtual machine is
defined by its mode, disk drives, network cards, and other virtual resources that the
operating system recognizes during installation and when booting.
446
Installation and Administration
(page 444).
1 Boot the VM Server.
2 On the VM Server desktop, click System > Virtual Machine Installation (Xen).
3 Click Change to edit the virtual machine definitions.
4 Click Virtualization Mode to define which mode the virtual machine will run.
5 Click Options to define virtual memory, boot parameters, and other options.
6 Click Disks to define the number and size of the virtual disks.
7 Click Network to define the virtual network card.
8 Click Operating System, then specify the location of the operating system's
installation program or an already-installed kernel.
9 Follow the on-screen instructions to save the VM definitions to a configuration
file.
The definitions are automatically saved in the /etc/xen/vm/vm_name
configuration file.
Section 23.1, "System Requirements"
Section "Sample GRUB Boot Loader
(page 436).
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