Installing And Managing Netware On A Xen-Based Vm; Introduction - Novell OPEN ENTERPRISE SERVER 2 SP2 Installation Manual

Installing and Managing NetWare
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on a Xen-based VM
IMPORTANT: NetWare
machine. Running NetWare in fully virtualized mode on a Xen host server is not supported.
You can install NetWare as a virtual machine guest (VM guest) operating system on the following
servers:
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A SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10 Linux server
See "Setting Up a Virtual Machine Host" (http://www.novell.com/documentation/sles10/
book_virtualization_xen/data/cha_xen_virtualization_vhost_setup.html)
with Xen (http://www.novell.com/documentation/sles10/book_virtualization_xen/data/
book_virtualization_xen.html)guide.
An OES 2 SP2 server that has been set up as a Xen-based host server
See "Chapter 9, "Installing OES as a Xen VM Host Server," on page
For general information on the Xen virtualization technology in SLES 10 SP3, see the
with Xen (http://www.novell.com/documentation/sles10/book_virtualization_xen/data/
book_virtualization_xen.html)
This section documents the system requirements, installation instructions, upgrade and migration
instructions, and issues associated with setting up NetWare on a Xen-based virtual machine.
Section 11.1, "Introduction," on page 191
Section 11.2, "Support Information," on page 192
Section 11.3, "Preparing to Install a NetWare VM Guest Server," on page 193
Section 11.4, "Installing Virtualized NetWare," on page 195
Section 11.5, "Managing NetWare on a Virtual Machine," on page 202
Section 11.6, "If VM Manager Doesn't Launch on a Xen VM Host Server," on page 204

11.1 Introduction

There are many reasons to install NetWare 6.5 SP8 on virtual machines, such as:
Incorporating a NetWare server into a production environment without committing additional
hardware resources.
Isolating Novell iFolder
without committing additional hardware resources.
Extending the useful life of NetWare services by running them on a Linux host server, thereby
taking advantage of the widespread industry support for Linux hardware drivers.
To simplify the process of installing virtualization software, the SLES 10 SP3 software includes Xen
Virtual Machine Host Server as a primary server function that you can select when installing SLES
10 SP3 as a virtualization host server.
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6.5 SP8 has been modified to run in paravirtual mode on a Xen virtual
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