Virtualization In Oes 2; Graphical Overview Of Virtualization In Oes 2; Why Install Oes Services On Your Vm Host - Novell OPEN ENTERPRISE SERVER 2 SP2 - PLANING AND IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE 11-10-2009 Implementation Manual

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In Open Enterprise Server 2, you can host multiple OES 2 and NetWare servers on Xen virtual
machines (VMs) on a single Xen host server.
For information about installing and running OES 2 services on Xen-based virtual machines, see the
links on the Virtualization page of the OES 2 Online
Section 9.1, "Graphical Overview of Virtualization in OES 2," on page 77
Section 9.2, "Why Install OES Services on Your VM Host?," on page 77
Section 9.3, "Services Supported on VM Hosts and Guests," on page 78
IMPORTANT: Support for Xen virtualization of NetWare 6.5 SP7 and later is an OES 2 product
feature and is available only to OES 2 registered customers.

9.1 Graphical Overview of Virtualization in OES 2

Figure 9-1 illustrates how a single VM host server can support multiple VM guest servers that in
turn provide OES services.
Xen-Based Virtualization in OES 2
Figure 9-1
Virtual Machine
NetWare 6.5 SP7
Guest Server

9.2 Why Install OES Services on Your VM Host?

Novell supports three OES 2 services running on a Xen VM host server: Novell Linux User
Management, Novell Storage Management Services, and Novell Cluster Services
whenever you specify OES 2 as an add-on product, the YaST-based NetWare Response File Utility
is automatically installed, whether you install any OES 2 services or not.
Virtual Machine
OES 2 Linux
Guest Server
Virtualization Host Server
(OES 2 SP2 Linux or
SLES 10 SP3)
Documentation.
Virtual Machine
NetWare 6.5 SP8
Guest Server
Virtual Machine
OES 2 SP2 Linux
Guest Server
. Additionally,
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