Thanks to the detailed posts on http://bderzhavets.wordpress.com/ [A, B, C ] virt-manager is running xen 4.0 on ubuntu 10.04
(installation of ubuntu server plus apt-get install xubuntu-desktop).
Program virt-manager has to be started as root and switching with su to root shell does not work, the login version su – has to be used (to avoid error: Failed to contact configuration server).
To create a hvm virtual machine virt-install is used:
- virt-install -connect xen:/// -n ti2010 –r 512 –hvm –vnc -f /dev/sdb -c /root/mnt/ti2010.iso –debug –force
Parameter –force is only neccessary if the block device used as hard disk is already part of another vm.
Once the new vm gets displayed in virt-manager all properties of this vm can be edited (click ‘Open’; ‘Add Hardware’, ‘Remove’, …).
