How to install Xen 4.1 on Ubuntu 11.10

I was trying to make Windows DomU work on Ubuntu+Xen setup. I have to spend couple of hours to find out in what sequence we should do the installation and configuration.

Ubuntu support xen officially from 11.10 version. But there is some issue while creating DomU. Here find some easy step to configure xen 4.1 on 64 bit version of ubuntu 11.10 and solve issue in DomU creation.

1. Install xen and utilities

1. $sudo apt-get install xen-hypervisor-4.1-amd64 xen-utils-4.1 xenwatch xen-tools xen-utils-common xenstore-utils  
2. $sudo apt-get install virtinst  
3. $sudo apt-get install virt-viewer virt-manager  

$sudo apt-get install xen-hypervisor-4.1-amd64 xen-utils-4.1 xenwatch xen-tools xen-utils-common xenstore-utils
$sudo apt-get install virtinst
$sudo apt-get install virt-viewer virt-manager

2.Restart OS and Select Xen KernalVerify the Xen installation using

1. $sudo xm info  

$sudo xm info

If this command does not return any error, then the installation is correct.

3.Xend Configuration
Edit /etc/xen/xend-config.sxp and uncomment this line

(xend-unix-server no)

and change to

1. (xend-unix-server yes)  

(xend-unix-server yes)

Edit .bashrc file using

1. #vi ~/.bashrc  

#vi ~/.bashrc

, add the following line:

1. export VIRSH_DEFAULT_CONNECT_URI="xen:///"  

export VIRSH_DEFAULT_CONNECT_URI="xen:///"

4. Restart OS and Select Xen Kernel

Verify libvirt Installation

1. $sudo virsh version   

$sudo virsh version 

1. Compiled against library: libvir 0.8.3  
2. Using library: libvir 0.8.3  
3. Using API: Xen 3.0.1  
4. Running hypervisor: Xen 4.0.0  

Compiled against library: libvir 0.8.3
Using library: libvir 0.8.3
Using API: Xen 3.0.1
Running hypervisor: Xen 4.0.0

If got output like this, you have installed every package correctly.

5.Creating VM using virt-manager

Here I am telling about virtual machine creation using virt-manger

Type $sudo virt-manager for getting GUI for virt-manager

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Solution for common error during DomU is given below..

1. Show Something like this

Fix it using

1. $sudo mkdir /usr/lib64/xen -p  
2. $sudo cp /usr/lib/xen-4.1/* -r /usr/lib64/xen/  

$sudo mkdir /usr/lib64/xen -p
$sudo cp /usr/lib/xen-4.1/* -r /usr/lib64/xen/

2. Get like this

Solve it using

1. $sudo mkdir  /usr/share/qemu  

$sudo cp -r /usr/share/qemu-linaro/keymaps /usr/share/qemu/

 If you have : 

1. WARNING!  Can't find hypervisor information in sysfs!
   Error: Unable to connect to xend: No such file or directory. Is xend running?
   It’s not that bad. It’s just that GRUB2 start the kernel without the hypervisor (the “right” line in the menu exists, but it’s in second position). So, you need to put Xen hypervisor first, and the “good” way to do this is :
   
   
   mv /etc/grub.d/10_linux /etc/grub.d/50_linux
   
   
   update-grub2
   
   
   
   
   to get the supported disk
   
   
   install apt-get install qemu-kvm
   
   
   http://virtuallyfun.superglobalmegacorp.com/?p=436
   
   
   qemu-img convert source.vhd -O vmdk destination.vmdk
   
   
   
   
   2. If for some reason you wish to enable the root account, simply give it a password:
   sudo passwd
   sudo adduser [user name] admin
   
   
   
   
   Grub issue
   http://xen-orchestra.com/2010/08/xen-4-on-squeeze-how-to/
   
   
   virsh version give error- do not use sudo