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How to migrate instances from Xen to KVM

Posted on August 10, 2017 by ebl

This post is a short one, basically it contains only two steps. The goal is to be able to launch a Xen instance on a KVM host. Currently, we are testing KVM as hypervisor for our private (OpenStack) cloud as … Continue reading →

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Ceph: How to enable nova live snapshots on Xen hypervisor

Posted on January 26, 2017 by ebl

Currently, our company is in the middle of a migration process, trying to move our existing virtual machines into our private OpenStack cloud (Mitaka). Some of them will be moved, others will be re-installed. One of the major issues we … Continue reading →

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SLE12 – provide a driver update via kernel command line

Posted on December 9, 2015 by ebl

This post refers to the installation process for SLE12 or how to provide driver updates via kernel command line, to be more specific. In my environment, I’m using a SLES11SP3 xen-host for all kinds of xen-guest installations, this time I … Continue reading →

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