Thanks for all the responses!!! I finally realized that when running Xen and in Dom0, Xen hides the AMD-V in /proc/cpuinfo (...more reasons to move to KVM) Now to convert my Xen vms to KVM. -- Dave On Thu, 2010-02-25 at 02:32 +0100, Dennis J. wrote: > Do you have the "kvm" package installed? > Also what exactly do you mean by "KVM as well"? Are you aware that you can > only run Xen or KVM but not both at the same time on the same host? > > Regards, > Dennis > > On 02/25/2010 12:14 AM, Dave Augustus wrote: > > What is needed to install kvm? I have the non xen kernel as the default. > > I have virsh, virt-install installed. What am I missing in my config? > > Look at my second bullet point to get a sense of where I am stuck. > > > > Thanks for your help, > > Dave > > > > On Feb 24, 2010, at 12:14 PM, Adam <adam0x54 at gmail.com > > <mailto:adam0x54 at gmail.com>> wrote: > > > >> Did you install kvm? > >> > >> If you need to move the xen virtual machines to kvm you will need to > >> boot them in rescue mode, change your modprobe.conf to load the > >> regular scsci and nic drivers, install a regular kernel, remove the > >> xen console from inittab and remove console=xvc0 from your > >> /etc/grub.conf and reboot. > >> > >> -Adam > >> > >> On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 9:16 AM, Dave Augustus < > >> <mailto:davea at ingraftedsoftware.com>davea at ingraftedsoftware.com > >> <mailto:davea at ingraftedsoftware.com>> wrote: > >> > >> Hello All, > >> > >> I have been building a new server to deploy using Xen. However, > >> seeing that Redhat is moving towards KVM, it would seem beneficial > >> to deply this server using KVM as well. This is a Centos 5.4 > >> x86_64 fresh install. > >> > >> So here is the scoop: > >> > >> * running the xen kernel with 2 vms works great. I have 2 vms- > >> a cobbler host and an ldap host. > >> * running with non-xen kernel, I can't seem to get anything to > >> work right. Using virt-install from the command line, I get > >> the response of "Host does not support any virtualization > >> options" yet I know it does. > >> > >> > >> What am I missing here? > >> > >> I spent some hours last night searching and came up empty. > >> > >> Thanks in advance, > >> Dave > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> CentOS-virt mailing list > >> <mailto:CentOS-virt at centos.org>CentOS-virt at centos.org > >> <mailto:CentOS-virt at centos.org> > >> <http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt>http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> CentOS-virt mailing list > >> CentOS-virt at centos.org <mailto:CentOS-virt at centos.org> > >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS-virt mailing list > > CentOS-virt at centos.org > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS-virt mailing list > CentOS-virt at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-virt/attachments/20100225/c8e914e2/attachment-0004.html>