On Tue, 2007-08-28 at 00:15 +0200, Kai Schaetzl wrote:
> Timothy Selivanow wrote on Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:55:15 -0700:
>
> > As another poster already said...`man xm`.
>
> Doesn't help, doesn't tell me how to start a VM that wasn't saved. No, "xm
> create" does *not* do this.
>
> Here's a hint: `/usr/sbin/xm
> > create ${config_file}`. When you shutdown a guest it does leave the
> > list of running domains (i.e. what `xm list` shows you). The default
> > location for VM configurations is '/etc/xen/'. If you want them to
> > start at boot, sym-link the conf to '/etc/xen/auto/'.
>
> And how do I start this VM in a running system? Or is booting it up when
> xend boots up the only option? If so, then I don't see this mentioned
> anywhere.
>
> Kai
>
I've used `xm create ${config_file}` many, many times. It'll work :)
$ sudo /usr/sbin/xm list
Name ID Mem(MiB) VCPUs State
Time(s)
Domain-0 0 485 8 r----- 2838940.8
Domain_Services 1 511 1 -b---- 1962.0
Mail_Services 2 511 1 -b---- 1989.9
Web_Services 3 511 2 -b---- 4927.6
$ sudo /usr/sbin/xm shutdown Web_Services
$ sudo /usr/sbin/xm list
Name ID Mem(MiB) VCPUs State
Time(s)
Domain-0 0 485 8 r----- 2839060.6
Domain_Services 1 511 1 -b---- 1962.1
Mail_Services 2 511 1 -b---- 1989.9
$ sudo /usr/sbin/xm create /etc/xen/Web_Services
Using config file "/etc/xen/Web_Services".
Going to boot CentOS (2.6.18-8.1.8.el5xen)
kernel: /vmlinuz-2.6.18-8.1.8.el5xen
initrd: /initrd-2.6.18-8.1.8.el5xen.img
Started domain Web_Services
$ sudo /usr/sbin/xm list
Name ID Mem(MiB) VCPUs State
Time(s)
Domain-0 0 485 8 r----- 2839121.3
Domain_Services 1 511 1 -b---- 1962.1
Mail_Services 2 511 1 -b---- 1990.0
Web_Services 4 512 2 r----- 2.4
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Timothy Selivanow <timothys at easystreet.com>
Linux System Administrator
EasyStreet Online Services, Inc. http://www.easystreet.com