On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 18:18, Albert Hopkins <mar...@letterboxes.org> wrote: > > On Thursday, June 23 at 09:54 (+0200), Joost Roeleveld said: > > > > Any such program to build XenServer appliances (.xva) ? > > > > Shouldn't it work similarly? > > Eg. start an appliance and install using the stage4? > > > > I use Xen directly and as long as I can create and fill the partitions > > for the > > VM, any "creation" tool should work. > > > Yes the stage4 should work similarly. However Pandu was asking about > building ".xva" which I know nothing about, unless an .xva is similar > to/same as a stage4 (I have no idea)?
Um, an ".xva" is more like a qcow2 file. With Citrix' XenCenter, all I have to do is "import" the xva, and XenServer automagically creates a VM with a specified RAM, specified storage, specified cores, etc. Of course these settings (RAM, storage, cores) can be modified post-import, but usually xva-makers already set the settings to the recommended minimum. So, it saves the xva users from planning stage :-) Plus, xva-packaged appliances are usually already configured to run in PV-mode, thus giving the highest performance over XenServer. Rgds, -- Pandu E Poluan ~ IT Optimizer ~ Visit my Blog: http://pepoluan.posterous.com Google Talk: pepoluan Y! messenger: pepoluan MSN / Live: pepol...@hotmail.com (do not send email here) Skype: pepoluan More on me: My LinkedIn Account My Facebook Account
