Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Omios, hvm and AWS

2017-08-01 Thread Tomasz Kłoczko
On 1 August 2017 at 12:37, Peter Tribble wrote: [..] > All what you need is create such image. On top of the Solaris is it quite >> easy. All what you need is VBox. >> Such method is quite handy because using VboxManage command is possible >> to create, setup blank VM

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Omios, hvm and AWS

2017-08-01 Thread Peter Tribble
On Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 12:18 PM, Tomasz Kłoczko wrote: > I'll share my method of importing images :) > > AWS API provides uploading VHD image (for some reasons using other formats > is not working). > Works for VMDK as well. With VirtualBox, you get the somewhat

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Omios, hvm and AWS

2017-08-01 Thread Tomasz Kłoczko
I'll share my method of importing images :) AWS API provides uploading VHD image (for some reasons using other formats is not working). All what you need is create such image. On top of the Solaris is it quite easy. All what you need is VBox. Such method is quite handy because using VboxManage

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Omios, hvm and AWS

2017-07-31 Thread Al Slater
On 31/07/17 21:30, Eric Sproul wrote: > On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 4:05 PM, Al Slater wrote: >> One more question though, is there any way to enable an SMF service for >> the next reboot, but not immediately. Specifically, I want to enable >> the initial-boot service with a

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Omios, hvm and AWS

2017-07-31 Thread Eric Sproul
On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 4:05 PM, Al Slater wrote: > One more question though, is there any way to enable an SMF service for > the next reboot, but not immediately. Specifically, I want to enable > the initial-boot service with a .initialboot file in place, then create > a

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Omios, hvm and AWS

2017-07-31 Thread Al Slater
On 31/07/2017 11:39, Peter Tribble wrote: > > > On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 11:09 AM, Al Slater > wrote: > > On 31/07/2017 11:07, Al Slater wrote: > > On 30/07/2017 20:15, Peter Tribble wrote: > >> > The following should get you

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Omios, hvm and AWS

2017-07-31 Thread Peter Tribble
On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 11:09 AM, Al Slater wrote: > On 31/07/2017 11:07, Al Slater wrote: > > On 30/07/2017 20:15, Peter Tribble wrote: > >> > The following should get you going: > >> > > >> > https://www.prakashsurya.com/post/2017-02-06-creating-a- >

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Omios, hvm and AWS

2017-07-31 Thread Al Slater
On 31/07/2017 11:07, Al Slater wrote: > On 30/07/2017 20:15, Peter Tribble wrote: >> > The following should get you going: >> > >> > >> https://www.prakashsurya.com/post/2017-02-06-creating-a-custom-amazon-ec2-ami-from-iso/ >> >>

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Omios, hvm and AWS

2017-07-30 Thread Peter Tribble
On Sun, Jul 30, 2017 at 8:38 PM, Joshua M. Clulow wrote: > On 30 July 2017 at 12:15, Peter Tribble wrote: > > illumos panics when trying to use the xen network. > > Do you have a crash dump, or at least a stack trace, for this? We > should probably get

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Omios, hvm and AWS

2017-07-30 Thread Joshua M. Clulow
On 30 July 2017 at 12:15, Peter Tribble wrote: > illumos panics when trying to use the xen network. Do you have a crash dump, or at least a stack trace, for this? We should probably get a ticket filed. Cheers. -- Joshua M. Clulow UNIX Admin/Developer

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Omios, hvm and AWS

2017-07-30 Thread Peter Tribble
Hi, > The current OmniOS AMIs in AWS seem to use pv virtualization, > precluding > > their use on the t2 and m4 instance types that I want to use. > > > > > The following should get you going: > > > > https://www.prakashsurya.com/post/2017-02-06-creating-a- >

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Omios, hvm and AWS

2017-07-29 Thread Al Slater
Hi Peter, On 28/07/17 22:37, Peter Tribble wrote: > I wish to run up a number of OmniOS instances in AWS. > > The current OmniOS AMIs in AWS seem to use pv virtualization, precluding > their use on the t2 and m4 instance types that I want to use. > > > Worse; newer regions only

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Omios, hvm and AWS

2017-07-29 Thread Al Slater
Thank you, that clarified my understanding. Al On 27/07/17 22:47, PÁSZTOR György wrote: > Hi, > > "Al Slater" írta 2017-07-27 12:17-kor: >> So, I thought I would try to produce my own AMI with hvm virtualization. >> >> I am looking to use omniosce r151022, is this likely

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Omios, hvm and AWS

2017-07-28 Thread Peter Tribble
> > I wish to run up a number of OmniOS instances in AWS. > > The current OmniOS AMIs in AWS seem to use pv virtualization, precluding > their use on the t2 and m4 instance types that I want to use. > Worse; newer regions only support hvm. In my case, this rules out London. > So, I thought I

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Omios, hvm and AWS

2017-07-27 Thread PÁSZTOR György
Hi, "Al Slater" írta 2017-07-27 12:17-kor: > So, I thought I would try to produce my own AMI with hvm virtualization. > > I am looking to use omniosce r151022, is this likely to work at all? I haven't tryed to upgrade my r151022 with the ce updates, but I'm pretty sure