Preparing
XEN for
2X VirtualDesktopServer
2X
VDI Agent System Requirements
- Processor
supporting Virtualization Technologies (such as Intel VT or AMD VMX)
- Packages
- libvirt-0.4.6-11.1
- virt-manager-0.5.3-64.23
- kernel-xen-extra-2.6.27.7-9.1
- xen-3.3.1_18494_03-1.8
- xen-libs-3.3.1_18494_03-1.8
- kernel-xen-base-2.6.27.7-9.1
- xen-tools-3.3.1_18494_03-1.8
- kernel-xen-2.6.27.7-9.1
The
use of 2X VirtualDesktopServer with XEN was tested using OpenSuse 11.1 as the
host server.
NOTE:
Make sure that support for virtualization is enabled from the BIOS. Run
the following command:
egrep -q
'^flags.*(svm|vmx)' /proc/cpuinfo && echo 'virtualization
supported'
and a
message should be displayed confirming that virtualization is supported.
Figure 1
: Virtual Machine
Manager
A guest operating system (like Windows XP/Vista) must be
created on the XEN server which features an RDP server.
Important:
- The
guest name must be equal to the computer name.
- The
use of fixed IPs on the guest operating systems is preferred.
After the guest OS installation is complete make sure that
the RDP server is started. To confirm that the server is running, launch a
Remote Desktop Client and connect to the guest operating system using the
computer name (of the guest OS) and the RDP port (default RDP port is
3389).
