After installing the Xen software packages and booting the computer as a VM Server, virtual machines can now be created to run on the VM Server. A virtual machine is defined by its mode, disk drives, network cards, and other virtual resources that the operating system recognizes during installation and when booting.
Boot the VM Server.
On the VM Server desktop, click
> .Click
to edit the virtual machine definitions.Click
to define which mode the virtual machine will run.Click
to define virtual memory, boot parameters, and other options.Click
to define the number and size of the virtual disks.Click
to define the virtual network card.Click
, then specify the location of the operating system’s installation program or an already-installed kernel.Follow the on-screen instructions to save the VM definitions to a configuration file.
The definitions are automatically saved in the
/etc/xen/vm/
configuration file.
vm_name
(Optional) To customize or verify that definitions were correctly
recorded and saved, compare them to definitions in the example files
located in /etc/xen/examples
.
(Conditional) Depending on the installation method you select, the operating system’s installation program might start. If so, complete the installation program as prompted.
The virtual machine is now defined and its operating system installed. Proceed to Section 23.8, “Managing Virtual Machines” for instructions on how to start and manage virtual machines.