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Re: [Xen-users] Networking how does it really work?

To: Rafael Weingartner <rafaelweingartner@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Networking how does it really work?
From: Todd Deshane <todd.deshane@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:08:27 -0400
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On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 11:26 PM, Todd Deshane <todd.deshane@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 10:32 PM, Rafael Weingartner
> <rafaelweingartner@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Hey guys...
>> I hope that you can help me with these information...
> <snip>
>
> Very clear and detailed information for sure. You should write
> howtos/documentation.
>
> One thing that should help you is that you should use:
>
> "xe vm-install template=Other\ install\ media" for installing VM based on 
> ISOs.
>
> I still don't understand why your network doesn't work. It should
> "just work" like we said and from what you have shown everything looks
> normal. The best way to debug that part is to do tcmpdump or tshark
> network traces at all sides of this. So on the bridge, on the vif, and
> within the guest (once you have one). See:
>
> http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX120869
>
>

Also did you try following these steps:
http://docs.vmd.citrix.com/XenServer/5.6.0fp1/1.0/en_gb/guest.html#installingVM-guest_installer-network_repository

You do need to setup the vif and network for this part.

> To get a guest working if the other install media option doesn't work
> for some reason, you can download prebuilt Xen Virtual Appliances
> (.xva) files and copy them from a USB drive to your XCP server to be
> able to import them. For example:
>
> http://www.xvpsource.org/?topic=build&page=appliancevm
>
> (as an aside XVA: downloads are also available from Stacklet.com at a
> small subscription fee)
>
> I hope that the "Other install media" option gets you farther. Please
> feel free to post your results from the network debugging as well as
> any logs that might contain useful information /var/log/messages,
> dmesg, /var/log/xensource.log, etc.
>
> Thanks,
> Todd
>
> --
> Todd Deshane
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/deshantm
> http://www.xen.org/products/cloudxen.html
> http://runningxen.com/
>



-- 
Todd Deshane
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http://www.xen.org/products/cloudxen.html
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