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External HowTo's

XCP

• Grant McWilliam's XCP HowTos

Clustering

• Step by step guide for creating a Virtual Cluster with Xen
• Set up a self-managed Xen cluster (SysAdmin journal)

File System

• How to Create and Boot a Xen Guest domainU using an NFS Mounted Root Filesystem
• How to Build a Xen Virtual Guest Filesystem on a Disk Image (Cloning Host System)
• How to Build a Xen Virtual Guest Filesystem using Logical Volume Management (LVM)
• How to Build a Xen Virtual Guest Filesystem on a Physical Disk Partition (Cloning Host System)
• How to Build a Debian or Ubuntu Xen Guest Root Filesystem using debootstrap
• Building a Xen Guest Root Filesystem using yum and rpm
• Xen dom0 root filesystem over NFS Howto

DomainU Guest

• Grant McWilliam's Xen HowTos
• How to Use QEMU Disk Images for Xen DomainU Systems
• How to Build a Xen Guest Domain using Xen-Tools

Windows 7/XP/Vista/Server 2008

• Installing and Running Windows 7 as a Xen HVM domainU Guest
• Installing and Running Windows XP or Vista as a Xen HVM domainU Guest
• Virtualizing Windows Server 2008 with Xen
• Create a windows 32-bit domU (in italian)

Consoles

• How to Configure a VNC based Graphical Console for a Xen Paravirtualized domainU Guest
• How to Run and Connect to VNC Servers on a Xen Guest (domainU) System

DomainU Migration

• How to Perform Live Xen domainU Guest Migrations

USB Devices

• Adding USB Devices to a Xen HVM Guest

Install Xen on Various Linux Distros and OpenSolaris

• Installing Xen On An Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) Server From The Ubuntu Repositories
• The Perfect Xen 3.1.0 Setup For Debian Etch (i386)
• Installing Xen On An Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) Server From The Ubuntu Repositories
• Installing Xen On An Ubuntu Feisty Fawn Server From The Ubuntu Repositories
• The Perfect Xen 3.0.3 Setup For Debian Sarge
• Installing Xen On CentOS 5.0 (i386)
• How to set up Xen 3.0 from binaries in Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Dapper Drake)
• Xen Cluster Management With Ganeti On Debian Etch
• Xen With Graphical User Interface On A Fedora 7 Desktop
• Building Xen from source on Ubuntu (Dapper Drake) to support HVM guests
• Instructions for installing Xen on Gentoo 2006.0
• Instructions and files for a FreeBSD 5.3 domU install (w/sysinstall)
• Installing OpenSSI on Xen
• "grifferz" HOWTO install a Xen system
• Kip Macy's mini howto for FreeBSD 5.3 domU
• FreeBSD/Xen Howto (domU only currently)
• dom0 howto for Debian Sarge
• domU howto for Debian Sarge
• another HOWTO for Debian Sarge as dom0
• La virtualisation avec UML et XEN (French)
• The Perfect Xen 3.0 Setup For Debian
• Xen Tutorial For Debian And Ubuntu (dom0 And domU)
• Xen (2.0.7) dom0 Install From Source (Linux)
• NetBSD/xen Howto
• Xen on openSUSE
• PDF from Novell
• Xen HOWTO for Mandriva
• Howto setup a AMD 32bit Windows HVM on a notebook ASUS A6T
• Howto setup Xen on OpenSolaris
• Howto setup Xen on Ubuntu Server 6.06.1 (Italian)
• Howto setup Xen on CentOS 4.3 Dom0/DomU
• Howto setup Xen3 with virtual nets on SuSE 10.1
• HOWTO: Install OpenSUSE 10.1 as a Xen guest OS

Xen Management Tools

• Managing Xen With Xen-Tools, Xen-Shell, And Argo

Testing with Xen

• A moment of Xen: Virtualize Linux to test your apps

Misc

• Building Generic Change Roots for Multiple Platforms
• Automating Xen Virtual Machine Deployment

Writing Good HowTos

Good HowTo documents include

• An overview that helps potential readers to determine quickly if a particular How-To matches their interests or needs.
• Describe your intended audience:
• State the purpose of your HowTo: this will explain how the reader will benefit by reading it.
• Preconditions: inform your reader about any required knowledge, configuration, or resources they may need before stepping through your How-To.
• Step-by-step instractions: in a precise, step-by-step approach, walk your reader through the process. Make sure your reader can reproduce your intended result by following your exact steps. Make the learning process efficient by supplying sample code snippets or configuration details as necessary.

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