Sunday, December 7, 2008

How to create domU in Open Solaris

Step 1 : Add the packages with the following commands

pkg install SUNWvirtinst
pkg install SUNWurlgrabber
pkg install SUNWlibvirt
pkg install SUNWxvmhvm
pkg install SUNWxvmdom
pkg install SUNWxvm
pkg install SUNWgccruntime
pkg install SUNWgnutls
pkg install SUNWlibsdl
pkg install FSWxwpft
pkg install FSWxwrtl

Step 2: Add the following entry in /rpool/boot/grub/menu.lst
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title Solaris xVM
bootfs rpool/ROOT/opensolaris
kernel$ /boot/$ISADIR/xen.gz
module$ /platform/i86xpv/kernel/$ISADIR/unix /platform/i86xpv/kernel/$ISADIR/unix -B $ZFS-BOOTFS
module$ /platform/i86pc/$ISADIR/boot_archive
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Step 3: reboot the system

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