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• Install a host server as described in Chapter 2, Setting Up a Virtual Machine Host
(page 7).
• If you want to use an automated installation file (AutoYaST, NetWare® Response
File, or RedHat Kickstart), you should create and download it to a directory on the
host machine server or make it available on the network.
• For NetWare and OES Linux virtual machines, you need a static IP address for
each virtual machine you create.
• If you are installing Open Enterprise Server (OES) 2 Linux, you need a network
installation source for OES 2 Linux software including the SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server 10 SP2 media and the OES 2 Linux add-on CD. For procedures to create
the installation sources, see "Setting Up the Server Holding the Installation Sources"
in the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Installation and Administration Guide
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http://www.novell.com/documentation/sles10/sles_admin/
data/sec_deployment_remoteinst_instserver.html
]
For further prerequisites, consult the manuals of the respective operating system to in-
stall.
The Create Virtual Machine Wizard helps you through the steps required to create a
virtual machine and install its operating system. The information that follows is gener-
alized for installing any operating system. In addition to these instructions, you should
consult
Chapter 6, Xen Guest Systems (page 61) for information specific to the operating
system you are installing.
The actual configuration files for the Xen guests are stored at
/etc/xen/vm/
. The
default location for image files is
/var/lib/xen/images
.
Launch the Create Virtual Machine Wizard by using one of the following methods:
• From the virtualization host server desktop, click YaST > Virtualization > Create
Virtual Machine
• From within Virtual Machine Manager, click New.
• At the command line, enter
vm-install
.
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