Ubuntu 14.04 : Xen Installation

MAIN : Oracle RAC 11g

Reference https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Xen
 
Install Xen
apt-get -y install xen-hypervisor-amd64
reboot

root@turaok:~# xl list
Name                                        ID   Mem VCPUs    State    Time(s)
Domain-0                                     0  7914     2     r-----     540.7


Install Additional Tools

apt-get -y install virtinst virt-viewer virt-manager

root@turaok:~# virsh net-list
 Name                 State      Autostart     Persistent
----------------------------------------------------------
 default              active     yes           yes

root@turaok:~# virsh net-dumpxml default
<network>
  <name>default</name>
  <uuid>38ea4bf3-0f7e-4729-a01f-1aa1c016401d</uuid>
  <forward mode='nat'>
    <nat>
      <port start='1024' end='65535'/>
    </nat>
  </forward>
  <bridge name='virbr0' stp='on' delay='0'/>
  <ip address='192.168.122.1' netmask='255.255.255.0'>
    <dhcp>
      <range start='192.168.122.2' end='192.168.122.254'/>
    </dhcp>
  </ip>
</network>

root@turaok:~# ifconfig virbr0
virbr0    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 52:e9:c1:c4:ec:01 
          inet addr:192.168.122.1  Bcast:192.168.122.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  root@turaok:~# virsh net-create /media/tots/D663-4A7F/rac_test_2014/rac_2_xen_network1.txt
MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

Create the virtual network

# rac_2_xen_network1.txt
<network>
  <name>private1</name>
  <uuid>34edcdd6-85c2-1c1b-ff45-85d3aa20a850</uuid>
  <bridge name='virbr2' stp='on' delay='0' />
  <mac address='52:54:00:2B:8B:8F'/>
  <ip address='192.168.101.1' netmask='255.255.255.0'>
    <dhcp>
      <range start='192.168.101.128' end='192.168.101.254' />
    </dhcp>
  </ip>
</network>

# rac_2_xen_network2.txt
<network>
  <name>private2</name>
  <uuid>c5b4a865-a36c-fcaa-862d-c425e057f749</uuid>
  <bridge name='virbr3' stp='on' delay='0' />
  <mac address='52:54:00:87:7E:8D'/>
  <ip address='192.168.102.1' netmask='255.255.255.0'>
    <dhcp>
      <range start='192.168.102.128' end='192.168.102.254' />
    </dhcp>
  </ip>
</network>
  
root@turaok:~# virsh net-create /media/tots/D663-4A7F/rac_test_2014/rac_2_xen_network1.txt
root@turaok:~# virsh net-create /media/tots/D663-4A7F/rac_test_2014/rac_2_xen_network2.txt

root@turaok:~# virsh net-list
 Name                 State      Autostart     Persistent
----------------------------------------------------------
 default              active     yes           yes
 private1             active     no            no
 private2             active     no            no