•RHEL 4.7, 4.8, sometimes when there are many devices attached to a VM, there is not enough time for all of these devices to connect and startup fails.
•If you try to install RHEL 4.x on a VM that has more than two virtual CPUs (which RHEL 4.x does not support), an error message incorrectly reports the number of CPUs detected.
B.1.1.1. Preparing a RHEL 4.5 to 4.8 guest for cloning
To prepare a RHEL 4.5 to 4.8 guest for cloning (see Section 5.7.3, “MAC address”), edit /etc/sysconfig/
Note:
Red Hat recommends the use of Kickstart to perform automated installations, instead of directly cloning disk images (see Red Hat KB Article 1308).
B.1.1.2. RHEL Graphical Network Install Support
To perform a graphical installation, add VNC to the list of advanced OS boot parameters when creating the VM:
graphical utf8 vnc
You will be prompted to provide networking configuration for the new VM so that VNC communication can be enabled. The standard graphical installer will then be displayed.
B.1.2. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
XenServer requires that you run the RHEL 5.4 kernel or higher. These kernels have the following known issues:
•During the resume operation on a suspended VM, allocations can be made that can cause swap activity which cannot be performed because the swap disk is still being reattached. This is a rare occurrence. (Red Hat Bugzilla 429102).
•In RHEL 5.3, sometimes when there are many devices attached to a VM, there is not enough time for all of these devices to connect and startup fails.
•In RHEL 5.0 to 5.3, use of the XFS file system can lead to kernel panic under exceptional circumstances. Applying the Red Hat RHEL 5.4 kernel onwards resolves this issue.
•In RHEL 5.2, 5.3, VMs may crash when a host has 64GiB RAM or higher configured. Applying the Red Hat RHEL 5.4 kernel onwards resolves this issue.
•In RHEL 5.0 to 5.3, the network driver contains an issue that can, in rare circumstances, lead to a kernel deadlock. Applying the Red Hat RHEL 5.4 kernel onwards resolves this issue.
Note:
In previous releases, XenServer included a replacement RHEL 5 kernel that fixed critical issues that prevented RHEL 5 from running effectively as a virtual machine. Red Hat has resolved these issues in RHEL 5.4 and higher. Consequently, XenServer no longer includes a RHEL 5 specific kernel.
B.1.2.1. Preparing a RHEL 5.x guest for cloning
To prepare a RHEL 5.x guest for cloning (see Section 5.7.3, “MAC address”), edit /etc/sysconfig/network-
Note:
Red Hat recommends the use of Kickstart to perform automated installations, instead of directly cloning disk images (see Red Hat KB Article 1308).
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