[xenpreview-dev] XEN + Intel VT + NetWare

[Bruce Rogers]

Eduardo,

Yes I am referring to NetWare running on Intel VT technology.  The Xen
effort has had issues with running certain OS's in full virtualization
mode and NetWare is one of them.  We've identified all the issues, and
there is currently a lot changing in the Xen code to beef up support for
the various OS's that are having issues.  Sorry I can't give you a date
when support will appear at present.

- Bruce Rogers

>>> On 8/21/2006 at 3:15 PM, in message
<1156194915.4696.22.camel at edp210.autofax.com.br>, Eduardo D Piovesam
<eduardo at autofax.com.br> wrote:
> Hi Bruce,
> 
> Thanks for reply, but and about the "Intel VT" technology? If I use
it
> with XEN, then I don't need to wait for Novell, right ?
> 
> Of course it's better to wait for Novell, getting full support,
docs,
> tips and so on.... but we need to start this environment
("virtualized
> NW") by October (this year), and it will be great if we can start
with
> XEN even if we need to use INTEL VT.
> 
> Have you tried ?
> 
> Thanks,
> Eduardo
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 2006-08-21 at 14:50 -0600, Bruce Rogers wrote:
> 
>> Eduardo,
>> 
>> Novell is working on supporting the NetWare operating system as a
fully
>> virtualized guest.  I can't give you a specific date as to when to
>> expect it to work, but I anticipate it shouldn't be too long.
>> 
>> - Bruce Rogers
>> 
>> >>> On 8/21/2006 at 1:01 PM, in message
>> <1156186865.10080.9.camel at edp210.autofax.com.br>, Eduardo D
Piovesam
>> <eduardo at autofax.com.br> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> > 
>> > First, sorry if this is not the right place to post this
question.
>> And
>> > if it's not, please tell me where can I post these questions.
>> > 
>> > We want to start evaluating XEN+SLES10 (host os)+INTEL VT with
>> NetWare65
>> > as guests.
>> > 
>> > I know that Novell will support it only with OES 2, but since
we'll
>> be
>> > using INTEL VT with XEN, it "may work" right now...
>> > 
>> > Do you know if it "works" ? Or there is no way to run NW inside
XEN,
>> > even with processor "VT" enabled ?
>> > 
>> > Thank you.
>> > 
>> > Regards,
>> > Eduardo
>>