Re: virtualization on Sparc architecture?

[Martin <inkubus@interalpha.co.uk>]

On Sat, 2011-05-28 at 17:53 -0500, mmejiav wrote:
> 2011/5/28 mmejiav <mauricio.mejia.v@gmail.com>:
> > 2011/5/27 Martin <inkubus@interalpha.co.uk>:
> >> On Fri, 2011-05-27 at 09:32 -0500, mmejiav wrote:
> >>> hi
> >>> I have a Sun Blade 100 with Solaris 10.
> >>> Does Debian for Sparc architecture have a tool for making
> >>> virtualization on this? Something like openvz… I search information
> >>> about this topic on google but I didn’t find anything
> >>> Thanks in advance
> >>
> >> Linux VServer ( http://linux-vserver.org/ ) has been ported to SPARC and
> >> is an "OS level virtualisation" system similar in concept to OpenVZ.  I
> >> ran a system that used it for several years with few problems.  At one
> >> point Debian shipped VServer enabled kernels for SPARC.
> >>
> >> Alternatively you may be able to use the cgroup tools to set up
> >> something similar using stock kernels.
> >>
> >> HTH
> >>
> >
> > hi Martin and thanks for your answer
> >
> > Rigth now i'm installing debian squeeze on the Blade 100 machine (sparc).
> > In the wiki debian (http://wiki.debian.org/SystemVirtualization) I
> > found more information about vserver, but the page says
> >
> > LinuxVserver - Mostly used on servers. Creates multiple isolated
> > containers. Will be deprecated in squeeze.
> >
> > Deprecated on squeeze? then for sparc whats the next virtualization
> > tool to be used on Debian systems?
> >
> > --
> 
> hi
> I installed vserver
> 
> apt-get install linux-image-vserver-sparc64 util-vserver
> vserver-debiantools linux-headers-2.6-vserver-sparc64
> 
> But after the installation the system shows:
> 
> Linux-VServer capability not detected in kernel.

You'll have to reboot the machine to pick up the new kernel.

> Mmmm ok.
> I reboot the machine and run
> 
> $ uname -ar
> Linux gandalf 2.6.32-5-vserver-sparc64 #1 SMP Thu May 19 08:03:14 UTC
> 2011 sparc64 GNU/Linux
> 
> The question: is the system ready for the vservers or not?

If you're running the correct kernel then it should work.  What do the
vserver tools say?

You might find you get a better response to vserver specific questions
on the vserver list / IRC channel.

Cheers,
 - Martin