
Permanently add this parameter to your boot loader conguration by adding
the parameter dom0_mem=VALUE to your Xen kernel boot conguration. Either
use YaST > System > Boot Loader or edit /boot/grub/menu.lst. See Sec-
tion 2.3, “Managing Domain 0 Memory” (page 11) for more information.
Updates are available through your update channel. To be sure to have the latest updates
installed, run YaST Online Update after the installation has nished.
2.1 Best Practices and Suggestions
When installing and conguring the SUSE Linux Enterprise operating system on the
host, be aware of the following best practices and suggestions:
•
If the host should always run as Xen host, run YaST System > Boot Loader and acti-
vate the Xen boot entry as default boot section.
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In YaST, click System > Boot Loader.
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Change the default boot to the Xen label, then click Set as Default.
•
Click Finish.
• Disable powersave functionality on the host and all guest operating systems. On the
host computer and other Linux computers, you can use the chkconfig
powersaved off command.
• Close Virtual Machine Manager if you are not actively using it and restart it when
needed. Closing Virtual Machine Manager does not affect the state of virtual machines.
• For best performance, only the applications and processes required for virtualization
should be installed on the virtual machine host.
• When using both, iSCSI and OCFS2 to host Xen images, the latency required for
OCFS2 default timeouts in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server may not be met. To recon-
gure this timeout, run /etc/init.d/o2cb configure or edit
O2CB_HEARTBEAT_THRESHOLD in the system conguration.
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