Update: Oracle VM 3.0 and VirtualBox roadmaps

Hi, VirtualBox now provide a VMware Workstation/ESX compatible device, looks compatible XEN mode will come too ?

Oracle VM 3.0 and VirtualBox roadmaps

Part 2: Glassfish V3 Pet Catalog sample DEMO in VM Template – OS Instance

OpenSolaris 200906 JeOS Prototype was designed as PURE CLI enviroment providing main building stone for creation of Virtual Appliances or VM Templates

In this example I will demonstrate creation of Evaluation type Virtual Appliance / VM Template which will leveradge OpenSolaris 200906 JeOS prototype and just in Dec/09 released Glassfish v3, Java EE 6 and Netbeans 6.8 with simple Java EE 6 demo. This entry is part of Virtual Appliances & OVF workshop.

New Glassfish V3 introduce an unique network repository based modular structure, so we can more easily create really simple initial DEMO setup which user can extend by installation more samples right from Glassfish V3 repository or from Netbeans GUI.

Step 1: Create OS Instance
   General Information – JeOS Prototype OpenSolaris project
   Step 1a: Create an OpenSolaris 20906 JeOS Prototype instance
   Step 1b: Start JeOS VM instance and check readiness as user root
   Step 1c: Create a non-root but fully privileged user

Downloads: Glassfish V3 Pet Catalog sample DEMO in VM Template

My colleagues will handle publishing downloads on public place for you, for now you can get images internaly at:
http://jsc-nfs.czech.sun.com/room/virtual/OSOL0906/vmtemplate-sample/GFv3sample/VMTemplates

For information about “What Virtualizations platforms are supported be images?” or
“How to start image in Virtualization platform ?” look into JeOS prototype download page

Part 12: Glassfish V3 Pet Catalog sample DEMO in VM Template – Clean and Convert

OpenSolaris 200906 JeOS Prototype was designed as PURE CLI enviroment providing main building stone for creation of Virtual Appliances or VM Templates

In this example I will DEMOnstrate creation of Evaluation type Virtual Appliance / VM Template which will leveradge OpenSolaris 200906 JeOS prototype and just in Dec/09 released Glassfish v3, Java EE 6 and Netbeans 6.8 with simple Java EE 6 demo. This entry is part of Virtual Appliances & OVF workshop.

New Glassfish V3 introduce an unique network repository based modular structure, so we can more easily create really simple initial DEMO setup which user can extend by installation more samples right from Glassfish V3 repository or from Netbeans GUI.

Step 6: Clean and Convert VM
   Step 6c: Generate VirtualBOX 3.x VDI IDE format
      Convert VMDK SCSI to VDI IDE format with VirtualBox
      Configure VirtualBox for VDI IDE
      Reconfigure HW with VA Live-CD in VirtualBox?for VDI IDE
   Step 6d: Generate Parallels format
      Open in Parallels JeOS image and recreate OS disk
      Restore from ZFS stream from VA Live-CD
      Add Freeware NI network driver
   Step 6e: Generate xVM/XEN compatible PARA and HVM RAW disk formats

Part 11: Glassfish V3 Pet Catalog sample DEMO in VM Template – Pack and Publish

OpenSolaris 200906 JeOS Prototype was designed as PURE CLI enviroment providing main building stone for creation of Virtual Appliances or VM Templates

In this example I will DEMOnstrate creation of Evaluation type Virtual Appliance / VM Template which will leveradge OpenSolaris 200906 JeOS prototype and just in Dec/09 released Glassfish v3, Java EE 6 and Netbeans 6.8 with simple Java EE 6 demo. This entry is part of Virtual Appliances & OVF workshop.

New Glassfish V3 introduce an unique network repository based modular structure, so we can more easily create really simple initial DEMO setup which user can extend by installation more samples right from Glassfish V3 repository or from Netbeans GUI.

Step 7: Pack and Publish Images
      Step 7a: Pack each Image with compression tool
      Step 7b: Generate a checksum for each archive
      Step 7d: Create a Download page with helper instructions

Part 10: Glassfish V3 Pet Catalog sample DEMO in VM Template – Clean and Convert

OpenSolaris 200906 JeOS Prototype was designed as PURE CLI enviroment providing main building stone for creation of Virtual Appliances or VM Templates

In this example I will DEMOnstrate creation of Evaluation type Virtual Appliance / VM Template which will leveradge OpenSolaris 200906 JeOS prototype and just in Dec/09 released Glassfish v3, Java EE 6 and Netbeans 6.8 with simple Java EE 6 demo. This entry is part of Virtual Appliances & OVF workshop.

New Glassfish V3 introduce an unique network repository based modular structure, so we can more easily create really simple initial DEMO setup which user can extend by installation more samples right from Glassfish V3 repository or from Netbeans GUI.

Step 6: Clean and Convert VM
      Step 6a: Clean & Pack VMware – our primary development platform
      Step 6b: Generate VirtualBOX 3.x OVF format

Part 9: Glassfish V3 Pet Catalog sample DEMO in VM Template – Finalize

OpenSolaris 200906 JeOS Prototype was designed as PURE CLI enviroment providing main building stone for creation of Virtual Appliances or VM Templates

In this example I will DEMOnstrate creation of Evaluation type Virtual Appliance / VM Template which will leveradge OpenSolaris 200906 JeOS prototype and just in Dec/09 released Glassfish v3, Java EE 6 and Netbeans 6.8 with simple Java EE 6 demo. This entry is part of Virtual Appliances & OVF workshop.

New Glassfish V3 introduce an unique network repository based modular structure, so we can more easily create really simple initial DEMO setup which user can extend by installation more samples right from Glassfish V3 repository or from Netbeans GUI.

Step 5: Finalize the template
      Step 5a: Finalize template outline

Part 8: Glassfish V3 Pet Catalog sample DEMO in VM Template – Cleaning

OpenSolaris 200906 JeOS Prototype was designed as PURE CLI enviroment providing main building stone for creation of Virtual Appliances or VM Templates

In this example I will DEMOnstrate creation of Evaluation type Virtual Appliance / VM Template which will leveradge OpenSolaris 200906 JeOS prototype and just in Dec/09 released Glassfish v3, Java EE 6 and Netbeans 6.8 with simple Java EE 6 demo. This entry is part of Virtual Appliances & OVF workshop.

New Glassfish V3 introduce an unique network repository based modular structure, so we can more easily create really simple initial DEMO setup which user can extend by installation more samples right from Glassfish V3 repository or from Netbeans GUI.

Step 4: Clean-up the template
      Step 4a: Motivations for Clean-up
      Step 4b: Clear layered app SW
      Step 4c: Clean OS and default user OSOL data
      Step 4d: Important: Time to make a backup now
      Step 4e: Shrink installed system disk with ZFS Streaming
            First I will optimize disk with local ZFS SEND/RECEIVE streaming
            Second I will optimize disk with NFS based ZFS SEND/RECEIVE streaming

Part 7: Glassfish V3 Pet Catalog sample DEMO in VM Template – Adding internals

OpenSolaris 200906 JeOS Prototype was designed as PURE CLI enviroment providing main building stone for creation of Virtual Appliances or VM Templates

In this example I will DEMOnstrate creation of Evaluation type Virtual Appliance / VM Template which will leveradge OpenSolaris 200906 JeOS prototype and just in Dec/09 released Glassfish v3, Java EE 6 and Netbeans 6.8 with simple Java EE 6 demo. This entry is part of Virtual Appliances & OVF workshop.

New Glassfish V3 introduce an unique network repository based modular structure, so we can more easily create really simple initial DEMO setup which user can extend by installation more samples right from Glassfish V3 repository or from Netbeans GUI.

Step 3: Add Template internals
   Step 3a: Add auto starting of layered components
   Step 3b: Adding welcome WEB page
   Step 3c: Licenses audit
  Final Used Space After all SW installation

OpenSolaris 200906 Virtualization Assistant Live-CD Proof of Concept

Create a OpenSolaris 200906 Helper Live-CD Proof of Concept with can help End Users and Developers to deliver faster VM Images/Templates/Appliances based on current mainline OpenSolaris 200906 release.
VA Live-CD will as PoC (Proof of Concept) demonstrate all known and needed steps of VM creation as modules or/and their recipes taking as a sample building process of OpenSolaris 200906 JeOS VM install and creation itself.

Content

1. OpenSolaris 200906 Virtualization Assistant Live-CD PoC
2. Project Motivations
3. Target Audience of OpenSolaris 200906 Virtualization Assistant Live-CD Prototype
4. Planned Functionality of OpenSolaris 200906 Virtualization Assistant Live-CD PoC
   1. Virtualization Assistant Live-CD PoC Deliverables: Media and Repository
      1. Virtualization Assistant Live-CD PoC Media Download
      2. Virtualization Assistant Live-CD PoC Mercurial repository
   2. VA Live-CD Functionality – Separation onto 2 sub-projects
   3. Content
   4. OpenSolaris 200806 Migration Assistant Live-CD
   5. OpenSolaris 200906 VA Live-CD Main Design Concepts
      1. AI Client in Live Media Based Rich Recovery Console
      2. Wrapping Functionality in “Modules”
      3. Modules are using Critical Check Points and Acummulated Return Values
      4. Overlays for delivering VA Live-CD, AI and Install framework Fast Fixes
      5. Include DC and all Build Recipe on Live-CD Media Itself
      6. Only Virtualization Platforms and x86 32bit support (and SPARC LDoms)
      7. Maximally Leverage OpenSolaris 200906 Distro Constructor
      8. Include Headless Mode with SERIAL port access (OS Kernel and Grub Menu)
      9. Include SSH key based authentication for better scripting
      10. Support for Alternate Install Scenarios: Fully Local Installation
      11. Support for Alternate Install Scenarios: ZFS Flash like install
      12. Setting up JeOS logins (not default OpenSolaris ones)
   6. Part 1: Building VA Live-CD Media with Distro Constructor
      1. VA Live-CD Media Distro Constructor Recipe
      2. VA Live-CD Media Distro Constructor Helper Files
      3. Customize VA Live-CD by Generating Clone from Live-CD
         1. Sample 1: Regeneration of VA Live-CD with Customizations (lofs)
         2. Sample 2: Generation of VA Live-CD from itself with added WiFi Intel …
      4. VA Live-CD media Costs and Sizes (Architectures Comparisons)
   7. Part 2: Virtual Assistant Live-CD Modules for VM Builders
      1. What are VA Live-CD modules and where they come from ?
      2. Module for testing main VA Live-CD functionality
         1. Selecting Best Strategy for Repeatable AI based JeOS Installations
      3. Module with common functionality
      4. Module for Local IPS Repository Recipe
      5. Module for Installing OpenSolaris 200906 JeOS
      6. Module for cleaning OS Runtime Data
      7. Module for HW arch change and HW Reconfiguration
      8. Module for securing installed OS instance
      9. Module shrinking disk with ZFS send/receive with 2 disks
      10. Module shrinking disk with ZFS send/receive with archive NFS
      11. Module for Virtual Hardware support
   8. VA Live-CD and JeOS Support for 10+ Most Popular Virtualization Platforms
      1. List of Know to Work Virtualization Platforms (x86 , x86-64)
      2. List of Know to Work Virtualization Platforms (SPARC SUN4V)
      3. HW Arch Check: xVM Hypervisor Para mode
      4. HW FAST FIX: VGIRUni network driver for Parallels
         1. Create local IPS repository on port 80
         2. Publish LOCALni into IPS repository
      5. HW FAST FIX: Update Dnet driver from B113
   9. Creating “instance” zpool for Live-CD custom data

OpenSolaris JeOS Prototype (Part 22: B130 JeOS First Touch – Real HW tips)

OpenSolaris 1003 Dev B130 JeOS Prototype First Touch (Part Four)

This is a First Touch for JeOS like configuration on dev release targeting OpenSolaris 2010.03 release, this is not a final Prototype
and content of final OpenSolaris 2010.03 JeOS Prototype can change significantly. This instructions are published for development
and testing purposes only. Please, send your feed back, questions and suggestions to jeos-discuss@opensolaris.org

This entry is part of OpenSolaris CLI JeOS workshop

OpenSolaris 1003 Dev B130 JeOS Prototype First Touch (Part Four)
   OSOL 1003 JeOS CLI First Touch on Real HW
      Hardware Appliance OpenSolaris JeOS like Sample
      Get list of drivers and its packages to add to OpenSolaris JeOS
      Install OpenSolaris JeOS Prototype with added drivers
         A: Modify JeOS AI install manifest to install drivers in one shot
         B: Install default JeOS AI install manifest and add drivers to installation before reboot

OpenSolaris JeOS Prototype (Part 21: B130 JeOS First Touch – Reported Issues & RFEs)

OpenSolaris 1003 Dev B130 JeOS Prototype First Touch (Part Five)

This is a initial First Touch for JeOS like configuration on dev release targeting OpenSolaris 2010.03 release, this is not a final Prototype
and content of final OpenSolaris 2010.03 JeOS Protototype can change significantly. This instructions are published for development
and testing purposes only. Please, send your feed back, questions and suggestions to jeos-discuss@opensolaris.org

OpenSolaris JeOS Prototype – Reported Issues (Bugs) and Suggestions (RFEs)

OpenSolaris 1003 Dev B130 JeOS Prototype First Touch (Part Five)
   OpenSolaris JeOS Prototype – Reported Issues (Bugs) and Suggestions (RFEs)
      OSOL1003 reported issues (B130 and newer)
      OSOL1003 OS Related Features
      Reported Issues during OSOL JeOS Prototyping (OSOL 200805 – 200906)

OpenSolaris JeOS Prototype (Part 20: B130 JeOS First Touch – iPKG GUI – remote X)

OpenSolaris 1003 Dev B130 JeOS Prototype First Touch (Part Three)

This is a First Touch for JeOS like configuration on dev release targeting OpenSolaris 2010.03 release, this is not a final Prototype
and content of final OpenSolaris 2010.03 JeOS Prototype can change significantly. This instructions are published for development
and testing purposes only. Please, send your feed back, questions and suggestions to jeos-discuss@opensolaris.org

This entry is part of OpenSolaris CLI JeOS workshop

OpenSolaris 1003 Dev B130 JeOS Prototype First Touch (Part Three)
   iPKG GUI tools on OSOL 1003 JeOS CLI Firts Touch
      Evaluating iPKG GUI in OSOL 1003 B130 JeOS First Touch
      Installing iPKG GUI in OSOL 1003 B130 JeOS First Touch
      Trying VNC session based iPKG GUI in OSOL 1003 B130 JeOS First Touch
      AI install hints for iPKG GUI in OSOL 1003 B130 JeOS First Touch
      Install costs for iPKG GUI in OSOL 1003 B130 JeOS First Touch

OpenSolaris JeOS Prototype (Part 19: B130 JeOS First Touch – AI installation)

OpenSolaris 1003 Dev B130 JeOS Prototype First Touch (Part Two)

This is a First Touch for JeOS like configuration on dev release targeting OpenSolaris 2010.03 release, this is not a final Prototype
and content of final OpenSolaris 2010.03 JeOS Prototype can change significantly. This instructions are published for development
and testing purposes only. Please, send your feed back, questions and suggestions to jeos-discuss@opensolaris.org

This entry is part of OpenSolaris CLI JeOS workshop

OpenSolaris 1003 Dev B130 JeOS Prototype First Touch (Part Two)
   B130 JeOS Protototype First Touch AI installation
      Create B130 JeOS Prototype First Touch AI manifest
      Install B130 JeOS Prototype First Touch AI manifest with AI on Media
      Evaluate AI installation of B130 JeOS Prototype First Touch
      Generate full pkgs simple list
      Generate full pkgs advanced list
      Evaluate install and distributions costs

OpenSolaris JeOS Prototype (Part 18: B130 JeOS First Touch – pkgs list)

OpenSolaris 1003 Dev B130 JeOS Prototype First Touch (Part One)

This is a First Touch for JeOS like configuration on dev release targeting OpenSolaris 2010.03 release, this is not a final Prototype
and content of final OpenSolaris 2010.03 JeOS Prototype can change significantly. This instructions are published for development
and testing purposes only. Please, send your feed back, questions and suggestions to jeos-discuss@opensolaris.org

This entry is part of OpenSolaris CLI JeOS workshop

OpenSolaris JeOS Prototype (Part 17: Remove old ‘dirty’ BEs)

This entry is part of OpenSolaris JeOS (Just Enough Operating System) Prototype workshop.

Removing original GUI BE, leaving just customized ones

OpenSolaris JeOS Prototype (Part 16: Inst from lists pkgs BE)

This entry is part of OpenSolaris JeOS (Just Enough Operating System) Prototype workshop.

L5 osol0906inst Try JeOS Install List scenario

OpenSolaris JeOS Prototype (Part 15: Uninstall rest pkgs BE)

This entry is part of OpenSolaris JeOS (Just Enough Operating System) Prototype workshop.

L5 osol0906redu Try JeOS Uninstall Rest scenario

OpenSolaris JeOS Prototype (Part 14: Remove GUI pkgs BE)

This entry is part of OpenSolaris JeOS (Just Enough Operating System) Prototype workshop.

L3 osol0906rgui Remove main GUI front end part

Part 6: Glassfish V3 Pet Catalog sample DEMO in VM Template – SW Installation

OpenSolaris 200906 JeOS Prototype was designed as PURE CLI enviroment providing main building stone for creation of Virtual Appliances or VM Templates

In this example I will DEMOnstrate creation of Evaluation type Virtual Appliance / VM Template which will leveradge OpenSolaris 200906 JeOS prototype and just in Dec/09 released Glassfish v3, Java EE 6 and Netbeans 6.8 with simple Java EE 6 demo. This entry is part of Virtual Appliances & OVF workshop.

New Glassfish V3 introduce an unique network repository based modular structure, so we can more easily create really simple initial DEMO setup which user can extend by installation more samples right from Glassfish V3 repository or from Netbeans GUI.

Step 2: Add layered software
   Step 2g: Install Java EE 6 Pet Catalog sample from NetBeans 6.8 IDE (Video)

Part 5: Glassfish V3 Pet Catalog sample DEMO in VM Template – SW Installation

OpenSolaris 200906 JeOS Prototype was designed as PURE CLI enviroment providing main building stone for creation of Virtual Appliances or VM Templates

In this example I will DEMOnstrate creation of Evaluation type Virtual Appliance / VM Template which will leveradge OpenSolaris 200906 JeOS prototype and just in Dec/09 released Glassfish v3, Java EE 6 and Netbeans 6.8 with simple Java EE 6 demo. This entry is part of Virtual Appliances & OVF workshop.

New Glassfish V3 introduce an unique network repository based modular structure, so we can more easily create really simple initial DEMO setup which user can extend by installation more samples right from Glassfish V3 repository or from Netbeans GUI.

Step 2: Add layered software
   Step 2f: Install and configure MySQL (WebStack)

Part 4: Glassfish V3 Pet Catalog sample DEMO in VM Template – SW Installation

OpenSolaris 200906 JeOS Prototype was designed as PURE CLI enviroment providing main building stone for creation of Virtual Appliances or VM Templates

In this example I will DEMOnstrate creation of Evaluation type Virtual Appliance / VM Template which will leveradge OpenSolaris 200906 JeOS prototype and just in Dec/09 released Glassfish v3, Java EE 6 and Netbeans 6.8 with simple Java EE 6 demo. This entry is part of Virtual Appliances & OVF workshop.

New Glassfish V3 introduce an unique network repository based modular structure, so we can more easily create really simple initial DEMO setup which user can extend by installation more samples right from Glassfish V3 repository or from Netbeans GUI.

OpenSolaris 200906 JeOS Prototype on Parallels Virtual Appliance Directory

I reuse information from publishing info VMware catalog and I publish OpenSolaris 200906 Prototype into Parallels Virtual Appliances directory, see:

Part 3: Glassfish V3 Pet Catalog sample DEMO in VM Template – SW Installation

OpenSolaris 200906 JeOS Prototype was designed as PURE CLI enviroment providing main building stone for creation of Virtual Appliances or VM Templates

In this example I will DEMOnstrate creation of Evaluation type Virtual Appliance / VM Template which will leveradge OpenSolaris 200906 JeOS prototype and just in Dec/09 released Glassfish v3, Java EE 6 and Netbeans 6.8 with simple Java EE 6 demo. This entry is part of Virtual Appliances & OVF workshop.

New Glassfish V3 introduce an unique network repository based modular structure, so we can more easily create really simple initial DEMO setup which user can extend by installation more samples right from Glassfish V3 repository or from Netbeans GUI.

Step 2: Add layered software
   Step 2a: Bundled vs UnBundled SW installation
   Step 2b: Using UnBundled SW Installation for our DEMO
   Step 2c: OpenSolaris is dual arch (32bit and 64bit) environment
   Step 2d: Creating a dedicated ZFS fs for UnBundled installation

OpenSolaris JeOS Prototype (Part 13: Remove most sized pkgs BE)

This entry is part of OpenSolaris JeOS (Just Enough Operating System) Prototype workshop.

L2 osol0906size Remove Most Top Sized User Packages

OpenSolaris JeOS Prototype (Part 12: Simple BE setup)

This entry is part of OpenSolaris JeOS (Just Enough Operating System) Prototype workshop.

Create Primary OpenSolaris 2000906 Boot Environment (BE)
Create JeOS configs for various OpenSolaris 200906 Boot Environment (BE)
   L0 osol0060gui Backup of Original Installation with GUI Boot mode
   L1 osol0906cli Original Installation with CLI Boot mode

OpenSolaris JeOS Prototype (Part 11: Reduced Setups in BE)

This entry is part of OpenSolaris JeOS (Just Enough Operating System) Prototype workshop.

Abstract

Most modern mature OSes distributions allow users to tune set of installed packages by simple procedures like selecting install profile Basic CLI server or Rich GUI Workstation and many of them offer even more precision profiling to better suit user OS usage profile – like for example profile optimized by size and amount set of packages in CLI server mode to get close to ideal OS profile for Virtual Images creation.

This document present approaches and procedures how user can easily create this experimental prototypes of OpenSolaris install profiles – set of OS packages for OpenSolaris 200811, 200906 and prove then they are good fit for various user requirements.

OpenSolaris JeOS Prototype (Part 10: JeOS Install Cost Deep Dive)

This entry is part of OpenSolaris JeOS (Just Enough Operating System) Prototype workshop.

JeOS Install costs – Deep Dive

Part 7: Quad-Core Workstations for Desktop Virtualization Projects – Backup / Restore

For our virtualization projects like JeOS Prototype / Virtual Appliances / VM Templates we need to have Desktop hardware with latest Hardware Accelerated Virtualization support, currently this mean AMD = AMD-V and Intel = VT-x platforms.

Today is avaiable next (SECOND) generation of Hardware Accelerated Virtualization support focused onto improve memory performance AMD = RVI (Rapid Virtualization Technology) with Phenom CPU platform and Intel EPT (Extended Page Table) with Core i7 CPU platform.

This entry is part of HW for Virtualization Workshop

This hardware was used to create OpenSolaris 200906 JeOS Prototype VM images in 10+ Virtualization formats – Download

Backup and Restore OS Setup
   Format Backup Storage
   Initial OS backups with DD
   Select OS Backup / Restore Solution
   Backuping OSes with FS archiver

Part 6: Quad-Core Workstations for Desktop Virtualization Projects – Performance

For our virtualization projects like JeOS Prototype / Virtual Appliances / VM Templates we need to have Desktop hardware with latest Hardware Accelerated Virtualization support, currently this mean AMD = AMD-V and Intel = VT-x platforms.

Today is avaiable next (SECOND) generation of Hardware Accelerated Virtualization support focused onto improve memory performance AMD = RVI (Rapid Virtualization Technology) with Phenom CPU platform and Intel EPT (Extended Page Table) with Core i7 CPU platform.

This entry is part of HW for Virtualization Workshop

This hardware was used to create OpenSolaris 200906 JeOS Prototype VM images in 10+ Virtualization formats – Download

HW Performance Tuning and HW Virtualization Stability
   Final HW Virtualization Support and Stability
      VMware Workstation 6.5.2
      Sun xVM VirtualBox 3.0.12
   Intel Core i7 Tuning
   AMD Phenom II Tuning