System Administration Guide: Virtualization Using the Solaris Operating System

iscsi Volume Method, Available in a Later Build


Note –

This method should be available in a build after the OpenSolaris 2009.06 release.


An iscsi-backed guest would be created with this base command:


# virt-install -n <name> -r <ram> -p --nographics -l /path/to/iso \
-m <mac address> \
--disk path=/static/<iscsi target ip address>/<lun>/<iqnnumber>,driver=phy,subdriver=iscsi 

An example would be:


# virt-install -n ubuntu -r 1024 -p --nographics -l /net/xvm-4200m2-03/isos/ubuntu-7.04-32.iso \ 
--disk path=/static/172.20.26.10/0/iqn.1986-03.com.sun:02:52ac879e-788e-e0ea-bf5c-f86b2b63258a,driver=phy,subdriver=iscsi

In addition to setting up the xend relocation host allow field as described above in the section "Enabling Live Migration on a Target Host,” also issue the following command to enable static discovery on both dom0s:


# iscsiadm modify discovery -s enable