The only catch there is the Other (64-bit) OS Type uses HVM on XenServer so any Linux template won't use Paravirtualization (one of the "tricks" XenServer uses to improve the speed and density of Linux VMs on a host) - but if you're wanting to use an OS on the VM that isn't an officially supported XenServer OS (e.g. Ubuntu 14.04 on a XenServer host that's older than XS 6.5 or one of the BSDs) then the HVM solution works great.
On Thu, 2015-04-02 at 21:52 -0400, Prashant s wrote: > i have had luck registering & running many unsupported operating system on > xenserver + cloudstack by choosing the OS TYPE as > "Other (64bit)" while registering the ISO in ACS. > > > for example ... you can register the iso for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS , CoreOS ,if > you choose Other (64bit) as OS Type from the drop down menu it will work. > > **** ... please Don't use Other Linux (64bit) because this will fail when > booting from the ISO. > > .... also ofcourse dont forget to select Bootable :-0 > > > thanks > > On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 6:00 PM, Sam Ceylani <[email protected]> wrote: > > > sometimes it is not the case, for example there are tons of operating > > systems that xenserver supports but cloudstack only supports a subset of > > them. Take Windows 2008 server for example, xenserver was supporting this > > operating system fully and we developed a template and uploaded choosing > > windows 2008 server to 4.3.2 and we were getting a weird capacity exception > > error message which took almost a day to resolve when we troubleshot deeper > > and deeper we got this message about cloudstack complaining that this os is > > not supported on any of hypervisors :) there are some weird issues going on > > with cloudstack's opinion about what your xenserver can and can not support > > and hard coded into the application... in that case resolution was choosing > > windows 2008 R2 from template list, ty > > > > Thanks, > > > > Sam Ceylani, MBA > > Computer Engineer > > MisterCertified Inc. > > > > 301 W. Platt St. Suite 447, Tampa, FL 33606<x-apple-data-detectors://0/0> > > P 813<tel:813.264.6460>.264.6460<tel:813.264.6460> M > > 813<tel:813.416.7867>.416.7867<tel:813.416.7867> > > F 800<tel:800.553.9520>.553.9520<tel:800.553.9520> E > > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > > > On Apr 2, 2015, at 4:46 PM, "Ahmad Emneina" <[email protected]<mailto: > > [email protected]>> wrote: > > > > It's up to the hypervisor layer, whether or not, a guest is is supported. > > CloudStack should just pull the list from the HV and present it to the user. > > > > Ahmad E > > > > On Apr 2, 2015, at 1:39 PM, Phillip Kent <[email protected]<mailto: > > [email protected]>> wrote: > > > > Hi all, I wondered if there are any known issues with running guest VMs > > based on NetBSD or OpenBSD on Cloudstack (4.3.2)? > > > > I have never used, but a colleague wants to investigate. > > > > Thx Phillip > >
