claudia: Claudia.Hildebrandt@sun.com

Hi folks,

I started to go further with my demo setup and whoops, ran into the first obstacles.I have to realize that we must go through some painfull tasks.*smile*

There is NO WAY continuing to set up desktop providers and to configure VDI as long as we do not have installed LDAP ( or you can use AD )!
So, right now, I am downloading Sun Directory Server Enterprise Edition.

Meanwile you can check this and also download and setup the LDAP Server.

The tasks are:
The easiest ones are to check if all services are up and running and some if some parameters were set:
1. enable iscsi target SMF service
# svcadm enable svc:/system/iscsitgt:default

2. the webpage recommends to limit the ARC cache of ZFS, for example to 2 GB
set zfs:zfs_arc_max = 2147483648

3.check and - eventually - enable ssh:
bash-3.2# svcs svc:/network/ssh:default
STATE STIME FMRI
online 16:53:45 svc:/network/ssh:default

4. check your http service:
bash-3.2# svcs svc:/network/http:apache22
STATE STIME FMRI
online 16:53:49 svc:/network/http:apache22
bash-3.2#

5. check if the webservice for VirtualBox is enabled:
bash-3.2# svcs svc:/application/virtualbox/webservice:default
STATE STIME FMRI
disabled 16:53:25 svc:/application/virtualbox/webservice:default
bash-3.2#

If the service is not enabled, as in this case, enable it by using svcadm:
bash-3.2# svcadm enable svc:/application/virtualbox/webservice:default

check the state afterwards:
bash-3.2# svcs svc:/application/virtualbox/webservice:default
STATE STIME FMRI
online 17:24:02 svc:/application/virtualbox/webservice:default
bash-3.2#

and finally, we need to setup LDAP.
1. Get the Directory Server here at no cost, no kidding, as the webpage tells you:
http://www.sun.com/software/products/directory_srvr_ee/get.jsp
Select Directory Server Enterprise Edition
Select Version 6.3.1
Select Compressed Archive ( zip )
Select Solaris 10 64x86, if you use an x86 box, like me.

and download the full version of 384 MB................. and configure the Directory Server.
Installation instructions are:
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/820-2761/
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/coll/1224.4

cu tomorrow!
claudia

Hi,

today I finished my presentaton about network virtualization.
There are different versions available:
1. as .pdf file in english
2. as staroffice file with notes , also in english.
3. as .pdf file in german
4. as staroffice file with german notes .
Comments and feedback are welcome,good or bad.

Text und images were mostly copied from the System Administration Guide: Network Interfaces and Network
Virtualization (http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-6990/); regarding LDoms I used text parts of the document: "Logical Domains (LDoms) 1.0.3 Administration Guide" (http://dlc.sun.com/pdf/820-4894-10/820-4894-10.pdf).

Some images and slides are from Nicolas Droux' presentation:“Crossbow Network Virtualization and Resource Partitioning”
and some images regarding LDoms und vnet are from Martin Muellers presentation he held at the Partner University 2007. Others are from the presentation: “LDoms: Logical Domains Technical Overview” by Alexandre Chartre, Solaris RPE.

I like to say THANK YOU to all authors!

And here are some helpful links:
http://blogs.sun.com/stw/entry/using_ip_instances_with_vlans
http://ko.opensolaris.org/os/project/crossbow/
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/820-4894-10?l=en
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/820-4677/ggoak?l=en&a=view&q=logical+domains
http://docs.sun.com/source/835-0769-01/

Claudia