January 2010
3 posts
Debian Squeeze Kernel for Ubuntu 9.04 XenServer...
Squeeze, the testing version of Debian ships with a more recent kernel which works well on a XenServer 5.5 guest. The version is 2.6.30-2-686-bigmem.
I am evaluating whether this is a stable kernel for use under Ubuntu Jaunty 9.04. Up till now the best kernel has been 2.6.26-2-xen-686 from Debian Lenny. However, this older kernel has known issues which I am keen to avoid.
The newer Squeeze...
Citrix XenServer: Debian APT Repo Public Key
Citrix have a APT repository which provides a para-virtual kernel and some guest tools for linux guests on XenServer.
The repo looks like this in /etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://updates.vmd.citrix.com/XenServer/5.5.0/debian/ lenny main
deb-src http://updates.vmd.citrix.com/XenServer/5.5.0/debian/ lenny main
On a default deploy, the public key for the repo is obviously not added...
Ubuntu 9.04 + PSP + Firmware Updates on HP DL380...
PSP Install
We prefer to use Ubuntu on our production servers for all kinds of reasons. With this choice however usually comes a lack of vendor support (because how can a Linux distro be enterprise if you don’t pay money for it?).
The ProLiant Support Pack (PSP) provides a whole bunch of great software which helps with server management. I especially needed to update the firmware on our...