converting XEN gues to KVM, on CentOS 6

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Hi,

I see that CentOS 6 doesn’t include XEN kernel anymore since they’re moving to KVM full time now. Maybe Redhat will re-add it if there’s enough demand?

The following articles talk about converting XEN guests to KVM guests:
http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Virtualization/chap-Virtualization-v2v-migration.html
http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Virtualization/convert-a-local-xen-guest.html

As matter of interest, will CloudMin have an easy to migrate XEN guests to KVM guests?
And, is it possible to run both XEN & KVM on the same server, so that I can see how they perform?

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Hi,

For converting Xen to Kvm you can use virt-v2v which RedHat provides:
http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Virtualization/chap-Virtualization-v2v-migration.html

I sense a rush to use EL6 :slight_smile:
Don’t forget EL5 will be supported for yet another good while, no need to rush.

I don’t think even very expensive enterprise solutions will do this for you so imho Jamie & Joe shouldn’t even bother with this.

Secondly, you cannot run Xen and KVM on the same server at the same time.