4.4 Xen Virtualization Environments

Xen virtualization software is included with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. Novell Cluster Services supports using Xen virtual machine (VM) guest servers as nodes in a cluster. You can install Novell Cluster Services on the guest server just as you would a physical server. All templates except the Xen and XenLive templates can be used on a VM guest server. For examples, see Section 14.0, Configuring Novell Cluster Services in a Xen Virtualization Environment.

Novell Cluster Services is supported to run on a Xen host server where it can be used to cluster the virtual machine configuration files on Linux POSIX file systems. Only the Xen and XenLive templates are supported for use in the XEN host environment. For information about setting up Xen and XenLive cluster resources, see Section 14.2, Virtual Machines as Cluster Resources.