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Posted to users@cloudstack.apache.org by Stavros Konstantaras <s....@uva.nl> on 2016/03/29 14:24:35 UTC

Solaris 11.3 can not be installed 

Hi all

Did anyone manage to install Solaris 11.3 on a xenserver VM? I am running CS 4.6 with XenServer 6.5 and I try to install Solaris by using the official Oracle iso (text install), but installation is not continuing when I hit F2 to install on local storage. It seems that it is not able to discover the local disk and as a result, it returns back to the installation menu and prompts me the error “disk_link: invalid disk device number 768”. 

Is Xenserver incompatible with Solaris 11.3? I have installed all the latest patches on my XenServer cluster.

Thanks in advance.

Best Regards
Stavros

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Stavros Konstantaras
Science faculty Research IT support (FEIOG) 
University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH

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Re: Solaris 11.3 can not be installed

Posted by Stephan Seitz <s....@secretresearchfacility.com>.
> using the official Oracle iso (text install), but installation is not
> continuing when I hit F2 to install on local storage. It seems that
> it is not able to discover the local disk and as a result, it returns
> back to the installation menu and prompts me the error “disk_link:
> invalid disk device number 768”. 

768 looks to me like the representation of linux "hda".
Xen supports different kinds of device-virtualization/emulation which
are mapped to acs os types. I'ld try selecting other OS types which
require HVM, mabye "Other (64bit)" .

Re: Solaris 11.3 can not be installed

Posted by Stavros Konstantaras <s....@uva.nl>.
Hi Shweta,

Yes I know that Xenserver is not supporting officially Solaris OS but after reading the discussion that you sent me I was wondering if any member managed to do it successfully. 

I tried yesterday to install it and I didn’t face any CPU related issues, only the fact that the OS can not discover the local disk. However, looks like the usage of iSCSI storage is a working solution.

Thanks anyway.

Regards
Stavros

> On 30 Mar 2016, at 06:58, Shweta Agarwal <sh...@accelerite.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Stavros,
> 
> 
> Solaris 10 (or any version of Solaris for that matter) isn't a supported guest in XenServer 6.5. Earlier versions appear to have supported it but not 6.x.
> 
> There is an old discussion on the https://discussions.citrix.com/topic/312251-solaris-10-installation-to-xenserver-602/
> 
> May be that can be of some help to you.
> 
> .
> 
> 
> Thanks
> Shweta
> 
> ________________________________________
> From: Stavros Konstantaras <s....@uva.nl>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 5:54 PM
> To: users@cloudstack.apache.org
> Subject: Solaris 11.3 can not be installed
> 
> Hi all
> 
> Did anyone manage to install Solaris 11.3 on a xenserver VM? I am running CS 4.6 with XenServer 6.5 and I try to install Solaris by using the official Oracle iso (text install), but installation is not continuing when I hit F2 to install on local storage. It seems that it is not able to discover the local disk and as a result, it returns back to the installation menu and prompts me the error “disk_link: invalid disk device number 768”.
> 
> Is Xenserver incompatible with Solaris 11.3? I have installed all the latest patches on my XenServer cluster.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Best Regards
> Stavros
> 
> ----------------------------
> Stavros Konstantaras
> Science faculty Research IT support (FEIOG)
> University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH
> 
> Fingerprint: E5E5 9B19 D1CD 88CD 4763  3465 A8DC 7C92 330F D59A
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Re: Solaris 11.3 can not be installed

Posted by Shweta Agarwal <sh...@accelerite.com>.
Hi Stavros,


Solaris 10 (or any version of Solaris for that matter) isn't a supported guest in XenServer 6.5. Earlier versions appear to have supported it but not 6.x.

There is an old discussion on the https://discussions.citrix.com/topic/312251-solaris-10-installation-to-xenserver-602/

May be that can be of some help to you.

 .


Thanks
Shweta

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From: Stavros Konstantaras <s....@uva.nl>
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 5:54 PM
To: users@cloudstack.apache.org
Subject: Solaris 11.3 can not be installed

Hi all

Did anyone manage to install Solaris 11.3 on a xenserver VM? I am running CS 4.6 with XenServer 6.5 and I try to install Solaris by using the official Oracle iso (text install), but installation is not continuing when I hit F2 to install on local storage. It seems that it is not able to discover the local disk and as a result, it returns back to the installation menu and prompts me the error “disk_link: invalid disk device number 768”.

Is Xenserver incompatible with Solaris 11.3? I have installed all the latest patches on my XenServer cluster.

Thanks in advance.

Best Regards
Stavros

----------------------------
Stavros Konstantaras
Science faculty Research IT support (FEIOG)
University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH

Fingerprint: E5E5 9B19 D1CD 88CD 4763  3465 A8DC 7C92 330F D59A




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