[et-mgmt-tools] cobbler-0.6.5-3.el4 - xen virt trouble

[Mark Nielsen]

On Tue, 2008-02-26 at 01:30 +0900, Msquared wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 01:55:37PM +0000, Tom Brown wrote:
> 
> > I cant - i dont have X avilable to me - So i cant look at the console if 
> > i dont have X ?
> 
> If you have X on another machine, you can do something like this:
> 
>   vncviewer -via virtualhost localhost`ssh root at virtualhost virsh vncdisplay virtualguest`
> 
> Where:
> 
>   * virtualhost is the physical machine
>   * virtualguest is the Xen guest you are trying to connect to
> 
> If you don't have X (ie: your desktop workstation is Windows), then you
> can do the same thing, but it's a little more fiddly:
> 

I like using Xming. 
http://sourceforge.net/projects/xming
it is a very small X server for windows, and doesn't even require admin
privileges to install. Then you run putty with X forwarding enabled.

>   1.  SSH into the host as root and run "virsh vncdisplay virtualguest"
>       to find out what display virtualguest is using (eg: ":2")
> 
>   2.  Add 5900 to the number from step 1 (eg: 5902).
> 
>   3.  SSH into the host again, but forward any local port to the port
>       number from step 2.  (eg: forward 5905 to 5902)  [Note that PuTTY
>       can forward ports for you]
> 
>   4.  VNC to the forwarded port on the local host (eg: 5905).
> 
> Regards, Msquared...
> 
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