Parallels Virtuozzo Containers Installation Manual

Parallels

Parallels Virtuozzo
Containers 4.6 for
Windows

Installation Guide

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Contents

Preface 4

About Parallels Virtuozzo Containers .......................................................................................................... 5

About This Guide ......................................................................................................................................... 6

Organizati on of This Gui de............................................................................................................... 6

Documentati on Conventions ............................................................................................................. 6

Getting Help ................................................................................................................................................. 8

Feedback ...................................................................................................................................................... 9

Preparing for Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.6 Installation 10

Planning Your Parallels Virtuozzo Containers System .............................................................................. 11

Installation Requirements ........................................................................................................................... 13

System Requirements ...................................................................................................................... 13

Network Requirements ................................................................................................................... 15

Parallels Virtuozzo Containers Installation Overview ............................................................................... 16

Installation Checklist ...................................................................................................................... 17

Installing Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.6 18

Obtaining Parallels Virtuozzo Containers .................................................................................................. 19

Installing Parallels Virtuozzo Containers ................................................................................................... 24

Installing Parallels Virtual Automation Automatically ................................................................... 33

Installing Parallels Virtual Automation Manually .......................................................................... 35

Performing Unattended Installation of Parallels Virtuozzo Co ntainers ..................................................... 36

Overview ......................................................................................................................................... 36

Preparing for Installation ................................................................................................................ 37

Installing Parallels Virtuozzo Containers ........................................................................................ 38

Upgrading to Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.6 ....................................................................................... 41

Uninstalling Parallels Virtuozz o Containers .............................................................................................. 44

Setting Parallels Virtuozzo Containers Tools to Work 46

Setting Up Parallels Virtual Automation .................................................................................................... 46

Logging In to Parallels Virtual Automation .................................................................................... 47

Registering Hardware Nodes .......................................................................................................... 47

Setting Up Parallels Managem e nt Console ................................................................................................ 48

Installing Parallels Management Console ....................................................................................... 48

Registering Hardware Node ............................................................................................................ 50

Glossary 53

Index 55

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Feedback ............................................................................................................................... 9

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Preface

In This Chapter

About Parallels Virtuozzo Containers ................................................................................... 5

About This Guide .................................................................................................................. 6

Getting Help .......................................................................................................................... 8

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About Parallels Virtuozzo Containers

Parallels Virtuozzo Containers is a patented OS virtualization solution. It creates isolated
partitions or Containers on a single physical server and OS instance to utilize hardware,
software, data center and management effort with maximum efficiency. The basic Parallels
Virtuozzo Containers capab il ities are :

 Intelligent Partitioning—Division of a server into as many as hundreds of Containers with

full server functionality.

 Complete Isolation—Containers are secure and have full functional, fault and performance

isolation.

 Dynamic Resource Allocation—CPU, memory, network, disk and I/O can be changed

without rebooting.

 Mass Management—Suite of tools and templates for automated, multi-Container and

multi-server administration.

The diagram below represents a typical model of the Parallels Virtuozzo Containers system
structure:

The Parallels Virtuozzo Containers OS virtualization model is streamlined for the best
performance, management, and efficiency. At the base resides a standard Host operating system
which can be either Windows or Linux. Next is the virtualization layer with a proprietary file
system and a kernel service abstraction layer that ensure the isolation and security of resources
between different Containers. The virtualization layer makes each Container appear as a
standalone server. Finally, the Container itself houses the application or workload.

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The Parallels Virtuozzo Containers OS virtualization solution has the highest efficiency and
manageability making it the best solution for organizations concerned with containing the IT
infrastructure and maximizing the resource utilization. The Parallels Virtuozzo Containers
complete set of management tools and unique architecture makes it the perfect solution for
easily maintaining, monitoring, and managing virtualized server resources for consolidation and
business continuity configurations.

About This Guide

This guide provides exhaustive information on the process of installing, configuring, and
deploying Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.6 for Windows on your system, including the pre­requisites and the stages you shall pass.

The primary audience for this book is anyone interested in installing and putting Parallels
Virtuozzo Containers in operation on their servers. To fully understand the guide, you should
have strong Windows system administration habits. Still, no more than superficial knowledge of
Windows Server OS is required in order to learn to perform the basic installation operations.

Organization of This Guide

Chapter 2, Preparing for Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.6 Installation, explains the fundamentals

of planning your Parallels Virtuozzo Containers system, describes hardware and software
requirements your system should meet, and sketches out the steps required to successfully install
Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.6.

Chapter 3, Installing Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.6, shows you how to install and configure
Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.6 on your server. It also informs you of the ways to remove the
current Parallels Virtuozzo Containers installation from your server.

Chapter 4, Setting Parallels Virtuozzo Containers Tools to Work, provides information on how to
set up Parallels Management Console and Parallels Virtual Automation, tools for managing your
servers (also called Hardware Nodes) and Containers residing on them.

Documentation Conventions

Before you start using this guide, it is important to understand the documentation conventions
used in it.

The table below presents the existing formatting conventions.

Formatting convention Type of Information Example

Special Bold

Items you must select, such as
menu options, command
buttons, or items in a list.

Titles of chapters, sections, and
subsections.

Go to the Resources tab.

Read the Basic Administration chapter.

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Preformatted

Saved parameters for Container

Monospace Bold

# rpm –V virtuozzo-release

Italics Used to emphasize the

importance of a point, to
introduce a term or to designate
a command-l ine placeholder,

These are the so-called EZ templates.
To destroy a Container, type vzctl

destroy ctid.

which is to be replaced with a
real name or value.

Monospace

The names of commands, files,
and directories.

On-screen computer output in
your command-line sessions;

Use vzctl start to start a
Container.

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source code in XML, C++, or
other programming languages.

What you type, as contrasted
with on-screen computer
output.

Key+Key Key combinations for which

Ctrl+P, Alt+F4
the user must press and hold
down one key and then pr ess
another.

Besides the formatting conventions, you should also know about the document organization
convention applied to Parallels documents: chapters in all guides are divided into sections,
which, in their turn, are subdivided into subsections. For example, About This Guide is a section,
and Documentation Conventions is a subsection.

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Getting Help

In addition to this guide, there are a number of other documents that can help you use the
product more effectively:

 Getting Started With Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.6. This guide provides basic

information on how to install Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.6 on your server, create
new Containers, and perform main operations on them. Unlike this guide, it does not
contain detailed description of all the operations needed to install and set Parallels
Virtuozzo Containers to work (e.g. planning the structure of your Parallels Virtuozzo
Containers network or performing the Parallels Virtuozzo Containers unattended
installation).

 Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.6 User's Guide. This guide provides comprehensive

information on Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.6 covering the necessary theoretical
conceptions as well as all practical aspects of working with Parallels Virtuozzo
Containers. However, it does not deal with the process of installing and configuring your
Parallels Virtuozzo Contain ers sy stem.

 Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.6 Templates Management Guide. This guide is meant

to provide complete information on Parallels Virtuozzo Containers templates, an
exclusive Parallels technology allowing you to efficiently deploy standard Windows
applications inside your Containers and to greatly save the Hardware Node resources
(physical memory, disk space, etc.).

 Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.6 Reference Guide. This guide is a complete reference

on all Parallels Virtuozzo Containers configuration files and Hardware Node command­line utilities.

 Deploying Microsoft Clusters in Parallels-Based Systems. This document provides

information on creating Microsoft failover and Network Load Balancing clusters in
Parallels Vir tuozzo Contain ers -based systems.

 Parallels Virtual Automation Administrator's Guide. This help system shows you how to

work with Parallels Virtual Automation, a tool providing you with the ability to manage
Hardware Nodes and their Containers with the help of a standard Web browser on any
platform.

 Parallels Power Panel User's Guide. This help system deals with Parallels Power Panel,

a means for administering individual Containers through a common Web browser on any
platform.

The guides are available at http://www.parallels.com/download/pvc46 and
http://www.parallels.com/products/pva46/resources.

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Feedback

If you spot a typo in this guide, or if you have an opinion about how to make this guide more
helpful, you can share your comments and suggestions with us by completing the
Documentation Feedback form on our website (http://www.parallels.com/en/support/usersdoc/).