Getting Familiar with Your Xen System
Before we start creating virtual machines, let's take a brief look at the Xen configuration files in the dom0. We'll be referring to these a lot in future chapters, so now might be a good time to take a quick tour.
First, there's the Xen configuration directory, /etc/xen. Most, though not all, of the Xen configuration happens via files here or in the scripts subdirectory.
The main Xen config file is xend-config.sxp. This where you'd perform tasks like enabling migration or specifying the network backend. For now, we'll be content with the defaults.
Note
If you're planning on using this Xen installation for anything besides this walk-through, now is a good time to set the (dom-min-mem) option in xend-config.sxp ...
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