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XenServer is the virtualization platform Citrix has built around the Xen Hypervisor.

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XenServer/Center Administration for Noob

I am a developer that knows a bit about server config/admin. I took a job at a start up and I am now in charge of IT as well as development. We have a Dell PowerEdge T610 running XenServer (free) with 3 WinServ08 R2 and I monitor the servers via…
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DFS File Storage and XenServer VMs on iSCSI Target with Two, Cross-Country locations

I am planning on deploying a NAS/iSCSI target cluster of two Dell NX3100 servers running Windows Server 2008 R2. Here are some of the environment details currently: I have two office locations on opposite sides of the US that will host one of…
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How can I mount a XenServer VHD from an iSCSI SR in Ubuntu?

I need to get files from a Linux VM that was hosted on an iSCSI volume attached to a XenServer host, but I no longer have any XS hosts around (they've all been converted to VMware). I've already gotten to the point where I can mount the volume group…
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Fragile XenServer won't create new VDIs anymore

I'm getting increasingly frustrated with XenServer. Currently I'm using 5.6FP1 and it seems to be very fragile. Canceling any VDI-related action almost guarantees trouble. This time I tried to create a new VM using a snapshot for a template, with…
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How to unhide a VM in Xen?

After failed OVF import, I have some VMs which are appearing in XenCenter only if I enable Hidden Objects option in View menu. How can I unhide a hidden Virtual Machine in Xen Server?
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XenServer on i7 Processors?

Was wondering if anyone is using an i7 XenServer. Didn't see anything in the HCL on the XenServer site. If you are using it how is the performance and should I build one on i7 or a older Xeon processor?
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Mapping VDIs directly to software iSCSI LUNs in XenServer

I read in the XenServer Administrator's Guide in section 4.1.6.2 that you can map raw LUNs to VDIs if you're using a NetApp or EqualLogic SAN. Is it possible to do the same with Software iSCSI SANs (i.e. using a Nexenta/ZFS-based SAN as the iSCSI…
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XenServer 5.5 local storage problem

I have the following problem with a Citrix XenServer 5.5. I had to physically move the host, so I shut down all machines via console: xe vm-shutdown force=true vm=my-machine-uuis-s After that I shut down the machine itself by issuing: halt After…
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XENServer hard disk crashed - Save my soul

I am in the worst possible situation. Any help is like saving my soul and even more... I had a machine on which Citrix Xen Server was installed and had three VMs and I was working on those machines with almost zero knowledge of XenServer. Oneday I…
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XenServer - Bonded NIC give random packet drops

I'm running a HP server with XenServer 5.6. I've bonded 2 of my 4 NICs together (NIC0 and NIC1). Now, I'm noticing at random big chunks of packet loss (usually 10-15 dropped packets, but sometimes there are no ping replies until I pull out both…
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Does XenServer 5.6's pygrub require initrd?

I'm trying to run Gentoo paravirtualized under XenServer 5.6. Now, Gentoo is perfectly capable of booting without initrd, so my question is: Do I need an initrd for pygrub to work? Earlier attempts without initrd had resulted in errors, which…
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How to backup XenServer VMs on a FreeNAS iSCSI extent

I currently have a FreeNAS server with three 500GB drives setup in a RAIDZ array. It's currently used to serve an iSCSI extent to my Citrix XenServer Pool. When I created the extent I gave it the entire pool so it's size is reported as 913GB but I'm…
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Intel Atom 330 Virtualisation

I've been looking to virtualize my atom based server (This is the mobo: http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=A330ION). I've tried to install ESXi and it couldn't detect my hard drives, I've tried Xen Server but I couldn't install Windows due…
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Design question - storage+xenserver

my small design is based on 2xXenServer DL120 G6 with 4x1Gbe ports and 1xMSA P2000 G3 with 4x1Gbe Ethernet ports (it has another controller as well but will not be used now). 5 VM machines running with no disastrous load avg. iSCSI as storage…
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xenserver VMs continous temporary lag

i posted this thread in citrix forums earlier today, but i thought id try here too :) we have 2 xenserver 5.5 U2 hosts running each on a HP blade servers BL460. Each blade has 1 quad-core intel xeon processor (2.66GHz), 16 gb rams, and two 300GB 10K…
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