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

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Which Ubuntu 10.04 kernel should I use with Xen?

To run Ubuntu 10.04 32-bit and 64-bit servers under Citrix XenServer 5.6, which kernel should I use for the best performance? For new installations, can I specify that kernel in the boot option for the installer?
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Can you create ACLs with open vSwitch on XenServer 5.6FP1 without using the DVS appliance?

I have a pool of XenServer hosts running the Free version of XenServer 5.6 FP1. I was wondering if I change the network backend to use Open vSwitch if I can specify ACLs on individual network VIFs without needing to use the DVS appliance…
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How to use USB Key in Xen 5.6 Environment?

I am looking for a way to use USB key on a guest OS running on a 5.6 Xen Server environment. The catch is that I need to actually detect in the Guest OS (Win2003 Server) like an actual USB Key. Attaching it as a storage drive doesnt work (It is a…
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Finding the reason of a force shutdown of a VM

We have a linux VM running under XenServer that reboots itself with no apparent reason. Checking the /var/log files in Xen we noticed that it's sending a force shutdown to the VM, like this: messages:Dec 6 15:01:07 XenSrvDell2 BLKTAP-DAEMON[7309]:…
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What Hypervisors support non-homogenous clusters?

I've been using Citrx Xenserver for awhile on a few machines that don't support Hardware Virtualization as a test for various small servers. I recently have been experimenting with moving the PV Vms between machines but Xenserver gives me errors…
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recovering vm data from crashed XenServer install

We're using xenserver 5.6 from citrix to run our virtual machines. The box is old and creaky, and the hard drive went. (We had a super limited budget of $0 at the time). Turns out the only machine on there we actually needed, was the only one not…
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Update XenServer from 5.5 to 5.6 with Debian Lenny 64 bit

I have a XenServer 5.5 in production running Debian Lenny 64bit. It's not officially supported, but it's a known working configuration: Citrix Community article explaining how to set it up. My question is: are there any problems with update to 5.6?…
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XenServer - on ISCSI?

I have a question about XenServer running on a ISCSI SAN If my XENSERVER dies, would I still be able to purchase a new server, install XENServer and then load up the existing VM's on the new server which are stored on the ISCSI SAN? (Will it just…
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VMs on SAN vs NAS

I'm about to deploy XenServer on a DELL R900 and haven't finalized on the Storage yet. Would typically be running like 40 VMs on the server with requires about 2TB of storage. What should I choose Local Attached Storage, NAS, SAN? Need to build a…
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Script to disable all 3rd party services (like safe mode, but not)

I have a situation where I need to boot a VM into normal mode but disable as many services as possible. Basically we are doing a virtual to virtual conversion of the VM and the fewer services running, the less likely that a file will be locked and…
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Determine memory modules installed without looking inside the box

Is there a way to determine the physical memory configuration of a server that's running ESX Server or XenServer? If the server was running bare metal on Windows, I'd use the excellent CPU-Z utility which displays information about the slot…
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Virtualizing OpenSolaris with physical disks

I currently have a OpenSolaris installation with a ~1Tb RaidZ volume made up of 3 500Gb hard drives. This is on commodity hardware (ASUS NVIDIA based board on Intel Core 2). I'm wondering whether anyone knows if XenServer or Oracle VM can be used to…
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Mapping raw storage devices to VMs in XenServer 5.6?

In VMware ESXi, we can easily present a raw SATA hard drive to a virtual machine through Raw device mapping. Is it possible in the free edition of XenServer 5.6?
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Does Citrix XenServer have storage Migration

I'm trying to find out. I can't seem to find a defenitive yes / no answers so I thought I'd ask the ServerFault community this simple question: Does XenServer (in any version) support Storage migration such as VMWare's Storage VMotion capability, or…
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Need clear steps on how to convert a Windows 2000 Server to a XenServer VM

The source system is not local. The target host running XenServer is not local. The source system is running Windows 2000 Server SP4 and has 1 disk split into 6 partitions, all NTFS: C: 6 GB (boot) D: 15 GB E: 6 GB F: 6 GB G: 5 GB H: 26 GB Most of…
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