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

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XenServer 6.2: how to use a partition on install disk as SR?

I'm setting up an old spare server with XenServer 6.2 to run some test VMs and to get some experience on XenServer itself (we're used to our own linux+xen setup and to the usual VMware suspects). This specific system currently has two direct…
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XenServer - VMs to access Internet, but should not be visible from the Internet

I have installed XenServer on my server at the Hetzner datacenter. I have bought an additional /29 subnet containing 6 usable IP addresses from them. I want to install more than 10 VMs on this server. All VMs should be able to access the Internet.…
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XenServer HA with only internal storage

I am new to XenServer 6.2. I have 2 Dell machine, each with 24GB RAM, 3x600GB HDD. It is possible to run VM in XenServer on 1 machine and then replicate to another Dell machine as HA. I went through a lot of documentation as HA require a NFS or…
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Is it realistic to migrate XenServer images over WAN?

Is it realistic to move vm images between two XenServers (about 1GB each) on a regular basis over a WAN? The idea would be to have a fail-over, but the image (well anything important about it, anyway) doesn't change that often, but will XenServer…
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Can I run a Fedora VM on top of XenServer / ESXi? What's the closest alternative?

I am planning on moving to Citrix XenServer to host a couple of VM's and am looking to find out if Fedora is in fact supported. The site says it can run Red Hat, but aren't this and Fedora nearly the same? Can I run this OS in a virtual machine on…
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Configuration of a small-scale xen server

We are looking for good practices for setting up a xen server (4 cores, 32gb ram). There will be 6 VM (+ dom0), running personals servers (probably low CPU demands). Once the system will be configured, it will probably remain mostly static. So, …
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How can i setupt XenCenter to find virtual cdrom drives?

I am making an attempt to assist a consumer however i'm slightly out of my depth, they need a XS6 dedicated server, and that i have created a series of virtual drives for numerous distros, mistreatment isos we've got. as an example /mnt/centos6.2 -…
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After destroy_domain, XenServer VM can't Migrate within Pool

I have a three XenServer 6.1 servers in a pool. HA is normally used, but is currently turned off for this operation. Recently, I had to force a shutdown of a VM by destroying the domain via these…
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XenServer invoke shell commands in DomU

Given a XenServer instance, is there a way to use XenAPI to invoke shell commands in a Windows DomU? My purpose is to automate some guest actions in a Win7 guest. I have a Python script that uses XenAPI to snapshot some VMs. I want to automate some…
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Xen 6.2 guest IP Assignment

so basically I have written a provisioning system that provisions from a billing system onto XEN. Right now I am assigning a DHCP IP to the guest on boot. The host access the client server via ssh and runs a few things...One of which is the…
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What are the benefits of having local disks on hypervisor nodes running VMs off a SAN?

When an hypervisor like XenServer or vSphere can be run on diskless nodes (eg. by booting from flash cards or from the network) and VM storage is handled via a SAN, is there any good use for local disks? Would it be better to have those disks even…
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IPv6 Routing / Subnetting

Recently I have installed Citrix Xen Server 6.2 on a machine. My Provider (Hetzner) gave me the IPv6 Subnet 2a01:4f8:200:xxxx::/64. Followed an article in the providers wiki (1) i got it working and can assign IPs to my guests (CentOS). However i…
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XenServer Shared Local Stage

I am new user of XenServer 6.2. I have multiple servers connected to Pool/Cluster. Each server has 4 HDD with sw raid10. I would like to make local storage shared because of need quick migration. What do you recommend to me as shared storage across…
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Accessing VM over VPN is very slow

We have a single physical server running XenServer 6.2 which hosts an SBS 2008 VM and 2 CentOS 6 x64 VMs. External users connect to the local network via VPN on the SBS VM. They can access everything, however one of the CentOS VMs streams files…
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XenCenter cannot connect to XenServer

I am trying to establish a connection using XenCenter 6.0 to a server where XenServer 6.0 is installed, but it gives me the following error message: Unable to connect to server '192.xxx.xxx.xxx'. The connection was refused. Check that XenServer is…
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