XenServer is the virtualization platform Citrix has built around the Xen Hypervisor.
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Duplicate Key error on XenServer 5.6
We have a XenServer pool consisting of two Dell R410's running XenServer 5.6. The servers are connected to a few iSCSI NAS devices.
Lately, as I've been looking at the /var/log/messages I've been seeing a lot of this:
Apr 6 12:01:27 xenserver-alpha…
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Recover broken VM on Citrix XenServer
I have accidentally upgraded the hard drive on my XenServer machine, and didn't remember to transfer my database VM. All machines has been restored, but this one machine. All I have are 2 virtual disks, and I need to recover my mysql files inside.…
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xenserver - add secondary hard drive
I had a secondary hard drive installed on my xen server but it's not showing up in xencenter.
Does anyone know the command to do this? I'd also appreciate the command to add a secondary drive inside a xen container.
Thanks!
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Citrix Xenserver 5.6 vs HP BL460c G7 Networkadapter
We have a brand new HP BL460c G7 Blade. We want to install Citrix Xenserver on it. The installer prompts for Networkdrivers since it can´t locate any supported hardware. According to HPs QuickSpecs the Server uses NC553m 10Gb FlexNet adapter.
I can…
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Install Ubuntu 10.04 (Paravirtualization) on CentOS 5 using Xen
Anyone got instructions on how to install Ubutnu 10.04 (Paravirtualization) on CentOS 5 using Xen?
I was able to install using netboot: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/xen/
Finished the…
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List of virtual machines on XenCenter
We run Citrix XenServer's here, and currently have 3 production servers with approx 10 server running on each. It would be very useful if we could somehow export a list of the virtual servers, even just the name of each- as it's starting to get…
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Dell PowerEdge 2950 III running XenServer with 2 VMs gets sluggish after a week and needs rebooted?
It has weird hangs and then random CPU spikes that do a ton at once.
While remoted into the VMs I get an update all at once then it hangs for another 20 seconds.
When it lets it go through I get a CPU spike.
Basic server specs for the HW node is:
8…
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How to convert non key, value java arguments to applet params? (args like -Xmx64m)
I'm trying to use xvpviewer (based on TightVNC) to VNC into my VMs running on Citirx XenServer. There are a couple of caveats required with trusting the certificate from XenServer which I've got working. Essentially I'm trying to convert the java…
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xenserver - install centos issue
I got a new server with xenserver installed on it and I'm using the xenclient remotely. Can someone let me know what URL I need to use to install from url for centos 5.4 x64? Alternative is to mount the netinstall iso on the server however I can't…
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XenServer: How to add network?
I have a server with xensource 5.6 installed. This server has two NICs eth0 (private LAN IP) and eth1 (public IP).
I installed ubuntu 10.10 and associated with the eth1, but how can I set a public IP? I configure it but im not able to ping the…
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VMware ESXi vs XenSource?
I want to install a bare-metal hypervisor in on of my boxes.
I don't know which vendor to choose! It must be a free version.
Both are easy to manage?
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Andre
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Free Xenserver License Renew
Possible Duplicate:
Can you help me with my software licensing question?
I have a question
Do you know if the Free Xenserver License could be renewed? This license last a year and I want to know what I must do when it expires, if I can get a new…
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32-bit color with XenServer
How can I get my guest VMs running with XenServer to have 32 bit color depth? The computer I'm on is at 32-bit. I RDP into a VM which is running XenCenter. I can't switch its color depth away from 16-bit, even though my RDP settings say 32-bit as…
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possible to hide CPU instruction set flags?
I am a graduation student at the University of West-Flanders in Belgium and I am researching the possibilities of XenMotion in Citrix XenServer. Now I am trying to get XenMotion working from an Intel Xeon X5365 (Clovertown 3GHz) to an Intel Xeon…
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XenServer: Linux VMs keep crashing
I'm running 5 VMs on my XenServer 5.5 host:
2x CentOS 5.5
3x Windows-based (SBS 2008, Windows 2003, Windows XP)
Both Linux servers crash at random on a monthly or so basis (not at the same time either). A reboot fixes the issue, however after…
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