XenServer is the virtualization platform Citrix has built around the Xen Hypervisor.
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Xen kernel can't see 2 disks of 6 of 1TB, does it have a limitation?
Linux gentoo-xen 2.6.18-xen-r12 #3 SMP Tue Oct 5 09:28:53 PDT 2010 x86_64 Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5506 @ 2.13GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
I have 6 disks of 1 TB and i can't see all of them only 4, can anyone give me an ideea what can i do ?
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XenServer required for XenDesktop?
I apologise if this is a very basic question, but I'm entirely new to this area and I'm finding the Citrix website very unhelpful.
Does XenServer have to be installed to allow XenDesktop to work? Where can I find some information to read about the…
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Benefits of virtualizing an application server onto Xenapp
Apart from easier deployment and administration, are there any performance benefits in virtualizing an application server?
For example, could I fit more operational users on 4 app server VMs on a single Xenserver, than I could on 1 physical app…
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Critix XenServer - VM
1 Is it a good idea to export a VM from one server and import the VM into a completely different server?
2 Would there be any issues?
3 or is it better to just reinstall and reconfiguration everything on the new server (this is good but its rather…
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How do I install a CentOS 5.5 in Xenserver?
When I try to install CentOS 5.5 in a new VM, I get an error that the installer is unable to retrieve stage2.img. I have verified the URL and I am able to download this file from a web browser.
I suspect it is a networking/routing issue, but I…
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Multicore license: ESX Vs Citrix Xenserver
Possible Duplicate:
Can you help me with my software licensing question?
VMware ESX is free for upto 6 cores per CPU only
Vsphere Advanced version is required for 12 CPU cores
does Xenserver 5.5 free support greater than 6 cores per CPU/Socket?
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Citrix XenServer iSCSI shared disk?
I am running Citrix XenServer Essentials 5.5, with VMs stored on an EqualLogic iSCSI shelf, using XenServer's StorageLink. I would like to create a "virtual disk" that can be attached to multiple VMs. This would be used for a cluster file system…
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HP DL160 vs DL360 for virtualization
We're planning to consolidate our infrastructure (a dozen servers). We'll buy two or three identical new servers who will be setup as a XenServer pool. Load balancing and HA tools will monitor the pool and vMotion VMs in case of failure/overload.
I…
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XenServer 5.5 Error adding additional Server to Ressource Pool
I'm running Citrix XenServer 5.5 as a testsetup, with Openfiler providing Storage via NFS. I tried to setup a Ressource Pool to test Live migration but I'm unable to a my 2. Server to the Pool.
It fails after about 10sec with the Error:
4/26/2010…
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New virtualization project and old SAN
We'll start shortly a partial virtualization of our infrastructure and consolidate a dozen servers into virtuals instances. We'll also add some client application virtualization into the mix for good measure. Two HP DL 380 with the new xeons 56xx…
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xenserver 5.5 windows guest
xenserver 5.5 update2 running on Pentium-D without VT. says it cant support Windows guests(HVM not found etc)
on the same CPU ESXi 4 installed and runs Win XP fine.
any thoughts? thanks in adv.
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Server 2008 R2 - multiple iscsi software initiators cause volumes to lose persistence
I've set up a test environment with server 2008 R2 (virtualized on xenserver) for a server that will use many iscsi volumes (>80) attached in production.
in testing, we ran across an issue where the iSCSI initiator would not attach any more…
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Running OpenFiler inside XenServer to provide Storage to other Xen instances
I'm setting up a Testbed to run some tests on Xen, since I would like to use live migration I was thinking about using iSCSI as a storage, but I only got 2 machines for my quick setup. So my idea is to run OpenFiler inside XenServer A to provide…
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Xenserver 8.2 showing only white console
Recently my XenCenter has been showing blank screen when I click on console. I have gone through quite a few forums and some of them mention NTP and timezones which I have updated on XenServer but it has made no difference. Also, I checked on the…
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XenServer - VDIs 2 and 3 missing after migrating vdi 1 to local storage
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I have a pool of 3 servers running XenServer 7.0. They are using shared storage via iSCSI to a Dell MD1200.
We've been getting degraded performance from the MD1200 resulting in high iowait (25-40%) on our internal mail server, as well as…