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

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How is memory transferred in Xen live motion?

I am researching XenServer from Citrix and (with 2 colleagues) comparing it with VMware ESX and Microsoft HyperV. In our tests, it seems that Xen's live migration is using less resources than VMware's ESX and I would like to know why that is.…
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disk hangs during active I / O

I have XenServer guest OS (Ubuntu 10.10 lts) and have an issue with copy huge amount of files from nfs to local disk (cp -rp nfs:/dir /local/dir). After some time local disk hangs and I can't perform any IO operation. in log files I see this: Oct 28…
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How to change LVM physical volume name

I am trying to convert HVM mode of VM into PV mode on XenServer 5.5 server. As a part of this routine I need to change in /etc/fstab partition names /dev/hd* to /dev/xvd*. Here is my current /etc/fstab: /dev/vg_os/lv_sys / …
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How do I configure a guest VM's static IP address automatically in Citrix XenServer?

To facilitate automation of guest VM provisioning, how do I set (in a script) the IP address on a guest VM's NIC (or NIC's) once a new VM has booted? Is there a way to "inject" netsh commands via the Citrix guest OS tools (for Windows for example)…
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How to get a CLI for a virtual machine on XenServer?

I created a Debian Lenny virtual machine as described on the manual. How to control it? It has no IP since my LAN has DHCP disabled. If it only had a static IP and SSHD enabled I could just PuTTY it.
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Xenserver boot error

I'm trying to get Xenserver 5.5 running on a spare computer here, hardware specs: Intel Q6600, 4GB Ram, and Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R motherboard Xenserver itself installs fine onto a 150GB sata hdd, however it fails to boot whatsoever, giving this…
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How can I know when a Xen VM has started when starting using CLI

I'm using XenServer as a host for disposable QA machines for our application development. I'd like to write a script that automatically creates a new VM from a template, starts it, logs into it, fetches the latest application build and deploys…
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Nested VM in XenServer

I am new to XenServer. I am having problems getting nested VM to work in my environment. Here is my scenario: I got XenServer 7.6.0 (Free version) running on a bare metal box (SuperServer 1028R-WC1R). VT-d is enabled in the BIOS. I am running…
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XenServer 8.0 running a NTP client in guest PVHVM VM

I would like to run a NTP client in a Xen Linux VM under XenServer (XCP-NG 8.0 to be precise). The Linux VM, Debian Stretch 9.9 (uname -a: Linux debian 4.9.0-9 amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.168-1+deb9u4 (2019-07-19) x86_64 GNU/Linux has Xen guest tools…
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CentOS zsh: locking failed for /root/.zsh_history: read-only file system: reading anyway

I am working on CentOS 7 Xen server with 100 GB memory. I have a master server with 1 TB hard disk space and 2 slave server I increased disk space from 100 to 155 GB directly for /xen/vm4/abctest.img for virtual system /dev/xvda1 But now I get…
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XenServer Networkconfigruation broken after update from 7.5 to 7.6

After an upgrad from xenserver 7.5 to 7.6 through the official XenCenter we discovered, that our network configuration is broken. We can provide the following details: XenConsole: network card (Broadcom Nextreme, HP DL380 G6) is detected NICs are…
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Is there a command to scan an existing XenServer storage repository for VMs?

Question: Is it possible to scan for and then re-import XenServer virtual machines from an old storage repository disk after connecting it to a new install? Background: A client had a XenServer 7.3 install with three local disks each configured as…
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Should I use HW Raid or ZFS as filesystem for Citrix XenServer?

I've got a dual Xeon X5650 (6core) HP ProLiant DL160 G6 with 72G RAM and an HP P410 4port hardware raid card that I want to repurpose as a NAS and a test server. Additionally, I have 4 x 4T drives in it. My initial plan was to just HW RAID5 the 4…
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XenServer -Virtual Disk not Active

What ever i am trying add as virtual disk (i.e. usb disk, local drive). It is showing 'Active = no' under the storage tab Screenshot: Running fdisk -l it shows only the disk where the OS is installed. I am using XenServer 7.2 Any help?
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Unable to extend partition with gdisk on XenServer 6.5

I'm having trouble extending my partition on a XenServer 6.5. I originally had a 1.4TiB device (hardware RAID5) that I since upgraded to 10.9TiB. I upgraded the RAID by swapping out one disk at a time until the 4 disks were replaced. I then used…
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