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

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Am I ruining my storage performance?

I need to expand the storage for my small business's dell R630 with a windows file server VM. We have a set of 5 matching brand new hard drives (3.5in 5400rpm wd red 6TB) that we would like to use. I know the standard answer is to buy a power vault…
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Deleting Xenserver Virtual Machine used for Template

I created a custom Windows VM in Xenserver 6.5. I took a snapshot and used the snapshot to create a template that can be used for future reference. Is it possible to delete the VM I used to create the template or will that impact my ability to use…
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low network performance between Citrix XenServer and Linux iSCSI storage

I have two SuperMicro servers directly connected (no switch) by two 10 GBit Intel X540-T2 NIC. One server runs Citrix XenServer 6.2, the other runs Debian 7. I then installed open-iscsi and iscsitarget on the Debian system, configured a 12 GByte RAM…
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Ubuntu 16.04 Virtual Machine / XenServer Storage Extend Issue

Firstly, I should say that I am newbie at server management and virtualization area. After checking several tutorials about it, I tried to extend storage of virtual machine which is created in XenServer with taken snapshot from another VM. First, I…
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CentOS 7 guest fails to boot on Xenserver 7.0

I have a CentOS 7 guest installed on a Xenserver 7.0 Host with all the up to date patches. I have tried 2 installation sources, the minimal.iso and the DVD, and installed the 64bit version. I have no installation issues but upon reboot I get the…
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Oracle VM vs Xen Server

We were considering using Xen Server. We came across oracle vm which seem like has more features. Would anyone recommand which product might be better? Seem like oracle vm comes with some options you have to pay for from Xen Server and is based off…
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XenServer 6.2 - could not find filesystem '/dev/root'

We have a Citrix Xenserver 6.2 install. Today we had an incident where power to the server was suddenly cut off from the server. It had been running for quite some time without issue. It has quite a large volume in a hardware RAID5. The message we…
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Can I convert a Fast Clone to a full copy?

I am using XenCenter to access a XenServer with several VMs which I use for dev DBs. Periodically I create new VMs with a fresh batch of sanitized live data, then swap them out with the old VMs. Normally in the New VM Wizard, for Storage, I disable…
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XenServer Fails to Backup:

I've had this issue on and off for a year and I figured I should finally post something. When going Server -> Backup on a three host pool of XenServer 6.5 SP1, I get "Unable to read data from the transport connection: A connection attempt failed…
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Xen Live Migration Across Network Storage

If you have two network storage boxes (iSCSI specifically) can you livemigrate (either with Xen or XenServer) across the storage units or does it just have to be done when the VM's are paused/shutdown due to the storage being on a different physical…
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XenServer VHD data recovery

I have the exported disk image of a VM from XenCenter in VHD format. I used compress from the settings, if that has any impact. How I can access the files without creating VM? I have the VM settings as well the disk. Fdisk can read the image but it…
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How to Run Updates Xenserver 6.5 Free Edition

I recently installed the free version of xenserver 6.5. Right now I can run updates through xencenter which is simple and easy. I've been reading though and I've come across a few articles mentioning that the free license expires after 30 days which…
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Find the current memory setting for dom0 - XenServer 6.5

On XenServer 6.5, I could find how to set the memory settings but I couldn't find how to read the current setting (what's the min, what's the max values) from the command line or by looking into a file. Some posts on-line refers to /etc/default/grub…
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Upgrading XenServer 6.2 to 6.5 or updating in general

Trying to get my XenServer to update, and want to upgrade it also to version 6.5. But cant figur out how. When i try to update using the XenCenter, i cant select the server itselfe when i get to that point? Screeny of how far i got. Link to screeny:…
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Xenserver Virtual Adapter Limit

My understanding is that as of Xenserver 6.5 and earlier versions, you can only have 7 virtual network adapters per VM. Is there any known (probably unsupported) way around this limitation? My use case is that we are setting up a NIDS, and instead…
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