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Alerts	106
Customizing Alerts	107
Configuring Email Alerts	108
Custom Fields and Tags	109
Custom Searches	109
Determining throughput of physical bus adapters	109
Troubleshooting	110
XenServer host logs	110
Sending host log messages to a central server	110
XenCenter logs	111
Troubleshooting connections between XenCenter and the XenServer host	111
A. Command Line Interface	112
Basic xe Syntax	112
Special Characters and Syntax	113
Command Types	113
Parameter Types	114
Low-level Parameter Commands	115
Low-level List Commands	115
xe Command Reference	116
Appliance Commands	116
Appliance Parameters	116
appliance-assert-can-be-recovered	116
appliance-create	116
appliance-destroy	117
appliance-recover	117
appliance-shutdown	117
appliance-start	117
Audit Commands	117
audit-log-get parameters	117
audit-log-get	117
Bonding Commands	118

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Contents

Citrix XenServer 6.0 Administrators Guide Trademarks Contents Storage ISO Configuring VM Memory Xen Memory Usage Disaster Recovery and Backup Monitoring and Managing XenServer 106 110 Page Host-bugreport-upload 129 Xiii Xiv Page Vm-compute-maximum-memory Workload Balancing Service Commands 186 Xviii Using XenServer increases flexibility by Benefits of Using XenServerUsing XenServer reduces costs by Introducing XenServer Administering XenServer New Features in XenServerXenServer Editions Simplified Installer Rolling Pool Upgrade WizardDistributed Virtual Switch Improvements Microsoft Scvmm and Scom Support NFS Support for High Availability VM Protection and RecoveryXenServer Documentation XenCenter Improvements XenCenter Term Authenticating Users With Active Directory ADXenServer CLI Term Configuring Active Directory Authentication Upgrading XenServer Active Directory integration Port Protocol Use Enabling external authentication on a pool User AuthenticationDisabling external authentication Removing access for a user using the CLI Removing Access for a UserAllowing a user access to XenServer using the CLI Listing subjects with access Terminating individual user sessions using xe Role Based Access ControlTerminating all authenticated sessions using xe Leaving an AD Domain Roles Rbac process Users role can be changed in two ways Definitions of Rbac Roles and PermissionsPermissions available for each role WLB Definitions of permissions Permission Allows Assignee To Rationale/Comments Permission Allows Assignee To Rationale/Comments Report Generated or its recipient Using Rbac with the CLI To List All the Available Defined Roles in XenServer To Display a List of Current Subjects To Assign an Rbac Role to a Created subject Run the command xe subject-add subject-name=AD user/groupTo Add a Subject to Rbac To Change a Subjects Rbac Role How Does XenServer Compute the Roles for the Session? Audit Log xe CLI CommandsAuditing To Obtain All Audit Records From the PoolPage Hosts and Resource Pools Overview Requirements for Creating Resource Pools Creating Heterogeneous Resource Pools Creating a Resource PoolNaming a resource pool Adding NFS shared storage to a resource pool using the CLI Adding Shared Storage To remove a host from a resource pool using the CLI Preparing a Pool of XenServer Hosts for MaintenanceRemoving a XenServer Host from a Resource Pool HA Overview High AvailabilityOvercommitting Overcommitment Warning Configuration RequirementsHost Fencing HA Restart Priority Restart Explanation Restart PrioritiesHA Always Run Explanation Removing HA Protection from a VM using the CLI Enabling HA Using the CLIEnabling HA on a XenServer Pool Shutting Down a host When HA is Enabled Host Power OnRecovering an Unreachable Host Shutting Down a VM When it is Protected by HA To Enable Host Power On Using the CLI Using the CLI to Manage Host Power OnTo Turn on Hosts Remotely Using the CLI Key/Value Pairs Sample Script Result is only displayed when the script is unsuccessful Virtual Disk Images VDIs Storage OverviewStorage Repositories SRs Physical Block Devices PBDs Virtual Disk Data Formats Virtual Block Devices VBDsSummary of Storage objects VHD-based VDIs LUN-based VDIs VHD Chain Coalescing Local LVM Storage Repository TypesStorage type Maximum VDI size Creating a Local LVM SR lvm Local EXT3 VHDUdev Creating a Local EXT3 SR ext Software iSCSI Support XenServer Host iSCSI configurationCitrix StorageLink SRs Upgrading XenServer with StorageLink SRs Creating a Shared StorageLink SR To Create a CSL SR Using XenCenter Parameter name Description Optional? To Create a CSL SR Using the CLI Page Sample QLogic iSCSI HBA setup Managing Hardware Host Bus Adapters HBAs Removing HBA-based SAS, FC or iSCSI Device Entries LVM over iSCSIParameter Name Description Parameter Name Description Hitachi NFS VHD Creating Storage Repositories Storage ConfigurationLVM over Hardware HBA Creating a Shared NFS SR NFS LVM Performance Considerations Upgrading LVM Storage from XenServer 5.0 or EarlierVDI Types Converting Between VDI Formats Creating a Raw Virtual Disk Using the xe CLIProbing an SR Following parameters can be probed for each SR type Page To enable storage multipathing using the xe CLI Storage Multipathing Destroying or Forgetting a SR Managing Storage RepositoriesMPP Rdac Driver Support for LSI Arrays Introducing an SR Resizing an SR Converting Local Fibre Channel SRs to Shared SRs Copying All of a VMs VDIs to a Different SR Adjusting the Disk IO SchedulerMoving Virtual Disk Images VDIs Between SRs Copying Individual VDIs to a Different SR Automatically Reclaiming Space When Deleting Snapshots Reclaiming Space Using the Off Line Coalesce Tool Virtual Disk QoS Settings Possible values of qosalgorithmparamsched arePage What is Dynamic Memory Control DMC? Concept of Dynamic Range DMC Behaviour Concept of Static RangeHow Does DMC Work? Supported Operating Systems Memory ConstraintsOperating System Supported Memory Limits Xe CLI Commands Display the Static Memory Properties of a VM Display the Dynamic Memory Properties of a VM Updating Memory Properties Update Individual Memory Properties Upgrade IssuesWorkload Balancing Interaction Setting Control Domain Memory Name Default Description Name Default Description VSwitch Networks Networking Support XenServer Networking Overview Network Objects VLANs NetworksNIC Bonds Page Switch Configuration Active-Active Bonding Active-Passive Bonding Initial Networking Configuration Managing Networking ConfigurationCross-Server Private networks Creating Networks in a Standalone Server Creating Networks in Resource Pools To add a new network using the CLITo connect a network to an external Vlan using the CLI Creating VLANs Bonding two NICs Creating a NIC bondControlling the MAC Address of the Bond Reverting NIC bonds Creating NIC bonds in resource poolsAdding NIC bonds to new resource pools To assign NIC functions using the xe CLI Configuring a dedicated storage NICAdding NIC bonds to an existing pool Controlling the rate of outgoing data QoS Using SR-IOV Enabled NICsAssigning a SR-IOV NIC VF to a VM Changing networking configuration options Networking Stack Configuration Methods Available Hostname Changing IP address configuration for a standalone hostChanging IP address configuration in resource pools DNS servers Primary management interface Networking TroubleshootingDisabling management access Adding a new physical NIC Recovering from a bad network configuration Diagnosing network corruption Disaster Recovery and Backup Understanding XenServer DR DR Infrastructure Requirements Deployment Considerations Enabling Disaster Recovery in XenCenterSteps to Take After a Recovery Steps to Take Before a Disaster Recovering VMs and vApps in the Event of Disaster Failover Recovery Wizard Test Failover VApps Creating vApps Using the Manage vApps dialog box in XenCenterBacking Up and Restoring XenServer Hosts and VMs Value Description To backup a VM To backup pool metadataTo backup host configuration and software To backup VM metadata only Backing up pooled installations Backing up single host installationsBacking up XenServer hosts To back up a XenServer host To restore a running XenServer hostBacking up VMs Restarting a crashed XenServer host Quiesced Snapshots VM SnapshotsRegular Snapshots Snapshots with memory To list all of the snapshots on a XenServer pool Creating a snapshot with memoryTo list the snapshots on a particular VM Restoring a VM to its previous state Deleting a snapshot Creating a template from a snapshot Snapshot TemplatesExporting a snapshot to a template Advanced Notes for Quiesced Snapshots Coping with machine failures VM Protection and RecoveryNaming convention for VM archive folders Member failures Opt/xensource/sm/resetvdis.py hostUUID Sruuid masterMaster failures Pool failures Coping with Failure due to Configuration ErrorsPhysical Machine failure To restore a pool with all hosts failed To restore a VM when VM storage is not available Alerts Alert Description Customizing Alerts Valid VM Elements Configuring Email Alerts Valid Host Elements Determining throughput of physical bus adapters Custom Fields and TagsCustom Searches To determine PBD throughput Sending host log messages to a central server XenServer host logsTo write logs to a remote server XenCenter logs Userprofile%\AppData\Citrix\XenCenter\logs\XenCenter.log Xe command-name argument=value argument=value Basic xe Syntax Special Characters and Syntax Command TypesClass-list Parameter Types Low-level List Commands Low-level Parameter CommandsClass-param-list uuid=uuid Appliance-assert-can-be-recovered Xe Command ReferenceAppliance Commands Appliance Parameters Audit Commands Bonding Commands CD Commands Cd-list Cd-listparams=param1,param2,... parameter=parametervalue Console Parameters Console CommandsDisaster Recovery DR Commands Drtask-create Sr-enable-database-replication Vm-assert-can-be-recoveredVm-recover Sr-disable-database-replication Event Classes Event CommandsClass name Description GPU Commands Event-wait GPU Group Parameters Vgpu-destroy Host CommandsVgpu-create Host Selectors Host Parameters Syslogdestination Yyyymmdd-hhmmss-ABC, where ABC is Host-bugreport-upload Host-backupHost-disable Host-crashdump-destroy Host-evacuate Host-emergency-management-reconfigureHost-enable Host-forget Host-get-system-status-capabilities Attribute Description Host-apply-edition Host-management-disableHost-is-in-emergency-mode Host-license-add Host-get-cpu-features Host-management-reconfigureHost-power-on Host-set-cpu-features Host-set-hostname-live Host-restoreHost-syslog-reconfigure Host-shutdown Host-data-source-forget Host-data-source-listHost-data-source-record Host-data-source-query Log-set-output Log CommandsMessage Commands Message Parameters Message-list Network CommandsMessage-destroy Network Parameters Network-destroy Patch Update CommandsNetwork-create Patch Parameters PBD Commands Pbd-destroy PIF CommandsPbd-create Pbd-plug PIF Parameters MAC Full or half Pif-introduce Pif-reconfigure-ipPif-forget Pif-plug Pif-unplug Pool CommandsPif-scan Pool Parameters Pool-designate-new-master Pool-dump-database Pool-ha-disable Pool-emergency-reset-masterPool-ha-enable Pool-recover-slaves SM Parameters Storage Manager CommandsSR Commands SR Parameters Sr-create User Sr-introduce Sr-destroySr-forget Sr-probe Task Commands Task Parameters Task-cancel uuid=taskuuid Template CommandsTask-cancel Template Parameters For memory-dynamic-max Uuid=templateuuid \ Order or an Order Not YyyymmddThhmmss As not in database for Update Commands Template-export Update-upload User CommandsVBD Commands User-password-change Vbd-create Vbd-createvm-uuid=uuidofthevmdevice=devicevalue VDI Commands VDI Parameters VDI Vdi-create Vdi-cloneVdi-copy Local/domain/0/backend Vdi-import Vdi-destroyVdi-forget Vdi-introduce Vdi-unlock VIF CommandsVdi-snapshot VIF Parameters Disable 165 Vif-destroy Vlan CommandsVif-create Vif-plug VM Commands Parameter Name Description Type Uuid=vmuuid \ Order Value pair autopoweron true Vcpu-hotplug command Domain/domid/vm Vm-cd-insert Vm-cd-addVm-cd-eject Vm-cd-list Vm-copy Vm-cloneVm-compute-maximum-memory Vm-crashdump-list Vm-data-source-forget Vm-data-source-listVm-data-source-record Vm-data-source-query Vm-disk-list Vm-destroyVm-disk-add Vm-disk-remove Vm-install Vm-import Vm-memory-shadow-multiplier-set Vm-rebootVm-reset-powerstate Vm-migrate Vm-start Vm-resumeVm-shutdown Vm-suspend Workload Balancing XE Commands Host-retrieve-wlb-evacuate-recommendations Pool-retrieve-wlb-diagnosticsPool-certificate-install Vm-retrieve-wlb-recommendations Pool-retrieve-wlb-recommendations Pool-deconfigure-wlbPool-retrieve-wlb-configuration Pool-retrieve-wlb-report Pool-send-wlb-configuration 185 Service Commands To run the wlbconfig command Modifying the Workload Balancing configuration optionsEditing the Workload Balancing configuration file To edit the wlb.conf file Increasing the Detail in the Workload Balancing Log Logging Trace Flag Benefit or Purpose Option Logging Trace Flag Benefit or Purpose Option