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Bond Parameters	118
bond-create	118
bond-destroy	118
CD Commands	118
CD Parameters	118
cd-list	119
Console Commands	120
Console Parameters	120
Disaster Recovery (DR) Commands	120
drtask-create	120
drtask-destroy	121
vm-assert-can-be-recovered	121
appliance-assert-can-be-recovered	121
appliance-recover	121
vm-recover	121
sr-enable-database-replication	121
sr-disable-database-replication	121
Example Usage	121
Event Commands	122
Event Classes	122
event-wait	123
GPU Commands	123
Physical GPU (pGPU) Parameters	123
GPU Group Parameters	124
Virtual GPU (vGPU) Parameters	124
vgpu-create	125
vgpu-destroy	125
Host Commands	125
Host Selectors	125
Host Parameters	126
host-backup	129

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

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