Citrix Systems 6.2.0 manual Distribution Vendor, Install From Network From CD Repository

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The supported Linux distributions are:

Distribution

Vendor

Vendor

Install

Notes

 

 

 

Install

from

network

 

 

 

 

from CD

repository

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Debian Squeeze 6.0 (32-/64-bit)

X

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Debian Wheezy 7.0 (32-/64-bit)

X

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8 (32-bit)

X

X

 

Requires

installing

 

 

 

 

XenServer

Tools

after

 

 

 

 

installing RHEL to apply

 

 

 

 

the Citrix

RHEL

4.8

 

 

 

 

kernel.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5,

X

X

 

Supported provided you

5.6, 5.7, 5.8, 5.9 (32-/64-bit)

 

 

 

use the 5.4 or later

 

 

 

 

kernel.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4

X

X

 

 

 

 

(32-/64-bit)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1, SLES 10 SP2,

X

X

 

 

 

 

SLES 10 SP4 (32-/64-bit)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3 (32-bit)

 

 

 

Supported

only

if

 

 

 

 

upgrading from SLES 10

 

 

 

 

SP2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3 (64-bit)

X

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11, SLES 11 SP1, 11

X

X

 

 

 

 

SP2 (32-/64-bit)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CentOS 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8 (32-bit)

X

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CentOS 5.0, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 5.8, 5.9

X

X

 

 

 

 

(32-/64-bit)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CentOS 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4 (32-/64-bit)

X

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.0, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5,

X

X

 

 

 

 

5.6, 5.7, 5.8, 5.9 (32-/64-bit)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oracle Enterprise Linux 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4

X

X

 

 

 

 

(32-/64-bit)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ubuntu 10.04 (32-/64-bit)

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ubuntu 12.04 (32-/64-bit)

X

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distributions not present in the above list are not supported. However, distributions that use the same installation mechanism as Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (for example Fedora Core 6) might be successfully installed using the same template.

Note:

Creating 32-bit Linux VMs on a host that has more than 128GB of memory is not supported.

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Contents Citrix XenServer 6.2.0 Virtual Machine Users Guide Trademarks Contents VM Migration with XenMotion and Storage XenMotion Importing the Demo Linux Virtual Appliance Windows VM Release Notes Setting Up a Red Hat Installation Server Overview About this DocumentXenServer Documentation Creating VMs Virtual MachinesOther Methods of VM Creation XenServer Tools Importing an Exported VMPage Supported Guests, Virtual Memory, and Disk Size Limits Supported Guests and Allocating ResourcesOperating System Minimum Maximum Minimum Disk Space 4GB 8GB Experimental Guests Operating SystemXenServer Product Family Virtual Device Support Deprecated GuestsVirtual device Linux VMs Windows VMs VM Block Devices Available Windows Templates Basic Procedure for Creating a Windows VMCreating Windows VMs Template Name DescriptionAttaching an ISO Image Library Using XenCenter to Create a VMTo create a Windows 7 32-bit VM Page Using the CLI to Create a Windows VM Installing a Windows VM from an ISO Repository Using the CLICreating Linux VMs Install From Network From CD Repository Distribution VendorCreating a Linux VM by Installing from a Physical CD/DVD Creating a Linux VM by Installing From an ISO Image Network Installation NotesTo install Debian using a preseed file Advanced Operating System Boot ParametersTo install Rhel Using a Kickstart File Installing the Linux Guest Agent To install the guest agentAdditional Installation Notes for Linux Distributions Linux Distribution Installation NotesMachine Name Preparing to Clone a Linux VMAdditional Debian Notes IP addressPage XenMotion VM Migration with XenMotion and Storage XenMotionXenMotion and Storage XenMotion Storage XenMotionLive VDI Migration Migrating a VM using XenCenterLimitations and Caveats To Move Virtual Disks Updating Windows Operating Systems To uninstall the XenServer ToolsUpdating VMs Updating XenServer Tools for Windows VMsPage Managing vApps in XenCenter Creating a vApp using XenCenterVApps Creating vAppsDeleting vApps Start and shutdown vApps using XenCenterDeleting vApps using XenCenter To start a vAppTo export a vApp Importing and Exporting vAppsTo import a vApp Reset XenDesktop Shared Desktop Mode VM Boot BehaviorPersist XenDesktop Private Desktop Mode Advanced Notes for Virtual MachinesInstalldir/xensetup.exe /S /norestart To enable the Windows XenServer VSS provider Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service VSS providerConnecting to a Windows VM Using Remote Desktop To Enable Remote Desktop on a Windows VMTime Handling in Windows VMs Time Handling in Linux VMsTo set individual Linux VMs to maintain independent times Installing a VM from Reseller Option Kit BIOS-locked MediaGuest OS Dependent wallclock Independent wallclock Using XenCenter Preparing for Cloning a Windows VM Using VSSUsing the CLI Assigning a GPU to a Windows VM for Use with XenDesktop Cloning Windows VMsTo detach a Windows VM from a GPU using XenCenter To assign a GPU to a Windows VM using XenCenterTo assign a GPU to a Windows VM using xe CLI To detach a Windows VM from a GPU using the xe CLIDetach the GPU from the VM by entering the following Importing the Demo Linux Virtual Appliance To Import the Demo Linux Virtual Appliance Using XenCenterUseful Tests Page Supported Formats Importing and Exporting VMsFormat Description Open Virtualization Format OVF and OVA Attribute DescriptionDisk Image Formats VHD and Vmdk XVA FormatOperating System Fixup XVA Version 1 FormatImporting VMs Transfer VMTo use the RawVDI transfer protocol To Import VMs from OVF/OVA using XenCenter Importing VMs from OVF/OVAPage To Import VMs from a Disk Image using XenCenter Importing Disk ImagesTo Import VMs from XVA Files VM using XenCenter Importing VMs from XVAExporting VMs To Import a VM from XVA using the xe CLIExporting VMs as OVF/OVA To Export VMs as OVF/OVA using XenCenter To Export VMs as XVA Files using XenCenter Exporting VMs as XVATo Export VMs as XVA Files using the xe CLI Appendix A. Windows VM Release Notes Release NotesAppendix B. Linux VM Release Notes Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5 toRed Hat Enterprise Linux Preparing a Rhel 4.5 to 4.8 guest for cloningSuse Enterprise Linux 10 SP1 CentOSOracle Enterprise Linux Suse Enterprise Linux 10 SP3Ubuntu Creating an ISO on a Linux computer Appendix C. Creating ISO ImagesOn a Windows computer Appendix D. Enabling VNC for Linux VMs Enabling a Graphical Console on Debian Squeeze VMsDetermining the Location of your VNC Configuration File Configuring GDM to use VNCFirewall Settings VNC Screen ResolutionEnabling VNC for RHEL, CentOS, or OEL 6.x VMs Create the xinetd.d file, /etc/xinetd.d/vnc-server-streamModifying the xinetd Configuration Setting up SLES-based VMs for VNCEnabling Remote Administration Checking for a VNC ServerTo Open the VNC Port on Sles 10.x VMs Firewall Checking Runlevels To Open the VNC Port on Sles 11.x VMs FirewallEnable Remote Access Appendix E. Setting Up a Red Hat Installation ServerCopying Installation Media NFSFTP HttpVM Crashes Appendix F. Troubleshooting VM ProblemsTo enable saving of Linux VM crash dumps Controlling Linux VM Crashdump BehaviourTroubleshooting Boot Problems on Linux VMs
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