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Citrix XenServer ® 6.1.0 Installation Guide

Published Friday, 06 September 2013

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Citrix Systems manual Citrix XenServer 6.1.0 Installation Guide

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Citrix XenServer 6.1.0 Installation Guide Trademarks Contents Using Scvmm and Scom with XenServer Boot From SAN Environments Administering XenServer Benefits of Using XenServerWelcome About This Document XenServer Editions New Features in XenServer Guest Enhancements XenServer Documentation References System Requirements System RequirementsXenServer Host System Requirements Supported Guest Operating Systems XenCenter System Requirements Installation Media and Methods Installing XenServer and XenCenter To install or upgrade the XenServer host Installing the XenServer HostPage To install XenCenter Installing XenCenterHost Partition Format To connect XenCenter to the XenServer host Connecting XenCenter to the XenServer Host High-level procedure Installation and Deployment ScenariosXenServer Hosts with Local Storage Basic hardware requirements XenServer Hosts with Shared NFS Storage Pools of XenServer Hosts with Shared Storage XenServer Hosts with Shared iSCSI Storage Configuring your iSCSI storage Configuring an iSCSI IQN for each XenServer host Xe pool-param-set uuid=pooluuid default-SR=iscsisharedsruuid XenServer and IntelliCache Enabling on Host InstallationIntelliCache Deployment Converting an Existing Host to Use Thin Provisioning To enable local caching, enter the following commands Implementation Details and Troubleshooting VM Boot Behavior Xe sr-list params=local-cache-sr,uuid,name-label How to install the Integration Suite Supplemental Pack Using Scvmm and Scom with XenServerIntegration Requirements for Scvmm Integration Requirements for Scom Upgrading XenServer Rolling Pool UpgradesPage Before You Upgrade Before you begin your rolling pool upgrade Upgrading XenServer Hosts Using the xe CLITo upgrade a pool of XenServer hosts using the xe CLI Before You Upgrade a Single XenServer Host Upgrading a Single XenServer Host Using the xe CLI To empty the CD/DVD drive of a VM using the xe CLI Upgrading a Single XenServer Host Using the xe CLITo upgrade a single XenServer host using the xe CLI Page Upgrading LVM Storage from XenServer 5.0 or Earlier Upgrading LVM-based SRs using the xe CLI Before You Apply an Update or Hotfix Applying Updates and Hotfixes to XenServerBefore you begin updating To update individual hosts using the xe CLI To update individual hosts using XenCenterUpdating Individual XenServer Hosts Updating a Pool of XenServer Hosts To update a pool of hosts using XenCenter To update a pool of XenServer hosts using the xe CLI Activating a Free XenServer Product Licensing XenServerTo activate a free XenServer product To license XenServer Advanced editions and higher Licensing XenServer Editions To configure licensing for XenServer hosts using the xe CLI To configure licensing for XenServer hosts using XenCenterAdditional Licensing Information Grace Period To capture and save the log file Appendix A. Troubleshooting Appendix B. Boot From SAN Environments Configuring your PXE Environment for XenServer Installation Appendix C. PXE Boot InstallationsTo configure your Tftp server Preparing the destination system Creating an answer file for unattended PXE installation Element Description Required? Element Description Required? Element Proto dhcp or static