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Citrix XenServer
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6.2.0 Virtual Machine User's Guide
Published Tuesday, 25 June 2013
1.0 Edition
Contents
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3. Supported Guests and Allocating Resources ................................................. 5
6. VM Migration with XenMotion and Storage XenMotion ............................. 23
9. Advanced Notes for Virtual Machines ........................................................ 31
10. Importing the Demo Linux Virtual Appliance ............................................ 40
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Chapter 1. About this Document
1.1. Overview
1.2. XenServer Documentation
Chapter 2. Virtual Machines
2.1. Creating VMs
2.1.1. Using VM Templates
2.2. Other Methods of VM Creation
2.2.1. Physical to Virtual Conversion (P2V)
2.3. XenServer Tools
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Chapter 3. Supported Guests and Allocating Resources
3.1. Supported Guests, Virtual Memory, and Disk Size Limits
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3.2. Experimental Guests
3.3. Deprecated Guests
3.4. XenServer Product Family Virtual Device Support
3.4.1. VM Block Devices
Chapter 4. Creating Windows VMs
4.1. Basic Procedure for Creating a Windows VM
4.2. Available Windows Templates
4.2.1. Attaching an ISO Image Library
4.3. Using XenCenter to Create a VM
To create a Windows 7 (32-bit) VM:
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4.4. Using the CLI to Create a Windows VM
Installing a Windows VM from an ISO Repository Using the CLI
Chapter 5. Creating Linux VMs
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5.1. Creating a Linux VM by Installing from an Internet Repository
Example: Installing a Debian Squeeze VM from a network repository
5.2. Creating a Linux VM by Installing from a Physical CD/DVD
Example: Installing a Debian Squeeze VM from CD/DVD (using the CLI)
5.3. Creating a Linux VM by Installing From an ISO Image
Example: Installing a Linux VM from a Network-Accessible ISO Image
5.3.1. Network Installation Notes
5.4. Advanced Operating System Boot Parameters
To install Debian using a preseed file:
To install RHEL Using a Kickstart File:
5.5. Installing the Linux Guest Agent
To install the guest agent:
5.6. Additional Installation Notes for Linux Distributions
5.6.1. Additional Debian Notes
5.6.1.1. Apt Repositories
5.7. Preparing to Clone a Linux VM
5.7.1. Machine Name
5.7.2. IP address
5.7.3. MAC address
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Chapter 6. VM Migration with XenMotion and Storage XenMotion
6.1. XenMotion and Storage XenMotion
6.1.1. XenMotion
6.1.2. Storage XenMotion
6.1.3. Compatibility Requirements
6.2. Migrating a VM using XenCenter
6.3. Live VDI Migration
6.3.1. Limitations and Caveats
6.3.2. To Move Virtual Disks
Chapter 7. Updating VMs
7.1. Updating Windows Operating Systems
To uninstall the XenServer Tools
7.2. Updating XenServer Tools for Windows VMs
7.3. Updating Linux Kernels and Guest Utilities
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Chapter 8. vApps
8.1. Managing vApps in XenCenter
Modifying vApps
8.2. Creating vApps
Creating a vApp using XenCenter
8.3. Deleting vApps
Deleting vApps using XenCenter:
8.4. Start and shutdown vApps using XenCenter
To start a vApp
To shut down a vApp
8.5. Importing and Exporting vApps
To export a vApp
To import a vApp
Chapter 9. Advanced Notes for Virtual Machines
9.1. VM Boot Behavior
9.1.1. Persist (XenDesktop - Private Desktop Mode)
9.1.2. Reset (XenDesktop - Shared Desktop Mode)
9.2. Making the ISO Library Available to XenServer Hosts
9.3. XenServer Tools
9.4. Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) provider
To enable the Windows XenServer VSS provider
9.5. Connecting to a Windows VM Using Remote Desktop
To Enable Remote Desktop on a Windows VM
9.6. Time Handling in Windows VMs
9.7. Time Handling in Linux VMs
To set individual Linux VMs to maintain independent times
9.8. Installing a VM from Reseller Option Kit (BIOS-locked) Media
Using XenCenter
Using the CLI
9.9. Preparing for Cloning a Windows VM Using VSS
Cloning Windows VMs
9.10. Assigning a GPU to a Windows VM (for Use with XenDesktop)
Requirements
Before Assigning a GPU to a VM
To assign a GPU to a Windows VM using XenCenter:
To assign a GPU to a Windows VM using xe CLI:
To detach a Windows VM from a GPU using XenCenter:
To detach a Windows VM from a GPU using the xe CLI:
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Chapter 10. Importing the Demo Linux Virtual Appliance
To Import the Demo Linux Virtual Appliance Using XenCenter
10.1. Useful Tests
Mounting a disk using the Demonstration Linux Virtual Machine Web Page
Chapter 11. Importing and Exporting VMs
11.1. Supported Formats
Which Format to Use?
11.1.1. Open Virtualization Format (OVF and OVA)
11.1.1.1. Selecting OVF or OVA Format
11.1.2. Disk Image Formats (VHD and VMDK)
11.1.3. XVA Format
11.1.4. XVA Version 1 Format
11.2. Operating System Fixup
What Does Operating System Fixup do to the VM?
11.3. The Transfer VM
To use the RawVDI transfer protocol:
11.4. Importing VMs
11.4.1. Importing VMs from OVF/OVA
To Import VMs from OVF/OVA using XenCenter:
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11.4.2. Importing Disk Images
Requirements
To Import VM(s) from a Disk Image using XenCenter:
11.4.3. Importing VMs from XVA
To Import VM(s) from XVA Files VM using XenCenter:
To Import a VM from XVA using the xe CLI:
11.5. Exporting VMs
11.5.1. Exporting VMs as OVF/OVA
To Export VM(s) as OVF/OVA using XenCenter:
11.5.1.1. Exporting VMs as XVA
To Export VM(s) as XVA Files using XenCenter:
To Export VM(s) as XVA Files using the xe CLI:
Appendix A. Windows VM Release Notes
A.1. Release Notes
A.1.1. General Windows Issues
A.1.2. Windows Server 2008
A.1.3. Windows Server 2003
Appendix B. Linux VM Release Notes
B.1. Release Notes
B.1.1. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5 to 4.8
B.1.1.1. Preparing a RHEL 4.5 to 4.8 guest for cloning
B.1.1.2. RHEL Graphical Network Install Support
B.1.2. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
B.1.2.1. Preparing a RHEL 5.x guest for cloning
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Appendix C. Creating ISO Images
Creating an ISO on a Linux computer
On a Windows computer
Appendix D. Enabling VNC for Linux VMs
D.1. Enabling a Graphical Console on Debian Squeeze VMs
D.2. Enabling a Graphical Console on Red Hat, CentOS, or Oracle Linux VMs
D.2.1. Determining the Location of your VNC Configuration File
D.2.2. Configuring GDM to use VNC
D.2.3. Firewall Settings
To customize Red Hat-based VMs firewall to open the VNC port
D.2.4. VNC Screen Resolution
D.2.5. Enabling VNC for RHEL, CentOS, or OEL 6.x VMs
D.3. Setting up SLES-based VMs for VNC
D.3.1. Checking for a VNC Server
D.3.2. Enabling Remote Administration
D.3.3. Modifying the xinetd Configuration
D.3.4. Firewall Settings
To Open the VNC Port on SLES 10.x VMs' Firewall
To Open the VNC Port on SLES 11.x VMs' Firewall
D.3.5. VNC Screen Resolution
D.4. Checking Runlevels
Appendix E. Setting Up a Red Hat Installation Server
E.1. Copying Installation Media
E.2. Enable Remote Access
E.2.1. NFS
E.2.2. FTP
E.2.3. HTTP
Appendix F. Troubleshooting VM Problems
F.1. VM Crashes
F.1.1. Controlling Linux VM Crashdump Behaviour
To enable saving of Linux VM crash dumps
F.1.2. Controlling Windows VM Crashdump Behaviour
F.2. Troubleshooting Boot Problems on Linux VMs
