Citrix Systems 6.2.0 instruction

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Citrix Systems 6.2.0 manual

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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 XenServer Documentation About this DocumentOverview Other Methods of VM Creation Virtual MachinesCreating VMs Importing an Exported VM XenServer ToolsPage Operating System Minimum Maximum Minimum Disk Space Supported Guests and Allocating ResourcesSupported Guests, Virtual Memory, and Disk Size Limits 4GB 8GB Operating System Experimental Guests Virtual device Linux VMs Windows VMs Deprecated GuestsXenServer Product Family Virtual Device Support VM Block Devices Template Name Description Basic Procedure for Creating a Windows VMCreating Windows VMs Available Windows Templates To create a Windows 7 32-bit VM Using XenCenter to Create a VMAttaching an ISO Image Library Page Installing a Windows VM from an ISO Repository Using the CLI Using the CLI to Create a Windows VM Creating Linux VMs Distribution Vendor Install From Network From CD Repository Creating a Linux VM by Installing from a Physical CD/DVD Network Installation Notes Creating a Linux VM by Installing From an ISO Image To install Rhel Using a Kickstart File Advanced Operating System Boot ParametersTo install Debian using a preseed file To install the guest agent Installing the Linux Guest Agent Linux Distribution Installation Notes Additional Installation Notes for Linux Distributions IP address Preparing to Clone a Linux VMAdditional Debian Notes Machine NamePage Storage XenMotion VM Migration with XenMotion and Storage XenMotionXenMotion and Storage XenMotion XenMotion Limitations and Caveats Migrating a VM using XenCenterLive VDI Migration To Move Virtual Disks Updating XenServer Tools for Windows VMs To uninstall the XenServer ToolsUpdating VMs Updating Windows Operating SystemsPage Creating vApps Creating a vApp using XenCenterVApps Managing vApps in XenCenter To start a vApp Start and shutdown vApps using XenCenterDeleting vApps using XenCenter Deleting vApps To import a vApp Importing and Exporting vAppsTo export a vApp Advanced Notes for Virtual Machines VM Boot BehaviorPersist XenDesktop Private Desktop Mode Reset XenDesktop Shared Desktop Mode Installdir/xensetup.exe /S /norestart To Enable Remote Desktop on a Windows VM Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service VSS providerConnecting to a Windows VM Using Remote Desktop To enable the Windows XenServer VSS provider Time Handling in Linux VMs Time Handling in Windows VMs Guest OS Dependent wallclock Independent wallclock Installing a VM from Reseller Option Kit BIOS-locked MediaTo set individual Linux VMs to maintain independent times Using the CLI Preparing for Cloning a Windows VM Using VSSUsing XenCenter Cloning Windows VMs Assigning a GPU to a Windows VM for Use with XenDesktop To detach a Windows VM from a GPU using the xe CLI 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 XenCenter Detach the GPU from the VM by entering the following Useful Tests To Import the Demo Linux Virtual Appliance Using XenCenterImporting the Demo Linux Virtual Appliance Page Format Description Importing and Exporting VMsSupported Formats Attribute Description Open Virtualization Format OVF and OVA XVA Format Disk Image Formats VHD and Vmdk XVA Version 1 Format Operating System Fixup To use the RawVDI transfer protocol Transfer VMImporting VMs Importing VMs from OVF/OVA To Import VMs from OVF/OVA using XenCenterPage Importing Disk Images To Import VMs from a Disk Image using XenCenter Importing VMs from XVA To Import VMs from XVA Files VM using XenCenter Exporting VMs as OVF/OVA To Import a VM from XVA using the xe CLIExporting VMs To Export VMs as OVF/OVA using XenCenter Exporting VMs as XVA To Export VMs as XVA Files using XenCenter To Export VMs as XVA Files using the xe CLI Release Notes Appendix A. Windows VM Release Notes Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5 to Appendix B. Linux VM Release Notes Preparing a Rhel 4.5 to 4.8 guest for cloning Red Hat Enterprise Linux Suse Enterprise Linux 10 SP3 CentOSOracle Enterprise Linux Suse Enterprise Linux 10 SP1 Ubuntu On a Windows computer Appendix C. Creating ISO ImagesCreating an ISO on a Linux computer Enabling a Graphical Console on Debian Squeeze VMs Appendix D. Enabling VNC for Linux VMs Configuring GDM to use VNC Determining the Location of your VNC Configuration File VNC Screen Resolution Firewall Settings Create the xinetd.d file, /etc/xinetd.d/vnc-server-stream Enabling VNC for RHEL, CentOS, or OEL 6.x VMs Checking for a VNC Server Setting up SLES-based VMs for VNCEnabling Remote Administration Modifying the xinetd Configuration To Open the VNC Port on Sles 10.x VMs Firewall To Open the VNC Port on Sles 11.x VMs Firewall Checking Runlevels NFS Appendix E. Setting Up a Red Hat Installation ServerCopying Installation Media Enable Remote Access Http FTP Controlling Linux VM Crashdump Behaviour Appendix F. Troubleshooting VM ProblemsTo enable saving of Linux VM crash dumps VM Crashes Troubleshooting Boot Problems on Linux VMs