Deprecated Guests | Citrix Systems 6.2.0 manual

Operating System

Ubuntu Maverick Meerkat 10.10 (64-bit)

Warning:

Experimental guest operating systems have received limited testing, may not be present in future product releases and must not be enabled on production systems. Citrix may not respond to support requests regarding experimental features.

3.3. Deprecated Guests

The following table lists the deprecated guest operating systems in XenServer 6.2.0.

Operating System

Debian Lenny 5.0 (32-bit)

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP4 (32-bit)

Windows Server 2008 (base release) (32-bit)

Windows Server 2008 (base release) (64-bit)

Windows Server 2003 (base release), Windows Server 2003 SP1 (32-bit)

Windows Server 2003 (base release), Windows Server 2003 SP1 (64-bit)

Windows Vista (base release), Windows Vista SP1 (32-bit)

Note:

There will be no option to engage Citrix's product development resources, and technical workarounds may be limited or not possible for customers on unsupported guest operating systems. If the support incident requires escalation to development for further guidance, requires a hotfix, or requires a security update, customers will be asked to upgrade to a supported service pack.

3.4. XenServer Product Family Virtual Device Support

The current version of the XenServer product family has the following general limitations on virtual devices for VMs. Note that specific guest operating systems may have lower limits for certain features. The individual guest installation section notes the limitations.

Virtual device	Linux VMs	Windows VMs

Number of virtual CPUs	32*	16
Number of virtual disks	7 (including virtual CD-ROM)	7 (including virtual CD-ROM)

Number of virtual CD-ROM drives	1	1

Number of virtual NICs	7†	7

*A maximum of 16 vCPUs are supported by XenCenter.

†except for SLES 10 SP1 and RHEL 4.x, which support 3. RHEL 5.0/5.1/5.2 support 3, but can support 7 when the kernel is patched with the XenServer Tools. The same applies for Oracle and CentOS 5.0/5.1/5.2.

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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 About this Document OverviewXenServer Documentation Virtual Machines Creating VMsOther Methods of VM Creation Importing an Exported VM XenServer ToolsPage Supported Guests and Allocating Resources Supported Guests, Virtual Memory, and Disk Size LimitsOperating System Minimum Maximum Minimum Disk Space 4GB 8GB Operating System Experimental Guests Deprecated Guests XenServer Product Family Virtual Device SupportVirtual device Linux VMs Windows VMs VM Block Devices Template Name Description Basic Procedure for Creating a Windows VMCreating Windows VMs Available Windows Templates Using XenCenter to Create a VM Attaching an ISO Image LibraryTo create a Windows 7 32-bit VM 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 Advanced Operating System Boot Parameters To install Debian using a preseed fileTo install Rhel Using a Kickstart 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 Migrating a VM using XenCenter Live VDI MigrationLimitations and Caveats 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 Importing and Exporting vApps To export a vAppTo import 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 Installing a VM from Reseller Option Kit BIOS-locked Media To set individual Linux VMs to maintain independent timesGuest OS Dependent wallclock Independent wallclock Preparing for Cloning a Windows VM Using VSS Using XenCenterUsing the CLI 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 To Import the Demo Linux Virtual Appliance Using XenCenter Importing the Demo Linux Virtual ApplianceUseful Tests Page Importing and Exporting VMs Supported FormatsFormat Description Attribute Description Open Virtualization Format OVF and OVA XVA Format Disk Image Formats VHD and Vmdk XVA Version 1 Format Operating System Fixup Transfer VM Importing VMsTo use the RawVDI transfer protocol 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 To Import a VM from XVA using the xe CLI Exporting VMsExporting VMs as OVF/OVA 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 Appendix C. Creating ISO Images Creating an ISO on a Linux computerOn a Windows 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