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Contents

1. About this Document .................................................................................... 1

1.1. Overview ..................................................................................................................... 1
1.2. XenServer Documentation ............................................................................................ 1

2. Virtual Machines ........................................................................................... 2

2.1. Creating VMs ............................................................................................................... 2
2.1.1. Using VM Templates .......................................................................................... 2
2.2. Other Methods of VM Creation .................................................................................... 2
2.2.1. Physical to Virtual Conversion (P2V) ................................................................... 2
2.2.2. Cloning an Existing VM ...................................................................................... 2
2.2.3. Importing an Exported VM ................................................................................ 3
2.3. XenServer Tools ........................................................................................................... 3

3. Supported Guests and Allocating Resources ................................................. 5

3.1. Supported Guests, Virtual Memory, and Disk Size Limits .. ........... ........... ........... ........... ... 5
3.2. Experimental Guests .................................................................................................... 7
3.3. Deprecated Guests ....................................................................................................... 8
3.4. XenServer Product Family Virtual Device Support .......................................................... 8
3.4.1. VM Block Devices .............................................................................................. 9

4. Creating Windows VMs ............................................................................... 10

4.1. Basic Procedure for Creating a Windows VM ............................................................... 10
4.2. Available Windows Templates ..................................................................................... 10
4.2.1. Attaching an ISO Image Library ........................................................................ 11
4.3. Using XenCenter to Create a VM ................................................................................ 11
4.4. Using the CLI to Create a Windows VM ....................................................................... 13

5. Creating Linux VMs ..................................................................................... 14

5.1. Creating a Linux VM by Installing from an Internet Repository ... ........... ........... ........... .. 16
5.2. Creating a Linux VM by Installing from a Physical CD/DVD ........... ........... ........... ........... 16
5.3. Creating a Linux VM by Installing From an ISO Image ...... ........... ........... ........... ........... . 17
5.3.1. Network Installation Notes .............................................................................. 17