XenServer is the virtualization platform Citrix has built around the Xen Hypervisor.
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xenserver, fedora guest ext grow ext4 partition
I've got a partition on a guest fedora system running in xenserver. Originally the size of the partition was 400GB. I recently extended the size to 600GB. It now shows in the xenserver console as being 600GB, however, when I get the disk size from…

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Is it possible to use the AOC-SAS2LP-MV8 HBA (Marvell 9480) on XenServer?
If not, is there any other hypervisor OS that supports them?
Marvell 9480 has drivers for RHEL/Fedora, so i think that they should work even under XenServer. I don't know how.

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XenServer 5.6.0 / XenCenter not allowing SR to Windows 7 share on Domain Controller for ISO's
I'm unable to get an SR made using command prompt or using XenCenter's interface dialogs.
Here is the command I'm issuing:
xe-mount-iso-sr ///iso_share -o…

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Vm error during start up "hvm is required for this operation"
I have installed a new XEN server 6.0. I have created a new vm machine and select windows xp sp3 template. When i try to start this new vm an error appears with the following message "hvm is required for this operation".
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Server crash mount XEN Server sata disk
Our Xen Server crashed and we try to mount the sata disk on an other linx to save the VM's. But unfortunately we are unlucky because the only thing we see is a lot of strange LV mounts.
When we do an lvdisplay we get the following output
[15:28:44]…

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xenserver 5.6 on on raid 10 array
We've always had performance issues with our Xenserver 5.6 and ive asked a question here about it and still didnt manage to get it resolved (xenserver VMs continous temporary lag).
Since this appears to be a storage thing not being able to put up…

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XenServer shared drive configuration
I have a server with below configuration
Intel Xeon E3 - 1230
2 * (Seagate 1 TeraByte) = total two terabyte
16 GB Ram
My Requirement : I need to run XenServer on this box and run 4 Ubuntu Virtual Machines and 1 windows VM.
I need to set about…

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Xen VM won't start: "Cannot plug VIF"
I've got a VM on a citrix xenserver 5.0.0 machine that won't start. it was running fine until it was rebooted on a Fri afternoon, a few weeks ago.
Starting it from the (windows-only) xencenter GUI results in:
"This VM cannot be started, as its…

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Setting up a private network for XenDesktop
What I'm trying to do is set up and test out XenServer and XenDesktop. What I've done so far is install XenServer and Windows7 with XenCenter on two machines. I've successfully been able to create VM's from XenCenter so that's a good sign. The…

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Extending local Storage Repository in XenServer 6.0
My server has 2x 3-disk RAID 5 arrays. This weekend I plan on deleting the second array and adding the HDDs to the first array.
However how would I go about extending the partition in XenServer 6.0 so that the entire array is in use, without losing…

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Xen server VM's don't see network?
We trying a Xen server, and have a very strange issue, one that never happened to us on open-source Xen.
The VM's created on Xen do not see the network outside the host. They do can ping each other and host, and the host can ping them, but that…

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mixing single path and multipath SR's in a Xenserver pool
Has anyone attempted to run a single path iSCSI SR alongside a multipath iSCSI SR in a Xenserver 5.6 pool?
We're migrating from an old SAN to a new one and I want the new one to use multipathing.
Firstly, is this possible? If so, what steps will I…

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Mounting filesystem of VM from dom0 in XEN
I have XEN 4.0.x.x and Cent os 5.5
There is an .image file of each VM stored on dom0 in /var/lib/xen/images directory. Is it a some block on the hard disk which I can mount this file from dom0 and access the file system of dom0.
What I really want…

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xm console command is not working in XEN
I have XEN 4.0.x.x rpm with CENT OS. I have set it up and have many VMs on it. But problem is when I execute 'xm console ' command from dom0, command just hangs dom0 and some 'y' comes up in next line but nothing really happens.
Is it a bug in xen…

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Is there option to provide IP address while cloning a VM itself in XEN
I use XEN virtualization platform. I have configured its networking in xenbr0 mode. I have set up one base VM and I am cloning it to create new VMs by using virt-clone command.
My question is there any way I can provide the IP address for the new VM…

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