This video provides a step by step tutorial on creating a Xenserver ISO Storage Repository utilizing local storage.The following commands need to be run from the command lineSRUUID = System generatedISOFOLDER = User generatedSRNAME = User generated1. Cd /var/run/sr-mount/SRUUID/3. Mkdir ISOFOLDER4. Xe sr-create name-label=SRNAME type=iso device-config:location=/var/run/sr-mount/SRUUID/ISOFOLDER device-config:legacymode=true content-type=isoThe following video was creating using information provided by Riverlite.

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I'm trying to import an OVA host into a XenServer 7.5 server and I can NOT get it to work. Is OS Fixup an ISO I download from Citrix? Citrix Systems, Inc., the Citrix logo, Citrix XenServer and Citrix XenCenter, are trademarks of Citrix. Operating System Fixup. Installing an operating system from a CD, ISO image or network repository onto the appropriate provided.

Add Xenserver Storage Repository – Part 4XenServer introduces several new terms to the traditional storage terminology list. While understanding the concepts are always important when working with any IT system, storage isn’t nearly as crucial as the prior article covering networking concepts. However, this article will still take the time to explain and attempt to clarify these storage concepts.The first thing to remember with XenServer storage is that we have storage for the actual XenServer host and then we also have storage for the guest or virtual machines that will run on the XenServer host. Conceptually this is simple to grasp but managing it can be a daunting task if the administrator is unfamiliar with the purposes of each of the storage aspects.The first term is known as ‘SR’ or Storage Repository. This is arguably the most important term in XenServer storage as it represents the physical medium to which virtual machine disks will be stored and retrieved.

XenServer Storage WorksHopefully the above graphic doesn’t further confuse individuals about XenServer storage. The second image is an attempt to show the logical connections ( PBD and VBD) that are used to connect XenServers and guests to remote storage over one actual network connection.With the conceptualization out of the way; the configuration can begin. Recalling from the first article in this series, this guide is using a Dell PS5500E iSCSI storage device for the storage of the virtual machine (guests) disks. This guide will not be walking through configuration of the Dell iSCSI device.

Daniel,Thanks for the response. Quite a few questions in the post but let’s try to get them answered for you.Clonezilla is a fantastic bit-stream copy software. As such it should copy all information from the chosen disk device.

Now the question about whether or not the UEFI system will be bootable on XenServer after restoring the image, I don’t have a definite answer for as I have never tried. A quick search through the Xen hypervisor site suggests that guest EFI support is there but limited. I will research this and see if I can get a working proof of concept though.I may be misunderstanding your second paragraph but in order to install XenServer you’ll have to either cleverly partition the disk on your system to install XenServer/Windows side by side but the normal install process will overwrite anything on the disk to which is is being installed.

So you’ll end up installing XenServer to your HP machine, building or importing your Windows machine’s disk image as a guest on the XenServer, and then you’ll either use VNC, Xencenter, Xen Orchestra, or OpenXenManager to connect to the console session of the running Windows virtual machine. To my knowledge, there isn’t a way to connect to the console session of a DomU guest from Dom0.To make working in Dom0 easier, remember that the CLI has auto complete so if you start typing part of a UUID and hit the tab key, XenServer will automatically fill in the rest of the UUID for you. According to Citrix any modification to Dom0 is considered experimental and as such they typically won’t provide any assistance so I definitely wouldn’t install anything on production XenServer installs. Disclaimer out of the way, XenServer runs on CentOS so in theory, anything that can be done in CentOS can be done in XenServer.

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Even on my test systems though, I don’t modify anything in Dom0 simply for stability’s sake.The SAMBA ISO share is a separate system it isn’t part of Dom0. Now the SAMBA share can be a guest/virtual machine running on the XenServer; I’ve done that many times.Please let me know if there is anything else that needs clarified or if you have more questions as a result of this answer! The Citrix XenConvert 2.4.1 Guide on page 3 under Known Limitations states: “Firmware Type – XenConvert can only convert from a host machine with BIOS firmware – not Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI).” Will imaging Clonezilla to P2V circumvent this issue? If not, would a fresh install from MS-Windows recovery disks under “legacy mode” instead of UEFI resolve the issue. That is something I can try as I have a new drive and I can mess around with it some. I am trying to us XenServer 6.5 on a HP h-1520t.

Would I be better off using another p2v conversion method or different virtualiztion software?I am trying to setup up Xenserver 6.5 on my desk top. I have assumed that after it is all set up, I will still be able to use windows and all my applications just as before from the same desk, keyboard, monitors and the same computer which will be my XenSeerverHost via VNC into a virtual machine. When I read about VNC it seems that people are using a different computer such as my OldGoat that I am running OpenXenManager on to VNC into the VMs. Even after reading all your wonderfully through XenServer articles I still have not been able to reach a definite conclusion on this issue so I have to ask. Can I use a VNC viewer to work from my XenServerHost machine? In other words, can a person VNC from dom0 into a VM on the same machine?There are so many commands/features not available in the XenServer console. I think of gpm’s mouse copy and paste when I am typing in the UUID’s.

It has yum but not apt-get. Are there packages you like to install on dom0 to make life work better.Are you thinking of Dom0 or a VM when you say to set up samba as an ISO library.I had in interesting problem with XenServer 6.5 booting on a HP h-1520t.

It never booted until I accidently discovered it would boot if a bootable cd was present in the drive and triggered the any-key message. I took 4 pages of notes as I went through all kinds of boot order setting on the computer. It does not matter if the legacy hard drive is before or after the cd, XenServer 6.5 only boots for me after the “press any key to boot from the cd” message is triggered and times out. I think it is a firmware problem on this model (I have the latest firmware). I think it might be able to boot if the firmware boots another drive with a boot loader (grub) to boot XenServer 6.5 but I have not tried it yet.Sorry for the number of questions and the length. You are the best source I have found and I read it.

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I have struggled for 2 weeks now.