Fresh Installation of XenServer 7
In earlier articles, XenServer 6.5 configuration and usage was discussed. In May 2016, Citrix released the new version of the XenServer platform. Plenty has remained the same but there are also some useful new...
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Managing XenServer with a XenCenter and Xen Orchestra Web Interfaces – Part – 7
Up to this point all of the management of the XenServer host has been accomplished via a remote SSH connection. This is arguably the most straight forward approach, but it doesn’t always scale well...
XenServer Physical to Virtual Migration – Part 6
Moving forward with a bit of a value add article and still tying into the previous article about guest creation in XenServer, this article will approach the concept of Physical to Virtual (P2V) migration...
How to Create and Install Guest Virtual Machines in XenServer – Part 5
Continuing to move forward with the XenServer series, this article will approach the creation of the actual guests themselves (often called virtual machines). Update: In May 2016, Citrix released the new version of the...
How to Create and Add Citrix XenServer Storage Repositories – Part 4
In the fourth article of this XenServer series, storage solutions will be discussed. Much like networking, storage solutions in XenServer are often difficult to grasp at first. Before beginning any configuration, the new terminology...
XenServer Network (LACP Bond, VLAN and Bonding) Configuration – Part 3
In the third part of this series, the configuration of networking in XenServer will be discussed. Networking in XenServer is often a little difficult to grasp at first but is actually quite simple. The...
Installing XenServer 6.5 Patches with Local Media and Remotely – Part 2
Patching a XenServer install is a crucial task to ensure security updates are applied to vulnerable XenServer installs. While in theory the hypervisor is secure from the virtual machines it supports, there are still...
Installing and Configuring Citrix Xenserver 6.5 – Part 1
As computing devices quickly surpass the requirements of operating systems, it has increasingly become more efficient for organizations to invest/migrate to virtualized systems. Operating system virtualization technologies aren’t anything new but over the last...
