Many users have been experiencing problems in XenServer, Basically Used Space and Allocated space does not match, I too have encountered this issue, It is to do with the snapshotting feature, When a snapshot is deleted , Citrix XenServer should automatically reclaim the disk space by un allocating data which had been used by the snapshot,… Read More »
If you have forgotten the password for your ubuntu server, the following steps may help you recover it On a traditional Pc BOOT PC Press ESC at the grub prompt. Press e to edit the kernel parameters. Select line that starts kernel ………, press e Go to the end of line, and add the following: … Read More »
So we start by editing the /etc/network/interfaces file, I will be using vim, however you can use any editor you like sudo vim /etc/network/interfaces Let’s assume you want to do the changes for eth0, you will see these lines: auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp As you can see, the server is set to use… Read More »
The Template for Ubuntu 9.10 64Bit is avaliable for download. Image Is an Ubuntu 9.10 Installation excluding Grub2 and The fs is ext3 instead of Ext4 due to xenserver and pygrub incompatabilities, Make sure that if you use the apt-get update or aptitude update and Upgrade and the kernel is updated, double check the grub… Read More »
Finally, after a long night of frustration, i have managed to get Ubuntu 9.10 working on xenserver, Basically, i had to leave out the update to grub 2, since the pygrub that comes with xenserver does’ not read Grub2 configs, and it also doesn’t read ext4, So This image uses the ext3 fs, and the… Read More »
A Common problem in windows Dvd creator on Vista and Windows 7 is that the drop down list next to dvd Burner is empty, There have been a lot of users complaining about this problem, One of the culprits is the JMB363 chip, a problem with the driver causes the device to malfunction in certain… Read More »
As a loyal user of xenserver 5.5, i find the product as rock solid and find that vm’s run much faster on the xenserver platform than other platform’s, I’m not saying that xenserver is the best, as other products Such as Vmware offer many incentives, added functionality and other operating systems, where citrix are still lacking… Read More »
Installing A Xenserver Ubuntu PV vm from scratch Step 1 If installing a x64 os then select the Currently Selected template, if installing the 32bit version then select the one above, Enter a Vm Name
As requested here is the 64bit version of the ubuntu 9 template that runs on citrix xenserver paravirtualised. download link http://rapidshare.com/files/289417026/Ubuntux64.7z.001 http://rapidshare.com/files/289470456/Ubuntux64.7z.002 Unzip files with 7zip user name root pass: password the image is set as dhcp, has xen virtualised pv kernel and xenserver tools installed. Just import trough xencenter or the xe client, and… Read More »
After reading many blogs, and trying for a while before succeeding, in creating an Ubuntu 9 pv template on xen, i have finally got it working, and have created a template which runs in PV mode, has the xentools installed and is avaliable for download for free. A paravirtualized Citrix Xenserver 5.5 template for Ubuntu 9.04 x32, you… Read More »