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Installing Linux VMs 4.9.5. CentOS 4 Please refer to Section 4.9.3, "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4" for the list of CentOS 4 release notes. Unlike RHEL4, CentOS includes a third-party updates mechanism known as yum. The xe-guest-utilities RPM will install a XenServer entry for yum, allowing you to pick up kernel updates provided by Citrix via the standard update mechanism as they become available. 4.9.6. CentOS 5 Please refer to Section 4.9.4, "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5" for the list of CentOS 5 release notes. 4.9.7. SUSE Enterprise Linux 9 XenServer includes a custom port of the SLES9 SP3 kernel with additional bug fixes and expanded support. This kernel is automatically installed during the P2V process for SLES9 guests. To prepare a SUSE Linux guest for cloning (see Section 4.6.3, "MAC address"), edit /etc/sysconfig/network/config and edit the line: FORCE_PERSISTENT_NAMES=yes to FORCE_PERSISTENT_NAMES=no When you P2V a SLES 9 server, the networking configuration files that were present on the physical server will remain on the VM. You may wish to move these aside, or update them accordingly, when you add virtual interfaces to the VM. 4.9.8. SUSE Enterprise Linux 10 SP1 XenServer uses the standard Novell kernel supplied with SLES 10 SP1 as the guest kernel. Any bugs found in this kernel are reported upstream to Novell and listed below: • Only 3 virtual network interfaces are supported. • Disks sometimes do not attach correctly on boot. (Novell Bugzilla 290346). 4.9.9. Oracle Enterprise Linux 5 Please refer to Section 4.9.4, "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5" for the list of Oracle Enterprise Linux 5 release notes. 30

Section	Page
XenServer Virtual Machine Installation Guide	1
Table of Contents	4
Chapter 1. About this document	6
1.1. Overview	6
1.2. How this Guide relates to other documentation	6
Chapter 2. Creating VMs	7
2.1. Overview	7
2.2. Virtual memory and disk size limits	7
2.3. XenServer product family virtual device support	8
2.4. Physical to Virtual Conversion (P2V)	9
2.4.1. General Guidelines for Virtualizing Physical Servers	10
2.5. Cloning an existing VM	11
2.6. Importing an exported VM	11
2.6.1. Exporting a VM	12
2.6.2. Importing a VM	12
Chapter 3. Installing Windows VMs	14
3.1. Making the ISO available to XenServer Hosts	14
3.1.1. Copying ISOs to local storage	15
3.2. Windows paravirtualized drivers	16
3.3. Remote Desktop	16
3.4. Preparing to clone a Windows VM	17
3.5. Release Notes	18
3.5.1. General Windows Issues	18
3.5.2. Windows 2003 Server	18
3.5.3. Windows XP SP2	18
3.5.4. Windows 2000 Server	18
3.5.5. Windows Vista	18
Chapter 4. Installing Linux VMs	19
4.1. Installation of a built-in distribution	20
4.2. Installing Linux from vendor media to a VM	20
4.3. Installing Linux from a network installation server to a VM	22
4.4. Physical-to-Virtual Installation of a Linux VM	23
4.4.1. Guest Installation Network	23
4.5. Installing the Linux guest agent	24
4.6. Preparing to clone a Linux VM	25
4.6.1. Machine Name	25
4.6.2. IP address	25
4.6.3. MAC address	26
4.7. Time handling in Linux VMs	26
4.8. Configuring VNC for VMs	26
4.8.1. Setting up Red Hat-based VMs for VNC	26
4.8.1.1. Determining the location of your VNC configuration file	27
4.8.1.2. Configuring GDM to use VNC	27
4.8.1.3. Firewall settings	28
4.8.1.4. VNC screen resolution	28
4.8.2. Setting up SLES-based VMs for VNC	29
4.8.2.1. Checking for a VNCserver	29
4.8.2.2. Enabling Remote Administration	29
4.8.2.3. Modifying the xinetd configuration	30
4.8.2.4. Firewall settings	30
4.8.2.5. VNC screen resolution	31
4.8.3. Setting up Debian-based VMs for VNC	32
4.8.4. Checking runlevels	32
4.9. Release Notes	32
4.9.1. Debian Sarge 3.1 and Etch 4.0	32
4.9.2. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3	33
4.9.3. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4	33
4.9.3.1. Preparing a RHEL 4.x guest for P2V	34
4.9.4. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5	34
4.9.5. CentOS 4	35
4.9.6. CentOS 5	35
4.9.7. SUSE Enterprise Linux 9	35
4.9.8. SUSE Enterprise Linux 10 SP1	35
4.9.9. Oracle Enterprise Linux 5	35
Chapter 5. Updating VMs	36
5.1. Updating Windows operating systems	36
5.2. Updating paravirtualized drivers for Windows VMs	36
5.3. Updating Linux kernels and guest utilities	37
Appendix A. Creating ISO images	38
Appendix B. Setting Up a Red Hat Installation Server	39
B.1. Copy installation media	39
B.2. Enable remote access	39
B.2.1. NFS	39
B.2.2. FTP	40
B.2.3. HTTP	40
Appendix C. Troubleshooting VM problems	41
C.1. VM crashes	41
C.1.1. Linux VMs	41
C.1.2. Windows VMs	41
C.2. Troubleshooting boot problems on Linux VMs	42

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Installing Linux VMs

4.9.5. CentOS 4

Please refer to Section 4.9.3, “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4” for the list of CentOS 4 release notes.

Unlike RHEL4, CentOS includes a third-party updates mechanism known as

yum

. The

xe-guest-util-

ities

RPM will install a XenServer entry for yum, allowing you to pick up kernel updates provided by Citrix

via the standard update mechanism as they become available.

4.9.6. CentOS 5

Please refer to Section 4.9.4, “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5” for the list of CentOS 5 release notes.

4.9.7. SUSE Enterprise Linux 9

XenServer includes a custom port of the SLES9 SP3 kernel with additional bug fixes and expanded support.

This kernel is automatically installed during the P2V process for SLES9 guests.

To prepare a SUSE Linux guest for cloning (see Section 4.6.3, “MAC address”), edit

/etc/syscon-

fig/network/config

and edit the line:

FORCE_PERSISTENT_NAMES=yes

FORCE_PERSISTENT_NAMES=no

When you P2V a SLES 9 server, the networking configuration files that were present on the physical server

will remain on the VM. You may wish to move these aside, or update them accordingly, when you add virtual

interfaces to the VM.

4.9.8. SUSE Enterprise Linux 10 SP1

XenServer uses the standard Novell kernel supplied with SLES 10 SP1 as the guest kernel. Any bugs found

in this kernel are reported upstream to Novell and listed below:

•

Only 3 virtual network interfaces are supported.

•

Disks sometimes do not attach correctly on boot. (Novell Bugzilla

290346

4.9.9. Oracle Enterprise Linux 5

Please refer to Section 4.9.4, “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5” for the list of Oracle Enterprise Linux 5 release

notes.