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Index

Creating ISO image files of installation disks,

A

AMD-V (AMD hardware virtualization), 7,

C

Cloning VMs, 6, 20

Configuring VNC

firewall settings, RHEL, 23

firewall settings, SLES, 25

for Debian VMs, 27

for Red Hat VMs, 21

for SUSE VMs, 24

Converting a VM to a template, 2

Creating an ISO image,

Creating VMs

converting VM to a template, 2

from pre-configured template, 2

importing an exported VM, 2

installing OS from a CD or ISO, 2

installing OS from a network repository, 2

Linux,

overview,

physical to virtual conversion (P2V), 2, 2

Windows, 2,

D

Drivers, Linux paravirtualized, 19

Drivers, Windows paravirtualized, 11

F

Firewall settings and VNC, 23, 25

G

General guidelines for virtualizing physical servers, 5

Guest agent, Linux, 19

H

Hardware abstraction layer (HAL),

I

Importing VMs, 2, 6

Installation server, for installing Red Hat VMs,

Installing VMs

by P2V, 4

installing from vendor media, 15, 17

installing from vendor media, Linux, 15

Linux,

Windows,

Intel VT (Intel hardware virtualization), 7,

ISO image

creating,

Making available to XenServer Hosts, 9

L

Limitations on virtual devices, 3

Limits, virtual disk space, 2

Limits, virtual memory, 2

Linux

Creating VMs,

guest agent, 19

runlevels, 27

time handling, in VMs, 21

M

Making an ISO image available to XenServer Hosts,

9

N

Network installation server, 15, 17

NFS server, mounting ISO from, 9

P

P2V, 2, 4

general

guidelines

for

virtualizing

physical

servers, 5

guest installation network, 18

Linux, 4, 4,

, 18

p2v-legacy option, 4

Windows, 4

Paravirtualized drivers

Windows, 11

Physical to virtual conversion (see P2V)

R

Red Hat installation server, for installing VMs,

Release notes

Linux VMs, 27

Windows VMs, 13

Remote Administration, SUSE Linux, 24

Remote Desktop, 11

Runlevels, Linux, 27

S

Setting up a Red Hat installation server, for installing

VMs,

SMB/CIFS share, mounting ISO from, 9

Sysprep, for preparing Windows VM for cloning

sysprep, 12

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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