well, it doesn't work that way. After you click install XenServer tools nothing happens. I am sure you have to do something manual.

Are there any Xen-specific sources I should have in sources.list to update my kernel and related things? I see new kernel versions coming from Debian, but they are a few revs behind my current Xen-provided kernel:

2.6.29-xs5.5.0.14

apt-get upgrade finds this:

 linux-image-2.6.26-2-686-bigmem

 Where will the xs kernels be upgraded and how do I get them when available?

Hi Guys, Maybe i missed something but i can't configure a hardware Raid or a software Raid ! is this product like ESXi works with some hardware that is tooooo expensive ? I am new to XEN-Citrix product please give me a tip on this matter ! Best regards, Jesse

Thanks for this excellent article. It will help me easily setup XEN.

I was stuck last night trying to install virtual machines. Followed some command line instructions but couldn't make it work. Thanks for the excellent graphical guide. Sure gonna have xen up and running soon.

Hello I followed this guide, it worked well except that iptables no longer works after intsalling xen tools

 mta:~# iptables -L
FATAL: Module ip_tables not found.
iptables v1.4.2: can't initialize iptables table `filter': iptables who? (do you need to insmod?) Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be upgraded.

 

 Any ideas? or will I just have to run it with out xentools installed?

Good article. I thinks it is also useful to add an DVD/ISO install of (for example) CentOS 5.3. I do not get this working on my server. I get this install working quickly with VMware and VirtualBox work.

i have one server with 4 stata disk, i want to install xenserver5.5 but with this tuturial i realise that maybe its not the better idea, since it will install on my first sata disk , it have not (in the installer at least) a way to config the linux raid for my local storage (4 sata disk of 500gb) and then install over there. Iam rigth? or thereis other way to doit?

thanks

bye

nico.-

Nice writeup.  What I don't understand is why Citrix makes you go find a Windows box so that you can  manage your Linux Xenserver.  There are already some fine tools that run natively under the various Linux distros.  No need to involve The Beast.

Good article. It should be noted however that XenServer tools supports a very limited set of distributions and there is not much help getting it to work on other systems. Which is unfortunate because, even with the free feature set, I would dump vmware in a minute since it doesn't include a centralized client for free and doesn't support migration for free (like XenServer does)