Citrix XenServer ® 7.0 Administrator's Guide 7 0 Administrators
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- Citrix XenServer ® 7.0 Administrator's Guide
- Contents
- Chapter 1. Document Overview
- Chapter 2. Managing Users
- Chapter 3. XenServer Hosts and Resource Pools
- 3.1. Hosts and Resource Pools Overview
- 3.2. Requirements for Creating Resource Pools
- 3.3. Creating a Resource Pool
- 3.4. Creating Heterogeneous Resource Pools
- 3.5. Adding Shared Storage
- 3.6. Removing a XenServer Host from a Resource Pool
- 3.7. Preparing a Pool of XenServer Hosts for Maintenance
- 3.8. Export Resource Pool Data
- 3.9. High Availability
- 3.10. Enabling HA on your XenServer Pool
- 3.11. Host Power On
- 3.12. Communicating with XenServer Hosts and Resource Pools
- Chapter 4. Networking
- 4.1. Networking Support
- 4.2. vSwitch Networks
- 4.3. XenServer Networking Overview
- 4.4. Managing Networking Configuration
- 4.4.1. Cross-Server Private Networks
- 4.4.2. Creating Networks in a Standalone Server
- 4.4.3. Creating Networks in Resource Pools
- 4.4.4. Creating VLANs
- 4.4.5. Creating NIC Bonds on a Standalone Host
- 4.4.6. Creating NIC Bonds in Resource Pools
- 4.4.7. Configuring a Dedicated Storage NIC
- 4.4.8. Using SR-IOV Enabled NICs
- 4.4.9. Controlling the Rate of Outgoing Data (QoS)
- 4.4.10. Changing Networking Configuration Options
- 4.4.10.1. Hostname
- 4.4.10.2. DNS Servers
- 4.4.10.3. Changing IP Address Configuration for a Standalone Host
- 4.4.10.4. Changing IP Address Configuration in Resource Pools
- 4.4.10.5. Management Interface
- 4.4.10.6. Disabling Management Access
- 4.4.10.7. Adding a New Physical NIC
- 4.4.10.8. Using Switch Port Locking
- 4.4.10.8.1. Requirements
- 4.4.10.8.2. Notes
- 4.4.10.8.3. Implementation Notes
- 4.4.10.8.4. Examples
- 4.4.10.8.5. How Switch-port Locking Works
- 4.4.10.8.6. VIF Locking-Mode States
- 4.4.10.8.7. Configuring Switch Port Locking
- 4.4.10.8.8. Preventing a Virtual Machine from Sending or Receiving Traffic from a Specific Network
- 4.4.10.8.9. Removing a VIF's Restriction to an IP Address
- 4.4.10.8.10. Simplifying VIF Locking Mode Configuration in the Cloud
- 4.4.10.8.11. Using Network Settings for VIF Traffic Filtering
- 4.5. Networking Troubleshooting
- Chapter 5. Storage
- 5.1. Storage Overview
- 5.2. Storage Repository Formats
- 5.3. Storage Configuration
- 5.4. Storage Multipathing
- 5.5. XenServer and IntelliCache
- 5.6. Storage Read Caching
- 5.7. Managing Storage Repositories
- 5.7.1. Removing SRs
- 5.7.2. Introducing an SR
- 5.7.3. Live LUN Expansion
- 5.7.4. Live VDI Migration
- 5.7.5. Cold VDI Migration between SRs (Offline Migration)
- 5.7.6. Converting Local Fibre Channel SRs to Shared SRs
- 5.7.7. Reclaiming Space for Block-Based Storage on the Backing Array Using Discard
- 5.7.8. Automatically Reclaiming Space When Deleting Snapshots
- 5.7.9. Adjusting the Disk IO Scheduler
- 5.7.10. Virtual Disk QoS Settings
- Chapter 6. Configuring VM Memory
- Chapter 7. XenServer Memory Usage
- Chapter 8. Disaster Recovery and Backup
- 8.1. Understanding XenServer DR
- 8.2. DR Infrastructure Requirements
- 8.3. Deployment Considerations
- 8.4. Enabling Disaster Recovery in XenCenter
- 8.5. Recovering VMs and vApps in the Event of Disaster (Failover)
- 8.6. Restoring VMs and vApps to the Primary Site After Disaster (Failback)
- 8.7. Test Failover
- 8.8. vApps
- 8.9. Backing Up and Restoring XenServer Hosts and VMs
- 8.10. VM Snapshots
- 8.10.1. Regular Snapshots
- 8.10.2. Quiesced Snapshots
- 8.10.3. Snapshots with memory
- 8.10.4. Creating a VM Snapshot
- 8.10.5. Creating a snapshot with memory
- 8.10.6. To list all of the snapshots on a XenServer pool
- 8.10.7. To list the snapshots on a particular VM
- 8.10.8. Restoring a VM to its previous state
- 8.10.9. Snapshot Templates
- 8.11. Coping with machine failures
- Chapter 9. Monitoring and Managing XenServer
- Chapter 10. Troubleshooting
- Appendix A. Command Line Interface
- A.1. Basic xe Syntax
- A.2. Special Characters and Syntax
- A.3. Command Types
- A.4. xe Command Reference
- A.4.1. Appliance Commands
- A.4.2. Audit Commands
- A.4.3. Bonding Commands
- A.4.4. CD Commands
- A.4.5. Console Commands
- A.4.6. Disaster Recovery (DR) Commands
- A.4.7. Event Commands
- A.4.8. GPU Commands
- A.4.9. Host Commands
- A.4.9.1. Host Selectors
- A.4.9.2. Host Parameters
- A.4.9.3. host-backup
- A.4.9.4. host-bugreport-upload
- A.4.9.5. host-crashdump-destroy
- A.4.9.6. host-crashdump-upload
- A.4.9.7. host-disable
- A.4.9.8. host-dmesg
- A.4.9.9. host-emergency-management-reconfigure
- A.4.9.10. host-enable
- A.4.9.11. host-evacuate
- A.4.9.12. host-forget
- A.4.9.13. host-get-system-status
- A.4.9.14. host-get-system-status-capabilities
- A.4.9.15. host-is-in-emergency-mode
- A.4.9.16. host-apply-edition
- A.4.9.17. host-license-add
- A.4.9.18. host-license-view
- A.4.9.19. host-logs-download
- A.4.9.20. host-management-disable
- A.4.9.21. host-management-reconfigure
- A.4.9.22. host-power-on
- A.4.9.23. host-get-cpu-features
- A.4.9.24. host-set-cpu-features
- A.4.9.25. host-set-power-on
- A.4.9.26. host-reboot
- A.4.9.27. host-restore
- A.4.9.28. host-set-hostname-live
- A.4.9.29. host-shutdown
- A.4.9.30. host-syslog-reconfigure
- A.4.9.31. host-data-source-list
- A.4.9.32. host-data-source-record
- A.4.9.33. host-data-source-forget
- A.4.9.34. host-data-source-query
- A.4.10. Message Commands
- A.4.11. Network Commands
- A.4.12. Patch (Update) Commands
- A.4.13. PBD Commands
- A.4.14. PIF Commands
- A.4.15. Pool Commands
- A.4.15.1. Pool Parameters
- A.4.15.2. pool-designate-new-master
- A.4.15.3. pool-dump-database
- A.4.15.4. pool-eject
- A.4.15.5. pool-emergency-reset-master
- A.4.15.6. pool-emergency-transition-to-master
- A.4.15.7. pool-ha-enable
- A.4.15.8. pool-ha-disable
- A.4.15.9. pool-join
- A.4.15.10. pool-recover-slaves
- A.4.15.11. pool-restore-database
- A.4.15.12. pool-sync-database
- A.4.16. Storage Manager Commands
- A.4.17. SR Commands
- A.4.18. Task Commands
- A.4.19. Template Commands
- A.4.20. Update Commands
- A.4.21. User Commands
- A.4.22. VBD Commands
- A.4.23. VDI Commands
- A.4.24. VIF Commands
- A.4.25. VLAN Commands
- A.4.26. VM Commands
- A.4.26.1. VM Selectors
- A.4.26.2. VM Parameters
- A.4.26.3. vm-assert-can-be-recovered
- A.4.26.4. vm-cd-add
- A.4.26.5. vm-cd-eject
- A.4.26.6. vm-cd-insert
- A.4.26.7. vm-cd-list
- A.4.26.8. vm-cd-remove
- A.4.26.9. vm-clone
- A.4.26.10. vm-compute-maximum-memory
- A.4.26.11. vm-copy
- A.4.26.12. vm-crashdump-list
- A.4.26.13. vm-data-source-list
- A.4.26.14. vm-data-source-record
- A.4.26.15. vm-data-source-forget
- A.4.26.16. vm-data-source-query
- A.4.26.17. vm-destroy
- A.4.26.18. vm-disk-add
- A.4.26.19. vm-disk-list
- A.4.26.20. vm-disk-remove
- A.4.26.21. vm-export
- A.4.26.22. vm-import
- A.4.26.23. vm-install
- A.4.26.24. vm-memory-shadow-multiplier-set
- A.4.26.25. vm-migrate
- A.4.26.26. vm-reboot
- A.4.26.27. vm-recover
- A.4.26.28. vm-reset-powerstate
- A.4.26.29. vm-resume
- A.4.26.30. vm-shutdown
- A.4.26.31. vm-start
- A.4.26.32. vm-suspend
- A.4.26.33. vm-uninstall
- A.4.26.34. vm-vcpu-hotplug
- A.4.26.35. vm-vif-list