Re: [Xen-API] "XenServer tools not installed" on RHEL 6.5

2014-02-11 Thread hook
AFAIK, both your guests are working in HVM mode. For PV mode you should change some VM settings, at least like below (my centos 6.5 pv quests) HVM-boot-policy ( RW): PV-bootloader ( RW): pygrub 2014-02-11 10:24 GMT+02:00 Volodymyr Kotulskyi : > Here is the opt

Re: [Xen-API] The vdi is not available

2013-07-24 Thread hook
Past weekend (as usual O_o) we have experienced the issue in our XCP 1.6 production pool. Shared iSCSI storage was shutted down due to misconfigured UPS settings while XCP servers continued to work. When storage was returned to working state and reconnected to pool most VM did not boot with the

Re: [Xen-API] Problems with creating snapshot

2013-07-10 Thread hook
Hi, you need at least same space free on the storage repository to create snapshot. Yes, it painfull but truth. 10.07.2013 11:02 пользователь "Thimo E." написал: > Hi all, > > want to create a snapshot of a VM in XCP 1.6 (using LVM): > > The VM has 2 Disks, one disk with 2047GB and one disk with

Re: [Xen-API] Announcing new version of "XCP"

2013-06-25 Thread hook
Amazing announcement! 25.06.2013 17:41 пользователь "Mike McClurg" написал: > Hi xen-api, > > Today Citrix has made a few big announcements. One is that there is a new > version of XenServer available, version 6.2. Another is that this version > of XenServer is available for use completely free -

Re: [Xen-API] Fail to migrate vm with snapshot twice

2013-05-31 Thread hook
Hi! To be honesty - best way for production environment is to use old enough software version. It's pretty obvious but new software version are not only newest features but also newest bugs, And it's may looks not patriotic but every new version of xenserver contains a lot of very pity bugs. Jus

Re: [Xen-API] install hp-agents-xs on XCP 1.6 final

2013-05-21 Thread hook
Hi! It's very easy - just mount hp-agents-xs ISO image and install every rpm file manually. Something like this: mkdir agent mount -o loop hp-agents-xs.iso agent cd agent/ yum localinstall --nogpgcheck hp-agents-xs-config-1.1-2.i386.rpm compat-libstdc++-296-2.96-138.i386.rpm / hp-health-9.1.0.42-

Re: [Xen-API] Creating VMPPs with the api

2013-05-20 Thread hook
Hi! PP Is nothing special but a bunch of scripts built around vm snapshotting and exporting xe commands. So it is your own decision how often you will snapshot and export. You have to take in consideration few simple things - free place on SR to store snapshots and load of pool master during expor

Re: [Xen-API] Tools

2013-05-16 Thread hook
Hi, Denis. Just want to confirm that TrueImage boot ISO image from Acronis backup site very nice tool for offline P2V both Windows and Linux servers. 2013/5/16 Denis Cardon > Hi Marc, > >> >> We need to know if exists any tool, doesn't mind if it's free or not, >> which can be used to convert

Re: [Xen-API] Tools

2013-05-16 Thread hook
Did you seen XenConvert? http://www.citrix.com/downloads/xenserver/tools/conversion.html Result does not so easy to mine under XCP [sometime], but finally you would use free XenServer as middle tier media for P2V process. 2013/5/16 marc poll garcia > Hello, > > ** ** > > We need to know i

Re: [Xen-API] XenTools 6.1 update for XCP 1.6. How?

2013-05-10 Thread hook
> > James > > > -Original Message- > > From: xen-api-boun...@lists.xen.org [mailto:xen-api- > > boun...@lists.xen.org] On Behalf Of amos > > Sent: 09 May 2013 20:57 > > To: xen-...@lists.xensource.com > > Subject: Re: [Xen-API] XenTools

Re: [Xen-API] XCP 1.1 and Intel i350 Gigabit

2013-03-19 Thread hook
to XCP 1.1, because I already > compiled i350's driver for it. > > On 19/03/2013 4:08 PM, hook wrote: > > > > I already use "Citrix Tools for Virtual Machines" for my W2K3R2 VM which > is XS61 Legacy Tools. But still hang when I try to copy very big files >

Re: [Xen-API] XCP 1.1 and Intel i350 Gigabit

2013-03-19 Thread hook
I'm going back to XCP 1.1 until XCP 2.0 is out. It's much easier > to prepare i350 driver compilation then patching XCP 1.6 VM. > > On 19/03/2013 2:16 PM, hook wrote: > > AFAIK, You can't install XS61E009 Update on to XCP 1.6. I've already > asked here about t

Re: [Xen-API] XCP 1.1 and Intel i350 Gigabit

2013-03-19 Thread hook
AFAIK, You can't install XS61E009 Update on to XCP 1.6. I've already asked here about the way to implement binary update from Citrix to XCP, but no luck. So you just would install lecacy xen-tools (or XS61E010) to your Windows system to avoid known bugs in some configuration. 2013/3/19 Agi Subag

[Xen-API] XenTools 6.1 update for XCP 1.6. How?

2013-01-31 Thread hook
Hi all, There is well known bug in XenServer 6.1 when Windows VMs hang/freeze during intensive disk operation (presumably due to race condition somewhere in xentools drivers in multi-vCPU Windows systems). Best description and discussion of mentioned problem would be found there http://forums.cit

Re: [Xen-API] NFS Tuning - How To

2013-01-04 Thread hook
Hi! Thanks, you give me a chance to share my expirience in straggle with poor NFS performance in XCP 1.6.x First of all, you just need to check mounting options issued by NFS client in XEN. You should see something like #mount /dev/sda1 on / type ext3 (rw) none on /proc type proc (rw) none on /