Benutzerhandbuch für Citrix Systems 6.2.0

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• Citrix XenServer ® 6.2.0 Virtual Machine User's Guide

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• Contents

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• Chapter 1. About this Document

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  • 1.1. Overview

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  • 1.2. XenServer Documentation

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• Chapter 2. Virtual Machines

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  • 2.1. Creating VMs

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    • 2.1.1. Using VM Templates

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  • 2.2. Other Methods of VM Creation

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    • 2.2.1. Physical to Virtual Conversion (P2V)

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    • 2.2.2. Cloning an Existing VM

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    • 2.2.3. Importing an Exported VM

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  • 2.3. XenServer Tools

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• Chapter 3. Supported Guests and Allocating Resources

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  • 3.1. Supported Guests, Virtual Memory, and Disk Size Limits

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  • 3.2. Experimental Guests

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  • 3.3. Deprecated Guests

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  • 3.4. XenServer Product Family Virtual Device Support

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    • 3.4.1. VM Block Devices

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• Chapter 4. Creating Windows VMs

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  • 4.1. Basic Procedure for Creating a Windows VM

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  • 4.2. Available Windows Templates

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    • 4.2.1. Attaching an ISO Image Library

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  • 4.3. Using XenCenter to Create a VM

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  • 4.4. Using the CLI to Create a Windows VM

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• Chapter 5. Creating Linux VMs

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  • 5.1. Creating a Linux VM by Installing from an Internet Repository

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  • 5.2. Creating a Linux VM by Installing from a Physical CD/DVD

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  • 5.3. Creating a Linux VM by Installing From an ISO Image

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    • 5.3.1. Network Installation Notes

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  • 5.4. Advanced Operating System Boot Parameters

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  • 5.5. Installing the Linux Guest Agent

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  • 5.6. Additional Installation Notes for Linux Distributions

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    • 5.6.1. Additional Debian Notes

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      • 5.6.1.1. Apt Repositories

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  • 5.7. Preparing to Clone a Linux VM

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    • 5.7.1. Machine Name

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    • 5.7.2. IP address

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    • 5.7.3. MAC address

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• Chapter 6. VM Migration with XenMotion and Storage XenMotion

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  • 6.1. XenMotion and Storage XenMotion

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    • 6.1.1. XenMotion

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    • 6.1.2. Storage XenMotion

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    • 6.1.3. Compatibility Requirements

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    • 6.1.4. Limitations and Caveats

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  • 6.2. Migrating a VM using XenCenter

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  • 6.3. Live VDI Migration

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    • 6.3.1. Limitations and Caveats

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    • 6.3.2. To Move Virtual Disks

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• Chapter 7. Updating VMs

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  • 7.1. Updating Windows Operating Systems

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  • 7.2. Updating XenServer Tools for Windows VMs

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  • 7.3. Updating Linux Kernels and Guest Utilities

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• Chapter 8. vApps

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  • 8.1. Managing vApps in XenCenter

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  • 8.2. Creating vApps

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  • 8.3. Deleting vApps

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  • 8.4. Start and shutdown vApps using XenCenter

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  • 8.5. Importing and Exporting vApps

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• Chapter 9. Advanced Notes for Virtual Machines

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  • 9.1. VM Boot Behavior

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    • 9.1.1. Persist (XenDesktop - Private Desktop Mode)

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    • 9.1.2. Reset (XenDesktop - Shared Desktop Mode)

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  • 9.2. Making the ISO Library Available to XenServer Hosts

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  • 9.3. XenServer Tools

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  • 9.4. Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) provider

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  • 9.5. Connecting to a Windows VM Using Remote Desktop

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  • 9.6. Time Handling in Windows VMs

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  • 9.7. Time Handling in Linux VMs

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  • 9.8. Installing a VM from Reseller Option Kit (BIOS-locked) Media

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  • 9.9. Preparing for Cloning a Windows VM Using VSS

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  • 9.10. Assigning a GPU to a Windows VM (for Use with XenDesktop)

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• Chapter 10. Importing the Demo Linux Virtual Appliance

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  • 10.1. Useful Tests

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• Chapter 11. Importing and Exporting VMs

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  • 11.1. Supported Formats

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    • 11.1.1. Open Virtualization Format (OVF and OVA)

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      • 11.1.1.1. Selecting OVF or OVA Format

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    • 11.1.2. Disk Image Formats (VHD and VMDK)

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    • 11.1.3. XVA Format

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    • 11.1.4. XVA Version 1 Format

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  • 11.2. Operating System Fixup

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  • 11.3. The Transfer VM

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  • 11.4. Importing VMs

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    • 11.4.1. Importing VMs from OVF/OVA

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    • 11.4.2. Importing Disk Images

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    • 11.4.3. Importing VMs from XVA

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  • 11.5. Exporting VMs

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    • 11.5.1. Exporting VMs as OVF/OVA

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      • 11.5.1.1. Exporting VMs as XVA

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• Appendix A. Windows VM Release Notes

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  • A.1. Release Notes

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    • A.1.1. General Windows Issues

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    • A.1.2. Windows Server 2008

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    • A.1.3. Windows Server 2003

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    • A.1.4. Windows 7

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    • A.1.5. Windows Vista

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    • A.1.6. Windows XP SP3

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• Appendix B. Linux VM Release Notes

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  • B.1. Release Notes

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    • B.1.1. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5 to 4.8

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      • B.1.1.1. Preparing a RHEL 4.5 to 4.8 guest for cloning

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      • B.1.1.2. RHEL Graphical Network Install Support

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    • B.1.2. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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      • B.1.2.1. Preparing a RHEL 5.x guest for cloning

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    • B.1.3. CentOS 4

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    • B.1.4. CentOS 5

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    • B.1.5. Oracle Enterprise Linux 5

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    • B.1.6. SUSE Enterprise Linux 10 SP1

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    • B.1.7. SUSE Enterprise Linux 10 SP3

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    • B.1.8. SUSE Enterprise Linux 11

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    • B.1.9. SUSE Enterprise Linux 11 SP2

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    • B.1.10. Preparing a SLES guest for cloning

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    • B.1.11. Ubuntu 10.04

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• Appendix C. Creating ISO Images

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• Appendix D. Enabling VNC for Linux VMs

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  • D.1. Enabling a Graphical Console on Debian Squeeze VMs

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  • D.2. Enabling a Graphical Console on Red Hat, CentOS, or Oracle Linux VMs

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    • D.2.1. Determining the Location of your VNC Configuration File

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    • D.2.2. Configuring GDM to use VNC

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    • D.2.3. Firewall Settings

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    • D.2.4. VNC Screen Resolution

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    • D.2.5. Enabling VNC for RHEL, CentOS, or OEL 6.x VMs

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  • D.3. Setting up SLES-based VMs for VNC

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    • D.3.1. Checking for a VNC Server

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    • D.3.2. Enabling Remote Administration

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    • D.3.3. Modifying the xinetd Configuration

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    • D.3.4. Firewall Settings

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    • D.3.5. VNC Screen Resolution

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  • D.4. Checking Runlevels

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• Appendix E. Setting Up a Red Hat Installation Server

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  • E.1. Copying Installation Media

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  • E.2. Enable Remote Access

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    • E.2.1. NFS

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    • E.2.2. FTP

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    • E.2.3. HTTP

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• Appendix F. Troubleshooting VM Problems

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  • F.1. VM Crashes

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    • F.1.1. Controlling Linux VM Crashdump Behaviour

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    • F.1.2. Controlling Windows VM Crashdump Behaviour

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  • F.2. Troubleshooting Boot Problems on Linux VMs

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