Hi, It''s been forever and a day since I last posted here, mainly because I haven''t touched Xen in a few years now due to job changes... But now I''ve been handed a project to work with XenServer, Citrix''s commercial grade Xen. So, I wanted to ask if there were any people here with experience using XenServer, XenCenter and so on, or if you knew of a better list to ask on. For now, I am evaluating and doing exploratory testing, so I don''t have any support from Citrix. Mainly, I''m interested in learning how to create and control DomUs from CLI... I used to have this completely scripted when using Xen on top of RHEL and SLES, but with XenServer, it''s a bit different, more like using VMWare ESX. So, any help for me? Or at least any better places to ask? Thanks Jeff _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Greetings ! I have been using xenserver for over 3 years and its amazing , works like a charm. Recent versions have been very stable. None of my developers complain about performance issues - we have development database, video 7 audio servers and webapp application running on vms. Thanks Prashant Storage & XenServer Virtualization Administrator Citrix Online -----Original Message----- From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com [mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of J Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 5:58 PM To: xen-users@lists.xensource.com Subject: [Xen-users] Help with Citrix XenServer Hi, It''s been forever and a day since I last posted here, mainly because I haven''t touched Xen in a few years now due to job changes... But now I''ve been handed a project to work with XenServer, Citrix''s commercial grade Xen. So, I wanted to ask if there were any people here with experience using XenServer, XenCenter and so on, or if you knew of a better list to ask on. For now, I am evaluating and doing exploratory testing, so I don''t have any support from Citrix. Mainly, I''m interested in learning how to create and control DomUs from CLI... I used to have this completely scripted when using Xen on top of RHEL and SLES, but with XenServer, it''s a bit different, more like using VMWare ESX. So, any help for me? Or at least any better places to ask? Thanks Jeff _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On 08/25/2011 01:58 AM, J wrote:> Hi, > > It''s been forever and a day since I last posted here, mainly because I > haven''t touched Xen in a few years now due to job changes... But now > I''ve been handed a project to work with XenServer, Citrix''s commercial > grade Xen. > > So, I wanted to ask if there were any people here with experience > using XenServer, XenCenter and so on, or if you knew of a better list > to ask on. For now, I am evaluating and doing exploratory testing, so > I don''t have any support from Citrix. > > Mainly, I''m interested in learning how to create and control DomUs > from CLI... I used to have this completely scripted when using Xen on > top of RHEL and SLES, but with XenServer, it''s a bit different, more > like using VMWare ESX. So, any help for me? Or at least any better > places to ask? >This is a good place to ask. You may want to start with the XenServer Admin Guide, which has a bit of a CLI reference in it: http://docs.vmd.citrix.com/XenServer/5.6.0sp2/1.0/en_gb/ If you like to use IRC, the #xen-api channel on freenode is also a good place. Mike _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
With XenServer you can start and stop VMs from the command line, but afaik XenCenter is by far the best way to manage a XenServer. Just install XenServer on a box, connect with XenCenter and create your first VM, it''s that easy. I found it self explainitory. I''m running about 20 VMs on 1 server with a ''free license'' and also a pool of 3 servers with enterprise licenses with an 10TB iSCSi array from dell/equallogic. I''ve never had to call citrix (knocks on wood). Regards, Russ Purinton Director, Network Operations VoIPnet Technologies, Inc. 207-591-6908 -----Original Message----- From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com [mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of J Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 8:58 PM To: xen-users@lists.xensource.com Subject: [Xen-users] Help with Citrix XenServer Hi, It''s been forever and a day since I last posted here, mainly because I haven''t touched Xen in a few years now due to job changes... But now I''ve been handed a project to work with XenServer, Citrix''s commercial grade Xen. So, I wanted to ask if there were any people here with experience using XenServer, XenCenter and so on, or if you knew of a better list to ask on. For now, I am evaluating and doing exploratory testing, so I don''t have any support from Citrix. Mainly, I''m interested in learning how to create and control DomUs from CLI... I used to have this completely scripted when using Xen on top of RHEL and SLES, but with XenServer, it''s a bit different, more like using VMWare ESX. So, any help for me? Or at least any better places to ask? Thanks Jeff _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users