I''m new to Xen, although have plenty of experience with VMware products. Can anyone answer these specific questions, without me having to research the arcane nature of the Xen Server product. 1 Can an assortment of .vmdk ESXi OS''s be converted without using the Windows utility? For example, is there one built in the latest bare metal XenServer Essentials so by just copying the .vmdk files using scp from the VMware server directly to the XenServer the script will convert them one after another by using a script overnight? 2 Does XenServer Essentials have a ability for timed backups? Does the OS have to be shut down, or can it run during the backups? I saw the metadata backup, but that''s only a part of the puzzle. 3 Can XenServer Essentials mount an external USB or eSATA drive for backup purposes? 4 Has anyone written a blog post or anything describing the different flavors of XenServer Essentials without resorting to jargon, that only means something once you know the product? 5 What''s the difference between the OpenSource Xen Server (v4?) and the Citrix XenServer Essentials? 6 How many CPU cores does XenServer Essentials support. VMware ESXi supports 6. 7 Anything else a newbie needs to know. Thanks for your help, Allan Levene _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
I use only xen opensource, about it: 1 blktap support vmdk: http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/blktap or you can convert it, there tools also in linux 3 you can assigne usb device to domU, also PV usb with last version 6 xen 4 open source http://www.xen.org/products/xen_source.html support over 200 cpu and 1 terabyte of ram if i not mistaken 7 there is a good wiki with continuous improvement: http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/FrontPage Allan Levene-2 wrote:> > I''m new to Xen, although have plenty of experience with VMware products. > Can > anyone answer these specific questions, without me having to research the > arcane nature of the Xen Server product. > > > > 1 Can an assortment of .vmdk ESXi OS''s be converted without > using the Windows utility? For example, is there one built in the latest > bare metal XenServer Essentials so by just copying the .vmdk files using > scp > from the VMware server directly to the XenServer the script will convert > them one after another by using a script overnight? > > 2 Does XenServer Essentials have a ability for timed backups? > Does the OS have to be shut down, or can it run during the backups? I saw > the metadata backup, but that''s only a part of the puzzle. > > 3 Can XenServer Essentials mount an external USB or eSATA > drive > for backup purposes? > > 4 Has anyone written a blog post or anything describing the > different flavors of XenServer Essentials without resorting to jargon, > that > only means something once you know the product? > > 5 What''s the difference between the OpenSource Xen Server > (v4?) > and the Citrix XenServer Essentials? > > 6 How many CPU cores does XenServer Essentials support. > VMware > ESXi supports 6. > > 7 Anything else a newbie needs to know. > > > > > > Thanks for your help, > > > > > > > > > > Allan Levene > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users >-- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/New-to-Xen-tp28725388p28726945.html Sent from the Xen - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Hello,
first, to clear some possible confusion, these are separate
"products":
Xen - open source type 1 hypervisor, usually used with some kind of Linux
distribution as "management" base
Citrix XenServer - complete "plug&play" commercial product
("virtualization appliance") with free and paid versions available
XCP (Xen Cloud Platform - opensource "virtualization appliance" partly
almost "the same" as the Citrix XenServer (e.g. doesn''t have
the graphical XenCenter front-end, newer xen kernel etc.)
Second one and third one use Xen hypervisor, but they are "broader"
than just the hypervisor and the basic tools - they come with own
"management base", different control interface etc.
Regarding the Citrix XenServer Essentials (paid version of Citrix XenServer) -
it''s better to ask on their official forums -
http://forums.citrix.com/category.jspa?categoryID=101.
Regards
Matej
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Subject: [Xen-users] New to Xen
I''m new to Xen, although have plenty of experience with VMware
products. Can anyone answer these specific questions, without me having to
research the arcane nature of the Xen Server product.
1 Can an assortment of .vmdk ESXi OS''s be converted
without using the Windows utility? For example, is there one built in the latest
bare metal XenServer Essentials so by just copying the .vmdk files using scp
from the VMware server directly to the XenServer the script will convert them
one after another by using a script overnight?
2 Does XenServer Essentials have a ability for timed backups? Does
the OS have to be shut down, or can it run during the backups? I saw the
metadata backup, but that''s only a part of the puzzle.
3 Can XenServer Essentials mount an external USB or eSATA drive for
backup purposes?
4 Has anyone written a blog post or anything describing the
different flavors of XenServer Essentials without resorting to jargon, that only
means something once you know the product?
5 What''s the difference between the OpenSource Xen Server
(v4?) and the Citrix XenServer Essentials?
6 How many CPU cores does XenServer Essentials support. VMware ESXi
supports 6.
7 Anything else a newbie needs to know.
Thanks for your help,
Allan Levene
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