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Installing Windows VMs
XenServer allows you to install Windows 2000 SP4, Windows Server 2003 (32-/64- bit), Windows Server
2008, Windows XP SP2/3, Windows Vista and Windows 7 as a VM. Installing Windows VMs on a XenServer
host requires hardware virtualization support (Intel VT or AMD-V).
The process of installing a Windows VM can be broken down into two main steps:
• installing the Windows operating system
• installing the paravirtualized device drivers known as the Citrix Tools for Virtual Machines
Windows VMs are installed by cloning an appropriate template using either XenCenter or the CLI. The
templates for individual guests have predefined platform flags set which define the configuration of the
virtual hardware. For example, all Windows VMs are installed with the ACPI Hardware Abstraction Layer
(HAL) mode enabled. If you subsequently change one of these VMs to have multiple virtual CPUs, Windows
automatically switches the HAL to multi-processor mode.
The available Windows templates are:
• Windows Server 2008 (x86), optimized for Citrix XenApp
can be used to install all editions of Windows Server 2008 (x86). This template is specially tuned to
optimize XenApp performance.
• Windows Server 2008 (x64), optimized for Citrix XenApp
can be used to install all editions of Windows Server 2008 (x64). This template is specially tuned to
optimize XenApp performance.
• Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64), optimized for Citrix XenApp
can be used to install all editions of Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit. This template is specially tuned to
optimize XenApp performance.
• Windows Server 2003 (x86), optimized for Citrix XenApp
can be used to install Windows Server 2003 32-bit SP0, SP1, SP2, and R2. The Server, Enterprise,
Data Centre, and SBS editions are supported. This template is specially tuned to optimize XenApp
performance.
• Windows Server 2003 (x64), optimized for Citrix XenApp
can be used to install Windows Server 2003 64-bit. The Server, Enterprise, Data Centre, and SBS editions
are supported. This template is specially tuned to optimize XenApp performance.
• Windows Server 2008
can be used to install Windows Server 2008 32-bit.
• Windows Server 2008 x64
can be used to install Windows Server 2008 64-bit.
• Windows Server 2008 R2 x64
can be used to install Windows Server 2008 R2, 64-bit.
• Windows Server 2003
can be used to install Windows Server 2003 32-bit SP0, SP1, SP2, and R2. The Server, Enterprise, Data
Centre, and SBS editions are supported.
• Windows Server 2003 x64
can be used to install Windows Server 2003 64-bit. The Server, Enterprise, Data Centre, and SBS editions
are supported.
• Windows 2000 SP4 (x86)
can be used to install Windows 2000 Server SP 4, 32-bit. Earlier service packs are not supported.