Citrix Systems 5.6 Server User Manual


 
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Selecting a package format .......................................................................................................... 39
OVF best practices .................................................................................................................... 39
Exporting VMs as an appliance ..................................................................................................... 39
Importing appliances ................................................................................................................... 40
Operating System Fixups ..................................................................................................... 41
Importing disk images ................................................................................................................. 42
Supported disk image formats .............................................................................................. 43
Troubleshooting the XenServer OVF Appliance Wizard ........................................................................ 43
Wizard does not start ......................................................................................................... 44
Errors after completing the wizard ......................................................................................... 44
Errors when trying to start an imported VM ............................................................................. 46
A. Creating ISO images ............................................................................. 47
B. Setting Up a Red Hat Installation Server ............................................ 48
Copying installation media ........................................................................................................... 48
Enable remote access ................................................................................................................. 48
NFS ................................................................................................................................ 48
FTP ................................................................................................................................. 49
HTTP .............................................................................................................................. 49
C. Troubleshooting VM problems ............................................................. 50
VM crashes .............................................................................................................................. 50
Controlling Linux VM Crashdump Behaviour ............................................................................. 50
Controlling Windows VM Crashdump Behaviour ........................................................................ 51
Troubleshooting boot problems on Linux VMs .................................................................................. 51
Index ............................................................................................................ 52