Citrix Systems Server 5.6 manuals

Citrix systems Server 5.6 User Manual (235 pages)

Brand: Citrix-systems | Category: System management software | Size: 2.29 MB |

English

Table of contents

Published June 2010

1

1.1 Edition

1

Table of Contents

3

Document Overview

21

Managing users

22

Upgrading from XenServer 5.5

23

User authentication

25

Removing access for a user

26

Leaving an AD domain

26

Role Based Access Control

27

RBAC process

28

Definitions of permissions

30

To add a subject to RBAC

36

Auditing

37

Creating a resource pool

40

Adding shared storage

41

High Availability

43

Configuration Requirements

44

Restart priorities

44

Enabling HA using the CLI

45

Host Power On

47

Key/Value Pairs

48

Sample Script

49

Storage Overview

50

Virtual Block Devices (VBDs)

51

Summary of Storage objects

51

Virtual Disk Data Formats

51

VHD-based VDIs

52

Storage configuration

53

VDI types

54

Probing an SR

55

Storage Multipathing

58

Storage Repository Types

59

Local LVM

60

Local EXT3 VHD

60

EqualLogic

61

Creating a VDI using the CLI

63

FlexVols

64

Aggregates

64

Thick or thin provisioning

65

FAS Deduplication

65

Access Control

65

Licenses

65

Further information

65

Software iSCSI Support

67

Sample QLogic iSCSI HBA setup

68

LVM over iSCSI

69

LVM over hardware HBA

73

To create a CSLG SR

76

Managing Storage Repositories

78

Destroying or forgetting a SR

79

Introducing an SR

79

Resizing an SR

80

Virtual disk QoS settings

81

Configuring VM memory

83

The concept of static range

84

DMC Behaviour

84

How does DMC Work?

84

Memory constraints

85

Supported operating systems

85

Updating memory properties

87

Upgrade issues

88

Networking

89

Network objects

90

Networks

90

NIC bonds

91

Creating VLANs

93

Bonding two NICs together

94

Reverting NIC bonds

95

Hostname

100

DNS servers

100

Management interface

101

Disabling management access

101

Adding a new physical NIC

102

Verifying NIC ordering

102

Re-ordering NICs

102

Networking Troubleshooting

103

Workload Balancing

105

Workload Balancing Overview

106

Supported XenServer Versions

108

Supported Operating Systems

108

Recommended Hardware

108

Installing Workload Balancing

111

Configuring Firewalls

114

Upgrading Workload Balancing

114

Upgrading SQL Server

115

Scheduled

119

Tuning Metric Weightings

124

VM Optimization Criteria

126

Disabling Workload Balancing

131

Introduction

134

Report Generation Features

137

Toolbar Buttons

137

Host Health History

138

Pool Audit Log History

139

Pool Health

140

Pool Health History

141

Pool Optimization History

141

Backup and recovery

143

VM Snapshots

146

Regular Snapshots

147

Quiesced Snapshots

147

Snapshots with memory

147

Creating a VM Snapshot

147

Deleting a snapshot

149

Snapshot Templates

150

Coping with machine failures

153

Pool failures

154

Physical Machine failure

154

Customizing Alerts

157

Configuring Email Alerts

158

Custom Fields and Tags

159

Custom Searches

159

Troubleshooting

160

XenCenter logs

161

Basic xe syntax

162

Special characters and syntax

163

Command types

164

Parameter types

165

Low-level param commands

165

Low-level list commands

166

Bonding commands

167

CD commands

168

Console commands

169

Event commands

170

Host selectors

171

Host parameters

171

Log commands

181

Message commands

182

Network commands

183

Patch (update) commands

184

PBD commands

185

PIF commands

186

PIF parameters

187

Pool commands

190

Storage Manager commands

193

SR commands

194

Task commands

196

Template commands

197

Template parameters

198

Update commands

205

User commands

205

VBD commands

206

VDI commands

208

VDI parameters

209

VIF commands

212

213

VLAN commands

215

VM commands

215

Workload Balancing commands

230

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