Virtualization is the present and the future of the technological world and to keep up with the latest trends is critical for all of us. With cloud technology gaining popularity day by day it is important to get familiar with the basics and move quickly to a practical implementation. Citrix is one of the leading virtualization and cloud technology vendors and the number one choice of experts around the globe.
Implementing Citrix XenServer Quickstarter is a practical, hands-on guide which will walk you through a series of steps from the initial installation of Citrix XenServer to more advanced topics and enables you to readily build your own virtual environments.
Implementing Citrix XenServer Quickstarter starts with the background knowledge related to XenServer and quickly moves on to your very first installation of Citrix XenServer. From there we move on to the creation of virtual machines and browse through various concepts related to virtual machine management, helping you get to grips with the virtual machine administrator role.
You will get a complete, practical, and hands-on experience along with the required knowledge of all the core components involved in deploying and maintaining a virtualization environment.
Approach
Implementing Citrix XenServer Quickstarter is a practical, hands-on guide that will help you get started with the Citrix XenServer Virtualization technology with easy-to-follow instructions.
Who this book is for
Implementing Citrix XenServer Quickstarter is for system administrators who have little to no information on virtualization and specifically Citrix XenServer Virtualization. If you're managing a lot of physical servers and are tired of installing, deploying, updating, and managing physical machines on a daily basis over and over again, then you should probably explore your option of XenServer Virtualization. This book will be your best friend to make you a better systems engineer.
Author(s): Gohar Ahmed
Publisher: Packt Publishing
Year: 2013
Language: English
Pages: 134
Cover......Page 1
Copyright......Page 3
Credits......Page 4
About the Author......Page 5
About the Reviewers......Page 6
www.PacktPub.com......Page 8
Table of Contents......Page 10
Preface......Page 14
Life without virtualization......Page 18
Types of virtualization......Page 19
Benefits of Citrix XenServer......Page 22
What is XenCenter......Page 23
Summary......Page 24
Downloading and installing XenServer......Page 26
Installing XenServer......Page 27
Installing XenCenter......Page 35
Connecting XenCenter and XenServer......Page 36
Summary......Page 37
XenServer licensing......Page 38
Activating the free license......Page 39
Activating the non-free license......Page 41
Managing the XenServer host......Page 43
Resource pools......Page 47
Summary......Page 48
Storage technologies and protocols......Page 50
Storage area network......Page 51
Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI)......Page 52
Storage repository (SR)......Page 53
Physical Block Devices (PBDs)......Page 54
Storage attributes......Page 55
Creating a storage repository......Page 56
Creating an NFS VHD storage repository......Page 57
Creating a software iSCSI Storage Repository......Page 58
Creating a hardware HBA storage repository......Page 60
Creating a StorageLink repository......Page 61
Creating an ISO library......Page 62
Summary......Page 64
Virtual machines using templates......Page 66
Selecting a template for a new virtual machine......Page 67
Selecting the operating-system-bootable ISO......Page 68
Selecting the host XenServer for a virtual machine......Page 69
Selecting storage space to create the vHDD......Page 70
Network interface and network connectivity......Page 71
XenServer Tools......Page 73
Converting an existing VM to a template......Page 75
Making templates from snapshots......Page 78
Importing templates......Page 79
Cloning VMs and templates......Page 81
Preparing and cloning Windows VMs......Page 83
Summary......Page 84
Managing storage, memory, and networking......Page 86
Managing VM CPU and memory......Page 87
Dynamic memory control......Page 89
Managing virtual machine storage......Page 90
Managing network interfaces......Page 92
Exporting a virtual machine......Page 93
Importing a virtual machine......Page 95
Virtual machine snapshots......Page 97
Introduction to vApps......Page 98
Summary......Page 101
The XenServer networking concept......Page 102
Network types......Page 103
Using virtual networks......Page 105
VLANs with virtual machines......Page 108
NIC bonds......Page 110
Creating an NIC bond......Page 111
Deleting an NIC bond......Page 112
Summary......Page 113
Introduction to XenConvert......Page 114
Preparing the host machine......Page 115
High Availability......Page 119
Failure planning......Page 120
Workload Balancing......Page 121
Role-based administration control......Page 123
Roles......Page 124
Summary......Page 125
Index......Page 126
