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Cleaning up XCP's xe command with BASH
I've mentioned before that XCP/Xenserver's xe command is great for scripting but not always that great for interactive use. Because XCP relies so much on using UUID's for identification it's not very...
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A disk free command for Xen Cloud Platform
XCP and Xenserver store their Virtual Disk Images on storage repository. To see how much space you have on your LVM or lvmoisci storage repositories from the commandline can be quite a chore so I wrote...
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Tool to list XCP/Xenserver networks
My newest XCP tool is to list networks in a quick concise manner. By default lsnetworks shows the network name, the bridge it's associated with, the VLAN tag (if there is one), the VMs that have a...
View ArticleReboot stuck VMs on XCP
Prerequisites XCP/Xenserver Sometimes I get a stuck Virtual Machine that just won't go down and it's usually due to a lack of memory in the VM. When I issue a shutdown command from within the VM it...
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List XCP Host information
I've been working on ways of getting information to the XCP/Xenserver Admins eyes faster than the standard xe commandline tool provides. This tool - lshosts is a rewrite of lshostvms.sh which showed...
View ArticleAutomated install of Ubuntu 12.04 VM (64 bit) using kickstart
Note: This is not quite functional. Ubuntu is asking a few questions during the install and then ultimately failing. I would recommend using my other Ubuntu 12.04 tutorial using a preseed file to auto...
View ArticleAutomated install of Ubuntu 12.04 VM (64 bit) using preseed
Note: Updated to work with XCP 1.5b/1.6 Install Type Non-interactive Network boot Commandline Paravirtualized Prerequisites XCP/Xenserver Access to Internet Working DHCP server Working DNS name...
View ArticleCreate an NFS CD repository
Prerequisites XCP/Xenserver Utilizing an ISO image in a VM's cdrom drive is fairly easy to do but because of the limited size of the Control Domain's (dom0) operating system partition it's difficult...
View ArticleCreate an LVM CD repository
Prerequisites XCP/Xenserver Utilizing an ISO image in a VM's cdrom drive is fairly easy to do but because of the limited size of the Control Domain's (dom0) operating system partition it's difficult...
View ArticleCreate an EXT CD repository
Prerequisites XCP/Xenserver Utilizing an ISO image in a VM's cdrom drive is fairly easy to do but because of the limited size of the Control Domain's (dom0) operating system partition it's difficult...
View ArticleAdd a CD to a VM
Prerequisites XCP/Xenserver Adding a CD to a running VM is not a difficult task if you know which commands to use. By adding I mean we're going to insert a virtual CD disk into a virtual machine using...
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Add a hard disk to a VM
Installing from an XCP/Xenserver template usually gives you one Virtual Disk to install the operating system on. Depending on your needs this disk may not be large enough. Following is a tutorial on...
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Xenapi Admin Tools moving to github
Up until about now I've been developing the Xenapi Admin Tools on my local cloud. I've been maintaining revisions on a local Subversion server which has been accessible by only the Xenapi Admin Project...
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Yet another Linux based Mobile OS (is there hope?)
As a long time Maemo user (OS2007 on a Nokia n800, OS2008 on a Nokia N810 and Maemo 5 on a Nokia n900) and really like having an open Linux mobile platform. Even though I get shorted on all the Android...
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Free coffee and Dognuts
I love Grocery Outlet and their signs. It's been a while since I've posted anything they've created so this should satisfy your desire. One other time the posted a sign showing it was cheaper to go to...
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Open Mobile Linux History
Due to the fracturing of the (remaining) open mobile platforms I thought I'd do a brief history and where they've ended up now. When I refer to open mobile platforms I primarily mean Linux based...
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Install XCP from a USB thumbdrive
Prerequisites A Linux or Windows PC USB Thumbdrive Software If you're using Windows you need to download Unetbootin. Most Linux distributions include it in their repositories so you can install it...
View ArticleAutomated install of Ubuntu 12.04 VM (32 bit) using preseed
Note: Updated to work with XCP 1.5b/1.6 Install Type Non-interactive Network boot Commandline Paravirtualized Prerequisites XCP/Xenserver Access to Internet Working DHCP server Working DNS name...
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Citrix looking for Xen Evangelist
Citrix has an opening for a Xen Evangelist. From their blog: "The Xen Open Source Evangelist will be an advocate for Xen.org projects (Xen, Xen Cloud Platform and Xen ARM) and be primarily engaged with...
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Making Xenapi Admin Tools XCP 1.6 compliant
I've started the process of making Xenapi Admin Tools XCP 1.6 compliant. I haven't found too many things I've had to change but XCP referrs to a few parameters differently. For instance the...
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