Install the XenServer Tools on ubuntu Put the xs-tools.iso in the virtual DVD.. Log in to the vm via the console or SSH Create a dir called xs-tools under /mn/ sud...

Install the necessary packages before you can build/install ssh2 extension yum install gcc php-devel php-pear libssh2 libssh2-devel make Install the extension, (hit enter for autodetect when it p...

Some times I have got an GUI pop-up message that says the following, and asks for the root password at login: authentication is required to set the network proxy used for downloading packages.  An...

Sometime you like to list manually installed packages just type : yum list installed grep -v ‘anaconda|updates’ and you will get a list of manually installed packag...

This is how you change DVD drive letter in PowerShell. (gwmi Win32_cdromdrive).drive | %{$a = mountvol $_ /l;mountvol $_ /d;$a = $a.Trim();mountvol z: $a}  

Installing the update using the xe Command Line Interface Download the update file to a known location. Extract the xsupdate file from the zip. In this example I am patching the xenserver...

Setting the Virtual Machines to Auto-Start Gather the UUID’s of the Virtual Machine you want to auto-start by typing: xe vm-list Note: This generates a list of Virtual Machines in your pool or s...

Setting the XenServer pool to allow Auto-Start Gather the UUID’s of the pools you wish to auto-start. To get the list of the pool’s on your XenServer type: xe pool-list Copy the UUID of the pool...

Install the XenServer Tools on Linux Put the xs-tools.iso in the virtual dvd.. Log in to the vm via the console or SSH Create a dir called xs-tools under /mnt/ mkd...

If you need to upload a bunch of ISO’s to your newly created local ISO Repository  and are using windows then you can use WinSCP to upload.