xd10116 installation guide for citrix xenserver 5
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See http://xtravirt.com/xd10025 or the XenServer 5
install guide. This guide covers XenServer 5.5.
1.0 IntroductionA XenServer installation requires a minimum o two
separate, physical computers; one to be the XenServer host
and one to run the XenCenter management application.
XenServer is a 64-bit, x86 server-class platorm devoted
to hosting multiple Virtual Machines (VM); XenCenter is
a Windows client application that manages XenServer
hosts. While the XenServer machine must be dedicated
to the task o hosting VMs, XenCenter can run on any
general-purpose machine, alongside other applications.
This Xtravirt guide details the process o perorming a
basic installation o Citrix XenServer 5.5 and XenCenter 5.5,
plus the registration and licensing o the XenServer host.
2.0 Pre-RequisitesConguration inormation:
Citrix XenServer installation media (Base Pack and
Linux Pack)
Citrix XenCenter installation le
A ully qualied domain name (FQDN) or the
XenServer host
TCP/IP conguration inormation or the XenServer
management interace DNS server IP address/es or the XenServer host
(optional)
NTP server IP address/es or the XenServer host
(optional)
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Illustration 1-1: XenServer architecture
white paper
Installation Guide or Citrix XenServer 5.5
Title: Installation Guide or Citrix XenServer 5.5
Author(s): Xtravirt (Paul Buckle)
Target Audience: Technical - Novice
Current Revision: 1.0 (Jul 2009)
First Published: Jul 2009
Product(s): Citrix XenServer 5.5
UID: XD10116
Content Overview:
Installation o XenServer 5.5
Installation o XenCenter 5.5
Registration and Licensing
Guest OSGuest OS
Guest OSGuest OS
Hardware
Xen Hypervisor
XenTM Hypercall API
Virtualization Stack
Device
Drivers
Xen Tool
Stack
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XenServer system requirements:
Processor One or more 64-bit x86 CPUs, 1.5 GHz minimum,
2 GHz or aster, multicore CPU recommended
(maximum o 32 CPU cores).
Windows VMs can be created only on XenServer
hosts equipped with Intel VT-enabled or AMD-V
CPUs and this eature must be enabled in the BIOS.
It is possible your BIOS might have virtualisation
support disabled. Consult your BIOS documentation
or more details.
To support VMs running supported paravirtualised
Linux, a standard 64-bit x86-based system with one
or more CPUs is required. Linux VMs do not require
XenServer hosts that are equipped with Intel VT-
enabled or AMD-V CPUs.
Memory 1 GB minimum, 2 GB or more recommended.
Disk Locally attached storage (PATA, SATA, SCSI) with
16 GB o disk space minimum, 60 GB o disk space
recommended.
Network 100 Mbit/s or aster network interace card (NIC).
A gigabit NIC is recommended or aster P2V and
export/import data transers and or live relocation
o VMs.
XenCenter system requirements:
Operating
System
Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows
Server 2008 or Windows Vista SP1 or SP2 with .NET
ramework 2.0 or above
Processor 750 MHz minimum, 1 GHz or aster recommended
Memory 1 GB minimum, 2 GB or more recommended
Disk 100 MB minimum
Network 100 MB or aster NIC
3.0 Installation Process
3.1 XenServerThis procedure assumes that installation is rom a local
CD and that Citrix XenServer has not been installed on
the machine previously.
On the machine that will be the XenServer host, boot
rom the XenServer CD.
1. At the Welcome to XenServer screen, press
Enter.
2. The installer will initialise and detect the host
hardware.
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3. At the Select Keymap screen, select the required
keymap and clickOk. In this example, ukwill be
used.
4. At the Welcome to XenServer screen, select
Install or upgrade XenServer Host and clickOk.
5. At the Welcome to XenServer Setup screen, click
Ok.
6. At the End User License Agreement screen,
review the Citrix License Agreement and click
Accept EULA.
7. I the machine has more than one suitable disk,
the Select Primary Disk screen appears. In this
example, the local disk will be used. Select /dev/
cciss/c0d0 and clickOk.
Note: The name o the local disk ID will vary between dierent
machine vendors.
8. I the machine has more than one suitable disk, the
Guest Storage screen appears. In this example,
only the local disk will be used.
Note: The remote SAN disks would typically be used or VM
storage and that their use can also be congured ater installation.
Select /dev/cciss/c0d0 and clickOk.
Note: The name o the local disk ID will vary between dierent
machine vendors.
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9. At the Select Installation Source screen, select
Local media and clickOk.
10. At the Linux Pack screen, i the XenServer will
host Linux VMs, clickYes.
Note: The Linux Pack can be also be added ater installation.
11. At the Veriy Installation Source screen, i the CD
has not previously been used to install XenServer,
it is prudent to veriy the installation source. In this
example, select Skip verifcation and clickOk.
12. At the Set Password screen, enter the required
root password twice and clickOk.
13. I more than one NIC is available, the Networking
screen appears. Select which NIC to use or the
management interace. Typically this is the rst
NIC, eth0, but any o them can be used. In this
example, select eth0 and clickOk.
14. At the Networking screen, select Static
confguration, enter the required details in the IP
Address, Subnet maskand Gateway elds and
clickOk.
Note: While the management interace can be congured to use
DHCP, it is recommend to use a static conguration.
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15. At the Hostname and DNS Confguration screen,
enter the required ully qualied hostname in the
Hostname eld, replacing the auto-generated
one. Enter the required DNS TCP/IP address/es in
the DNS Server eld/s and clickOk.
16. At the Select Time Zone screen, select the
appropriate time zone geographical area and click
Ok. In this example, Europe has been selected.
Note: XenServer assumes the machines BIOS time setting is the
current time in UTC.
17. At the Select Time Zone screen, select the
appropriate time zone city and click Ok. In this
example, London has been selected.
18. At the System Time screen, i use o NTP is
required, select Using NTP, clickOkand enter the
relevant inormation on the subsequent screen. In
this example, select Manual time entry and click
Ok.
19. At the Confrm Installation screen, all the
requirement installation parameters have been
collected. ClickInstall XenServer.
20. Some nal preparation or the installation will be
perormed.
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21. The installation rom the CD will proceed.
22. I the Linux Pack was elected to be installed, the
New Media screen appears. Install the relevant
CD, let it settle and clickOk.
23. The installer will examine the CD and conrm the
correct one, Linux Pack, has been provided. I the
CD has not been used to install XenServer beore it
would be prudent to veriy the installation source.
In this example, clickUse media.
24. The installation rom the CD will proceed.
25. As the installation nears completion, the Set Local
Time screen appears. Enter the current date and
time and clickOk.
Note: I NTP is being used, this prompt will not appear.
26. At the Installation Complete screen, remove the
CD and clickOk.
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27. The installer will initiate a system reboot.
28. The XenServer boot progress is refected in a
progress bar on the loader screen.
29. When the Confguration screen appears,
XenServer has nished loading.
3.2 Install XenCenterThis procedure assumes that installation is rom a local
CD and that Citrix XenCenter has not been installed on
the machine previously.
1. On the machine that will run XenCenter, run
FREE_XenServer-5.5.0-XenCenter.msi .
2. At the Welcome to the XenCenter Setup Wizard
screen, clickNext.
3. At the Custom Setup screen, clickNext.
4. At the Destination Folder screen, accept the
deault installation path, select All Users and clickNext.
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5. At the Ready to install XenCenter screen, click
Next.
6. At the Completed the XenCenter Setup Wizard
screen, clickFinish.
3.3 Register and License XenServerWhile XenServer is ree, it still requires the application
o a license. Beore this can be done, register XenServer
with XenCenter as described below.
1. Start XenCenter, right click the XenCenter object
in the let hand pane and select Add.
2. At the Add New Server screen, enter the
hostname or IP address o the XenServer host
in the Hostname eld, the account root in the
User name eld and the root password in the
Password eld and clickConnect.
3. XenCenter will attempt to connect to the
XenServer host.
4. At the License Manager screen that will appear
ater a successul connection, check the XenServer
host and clickActivate.
5. The Citrix XenServer Activation request orm
will load into your deault browser. Complete the
elds as required and clickRequest Activation.
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6. Notication that the license le has been e-mailed
to you will be displayed. The browser window can
now be closed, but leave XenCenter running.
7. On receipt o the e-mail, double click the license.
xslic attachment and elect to open it. At the
Install License Key screen, select the XenServer
host and clickInstall.
8. Select Tools -> License Manager. At the License
Manager screen, conrm the XenServer host is
now licensed or 12 months and clickClose.
Note: At the end o the 12 month period, you will be promptedto re-activate the license.
9. ClickHelp -> Check or Updates. The XenServer
Updates page will load into your deault browser
and advise i any XenServer or XenCenter updates
are available.
4.0 Resolution/Common Errors
1. XenServer installer repeatedly reboots
The XenServer installer does not progress beyond
the initialise installer and detect hardwarestage without repeatedly rebooting.
Solution: This is likely to be because the machine does
not have at least 784MB o memory installed.
2. Hardware virtualization assist support is not
available
The ollowing screen appears ater the Accept End
User License Agreement screen.
Solution: This is because either the machine is not
equipped with Intel VT-enabled or AMD-V CPUs or
because the eature is turned o in the BIOS. I the
CPUs do not support this eature then the XenServer
installation can continue but it will not be able to host
Windows VMs. I the CPUs do support this eature and
it is to be used to host Windows VMs then enable
virtualization assist in the machine BIOS and restart the
installation process.
This concludes the white paper.
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Reerences1. Citrix XenServer 5 install guide, http://xtravirt.com/xd10025
Useul Links1. XenServer Documentation, http://www.citrix.com/lang/
English/lp/lp_1688622.asp
2. XenServer Downloads,http://www.citrix.com/lang/English/lp/
lp_1688615.asp
TagsCitrix, XenServer, XenCenter, install guide, deploy, how-to
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