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Installing XenServer Free edition Step-by-Step Guide
This guide will take you through step-by-step on how to install XenServer 5.6 for a Test
Environment. Firstly you need to download XenServer 5.6 from the Citrix website, if you have not
done this already ( http://www.xensource.com).
Place the CD in your server and power on the server.
Press Enter
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Select the keyboard settings relevant to your setup. Select OK to
continue.
Select OK to continue.
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Select Accept EULA, of course once you have read and understood
it.
Select source from which you will install XenServer.
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If you are going to install the Linux guest support tools, then select YES. If, not Select No to
continue. For this installation I will be installing the Linux Support Tools.
I always select Verify installation source, just to be sure its still good. Select OK to continue.
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Enter in the password which will be used for the root account. Select Ok to
continue.
As this is a Server you should always use a Static IP. Select Ok to continue.
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Enter the Hostname and DNS Servers to use. Select Ok to continue.
Select the relevant geographic area for the Time Zone. Select Ok to
continue.
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Select the relevant City for the Time Zone. Select Ok to continue.
In most networks NTP is used (I am using NTP). Select Ok to
continue.
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Enter in the address of the NTP(s) servers in your network (I only have one). Select Ok to
continue.
The time has come to install XenServer.Go ahead select Install XenServer!
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If, you selected to install the extra supplemental Pack during the installation. This is the point you
need to insert the disk. Select Ok to continue.
I always select Verify installation source, just to be sure its still good. Or you can skip the
verification process by selecting Use to continue.
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Select Skip to continue.
Select Ok to reboot and complete the XenServer
installation.
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After the XenServer reboots you should see this
screen
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Finally you should see this screen. You now have now installed XenServer.
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To administrator the Xen Server you will need to install Xen Center on a Windows machine. This
will be explain in Installing Xen Center Step-By-Step Guide
Open a web browser and type the Xen server ip in the browser
Now open xen center tool from start menu
Click Add a server icon which is highlighted in the above picture.
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It will prompt for server ip username password fill out the server details
Ip: 10.11.12.99
Username:root
Password:xxxxxxx
Click Add
Now click New VM in tool bar and select centos distribution that you are going to install
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Click next . Now insert the centos DVD in the servers dvd drive .
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Select DVD Drive0 on xenserver and click next
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Click next
Specify the number of cpu that your going to allocate for this vm . And specify the Memory and click
next. Here I have used I cpu and 1GB for memory . You can increase the memory size based on the
available physical memory .
Numberof Vcpus: 1 (you can increase this value but do not allocate values more than the physicall cpu )Memory: 4GB recommended
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Click Next
Click next
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click finish. Now this vm will appear on the left side tree. Select the vm and click console and click start
in tool bar.
It will install the centos. Continue centos installation document further.
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