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When you create a shapshot of a virtual machine it creates a file on your xenserver which takes up disk space.  When you delete the snap shot sometimes the snapshot will not release all of the disk space that was used by the snapshot.  This was a known...

When you create a shapshot of a virtual machine it creates a file on your xenserver 5.6 which takes up disk space.  When you delete the snap shot sometimes the snapshot will not release all of the disk space that was used by the snapshot.  This was a...

When you create a shapshot of a virtual machine it creates a file on your xenserver 5.5 which takes up disk space.  When you delete the snap shot sometimes the snapshot will not release all of the disk space that was used by the snapshot.  This was a...

Hi, In this guide I will show you how to How To Mount A CIFS Share From Xenserver. You might want to mount a CIFS share from your xenserver so you can access certain files on another server, or in my case backup a virtual server to this CIFS share as i...

This article describes how to use XenCenter to collect a system status report. Requirements Administrator permission to a local workstation XenCenter 4.1 XenServer 4.1 Procedure 1. Log on to XenCenter. 2. From the Menu bar select Tools. 3....

This document describes how to mount a CIFS (Windows file system) share in XenServer using the Command Line Interface (CLI). Requirements Basic knowledge of Linux Administrator (root) access to XenServer host using the Command Line Interface...

Event ID 20738 Error: License file(s) port number update failed. Unable to write to license file(s) License Server Application Event Log : Event Type: Error Event Source: Citrix_Licensing Event Category: None Event ID: ...

Issue : You can not install Xenserver 5.5 on an IBM 3850 X5 and the install gives an error about can not detect the local disks. Resolution : Im afraid the only resolution is to install Xenserver 5.6. Xenserver 5.5 will not install because the array...

Issue : You are trying to install xenserver 5.6 on an IBM 3850 X5 but the system does not boot / reconise the xenserver 5.6 CD/DVD. If you use the same xenserver 5.6 CD/DVD on another machine it works. Resolution : This issue had me confused for days?...

Issue : You can not install Xenserver 5.5 on an IBM 3850 X5 and the install gives an error about can not detect the local disks. Resolution : Im afraid the only resolution is to install Xenserver 5.6. Xenserver 5.5 will not install because the array...