So I decided to re-build my lab a little bit and test XenServer a little bit more with their version 5.6 FP1. I also decided to test Starwind iSCSI SAN Software 5.6 as iSCSI storage to keep some VMs. This tutorial will get your first VM running on iSCSI in minutes. Basically, Starwind is a piece of software you install on Windows that enables you to create iSCSI targets that you can mount on your XenServers to enable shared storage. [...]
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Categories: Virtualization
If you’re going to deploy servers using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010(MDT 2010) you might want to add some special settings for virtual machines (VMs). For XenServer, check this post. You can add a lot of useful settings in each Task Sequence but if you’re planning to have a lot of Task Sequences, like one for each server role, it’s going to take a lot of time to modify all task sequences. And then there’s always the risk that you miss [...]
Categories: Deployment, Virtualization
I've added a couple of XenServer 5.6 FP1 to my lab which also includes some Hyper-V and ESXi. To get some shared storage, I installed a 2008 R2 machine and installed NFS to be able store VMs on it. Here's how I did it. On the NFS-server, use Server Manager to Add Roles... or Add Role Services if the File Service role already is installed. You're installing the Services for Network File System. After installation, create a folder, for example [...]
Categories: Virtualization, Windows
