Setup Guide

42 Configuring Storage
7 Click Thin Provisioning for all volumes associated with the new SR, if
desired.
8 Click Finish to create the new SR.
For more information on using the XenServer EqualLogic Storage Adapter,
see Using Dell EqualLogic PS Series Arrays with XenServer available on the
Dell- Virtualization with Dell and Citrix website at dell.com/xenserver.
Moving an SR Between Hosts
If you wish to remove an SR from an existing XenServer host and use it with a
different host, you must back up the SR from the first host and restore it on
the second host:
1
Access the Backup, Update and Restore menu in the local console on the
XenServer host or pool master.
2 Trigger an immediate metadata backup to the SR being moved using the
Backup Virtual Machine Metadata menu option.
The metadata backup creates a backup VDI, if necessary, and attaches it to
the host, and then backs up all the metadata to that SR.
NOTE: You can schedule the metadata backup process to occur daily,
weekly, or monthly using the Schedule Virtual Machine Metadata option.
3 Perform a metadata restoration operation using the Restore Virtual
Machine Metadata
menu option. The metadata restoration operation can
restore only VM records associated with the selected SR, or all of the VM
records found.
NOTE: There is also an option to test which VMs will be imported without
actually performing the restoration operation.