Setup Guide

6 Contents
Using Storage Array Snapshots for
LVM-Based Storage Repositories
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Shut Down VMs Before a Snapshot
. . . . . . . . 52
Suspend VMs Before a Snapshot
. . . . . . . . . 52
Snapshot a volume when VMs are running
. . . . 53
Backup the VM Metadata
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Attach the SR Snapshot to the
Secondary XenServer Host
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Restoring VM Metadata to Recover
VMs from a Snapshot
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Adjusting SCSI Timeouts to
Tolerate Storage Controller Failures
. . . . . . . . . . 55
Adjusting SCSI Timeouts for
the PowerVault MD3000 RAID Enclosure
. . . . . . 55
Adjusting SCSI Timeouts for the
PowerVault MD3000i Storage Arrays
. . . . . . . . 56
Configuring XenServer Management
Network for High Availability
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
A Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Citrix
®
XenServer™ Dell™ Edition
Local Console Menu Items
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Status Display
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Manage Server Using XenCenter
. . . . . . . . . 57
Network and Management Interface
. . . . . . . 58
Authentication
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Virtual Machines (VMs)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Disk and Storage Repositories
. . . . . . . . . . . 59
Resource Pool Configuration
. . . . . . . . . . . . 60
XenServer Details and Licensing
. . . . . . . . . . 61
Hardware and BIOS Information
. . . . . . . . . . 61
Keyboard and Time Zone
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62