XenServer- Take VM Snapshots using Bash
Following is the script that can be used to take snapshots of running vm, once run it will send mail to ADMIN for the list of the VM snapshots #!/bin/bash #dpthakar@gmail.com...
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Following is the basic bash script to take vm backup using bash & send confirmation mail. This script assumes you already have your backup storage mounted as /mnt/back/ #!/bin/bash...
View ArticleMigrate physical Machine to KVM -P2V
You can use live ubuntu / fedora / centos cd OR usb to run dd command. once you have boot using live cd, you can mount nfs partition OR use external usb hdd to store raw file being generated using dd...
View ArticleShrink VirtualBox Image
Although we assign 40/50gb hdd space to VM, not all of it is used. After using VM for sometime, you may find vdi is constantly increasing & may need to shrink it. To Shrink vdi size. Linux dd...
View ArticleMigrate physical Machine to VirtualBox
You can use live ubuntu / fedora / centos cd OR usb to run dd command. once you have boot using live cd, you can mount nfs partition OR use external usb hdd to store raw file being generated using dd...
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Upgrade Citrix XenServer using Rollling Pool Upgrade
With the every new release of citrix xenserver most of us usually upgrade using cd / usb, which may not be convenient with increased number of servers. Upgrade Citrix XenServer using Rollling Pool...
View ArticleApply Citrix XenServer patches using CLI
Apply Citrix XenServer patches using CLI, why? We all have used XenCenter to apply patches to xenservers, probably because its easy. But when it comes to apply patches to a single or multiple...
View ArticleInstall Citrix XenServer using PXE
This post covers how to Install Citrix XenServer using pxe. As a prerequisite you need to have tftp server configured. Create tftp dir for xenserver mkdir -p /tftpboot/images/xenserver Mount & copy...
View ArticleXenServer – Apply patches using bash script
With the release of XenServer 6.2, Citrix has provided best & easy to use virtulization option for free. Only limitation with free xenserver is you can’t use xencenter to apply patches. Which...
View ArticlePhysical to Virtual Machine Migration using Clonezilla – P2V
We have already used few methods for Physical to Virtual Machine Migration using different tools. This time we are focusing on clonezilla which is probably easiest tool available for p2v migration. You...
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