Installing XenServer on VMware vSphere 5.5 virtual machines 6.2

With the full open source of XenServer 6.2 in June 2013, enthusiasts of virtualization technology should be an ecstatic news! Citrix and also established the xenserver.org developer community. We can now download all xenserver source code, develop documentation, etc. on this website.

XenServer 6.2 's installation CD ISO and Xencenter's Windows installer can also be downloaded from the community website: http://www.xenserver.org/ Open-source-virtualization-download.html
Installing XenServer 6.2 on a VMware vSphere 5.5 virtual machine has the following implications:

First, the hardware version of the virtual machine needs more than 9;

Second, the physical server CPU (or BIOS option) requires support for virtualization technologies such as Intel's Vt-x and EPD, AMD's Amd-v and RVi.

Third, the virtual machine needs to turn on the Hardware virtualization option (the virtual hardware virtualization is supported in hardware version 9 or more). Action: Select Edit virtual machine settings on the vsphere Web client, modify the CPU properties, select "Expose hardware-assisted virtualization to the guest operating system." Can. (Note: This option is not on the vsphere Client for C #.) In addition, other versions of the VMware configuration can be described in https://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-8970) otherwise, the virtual machine is deployed at XenServer and the following error is reported when booting: "HVM is required For this operation "

Iv. accept "Promiscuous mode" in the security policy on the network port group that the virtual machine is connected to.

Install the XenServer 6.2 installation ISO mount.

Xencenter need to be installed in the. Net framework environment, after successful installation, you can enter the XenServer IP address, user name, password for XenServer management, and virtual machine creation and deployment.

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Installing XenServer on VMware vSphere 5.5 virtual machines 6.2