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The XenServer host is a 64-bit x86 server-class machine devoted to hosting multiple VMs. This machine runs a stripped-down Linux operating system with a Xen-enabled kernel which controls the interaction between the virtualized devices seen by VMs and the physical hardware.

XenServer can make use of:

• up to 128 GB of RAM
• up to 6 NICs
• up to 32 CPU cores

The following are the system requirements for the XenServer host:

XenServer requires at least two separate physical x86 computers: one to be the XenServer host, and the other to run the XenCenter application. The XenServer host machine is dedicated entirely to the task of hosting VMs and is not used for other applications.

The installation of any third party software directly on the XenServer host is not supported.

The computer that runs XenCenter can be any general-purpose Windows computer that satisfies the hardware requirements, and can be used to run other applications simultaneously.

XenServer 5.5.0 includes a number of new features and ongoing improvements, including:

This document is an installation guide for XenServer™, the platform virtualization solution from Citrix®. The XenServer package contains all you need for creating a network of virtual x86 computers running on Xen®, the open-source paravirtualizing hypervisor with near-native performance.  This document contains procedures to guide you through the installation, configuration, and initial operation of XenServer. This document also contains information about troubleshooting problems that might occur during installation, and where to get further information.

XenDesktop is offered in four editions:

Purpose

The purpose of this tutorial is to setp you through all the necessary steps to get XenDesktop up and running.  There are a lot of moving pieces to this and can be complicated.  I borrowed heavily from current Citrix documentation and added screenshots to help you out.

I have been battling with Citrix for a couple of months now, namely XenDesktop. I had it somewhat working at one point and the somehow broke it, don't remember exactly how but I did. Other projects came up that took my attention away from Citrix until about a week ago.

I consider myself pretty good at what I do for a living. I don't make a lot of mistakes, I try and stay current with technology and so on. I am confident in my abilities as a SysAdmin but today was one of those days where I felt like a complete noob.

As I mentioned in a post a while back, we are moving into the virtualization world and so far it has been a pretty cool migration. I have learned a lot and have had some very frustrating days. Today was one of those days.