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[[Category:HowTo]]

XCP (now hosted on XenServer.org)

Grant McWilliams' XCP/Xenserver HowTos

Other XCP HowTo's:

XCP HowTo, Index of

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 This category contains HowTo documents. HowTo documents are detailed "how to" documents on specific subjects.
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-== External HowTo's ==
-== XCP ==
-* [http://grantmcwilliams.com/tech/virtualization/xcp-howtos Grant McWilliam's XCP HowTos]
 == File System ==
+* [[Using_GlusterFS_for_VM_images|Using GlusterFS for VM Images]]
 * [http://www.virtuatopia.com/index.php/Creating_and_Booting_a_Xen_Guest_domainU_using_an_NFS_Mounted_Root_Filesystem How to Create and Boot a Xen Guest domainU using an NFS Mounted Root Filesystem]
 * [http://www.virtuatopia.com/index.php/Building_a_Xen_Virtual_Guest_Filesystem_on_a_Disk_Image_(Cloning_Host_System) How to Build a Xen Virtual Guest Filesystem on a Disk Image (Cloning Host System)]
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 * [http://www.virtuatopia.com/index.php/Building_a_Debian_or_Ubuntu_Xen_Guest_Root_Filesystem_using_debootstrap How to Build a Debian or Ubuntu Xen Guest Root Filesystem using debootstrap]
 * [http://www.virtuatopia.com/index.php/Building_a_Xen_Guest_Root_Filesystem_using_yum_and_rpm Building a Xen Guest Root Filesystem using yum and rpm]
+* [[Mounting a .vhd disk image using blktap/tapdisk]]
 == DomainU Guest ==
-* [http://grantmcwilliams.com/tech/virtualization/xen-howtos/ Grant McWilliam's Xen HowTos]
+* [http://xmodulo.com/install-paravirtualized-xen-guest.html How to Install a PV Guest]
+* [http://grantmcwilliams.com/tech/virtualization/xen-howtos/ Grant McWilliams' Xen HowTos]
 * [http://www.virtuatopia.com/index.php/Using_QEMU_Disk_Images_for_Xen_DomainU_Systems How to Use QEMU Disk Images for Xen DomainU Systems]
 * [http://www.virtuatopia.com/index.php/Building_a_Xen_Guest_Domain_using_Xen-Tools How to Build a Xen Guest Domain using Xen-Tools]
+*[[How to install non-Debian guests on Debian Dom0, Xen 4.4]]
+* [[Setting boot order for domUs]]
 == Windows 7/XP/Vista/Server 2008 ==
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 * [http://www.virtuatopia.com/index.php/Virtualizing_Windows_Server_2008_with_Xen Virtualizing Windows Server 2008 with Xen]
 * [http://www.valent-blog.eu/2008/01/13/full-virtualization-di-windows-con-xen/ Create a windows 32-bit domU (in italian)]
+* [http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=112013 Installing Windows 7 as a Xen HVM guest with VGA passthrough on Linux Mint 13/14]
 == Consoles ==
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 == DomainU Migration ==
 * [http://www.virtuatopia.com/index.php/Migrating_Xen_domainU_Guests_Between_Host_Systems How to Perform Live Xen domainU Guest Migrations]
+* [[Install Xen 4.1.4 with Remus and DRBD on Ubuntu_12.10]]
+* [[Migration from VMware]]
 == USB Devices ==
 * [http://www.virtuatopia.com/index.php/Adding_USB_Devices_to_a_Xen_HVM_domainU_Guest Adding USB Devices to a Xen HVM Guest]
-== Install Xen on Various Linux Distros and [[OpenSolaris]] ==
+== Documentation From Various Distributions ==
-* [http://www.howtoforge.com/ubuntu-8.04-server-install-xen-from-ubuntu-repositories Installing Xen On An Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) Server From The Ubuntu Repositories]
+* [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Xen Documentation: Installing Xen on Ubuntu]
+* [https://doc.opensuse.org/products/draft/SLES/SLES-xen_sd_draft/cha.xen.basics.html Documentation: Installing Xen on openSUSE]
-* [http://www.howtoforge.com/debian_etch_xen_3.1 The Perfect Xen 3.1.0 Setup For Debian Etch (i386)]
+* [https://www.suse.com/documentation/sles11/book_xen/data/book_xen.html Documentation: Installing Xen on SUSE SLES 11]
-* [http://www.howtoforge.com/ubuntu-7.10-server-install-xen-from-ubuntu-repositories Installing Xen On An Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) Server From The Ubuntu Repositories]
-* [http://www.howtoforge.com/ubuntu_7.04_xen_from_repositories Installing Xen On An Ubuntu Feisty Fawn Server From The Ubuntu Repositories]
+* [http://www.suse.com/documentation/sled11/singlehtml/book_xen/book_xen.html Documentation: Installing Xen on SUSE SLED 11]
+* [https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/xen Documentation: Installing Xen on Arch Linux]
-* [http://www.howtoforge.com/debian_sarge_xen_3.0.3 The Perfect Xen 3.0.3 Setup For Debian Sarge]
-* [http://www.howtoforge.com/centos_5.0_xen Installing Xen On CentOS 5.0 (i386)]
+* [https://wiki.voidlinux.eu/Xen Documentation: Installing Xen on Void Linux]
+* [https://wiki.debian.org/Xen Documentation: Installing Xen on Debian]
-* [http://www.howtoforge.com/xen_3.0_ubuntu_dapper_drake How to set up Xen 3.0 from binaries in Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Dapper Drake)]
+* [[Xen4CentOS|Documentation: Installing Xen on CentOS using Xen4CentOS]]
-* [http://www.howtoforge.com/ganeti_xen_cluster_management_debian_etch Xen Cluster Management With Ganeti On Debian Etch]
+* [http://wiki.netbsd.org/ports/xen/ Documentation: Installing Xen on NetBSD]
-* [http://www.howtoforge.com/xen_gui_fedora_7_desktop Xen With Graphical User Interface On A Fedora 7 Desktop]
+* [https://wiki.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/Xen Documentation: Status of Xen on FreeBSD]
-* [http://linuxvirtualization.com/articles/2006/08/03/xen-on-ubuntu-for-windows Building Xen from source on Ubuntu (Dapper Drake) to support HVM guests]
-* [http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Xen_and_Gentoo Instructions for installing Xen on Gentoo 2006.0 ]
+== Install Xen Project Software on Various Linux Distros and [[:Category:NetBSD|NetBSD]] ==
-* [http://txrx.org/xen/ Instructions and files for a FreeBSD 5.3 domU install (w/sysinstall) ]
-* [http://www.openssi.org/cgi-bin/view?page=docs2/1.9/debian/xen-howto.txt Installing OpenSSI on Xen]
+* [http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Debian_Guest_Installation_Using_Debian_Installer Installing Xen on Debian]
+* [http://xmodulo.com/install-xen-hypervisor.html Install Xen Project on Debian Jessie (using minimal hardware)]
-* [http://wiki.blitzed.org/User:grifferz/Xen "grifferz" HOWTO install a Xen system]
+* [https://major.io/2014/02/27/installing-xen-on-fedora-20/ Installing Xen 4.3.1 on Fedora 20]
-* [http://www.fsmware.com/xenofreebsd/5.3/xenbsdsetup.txt Kip Macy's mini howto for FreeBSD 5.3 domU]
+* [https://major.io/2013/06/02/installing-the-xen-hypervisor-on-fedora-19/ Installing Xen 4.2.2 on Fedora 19]
-* [http://www.yuanjue.net/xen/howto.html FreeBSD/Xen Howto (domU only currently)]
+* [http://rackerhacker.com/2011/08/05/xen-4-1-on-fedora-15-with-linux-3-0/ Installing Xen 4.1 on Fedora 15]
-* [http://mark.foster.cc/wiki/index.php/Xen_Tips dom0 howto for Debian Sarge]
-* [http://mark.foster.cc/wiki/index.php/Debian_Sarge_on_Xen domU howto for Debian Sarge]
+* [http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Xen/Xen4QuickStart Xen4CentOS 6 Quick Start]
+* [https://tr.opensuse.org/How_to_Install_a_Xen_VM_Server How to Install a Xen VM Server on openSUSE]
-* [http://www.option-c.com/xwiki/Xen_Debian_Quick_Start another HOWTO for Debian Sarge as dom0]
-* [http://fv.kh3.org/dest/sysadm/virtualization/docs/html-single/sysadm-virtual/ La virtualisation avec UML et XEN (French)]
-* [http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect_setup_xen3_debian The Perfect Xen 3.0 Setup For Debian ]
-* [http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect_xen_setup_debian_ubuntu Xen Tutorial For Debian And Ubuntu (dom0 And domU) ]
-* [http://www.gruntforcered.com/content/view/13/27/ Xen (2.0.7) dom0 Install From Source (Linux) ]
 * [http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/xen/howto.html NetBSD/xen Howto ]
+* [https://segmentregister.wordpress.com/2014/11/02/xen-auf-debian-jessie/ Xen Project on Debian Wheezy] (German language)
-* [http://en.opensuse.org/Xen Xen on openSUSE]
-* [http://forge.novell.com/modules/xfcontent/private.php?reference_id=2701&content=/library/Virtualization%20with%20XEN/xen_tech_preview_09dec2005.pdf PDF from Novell]
-* [http://qa.mandriva.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/HowToXen Xen HOWTO for Mandriva]
-* [http://www.broermann.com/howto_amd_hvm.html Howto setup a AMD 32bit Windows HVM on a notebook ASUS A6T]
-* [http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/xen/ Howto setup Xen on OpenSolaris]
-* [http://www.linuxmatica.it/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=26 Howto setup Xen on Ubuntu Server 6.06.1 (Italian)]
-* [http://inspirix.stikipad.com/wiki/show/HomePage Howto setup Xen on CentOS 4.3 Dom0/DomU]
-* [http://en.opensuse.org/Xen3_yet_another_Virtual_Network_Concept Howto setup Xen3 with virtual nets on SuSE 10.1]
-* [http://emmeff.blogspot.com/2006/07/howto-install-opensuse-10.html HOWTO: Install OpenSUSE 10.1 as a Xen guest OS]
-== Xen Management Tools ==
-* [http://www.howtoforge.com/xen_tools_xen_shell_argo Managing Xen With Xen-Tools, Xen-Shell, And Argo]
-== Testing with Xen ==
-* [http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-xen/ A moment of Xen: Virtualize Linux to test your apps]
-== Misc ==
-* [http://wiki.sisuite.org/BuildingLinuxChroots Building Generic Change Roots for Multiple Platforms]
-* [http://howto.x-tend.be/AutomatingVirtualMachineDeployment Automating Xen Virtual Machine Deployment]
-<!-- THESE SHOULD BE IN THIS CATEGORY
-* [[RHEL6Xen4Tutorial|Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 Xen 4.0 tutorial]]
-* [[Fedora13Xen4Tutorial|Fedora 13/14 Xen 4.0 Tutorial]]
-* [[UbuntuHoaryHowTo|Xen Ubuntu Hoary as dom0, domU, with Debian Sarge to boot!]]
-* [[UbuntuBreezyHowTo|Xen Ubuntu Breezy as dom0]]
-* [[XenOnUbuntu64]] Building Xen 3.0.4-1 on an Ubuntu 6.10 amd64 installation.
-* [[QEMUGentoo|Xen Using QEMU and Gentoo to do Xen development]]
-* [[FreeBSDdomU|Xen For FreeBSD 5.3 as a guest/domU]]
-* [[SuseYastDomU|Xen Install SUSE Linux into domU using the yast installer.]]
-* [[SlackwareDomU|Xen Install Slackware Linux to a domU.]]
-* [[NetBSDdomU|Xen NetBSD domU setup on Debian Linux host (dom0)]]
-* [[DebianDomU|Xen Debian domU setup (with lvm domU partition)]]
-* [[FC5Zimbra|Xen Fedora Core 5, Clone Guests, Expand Guests, And Install Zimbra]]
-* [[SuSeSLES10withWindows2003|Xen Install SLES 10 RC 3 on a Dual Core Vanderpool System with Windows 2003 as guest]]
-* [[FC6 resize DomU LVM|Xen Fedora Core 6, Extend domU image]]
-* [[EVMS-HAwSAN-SLES10|Xen SAN based EVMS-HA SLES10 setup]]
-* [[HowtouClibc]] Dom0 uClibc HOWTO
-* [[HowToEnableDMA|Xen If you have very slow disk access, try this HOWTO.]]
-* [[COWHowTo|Xen Configuring Copy-on-Write storage]]
-* [[XenWifi]] Using Xen in [[WiFi]] network
-* [[XenKdumpAnalysis]] get xen whole-machine dump image and analyse it
-* [[VTdHowTo|How to do PCI Passthrough with VT-d]]
-* [[Kernel.org Linux on Xen]]
-* [[VcpusWithXen]]
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+{{Anchor|XCP}}
+== XCP (now hosted on XenServer.org) ==
+* [http://grantmcwilliams.com/tech/virtualization/xcp-howtos Grant McWilliams' XCP/Xenserver HowTos]
+Other XCP HowTo's:
+* [https://wiki.xenserver.org/XCP_HowTo,_Index_of XCP HowTo, Index of]
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