Next, set the XenServer hostname and DNS configuration. You can use either DHCP or static IP address. Next, choose the networking configuration for XenServer's management interface (eth0). You can download and install supplemental packs later.

The XenServer supplemental packs contain additional management tools and the latest device drivers. When asked whether to install supplemental packs, choose No. Next, select ' local media' as installation source. Since you have only one disk, accept the default disk (e.g., sda), and proceed. Next, decide which disk to use for virtual machine storage. Therefore you can only create Linux guests, but not Windows guests on this XenServer instance. On the next screen, you will see a warning saying that hardware virtualization assist support is not available on this system. You will see the following XenServer setup screen. Guest Operating System Version: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 64-bit.Then use the following guest profile for XenServer VM. Create XenServer Guest VM on VMware Playerįirst download the ISO image of the free edition of XenServer from Citrix website. This is because Windows guests require hardware support for virtualization (HVM) (e.g., Intel VT-x or AMD-V) from XenServer dom0, but HVM of the VMware Player's host machine does not pass on to the XenServer instance running on VMware Player. If you run XenServer on VMware Player, you will not be able to create Windows guests on top of XenServer. Limitation of XenServer Running on VMware Player In order to be able to create a XenServer VM on VMware Player, the underlying host where VMware Player is installed must have 64-bit CPU processor(s), since XenServer can only be installed on 64-bit architecture. Requirements for Installing XenServer on VMware Player In this tutorial, I will describe how to install XenServer on VMware Player as a guest VM. If you want to try out XenServer without sparing bare-metal hardware, you can actually install XenServer as a virtual machine (VM). The free edition of XenServer is available at no charge with annually renewed free license.

While Xen itself is a standalone hypervisor, XenServer is a full virtualization suite that includes built-in console, tools and APIs. XenServer (now renamed Citrix Hypervisor) is a commercial virtualization product built on the open-source bare-metal hypervisor Xen. How to install XenServer on VMware Player

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