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Similar to other Virtualization tutorials, keep in mind that the install of XenServer will erase all data and drives connected to the local machine during the installation. The drives will become part of a an LVM group that XenServer will use for the creation of VDI all VDIs and guest VM containers. It is recommended that you disconnect all drives but one during this first setup. Later you can add drives and attempt more advance configurations, like greyhole for your Amahi VM. For now, this tutorial sets up a simple install of XenServer and one VM running Amahi 7.1

Put the server into Maintenance Mode. Download the updates suggested from the XenCenter on a client machine. Use SCP to copy the downloaded update file to a location you can find on the XenCenter server or on Windows use an SCP program like [http://www.putty.org/ Bitvise WinSSHD] . Then SSH from a client computer into the XenServer. Run For each of the following commands use the user 'root' and the password you setup during the installation of your XenServer. Start by running the following at the command prompt:# xe patch-upload -s 192.168.1.10 -u root -pw password file-name=/root/XS62E001.xsupdate

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Windows <h2>Amahi (Linux) Setup</h2>installed with Create a New VM, then choose <b>Other install Media Template</b>. Name the machine without spaces, choose to install from DVD drive where you have the Amahi 7.1 express disk located. Place on your XenServer and choose CPU and RAM. A recommended minimum would be 1 CPU , 2048 MB RAM and 320 GB HD. Installed from Windows 7 x64 DVD in the Now add a virtual disk. For better performance you should have a separate drive or drivepool for each VM you create. Then installed XenServer Tools by choosing To start, create a 500 GB or larger VDI and move on to the xs-toolsnetwork setup. Again, for better performance, choose a dedicated NIC for each VM.iso from For this tutorial, you can just choose the DVD Drive 1 menudefaults which is a shared NIC on your XenServer. Done!

Amahi (Linux) SetupCreate a New VM, then choose Other install Media Template. Name the machine without spaces, choose Switch to install from DVD drive where you have the Amahi 7.1 express disk located. Place on your Xenserver and choose CPU and RAM. I recommend a minimum of 1 CPU, 2048 MB RAM. Now add a virtual disk. For better performance you should have a separate drive or drive pool for each VM you create. I just created a new VDI on a disk I use for a variety of VMs and 750 GB. Again, for better performance, choose a dedicated NIC for each VM. I just chose the defaults which is a shared NIC on my XenServer. Switch to console tab on the newly created VM and install Amahi 7.1 as per [http://docs.amahi.org/ instructions] (ensure you have your code and that you would likelet it reboot twice before initializing in browser).

One suggested change from the default Amahi install is to <b>make is the boot partition needs to be ext3Ext3</b>. While partitioning the hard drive, choose Ext3 rather than Ext4, because ’pygrub’, the XenServer bootloader for the PV mode, can’t read Ext4. If you wish to benefit from Ext4 advantages anyway, then you’ll have to you could create a /boot partition in Ext3 and the / partition in Ext4. Finish the Amahi install as per instructions.

CodeIf you are happy with a simple setup and not too concerned about performance then you could stop here and skip to the part about <b>installing Xen-Tools below</b>. The guest VM with Amahi installed on it is in <i>HVM mode or hardware assisted virtualization</i> (more information [http:4M86YN5//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xen here]). If you would like your guest VM to run in <i>paravirtualization mode</i>, which will give better performance and access to more than three drives, you need to complete the next part.

<h3>Convert to PV or Paravitualize Tips from: https:<//www.cetic.be/Paravirtualize-an-Ubuntu-VM-usingh3>

Copy First you should copy down the defaults from grub2 on the Amahi VM. Go to /boot/grub2 and read grub.cfg. Need:

Then ssh on the XenServer host and identify the {|style="width: 95%; margin-left: 10px; border-collapse: collapse; border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: #aaa"!style="color:#777; background-color:#dfd;text-align:left"|{{{lang|{{{2|bash}}}}}} code|-|{{#tag:syntaxhighlight|​{{{Code|chmod +x makepv.sh./makepv.sh <vm name of the VM you wish to convert to PV mode.>}}}​|lang={{{lang|{{{2|bash}}}}}}|enclose=none}}|}<!--{{#tag:syntaxhighlight|{{{1}}}}}-->

need <h3>Install XenServer Tools for linux</h3>First Use XenCenter Management console to insert the name of <i>xs-tools.iso</i> in the DVD drive. Then SSH into the Amahi VM (Amahi71, <b>the console tab may not uuid=c5ab2d09-9669-fcb5-f121-c979092dff91work until these tools are installed</b>), and execute the following commands.

download the makepvIf you kept your guest VM in <b>HVM mode</b>:{|style="width: 95%; margin-left: 10px; border-collapse: collapse; border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: #aaa"!style="color:#777; background-color:#dfd;text-align:left"|{{{lang|{{{2|bash}}}}}} code|-|{{#tag:syntaxhighlight|​{{{Code|mkdir /mnt/xs-toolsmount /dev/cdrom /mnt/xs-tools/mnt/xs-tools/Linux/install.sh.reboot}}}​|lang={{{lang|{{{2|bash}}}}}}|enclose=none}}|}<!--{{#tag:syntaxhighlight|{{{1}}}}}-->

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# mkdir <i>Note: if you are having trouble reaching your apps from the dashboard, you may need to run this command on the HDA:</mnt/xsi>{|style="width: 95%; margin-left: 10px; border-collapse: collapse; border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-toolscolor: #aaa"!style="color:# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/xs777; background-color:#dfd;text-toolsalign:left"|{{{lang|{{{2|bash}}}}}} codeor mount /dev/disk/by|-label/XenServer\\x20Tools /mnt/xs-tools/)|{{# tag:syntaxhighlight|​{{{Code|yum -y update openssl}}}​|lang={{{lang|{{{2|bash /mnt/xs}}}}}}|enclose=none}}|}<!--tools/Linux/install.sh{{# reboottag:syntaxhighlight|{{{1}}}}}-->