Here is a non exhaustive list of things recently discovered during a PoC of Citrix XenDesktop 7.6 with Nvidia GPU Passthrough from XenServer 6.2 SP1 (i.e Citrix HDX 3D Pro) for the Oil and Gas Industry The alternative (rather long) heading for this article should probably be “how to deliver 3d graphic intensive Oil and […]
Situation: Rolling pool upgrade was greyed out for the two XenServer 6.0.2 hosts I had in a resource pool. The option to tick and select them all existed – but wouldnt ‘stick’ Solution: Simple one this one – it was more me being dense. Need to make sure your XenCenter console is first upgraded to the […]
Situation: We restored a ns.conf file to a Citrix Netscaler VPX running on an Netscaler SDX platform, however the device didnt come back online and the instance remained RED on the SDX interface. Typically the ipaddress of the SDX XenServer is 1 greater than the host By default the SDX SVM (Management Service) will be […]
Problem: VM Was suspended and the ISO was still mounted. The server wasnot used for quite some time. Xenserver was rebooted 3-4 times since power off. WHen trying to resume the Suspended VM the error mesage was “There were not servers available to start VM ‘X’” “This VM needs storage that cannot be seen from that server.” Citrix […]
Situation: USB Drive attached to the XenServer host, need to mount directly into a VM for removable usb drive access. Solution: Download the usbmount.bat from http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX118198 Edit the file with your xenserver details and your vm and usb uuid’s. HOW DO I FIND MY XENSERVER VM UUID? bring up a console session on the XenServer […]
Problem: Windows 7 Installed XENTools – but after multiple attempts and installations its still not registered in XenCenter 6.0 Also ensure the RPC Service are running. Solution: Install .net Framework 4.0 FULL (including extended features) – http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=17851 MSCONFIG can play a part in this also – in my instance i had to restart all services […]
Problem: The max console resolutIon of any server via XenCenter seems to be 1024×768 @ 24bit. I wanted to increase this for my console as at times this is the only way to access it. Solution: The consoles support 1280x 768 but only @ 16bit. Advanced Properties of the Display settings > Adapter Tab > List All […]