To make a VM automatically start on XenServer boot here you can find how to configure it:
First, look up for the uuid of the server we want to make it auto poweron with
[root@MacXen ~]# xe vm-list|less
Check what is the current configuration
[root@MacXen ~]# xe vm-param-get uuid=4560610b-2f8c-7122-8f95-08880d327228 param-name=other-config
vgpu_pci: ; auto_poweron: ; base_template_name: Other install media; mac_seed: 8d934b58-0939-1eb5-7e0f-2c28832c2c63; install-methods: cdrom
Setup the auto_poweron Read more...
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If checking status of powermt you see some in unlic state, here is how you can solve it.
First, check on license status, it has to show a valid license.
# powermt check_registration
then run the following command to set the policy to all devices.
# powermt set policy=so dev=all
Sometimes I get a stuck Virtual Machine that just won't go down and it's usually due to a lack of memory in the VM. When I issue a shutdown command from within the VM it starts the shutdown process but hangs part way through. Executing xe vm-shutdown uuid=<insert UUID here> --force does nothing but lock up the terminal. If this happens to you follow the steps below to forcefully shut the VM down. WARNING!! Only do this as a last resort.
xe vm-list (note the VM's UUID)
list_domains (find Read more...
If you have an issue booting your xen 5 because you have loose MBR information, here is how you can restore it very quickly.
Proceed booting your server with a live cd distribution, like wifiSlax, and run the next commands.
mount the necessary partitions in your harddisk to have / and /boot mounted.
Let's say you have sda1 assigned to boot and sda2 to root partition.
# mount /dev/sda2 /mnt
# mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot
or like in my case, mount your RAID1 partitions to access to yor root Read more...
Sometimes we would like to use some MacOS dmg file in non Apple machine like installing MacOS as a Virtual machine in some ...
Review how to install mac as Virtual Machine here: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2005334
To manage image files we have hdiutil, that allow you to manipulate disk images (attach, verify, burn, etc).
Save your .dmg running hdiutil to convert it to CD-R image *Note: you have so run hdiutil as root Read more...
