User's Manual

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Creating a shared EqualLogic SR .................................................................................. 41
EqualLogic VDI Snapshot space allocation with XenServer EqualLogic Adapter ......................... 42
Creating a VDI using the CLI ................................................................................ 43
NetApp ............................................................................................................................ 43
Creating a shared NetApp SR over iSCSI ........................................................................ 46
Managing VDIs in a NetApp SR ................................................................................... 47
Taking VDI snapshots with a NetApp SR ......................................................................... 47
Software iSCSI Support ....................................................................................................... 47
XenServer Host iSCSI configuration ............................................................................... 48
Managing Hardware Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) ........................................................................ 48
Sample QLogic iSCSI HBA setup ................................................................................. 48
Removing HBA-based SAS, FC or iSCSI device entries ..................................................... 49
LVM over iSCSI ................................................................................................................. 49
Creating a shared LVM over iSCSI SR using the software iSCSI initiator (lvmoiscsi) .................... 49
Creating a shared LVM over Fibre Channel / iSCSI HBA or SAS SR (lvmohba) .......................... 50
NFS VHD ......................................................................................................................... 52
Creating a shared NFS SR (nfs) ................................................................................... 53
LVM over hardware HBA ..................................................................................................... 53
Citrix StorageLink Gateway (CSLG) SRs .................................................................................. 54
Creating a shared StorageLink SR ................................................................................. 54
Managing Storage Repositories .................................................................................................... 58
Destroying or forgetting a SR ............................................................................................... 59
Introducing an SR ............................................................................................................. 59
Resizing an SR .................................................................................................................. 60
Converting local Fibre Channel SRs to shared SRs .................................................................... 60
Moving Virtual Disk Images (VDIs) between SRs ........................................................................ 60
Copying all of a VM’s VDIs to a different SR .................................................................... 60
Copying individual VDIs to a different SR ......................................................................... 60