HP integrated Citrix XenServer 5.
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Contents Important notes and recommendations ............................................................................................ 4 Several installer screens are corrupted during VM RH4 and SLES10 install ....................................................... 4 Using iLO Virtual Media for Guest OS installation .........................................................................................
Important notes and recommendations Several installer screens are corrupted during VM RH4 and SLES10 install If you select Japanese on the Language Selection screen, the screen might appear corrupted during text mode installation of some Linux host operating systems. To resolve this issue, choose one of the following options: • To refresh the screen, press CTRL+L, and then proceed with the installation.
• If you are using the scripting (XML) interface, issue a new INSERT_VIRTUAL_MEDIA command without sending EJECT_VIRTUAL_MEDIA first. The scripting interface causes multiple insert commands to be media changes and signals the appropriate event to the OS. If you are using virtual media through the integrated remote console, virtual media does not provide you with the level of control that is needed. The alternative to using virtual media in this manner is to use the java virtual media control in iLO.
Pseudo LUN appears after removing all LUNs to host After removing all LUNs presented to a HP integrated Citrix XenServer host, a pseudo LUN might still be present to each host in the pool. The WWN presented to each host is not valid and does not represent a real LUN. If logged out when screen saver starts system console can abort a running task For security reasons, if no user activity is detected for 10 minutes, HP ProLiant Virtual Console (PVC) automatically logs out.
XenServer HP Edition Release Notes Installation and upgrades System requirements, preparation, installation, and initial configuration are described in the XenServer Installation Guide. This release fully supports upgrading from XenServer 4.1.0 HP Edition hosts. You can upgrade 4.1.0 resource pools without any VM downtime by using the rolling upgrade procedures described below. NOTE: Rolling upgrade is not supported for beta versions of XenServer. To upgrade from 4.0.1 to 5.0.0, you must first upgrade 4.0.
Stand-alone server upgrade between XenServer 4.1.0 and 5.0.0 XenServer 4.1.0 and 5.0.0 can be upgraded using the Stand-alone upgrade using Xencenter and the Stand-alone upgrade using the CLI alone. Stand-alone upgrade using XenCenter To perform a standalone upgrade using XenCenter: 1. ENsure the XenServer HP Edition 5.0.0 upgrade file is in a location accessible to the computer running XenCenter. 2. Select Updates Manager from the Tools menu. 3.
6. Applying the update should take several minutes. When complete, unmount the media with the command umount /mnt 7. Remove the upgrade media and reboot the server. 8. Update the PV drivers on the VMs once the server is upgraded. See the XenServer VM Installation Guide for details. Rolling upgrade between XenServer 4.1.0 and 5.0.0 XenServer allows you to upgrade a pool of XenServer hosts to the next major version, while keeping VMs on that pool running to avoid service downtime.
2. If there are any VMs using local storage rather than shared storage, they are listed in the output of the host-evacuate command. Shut them down before performing the upgrade using the command xe vm-shutdown uuid= 3. Insert the removable media containing the XenServer HP Edition 5.0.0 upgrade file. 4. Find the name of the device that holds the media with the update with the command fdisk -l 5. Mount the media with the command mount /dev/ /mnt 6.
7. Browse to the location where you have the embedded update file, then click Next. A progress bar is displayed as the update is loaded. 8. When the update has finished loading, you are prompted to select the mode for applying the update. Select Manual mode, then click Next. CAUTION: You must select Manual mode in this step. Attempting to upgrade your pool using Automatic mode can result in data loss. 9. Remove the upgrade media and reboot the server.
