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XenSource XenEnterprise v4: First Look

by rastix on Wed 22 Aug 2007 12:23 AM CEST | Permanent Link | Cosmos

I just downloaded the XenEnterprise v4 trial from http://www.xensource.com and installed it on an HP DL380 G5. I highly appreciate the fact that you do not have to do much or wait to get a trial. Just fill out a small form and start your download. XenSource immediately sends you a 30-day trial license key to unlock the extra features of XenEnterprise.

I am not going to bore you with the installation steps because they are trivial. XenSource installed without any issues on this box and the install was very fast. I believe it was something like 15-20 minutes. Child's play...

After installation on the server, you need to install the new XenCenter software on a management system. I installed it on my laptop which runs Windows Vista. The XenCenter software is on the same cd as the XenServer sources and the installer autoruns. The XenCenter software does not require a management server or a SQL database. It is just an application you run to manage one or more XenServers or resource pools. Here's a screenshot:

The first thing you need to do is connect to your XenServer(s) so I connected to mine:

The root password was set during installation of the server. After connection you get:

When you click the name of the server in the left window pane, you get some tabs to the right with more information about the server: Overview, General, Storage, Network, NICs, Console, Performance and Logs. See the following screenshots for the content of those tabs (click to enlarge):

That's it for the first look. This fourth version leaves a very good impression so far as I was up and running in about 25-30 minutes, ready to start deploying virtual machines. More about virtual machine deployment in a later post.

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