{"id":902,"date":"2012-06-28T14:12:32","date_gmt":"2012-06-28T06:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nick.workao.org\/?p=902"},"modified":"2012-06-28T14:12:32","modified_gmt":"2012-06-28T06:12:32","slug":"ubuntu-12-04-on-citrix-xenserver-5-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nick.txtcc.com\/index.php\/linux\/902","title":{"rendered":"ubuntu 12.04 on citrix xenserver 5.6"},"content":{"rendered":"

After upgrading my virtualized Ubuntu 11.10 installation to Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin, I’ve had strange problems on booting up the virtual machine: Sometimes it booted up smoothly, sometimes it hung, sometimes it reported a read-only filesystem due to errors (which actually could not be found using fsck). After some investigation, I decided to re-install the system.<\/p>\n

I wanted to install Ubuntu 12.04 LTS para-virtualized (PV), but this is not supported out of the box by Citrix XenServer 5.6 SP2. However, I’ve found some really useful instructions in the\u00a0Citrix Forums<\/a>\u00a0written for for Ubuntu 11.04, also working for Ubuntu 12.04:<\/p>\n

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  1. Enter the XenServer Console and get the UUID of the Ubuntu 10.10 template:\n
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    xe template-list name-label=\"Ubuntu Lucid Lynx 10.04 (64-bit) (experimental)\" --minimal<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/li>\n    
  2. Clone the Ubuntu 10.10 template:\n
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    xe vm-clone uuid=[UUID from step 1 here] new-name-label=\"Ubuntu Precise Pangolin 12.04 (64-bit)\"<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/li>\n    
  3. Configute the new Ubuntu 12.04 template:\n
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    xe template-param-set other-config:default_template=true other-config:debian-release=precise uuid=[UUID from step 2 here]<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/li>\n    
  4. Create a new VM and choose your newly created Ubuntu 12.04 template.<\/li>\n    
  5. Enter the following url under “Install from URL:”\n
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    http:\/\/archive.ubuntu.net\/ubuntu\/<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/li>\n    
  6. Create a separate \/boot partition at the beginning of the virtual disk (I chose 256 MB).<\/li>\n    
  7. After the installation is completed, log into your new VM and become root.\n
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    sudo -s<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/li>\n    
  8. Install the virtual kernel image:\n
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    apt-get install linux-virtual linux-image-virtual linux-headers-virtual<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/li>\n    
  9. Remove the generic kernel image:\n
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    apt-get remove linux-generic linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/li>\n    
  10. Update the grub boot loader:\n
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    update-grub<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/li>\n    
  11. Insert the XenServer Tools xs-tools.iso and mount it:\n
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    mount \/dev\/xvdd \/mnt<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/li>\n    
  12. Install the XenServer Tools:\n
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    cd \/mnt\/Linux\ndpkg -i *amd64.deb<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/li>\n    
  13. Unmount the ISO and reboot:\n
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    cd\numount \/mnt\nreboot<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/li>\n    
  14. That’s it!\n\"\"<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    I haven’t tried, but this might work for Citrix XenServer 6, too.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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