XenServer.
- May 9, 2016
Migrating from XenServer to VMware ESXi: The Practical Guide
At some point the XenServer environments I deployed for cost reasons hit a wall — either the organization’s needs grew beyond what XenServer’s ecosystem could support cleanly, or a …
- November 30, 2015
XenServer Snapshot Gotchas: Why Snapshots Aren't Backups
Snapshots are the most misunderstood feature in virtualization. On XenServer, the confusion is compounded by the fact that snapshots look useful for backup purposes and are easy to take. Let me save …
- August 24, 2015
XenServer iSCSI Storage Repositories: What the Documentation Misses
Connecting XenServer to iSCSI shared storage is more nuanced than the documentation implies. Most guides walk you through the happy path — discover the target, create the SR, done. They skip the …
- July 14, 2015
XenServer Resource Pools: Configuring Shared Storage for Live Migration
XenMotion — XenServer’s live migration capability — requires shared storage. If all your VMs live on local storage (the default after a fresh install), you can’t migrate them between …
- May 18, 2015
XenServer Pool Master Failure: What Actually Happens and How to Recover
The pool master is XenServer’s single management control plane for a resource pool. All XenCenter connections, all xe CLI commands that operate across the pool, all pool-level configuration …
- March 31, 2015
XenServer vs VMware ESXi: A Practical Comparison for Small Business
I’ve deployed both XenServer and VMware ESXi for small-to-medium businesses, sometimes switching between them for the same client as their needs evolved. The right choice depends on several …
- February 10, 2015
Getting Started with XenServer 6.5: The VMware Alternative I Actually Liked
In 2015, I was working with a mid-size client who needed to virtualize roughly 20 servers on a budget that made VMware’s licensing difficult to justify. They’d looked at Hyper-V but …