Enabling Support Upgrades SAN/iQ CMC 9.0 – HP P4000
If you have ever needed to enable Support Upgrades in the CMC, to manually install patches as you used to be able to with SAN/iQ 8.5 and..
Hacking XenServer: Open vSwitch Controller (DVSC) Changing Password
If you have had trouble getting access to the Distributed vSwitch Controller (DVSC) in XenServer, then you are not alone!
While doing..
IPv6 Subnet Cheat Sheet and IPv6 Cheat Sheet Reference
The following article is aimed at providing some quick details on IPv6, which can be used as an IPv6 Subnet Cheat Sheet/Reference...
APNIC exhausts IPv4 with only 1 x /8 of IPv4 remaining, IPv6 here we come!
Today APNIC announced it had officially depleted its general reserves for IPv4 space, leaving only a single /8 remaining in its..
How to disable HA/High Availibility in Citrix XenServer
If you have ever had problems with time on a cluster, and had trouble getting the licenses in sync in Citrix XenServer 5.6 FP1, you can..
XenServer: Server won’t exist maintenance mode, Cannot forward messages because the server cannot be contacted
If you ever find that, in XenServer, your server won’t exist maintenance mode after a power failure, or even just normally you may have a..
How to change the pool master server Citrix XenServer
You can use the following commands to change the Citrix XenServer pool’s master server:
First you need to disable high availibility:
xe..
XenServer VM/VPS will not Shutdown – Force Shutdown
Sometimes when shutting down a VM via the standard XenCenter interface or command line (xe) on a Citrix XenServer machine the shutdown..
cdrommon Process Using 100% CPU on Citrix Xenserver
If you have noticed your Citrix XenServer machine grind to a halt due a process “cdrommon” this is a known bug with a particular CD-ROM..
Adding a local storage repository to Citrix XenServer 5.x
Adding a local storage repository to a Citrix XenServer 5.x server can be done as follows:
NOTE: Extra precaution should be taken while..
HP Flex10 Issues – No Communication with Onboard Administrator
This is more an information post if anybody happens to come across a similar issue… while doing some extensive testing on our new HP..
Removing NIC Configuration on XenServer
If you ever wondered how to remove the physical NIC configuration on a Citrix XenServer machine, this is how you can do it:
xe..