Comments on: How to Convert a Physical Server to a Citrix Xen Virtual Server (P2V)

By: shailesh singh

shailesh singh — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:57:00 +0000

i want to increase the size of /var/opt partion so that i could save the iso image into this, as i tried doing by LVM but it won’t allow me to increase the xenserver in built partion as the default size is very less, so please give me some solution that how i could increase the default size of xenserver partition or please give me any correction.

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 13:42:17 +0000

Awesome, exactly what I was looking for!

By: Martin Carek

Martin Carek — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 09:05:20 +0000

Hi, I have same problem as colegue. If I want migrate a physical Linux server I boot from install CD Citrix XenServer 5.6.2 I never have the option to convert. Any help for me please?

By: Kara

Kara — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 14:01:08 +0000

Hi, hopefully you have a suggestion for me. Thanks for this article, there's not much info in regards to migrating a Linux server. What I'm having trouble with, is I don't see the option to "Convert an existing OS…"

After I choose the keyboard layout, I am sent directly to a page that warns installing XenServer will overwrite my hard drives and to back them up. I never have the option to convert. Any help will be appreciated!!

By: Karan

Karan — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 17:00:56 +0000

I converted a live server , Windows Server 2003 SBS, to import XenServer (It has enough resources HDD 1.2TB, 32GB) using XenConvert, done successfully. I install the XenConvert in the SBS live server, then run from SBS to transfer to Xen. Now, when I start the server 2003 in the XenServer, it produces a blue screen.

Can you please help me? How can I fix this issue?