Citrix XenServer - Complete, Cost-effective Data Center & Server Virtualization [2010].pdf

Lab Validation
Report

Citrix XenServer

Complete, Cost-effective Data Center and Server Virtualization
By Vinny Choinski with Brian Garrett

September 2010




















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Lab Validation: Citrix XenServer 2
Contents
Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 3
Background ............................................................................................................................................................... 3
Introducing Citrix XenServer ..................................................................................................................................... 4
ESG Lab Validation ........................................................................................................................................ 5
The ESG Lab Test Bed ............................................................................................................................................... 5
Download and Activate ............................................................................................................................................ 6
Consolidate and Convert .......................................................................................................................................... 7
Operate and Manage .............................................................................................................................................. 10
Availability and Uptime .......................................................................................................................................... 13
Cost Effectiveness ......................................................................................................................