Stephane Thirion

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XenServer 5.6 FP1 add local drive to backup VMs with OpenFiler

The goal of the following blog is to have a cheap backup system for my XenServer @ Home. Remember snapshots are not backup and it’s not recommended to backup you VMs the way I will describe it in a production environment. You can find a Citrix KB to add local

Adding local storage to XenServer 5.x

Updated post HERE : XenServer 5.6 FP1 add local drive to backup VMs with OpenFiler BE AWARE !! To follow instructions in this blog post you have to know linux shell and XenServer command line usage. You can wipe data if you don’t understand what you’re trying to do.