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Chapter 4. Installing Linux VMs
XenServer supports the installation of many Linux distributions as PV VMs. There are four installation mech-
anisms:
• complete distributions provided as built-in templates
• Physical-to-Virtual (P2V) conversion of an existing native instance (see the section called “Physical to
Virtual Conversion (P2V)”)
• using the vendor media in the server's physical DVD/CD drive
• using the vendor media to perform a network installation.
Installing Linux VMs requires the Linux Pack to be installed onto the XenServer host.
Warning
If you have not installed the Linux Pack, and you are using XenCenter to install VMs, the New VM wizard
will show only Windows choices in the list. Do not select Other install media to install a Linux VM. This
will not work properly and is not supported.
The Other install media template is meant for advanced users who want to attempt to install VMs running
unsupported operating systems. XenServer has been tested running only the supported distributions and
specific versions covered by the standard supplied templates, and any VMs installed using the Other
install media template are not supported.
The supported Linux distributions are:
Distribution Built-in P2V Vendor Install
from CD
Vendor Install
from network
repository
Debian Lenny 5.0 X
Debian Etch 4.0 X
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.6-3.8 X
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5-4.7 X X
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0-5.3
32-bit
X X
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0-5.3
64-bit
X X
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
SP1/2/3
X
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
SP4
X X X