How to License NetScaler VPX 9.2

Login to NetScaler VPX web console and select license under system . You will find default service which get enabled when the appliance is not licensed.

Now collect the hostname which will be required on the licensing portal .  This can be collect in various way. If this XenServer then you can find hostname under network and which is nothing but the mac address without “:”

 

Or ssh into netscaler vpx using putty and type shell then run “lmutil lmhostid –ether ” which will gives you same host name

Once you login to the secure portal of license site . Select the product as netscaler VPX and filter the product. Allocate the quantity and then type the hostname which you gather from above steps. Hit allocate

 

Confirm the allocation

Download the lic file

 

Now upload the lic file to the NS and then reboot the appliance to make the changes

 

Once the appliance is rebooted and came back the license will be updated for all the service which you have purchased.

Provisioning Services setup error :Provider SQL Network Interfaces,error:26-Error Locating Server/Instance

While running PVS service configuration wizard for PVS 5.6 , it throws the error message as shown below

 

We followed all the recommendation as per googling.

We were supplying instance name  in the below box in every format as per googling.

Finally what we found that if you don’t supply instance name and then just hit next it will show up the instance which you were looking for

P2V using VMWare convert version 4.2

I was working with XenDesktop where I was suppose to import physical desktop and convert that as a gold image. I install VMWare converter on my laptop and connected to the Virtual Center Server . Once it is connected I can find that under plugin  manager the version shows as 4.2

Right click on the host and select

 

It will pop up and ask for all the relevant information

Make sure that if you are importing XP machine you should install Converter agent on it or else it will not detect it.

Coming to real cool feature which was not there with earlier version of VMWare convertor . You can edit only certain settings with earlier version but here you have lot many option .

The one which is new is “Synchronize Changes that occur to the source during cloning” . This would be very helpful when we are doing conversion for openfiles.

Now it also have feature where you can stop and start service at source and destination

 

This is other new feature which ahs been added.

Once it says finish , the jobs are submitted and rest all you can follow my previous blog for post P2V conversion

Virtual Center 4.1 on a dual homed server

When you have dual NIC and your virtual center server is dual homed . You need to make sure that IP which will be assigned to virtual center should be updated under Managed IP address

 

How to create VM from snapshot on XenServer 5.6

XenServer gives you feature to create VM from Snapshot. In order to do that right click on snapshot on snapshot window

Then it will list the snapshots under template . Select the correct snapshot and proceed

Choose the  name for the  virtual  machine

Select DVD drive and then empty because you don’t need any media to install this

Select the home server for this VM. In my case I just have one XenServer

 

This indeed gives you option to choose number of CPU and Memory

Choose location for disk to be stored. In my case it just have local drive

 

Supply network information . In my case it just have only one NIC card

 

Check the summary before you finish button

Here is your virtual machine up and running from snapshot. This looks cool to me since I did not find anywhere that you can create VM from snapshot.