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Chapter 1. About this document

1.1. Overview

This document is a guide to creating Virtual Machines with XenServer™, the platform virtualization solution from XenSource™. It describes the various methods of getting VMs up and running on XenServer Hosts for each of the supported operating systems.

This section summarizes the rest of the guide so that you can find the information you need. The following topics are covered:

  • general information about creating VMs

  • creating Windows VMs

  • creating Linux VMs

  • updating VMs

  • Creating and using ISO images of vendor media for installing VMs

  • Setting up a network repository of vendor media for installing VMs

  • Troubleshooting problems with VMs