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In this blog, I will explain the process of creating an additional local SR in XenServer. In this scenario, there is an additional hard disk present in the server which I plan to add as a local SR in addition to the existing Local storage First you need to identify which disk is being currently used for your existing local SR, so that it is not accidentally deleted 1)SSH to your server using putty type the command xsconsole In the console that is displayed go to Disks & Storage repositories -> Current Storage Repositories You need to locate your current local repository and view the properties on the right pane Note down the scsi ID 2)Type the following command #ll /dev/disk/by-id Note down which device the ID maps to. In this case it is sda3.So that is your present local SR Also you need to note the SCSI id of the disk that you are planning to use for the new SR. In my case it is sdb 3)Next step is to create the new SR. You need run...

Issue 1: While trying to add a new host to a Pool in XenCenter, I was getting error "internal connection failed no route to host " Solution: It was quite simple actually, but since I couldnt find it mentioned in any knowledge bases or articles, I am noting it down here. The machine where XenCenter was installed couldnt resolve the Xen host name. The machines were not added to domains and hence no DNS entries were there. So I had to add a host entry to the XenCenter machine to help with the name resolution Issue 2: Enabling AD authentication via XenCenter fails with error "clock skew detected with active directory server" Reason: This happens because of the time difference between XenServer and AD server Solution: Update NTP server list of the XenServer and point it to the AD server of the domain. Steps below From the XenServer console, go to 'Network and management interface"->Network time(NTP) Select option "Remove all NTP se...