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Configuring Virtual Storage

May 25, 2023

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Storage on Citrix Hypervisor VMs is provided by virtual disks. A virtual disk is a persistent, on-disk object that exists independently of the VM to which it is attached. Virtual disks are stored on Citrix Hypervisor Storage Repositories (SRs), and can be attached, detached, and reattached to the same or different VMs when needed. New virtual disks can be created at VM creation time (from within the New VM wizard). They can also be added after the VM has been created from the VM’s Storage tab.

Virtual disks on VMs with Citrix VM Tools installed can be hot plugged. That is, you can add, delete, attach, and detach virtual disks without having to shut down the VM first. VMs without Citrix VM Tools installed must be shut down before you carry out any of these operations. To avoid this situation, install Citrix VM Tools on all virtual machines. For more information, see Citrix VM Tools.

On the VM’s Storage tab in XenCenter, you can:

Add new virtual disks.
Configure virtual disks - change a virtual disk’s size, location, read/write mode, and other configuration parameters.
Attach existing virtual disks to the VM.
Detach virtual disks - preserving the virtual disk and all the data on it.
Move a virtual disk to a specified storage repository.
Delete virtual disks - permanently destroying the disk and any data stored on it.

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Configuring Virtual Storage

May 25, 2023

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May 25, 2023

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Configuring Virtual Storage

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