With the recent increase in demand for XenServer as the primary virtualization technology for the datacenter, I frequently hear from XenServer Admins and Citrix Cloud Admins that they love the number of features included in the different editions of the XenServer product. The request often turns to “Where can I get more training on the advanced features?” This prompted me to compile a simple “How To…” post providing links to videos and training resources for the XenServer product line. I’ll make it a personal quest to keep it current!

(…and to give credit where due, I was inspired by Roshan’s XenServer Resource Links blog here: http://blogs.citrix.com/2010/11/23/xenserver-resource-links/)

Enjoy!

General Documentation

• Citrix eDocs Repository for XenServer http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xenserver/xs-where-are-docs-wr.html

• XenServer 6.0 Documentation

  • XenServer 6.0 Release Notes HTML

  • XenServer 6.0 Quick Start Guide HTML PDF

  • XenServer 6.0 Installation Guide HTML PDF

  • XenServer 6.0 Virtual Machine Installation Guide HTML PDF

  • XenServer 6.0 Administrator’s Guide HTML PDF

Basic Installation and Configuration

• Getting Started Video http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX119776

Installation and Configuration of Advanced Features

• XenServer Master Class Series – Benton and Bushen Live!

  • XenServer 101 http://www.citrix.com/tv/#videos/3631

  • XenServer: Overview and Scalability http://www.citrix.com/tv/#videos/2484

  • XenServer: High Availability and Disaster Recovery http://www.citrix.com/tv/#videos/2579

  • XenServer: Storage Technologies http://www.citrix.com/tv/#videos/2828

  • XenServer: Networking Technologies http://www.citrix.com/tv/#videos/3520

  • XenServer: Troubleshooting http://www.citrix.com/tv/#videos/3633

  • XenServer 6: Overview http://www.citrix.com/tv/#videos/4280

• Web Self Service

  • How to Configure Web Self Service http://www.citrix.com/tv/#videos/4286

• Workload Balancing

  • How to Configure Workload Balancing http://www.citrix.com/tv/#videos/1331

Storage Configuration

• How to Connect to Shared Storage http://www.citrix.com/tv/#videos/106

• XenServer and NetApp http://www.citrix.com/tv/#videos/2602

Network Configuration

• How to move a XenServer Pool to a new IP subnet http://www.citrix.com/tv/#videos/4330

• Overview of XenServer Distributed Virtual Switch http://www.citrix.com/tv/#videos/4219

Administration of XenServer

• XenServer Administration http://training.citrix.com/mod/ctxcatalog/course.php?id=125

• How to Backup (Export) a Virtual Machine http://www.citrix.com/tv/#videos/3876

• How to Backup (Snapshot) a Virtual Machine http://www.citrix.com/tv/#videos/4333

• How to Backup a XenServer Host http://www.citrix.com/tv/#videos/3877

• How to Import a Virtual Machine http://www.citrix.com/tv/#videos/108

• How to Create a Virtual Machine http://www.citrix.com/tv/#videos/105

• How to Create a Resource Pool http://www.citrix.com/tv/#videos/107

• How to Configure VM Protection and Recovery http://www.citrix.com/tv/#videos/4285