NexentaCP 2 RC1 XenServer Template

I put together a XenServer template for Nexenta. If you’re interested, please give it a try and post your results in the comments:

NexentaCP 2 RC1 Template

Here are the instructions from the README.txt file in that package:

Steps to install this package:

1. Copy the “nexentacp2_rc1.tar.gz” kernel/ramdisk archive to the root directory on the XenServer using scp (or, since you’ll likely be doing this from Windows, you can just use WinSCP):

scp ./nexentacp2_rc1.tar.gz root@xenserver:/

2. At the console of the XenServer (you can use XenCenter or just connect via SSH), decompress the kernel/ramdisk archive (be sure to use the “P” option to maintain the directory structure):

[root@xen /]# tar xvPf ./nexentacp2_rc1.tar.gz

The kernel should now be in /opt/xen/kernels and the ramdisk should be in /opt/xen/ramdisks on your XenServer. There will also be a failsafe ramdisk in the ramdisks folder should you ever need it.

3. Import the XVA into XenCenter. The image size is about 5GB; you’ll need an appropriate amount of space available to execute the import.

Thanks to rootard for posting a mirror of the rather large (~1GB) ZIP file.

UPDATED: Created a slimmer template with a helper script included (see README.txt). Thanks to eXeC001er for helping me to test and validate the original package!