XenServer VM/VPS Will Not Reboot/How to force a shutdown

We have had an issue on a number of occasions where a VPS will not shutdown while using XenCenter, and just appears to freeze.  Even using the xe vm-shtudown command via the console does not work.

If you are having this issue you can run the following command:

xe vm-shutdown vm=[uuid] --force

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XenServer VM/VPS Will Not Reboot/How to force a shutdown

We have had an issue on a number of occasions where a VPS will not shutdown while using XenCenter, and just appears to freeze.  Even using the xe vm-shtudown command via the console does not work.

If you are having this issue you can run the following command:

xe vm-shutdown vm=[uuid] –force

Filed under: Uncategorized by — aaron @ 1:08 am

Reconfiguring IP in XenServer via command line

If you need to reconfigure an IP address of XenServer via the command line.

xe pif-reconfigure-ip uuid= mode=static IP= gateway= netmask=

If using DHCP for assigning IPs, then,

#xe pif-reconfigure-ip mode=dhcp uuid=

If using STATIC then,

#xe pif-reconfigure-ip mode=static DNS= gateway=<IP of Gateway> IP= netmask= uuid=

If a server has multiple network cards you can use the following commands to assist in establishing the active link:

xe pif-plug uuid
xe pif-list

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