Create An ISO Library In Citrix XenServer

When creating a Virtual Machine using ISO in Citrix XenServer you must have an ISO library. Which you can either setup using NFS Server(in Linux) or SMB Server(in Windows). In this post we’ll see how to create an ISO Library using NFS Server. Want to know how to configure NFS Server? Check this post.

Connect to your XenServer using XenCenter(On Windows) or OpenXenManager(Linux – Unofficial). I’m using OpenXenManager which is an Opensource software to manage XenServer from Linux machines.

Right Click on the Server on which you want to add ISO Library and click on New Storage Repository.

Select NFS ISO option under ISO Library and click on next.

Also see how to configure NFS Server.

Give a meaningful name to your ISO Library, and path of NFS Server where your ISOs are placed. And click on Finish.

Path in hostname:/path-of-directory or ipaddress:/path-of-directory format

Select the library which you have created

Check Status.

Go to Storage tab.

Verify Files shared over NFS.

We can see the ISOs shared over NFS Server.

Now you can use these ISOs to create VM.

There you go, Peace 🙂