====== XenServer USB Notes ======

===== Create USB Install Drive =====

**Use Rufus** to create a bootable USB install flash drive from the ISO image file.

===== Attach a USB External Drive to a VM =====

http://support.citrix.com/article/ctx116673

To mount an external storage device in a XenServer Windows virtual machine use the following steps:

  - Connect the external storage device to XenServer.
  - Open the XenCenter Console from client computer.
  - Select the virtual machine to which you wish to add the external storage device.
  - Click on the Storage tab.
  - Click on Attach.
    - The storage device may or may not be automatically assigned a drive letter.
      - Click on Console tab.
      - Open Disk Management
      - Highlight the newly created unallocated partition
      - Select change drive letter and path
      - assign drive letter.

===== Create a Local SR =====

http://blogs.citrix.com/2010/10/18/how-to-add-a-usb-drive-to-citrix-xenserver-as-a-local-sr-storage-repository/

:!: In a pinch, you can use ''/dev/sdx'' formatted device names.

<file>
xe sr-create type=lvm content-type=user device-config:device=/dev/disk/by-id/usb-<your-device> shared=false name-label="USB L1 Backup Storage"
</file>