A technique for file system level thin provisioning of virtual machines implemented with XenServer. A master operating system disk image is shared across multiple VMs.

VDI delete command will fail with an error message "The attempt to mark the VDI as hidden failed". This is usually a result of corrupt metadata associated with the VDI.

How to automate the provisioning of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS virtualizations in Citrix XenServer. The automation allows a fully automated installation of Ubuntu up to the point where puppet can take over...