Create virtual machine in XenServer from command line

I need to create virtual machine on XenServer (6.2.0) but I have access to console/SSH only

Solution:

1. Virtual machine based on template. For select template execute:

   xe template-list

2. After selecting template, create VM:

   xe vm-install template="Debian Wheezy 7.0 (32-bit)" new-name-label="newVM"

   so VM based on Debian Wheezy 7.0 (32-bit) template, VM name is newVM
   Last command execution produced UUID for created VM

3. Disable boot from VM hard disk:

   xe vbd-list vm-uuid=[VM uuid] userdevice=0
   xe vbd-param-set uuid=[device UUID] bootable=false
   

4. Choose boot disk for VM (in ths case – Debian install image from NFS):

   xe cd-list
   xe vm-cd-add vm="newVM" cd-name="debian-7.0.0-i386-netinst.iso" device=3
   xe vbd-list vm-name-label="newVM" userdevice=3
   xe vbd-param-set  uuid=[device uuid] bootable=true
   xe vm-param-set uuid=[VM uuid] other-config:install-repository=cdrom
   

5. Get network interface list on host:

   xe network-list

   add physical network interface to VM:

   xe vif-create vm-uuid=[VM uuid] network-uuid=[network uuid] mac="[new mac address]" device=0
   

6. Change memory settings. By default, XenServer create debian VM with 256M RAM, check it out

   xe vm-list name-label="newVM" params=all |grep memory
   

   and change VM RAM to 1GB if needed

   xe vm-memory-limits-set dynamic-max=1GiB dynamic-min=1GiB static-max=1GiB static-min=1GiB name-label="newVM"
   

7. Change disk size. By default, XenServer create debian VM with 8 GB disk, check it out

   xe vm-disk-list vm="newVM"
   

   Change disk size, for example to 20 GB, if need

   xe vdi-resize uuid=[VDI uuid] disk-size=20GiB
   

8. Start VM:

   xe vm-start vm=newVM
   

For connect to installed VM console use VNC:

• retrieve VM domain number:

  xe vm-param-list uuid=[VM uuid] | grep dom-id

• retrieve VNC port for this domain:

  xenstore-read /local/domain/[domain]/console/vnc-port

• remote connection ([port] – last two digits from previous output):

  vncviewer -via root@[xenserver] localhost:[port]