Install Vinchin Server as Citrix VM

System Requirements

To install Vinchin server as a virtual machine on Citrix Xenserver/Citrix Hypervisor, the recommended system configurations of the VM are as below.

Notice

Since you are going to install Vinchin backup server as a virtual machine on the virtual platform, please do not use virtual disk as backup storage, otherwise there’s possibility of losing both your production data and backup data. You could choose to use external NAS server or other storage servers to provide iSCSI or NFS/CIFS shares to Vinchin backup server VM as backup storage.

Download ISO Image

Go to Vinchin product trial page using the URL below:

https://www.vinchin.com/vm-backup-free-trial.html

Simply register for your free trial with your full name, email address and your hypervisor type. Then the latest ISO image will be downloaded automatically, at the same time you’ll receive an email with a 60-day free trial license attached.

Please keep the free trial license safe, as after installation you’ll need it to activate Vinchin backup server for 60 days of free trial.

Create Vinchin Server VM

To install Vinchin backup server as a Citrix VM, please follow the steps below.

Step 1: Open the Citrix XenCenter and create a new VM, select Rocky Linux as the VM template. If there's no Rocky Linux option, you could select the latest version of RHEL instead.

Step 2: Give the VM a name for identification.

Step 3: Choose Vinchin backup server ISO image as the Installation Media.

The downloaded Vinchin backup server ISO image should be uploaded to the Citrix ISO library first before you can select it as the installation media, if you haven't done this, please upload the ISO file and then proceed on.

Step 4: Choose a Home Server on which you wish Vinchin backup server VM to run.

Step 5: Configure CPU and Memory resources for Vinchin backup server VM.

For the recommended Vinchin backup server configurations, please refer to Backup Server System Requirements.

Step 6: For the virtual GPU configurations, it is not required by Vinchin backup server, please directly click on Next to continue.

Step 7: Configure the storage for Vinchin backup server VM.

The default virtual disk size is 10GB, please edit the virtual disk settings and allocate more space for Vinchin backup server installation, otherwise the installation will fail. Please click Edit to configure the virtual disk settings.

Please resize the virtual disk and give at least 100GB for Vinchin backup server to be able to install and function well.

Notice

Since you are going to install Vinchin backup server as a VM, it's recommended to use an external NAS server as backup target, so the Vinchin backup server only need one virtual disk for system installation, you don't have to add another virtual disk for backup data storage.

Step 8: Configure virtual network to be connected to.

Step 9: Finish creating Vinchin backup server VM by clicking on the Create New button.

Step 10: Start installation.

When the Vinchin backup server VM had been successfully created, power it on and open the VM console to start the installation.

For detailed installation process, please refer to Installation Process.

Installation Process

Step 1: Start installation process

By selecting Install Rocky Linux and press Enter to start the installation process.

Step 2: Select time zone

On the INSTALLATION SUMMARY screen, by selecting Time & Date to configure system time zone.

Select the time zone where you are located in, then click Done to continue to the next step.

Step 3: Select installation destination

By selecting Installation Destination to configure on which disk the system will be installed.

Please only select the disk for operating system installation, the data disk (if any) should be left unselected.

Then select Done to continue.

Step 4: Configure network settings

By selecting Network & Host Name to configure network settings of the backup server.

Select the network interface which you wish to setup its network profile then select Configure....

Select IPv4 Settings, then in the Method dropdown list select Manual.

Select Add to add an IP address for the network interface, a valid netmask and gateway should also be specified. Please make sure that the IP you assigned to the server is reachable to the virtual platform and other workloads which you wish to backup.

In the DNS Servers field, input a valid DNS server IP then select Save.

Once the network settings had been configured, switch the network interface from OFF to ON to enable the network interface to auto start up with the server. And in the Host Name field, you can optionally specify a host name for the server and click on Apply.

Once turned the network interface on and configured host name, please select Done to continue.

Step 5: Begin installation

Select Begin Installation to confirm the server installation.

Please wait a while for the installation process to be completed. During the installation process, you DO NOT have to configure CLI user password or create any new user.

When the installation process is completed, you will be requested to reboot the server.

Select Reboot to complete the installation process.

Notice

Vinchin software packages will be installed during the first reboot, please wait patiently for the first reboot to be completed and DO NOT power off or restart the server, otherwise installation of the Vinchin software will fail!

Change CLI user password

After installation, the backup server needs to be restarted. When you see the command line login prompt. Please log in the command line interface using the below default credentials:

Username: backup

Password: Backup@3R

For the security precautions of the backup server, please change the CLI user password at first login by using the below command.

sudo passwd backup

After changing the CLI user password, please keep it safe and do not loss it.