How to export/import a VM from/to Xenserver

Here is how you can export/import a Xenserver VM if you are using Xenserver 5.5.0.

# xe vm-export -s -u root -pw vm= filename=/root/vm1.xva
Export succeeded

To import to another machine xenserver2 :-

xe vm-import -s -u root -pw filename=/home/sabu/vm1.xva

These commands will import vm1 from xenserver1 to xenserver2.

Manage XenServer using CLI

Here is how one can manage VMs on XenServer using CLI :-

To list all VMs

xe vm-list -s -u root -pw

To uninstall a VM
xe vm-uninstall uuid="" -s -u root -pw

How to convert wav to mp3 on Linux

You can convert .wav to .mp3 format on Linux using the tool lame. To run it on Ubuntu :-

# sudo apt-get install shntool
# sudo apt-get install lame
# lame -V2 mysong.wav mysong.mp3