Chapter 15. TROUBLESHOOTING

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With any luck, you're just reading this chapter for fun, not because your server has just erupted in a tower of flame. Of course, sysadmins being almost comically lazy, it's most likely the latter, but the former is at least vaguely possible, right?

If the machine is in fact already broken, don't panic. Xen is complex, but the issues discussed here are fixable problems with known solutions. There's a vast arsenal of tools, a great deal of information to work with, and a lot of expertise available.

In this section, we'll outline a number of troubleshooting steps and techniques, with particular reference to Xen's peculiarities. ...

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