XenServer - Potential performance issues on imported Windows VMs

When importing Windows VMs into XenServer, for example by using the Conversion Manager virtual appliance or the OVF import functionality in XenCenter, in some circumstances these VMs may not have been optimized for peak performance, as they may be missing certain Viridian optimization flags. If y...

Error: "xenopsd internal error: Unix.Unix_error(Unix.ENODEV, "write", "") importing VM on XenServer

After exporting a VM into an xva format and trying to import the VM, VM import is successful, but when trying to start the VM, it fails with the following error in the /var/log/xensource.log xenopsd internal error: Unix.UnixerrorUnix.ENODEV, "write", ""...