vhyvenom Posted August 17, 2014 Share #1 Posted August 17, 2014 (edited) XenServer mangement tool - XenCenter - will no longer allow point and click install of updates to a XenServer (unless a Citrix license is purchased) as of XenServer 6.2. Updates have to be installed manually, through the command line. XenServer: Powershell Script to install Updates [spoiler=][u]XenUpdate.ps1[/u] $server = "NameofXenServerorIP" # <---Modify this to suit your needs $updatepath = "\\NetworkShare\Share1\XenUpdates\Stage 1" # <---Modify this to suit your needs $SecureString = read-host “Enter root-password” -asSecureString $password = [Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::PtrToStringAuto([Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::SecureStringToBSTR($secureString)) foreach ($update in Get-ChildItem $updatepath) { $UpdateName = $update.basename Write-Host "Uploading $UpdateName" -Fore White . 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Citrix\XenCenter\xe.exe' patch-upload -s $server -u root -pw $password file-name=$updatepath\$update | out-file $server"_uuid.txt" $uuid_patch = get-content .\$server"_uuid.txt" If ($uuid_patch -like "exists") { $uuid_patch = $uuid_patch.split()[-1] Write-Host "$UpdateName had been uploaded in the past, will attempt to install again" -Fore Yellow Write-Host "--- UUID obtained: $uuid_patch" -Fore White } else { Write-Host "--- UUID obtained: $uuid_patch" -Fore White } Write-Host "Attempting to patch XenServer $server with $UpdateName ...." -Fore White . 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Citrix\XenCenter\xe.exe' -s $server -u root -pw $password patch-pool-apply uuid=$uuid_patch #Write-Host "--- Checking if $UpdateName applied successfully to $server" -Fore White #. 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Citrix\XenCenter\xe.exe' -s $server -u root -pw $password patch-list name-label=$UpdateName "" } Note: The "Stage 1" folder is what I used for things like installing XenServer 6.2 SP1 first. Then I rebooted the box and ran "Stage 2" folder which had all the other updates (including the post SP1 updates). Rebooted after that. Works decently enough it seems. -v Edited August 18, 2014 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vhyvenom Posted August 18, 2014 Author Share #2 Posted August 18, 2014 (edited) In XenServer versions 6.x, the direct GUI ability to auto-start a Virtual Machine on the startup of XenServer was removed. The auto-start functionality was removed because it interfered with High Availability (HA) and produced unexpected results during HA functions. XenServer: Autostart VMs [spoiler=][u]Unlock functionality on the Pool Level[/u] 1. Get Pool List: xe pool-list 2. Unlock Autostart on specific pool: xe pool-param-set uuid=xxxxxxxx-xxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx other-config:auto_poweron=true Enable for VM 1. Get list of VMs: xe vm-list 2. Enable for specific VM: xe vm-param-set uuid=xxxxxxxx-xxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx other-config:auto_poweron=true Source: http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX133910 Edited August 18, 2014 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vhyvenom Posted August 18, 2014 Author Share #3 Posted August 18, 2014 XenServer: Enable Passthrough of PCI device XenServer: Enable 'e1000' NICs based on NIC MAC Address Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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