Difference between revisions of "GSP Virtualisation with Xen"
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* http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/xen/api/245286?do=post_view_threaded | * http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/xen/api/245286?do=post_view_threaded | ||
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| + | == Structure of the xsupdate file of XenServer == | ||
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| + | The "xsupdate" file that you download from xen.org is a zip file, which contains a signed set of RPMs in what is essentially a shar archive: | ||
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| + | * download the ZIP file | ||
| + | * extract the ZIP file, and locate the ".xsupdate" file. | ||
| + | * use PGP or GPG to extract the binary contents in shar format from it: | ||
| + | gpg --output shar.sh --verify XS60E013.xsupdate | ||
| + | * extract the binary contents form the shar archive, creating in /tmp/tmp.XXXXXX the binary contents of the package | ||
| + | shar.sh unpack | ||
| + | * locate the binary RPMs to be updated in /tmp/tmp.XXXXXX, these should all be installed via rpm -Uvh (use rpm -Uvh --test first) | ||
| + | * look at install.sh for any additional magic to be done to the nodes. Using install.sh itself will likely not work since it checks the installed software version, which for us is XCP and not XenServer) | ||
| + | * in var/pacthes/applied in the unpacked directory is a set of uuid-named file. These should be copied onto the nodes in /var/patches/applied | ||
| + | * restart xapi on the nodes afterwards | ||
| + | * the /var/patches/applied files will result in the "updates" field in XenCenter being updated. This window will also show the reboot-required status if the patches/applied meta-data so indicates | ||
| + | * reboot nodes if needed (rotating and moving VMs as needed) | ||
