Difference between revisions of "GSP Virtualisation with Xen"

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== Structure of the xsupdate file of XenServer ==
 
== Structure of the xsupdate file of XenServer ==
  
The "xsupdate" file with patches and updates that you download from xen.org for XenServer is a zip file, which contains a signed set of RPMs in what is essentially a shar archive:
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The "xsupdate" file with patches and updates that you download from xen.org for XenServer is a zip file, which contains a signed set of RPMs in what is essentially a shar archive. Use this recipe to extract the RPM from the xsupdate file:
  
* download the ZIP file
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* get or download the ZIP file with the patch.
 
* extract the ZIP file, and locate the ".xsupdate" file.
 
* extract the ZIP file, and locate the ".xsupdate" file.
 
* use PGP or GPG to extract the binary contents in shar format from it:
 
* use PGP or GPG to extract the binary contents in shar format from it:

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