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--- virtualization:xenserver:xenserver_tools [2020/04/28 11:26]
gcooper
+++ virtualization:xenserver:xenserver_tools [2024/05/25 14:54] (current)
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 ====== XenServer Client Issues ======
+**Citrix Tools (Windows)**: https://www.xenserver.com/downloads
+**Open Source Drivers**: https://github.com/xcp-ng/win-pv-drivers/releases
+<note warning>**Read this before Server VM creation!** https://xcp-ng.org/docs/guests.html#windows This may not be necessary by installing latest Citrix XenServer Tools for Windows.</note>
+<note warning>For **Windows Server 2022**: https://github.com/xcp-ng/xcp/issues/547 This may not be necessary by installing latest Citrix XenServer Tools for Windows.</note>
+===== Disable Windows Update =====
+https://techoverflow.net/2022/06/07/how-to-disable-xcp-ng-windows-update-pcie-device-on-the-command-line/
 ===== Guest Tools Removal =====
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 **XCP-ng Management Agent**: https://xcp-ng.org/docs/guests.html#windows
-**Tool**: https://xcp-ng.org/forum/topic/1049/windows-guest-tools-cleaner-tool
+**Tool**: https://github.com/siodor/win-tools-cleanup
 **Citrix**: https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX225911
-<note warning>Uninstall tools as an admin or domain admin and do it from the console rather than a remote session!</note>
+<note warning>Uninstall tools as a local admin (''.\administrator'') and do it from the server console rather than a remote session!</note>
 ===== Install XenServer Tools =====
+<note important>Citrix Hypervisor Guest Tools are no longer included with the hypervisor and must be downloaded separately:
+https://www.citrix.com/downloads/citrix-hypervisor/product-software/hypervisor-82-express-edition.html</note>
+**Latest**: https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX235403
 :!: Don't bother installing the Tools on a Linux guest if you don't have a Xen kernel.
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 echo "CentOS Linux release 7.1.1503 (Core)" > /etc/redhat-release
 /mnt/Linux/install.sh
+</file>
+<file>
 mv /etc/redhat-release /etc/redhat-release-centos
 mv /etc/redhat-release-fpbx /etc/redhat-release
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 ==== Windows ====
+:!: This script does **not** run on Windows older than 10.
 https://xenappblog.com/2018/download-and-install-latest-citrix-xenserver-tools/
-**Destination**: ''C:\Users\Administrator\<version>\''
+<note important>If you run this script in a Windows Server VM, it will download and install the Citrix Tools (drivers and management agent).  If you run it on a standalone Windows PC, it will just download the MSI installer file.
+The download destination is the ''.\<version number>'' directory as shown in the prompt after the script executes in PowerShell.  If you use PowerShell ISE, look here:
+''C:\Windows\System32\7.2.0.1537''  (the version number)</note>
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