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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
Disable Windows Update
Guest Tools Removal
XCP-ng Management Agent: https://xcp-ng.org/docs/guests.html#windows
Tool: https://github.com/siodor/win-tools-cleanup
Citrix: https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX225911
.\administrator) and do it from the server console rather than a remote session!
Install XenServer Tools
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.
dmesg | grep -i xen
In XenCenter, mount the guest-tools.iso in the guest DVD drive.
FreePBX Distro
mount /dev/sr0 /mnt mv /etc/redhat-release /etc/redhat-release-fpbx #echo "CentOS release 6.6 (Final)" > /etc/redhat-release echo "CentOS Linux release 7.1.1503 (Core)" > /etc/redhat-release /mnt/Linux/install.sh
mv /etc/redhat-release /etc/redhat-release-centos mv /etc/redhat-release-fpbx /etc/redhat-release umount /dev/sr0 /etc/init.d/xe-linux-distribution start
Ubuntu/Debian
mount /dev/xvdd /mnt /mnt/Linux/install.sh wget -q http://updates.vmd.citrix.com/XenServer/5.6.0/GPG-KEY -O- | apt-key add - /etc/init.d/xe-linux-distribution start
SME Server 8
mount /dev/xvdd /mnt mv /etc/redhat-release /etc/redhat-release-sme echo "CentOS release 5 (Final)" > /etc/redhat-release /mnt/Linux/install.sh /etc/init.d/xe-linux-distribution start ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/xe-linux-distribution /etc/rc7.d/S26xe-linux-distribution
Windows
This script does not run on Windows older than 10.
https://xenappblog.com/2018/download-and-install-latest-citrix-xenserver-tools/
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)
Script to Download
Run this PowerShell script to download the latest tools installer:
Write-Verbose "Loading Functions" -Verbose
function get-latestVersion {
$uri = "https://pvupdates.vmd.citrix.com/updates.latest.tsv"
$results = @()
$temp = New-TemporaryFile
wget $uri -OutFile $temp
$raw = get-content $temp
foreach ($line in $raw)
{
$parts = $line.split("`t")
$result = @{
"URL"=$parts[0];
"Version"=[version]$parts[1];
"Size"=$parts[2];
"Architecture"=$parts[3]
}
$results += $result
}
Write-Output $results
}
Write-Verbose "Setting Arguments" -Verbose
$StartDTM = (Get-Date)
$Vendor = "Citrix"
$Product = "XenServer"
$PackageName = "managementagentx64"
$Latest = get-latestVersion | ? architecture -eq "x64"
$Version = $Latest.version
$InstallerType = "msi"
$Source = "$PackageName" + "." + "$InstallerType"
$LogPS = "C:\Windows\Temp\$Vendor $Product $Version PS Wrapper.log"
$LogApp = "C:\Windows\Temp\XS65FP1.log"
$UnattendedArgs = "/i $PackageName.$InstallerType ALLUSERS=1 /Lv $LogApp /quiet /norestart"
$URL = $Latest.url
Start-Transcript $LogPS
if( -Not (Test-Path -Path $Version ) )
{
New-Item -ItemType directory -Path $Version
}
CD $Version
Write-Verbose "Downloading $Vendor $Product $Version" -Verbose
If (!(Test-Path -Path $Source)) {
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $url -OutFile $Source
}
Else {
Write-Verbose "File exists. Skipping Download." -Verbose
}
Write-Verbose "Starting Installation of $Vendor $Product $Version" -Verbose
(Start-Process msiexec.exe -ArgumentList $UnattendedArgs -Wait -Passthru).ExitCode
Write-Verbose "Customization" -Verbose
Write-Verbose "Stop logging" -Verbose
$EndDTM = (Get-Date)
Write-Verbose "Elapsed Time: $(($EndDTM-$StartDTM).TotalSeconds) Seconds" -Verbose
Write-Verbose "Elapsed Time: $(($EndDTM-$StartDTM).TotalMinutes) Minutes" -Verbose
Stop-Transcript
