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I also was able to use this method to apply the XAPI patch in XCP. I also made some changes in the base OS update repo (a specially crafted exclude list) that allowed me to update the base OS too with no issues -- but that didn't seem to be popular here when I posted.

On May 10, 2013 12:19 PM, "Brian Menges" <bmenges@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-api/2013-03/msg00206.html

I believe someone once tried this, but perhaps they weren’t doing it correctly.

I’ve installed updates to XCP1.1 from patches for XenServer 5.6 (including SP2), but have never done so with XCP1.6 and XenServer 6.x, so I do not know what to expect.

It would be really nice if those updates in the 6.x XenServer release were also applicable, or automatically notified for patch. I know the idea was to push these patches to the xcp repo, but it seems only the most critical patch has thus far made it into there, which I think was a hypervisor security issue.

- Brian Menges

Principal Engineer, DevOps

GoGrid | ServePath | ColoServe | UpStream Networks

From: xen-api-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xen-api-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of hook
Sent: Friday, May 10, 2013 04:00
To: James Bulpin
Cc: xen-api@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Xen-API] XenTools 6.1 update for XCP 1.6. How?

Not sure it does help.

My question in start topic was not "How i do installation" but "Is it possiple to do installation" of some Xenserver core components above the XCP 1.6.

2013/5/10 James Bulpin <James.Bulpin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

A search of this list's history for "gpg" may help you.

James

> -----Original Message-----
> From: xen-api-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xen-api-
> bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of amos
> Sent: 09 May 2013 20:57
> To: xen-api@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Xen-API] XenTools 6.1 update for XCP 1.6. How?
>
> I am wondering the same.
>
> hook <sergey.kruchatov@...> writes:
>
>
> > So, finally, my question is - is there some way to deploy core patches
> from XS61E009 into XCP 1.6?
> > Or I just can use legacy windows driver from XS61E010 to workaround VM
> hang/freeze issue?
> >
> > --
> >
> > WBRSergey Kruchatov
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > <div><div dir="ltr">Hi all,<div><br></div> <div>There is well known
> > bug in XenServer 6.1 when Windows VMs hang/freeze
> during intensive disk operation (presumably due to race condition
> somewhere in xentools drivers in multi-vCPU Windows systems).</div>
> > <div><br></div>
> > <div>Best description and discussion of mentioned problem would be
> > found
> there <a
> href="" href="http://forums.citrix.com/thread.jspa?threadID=314906&start=0&" target="_blank">http://forums.citrix.com/thread.jspa?threadID=314906&start=0&
> amp;tstart=0">http://forums.citrix.com/thread.jspa?threadID=314906&
> start=0&tstart=0</a><br
> clear="all"><div><br></div>
> > <div>In our production site (pooled dual XCP 1.6 final) we've
> expected above problem for every Windows XP 32 bit VM as well as for
> Windows
> 2003 Servers 32-bit. While Windows 2008/2008R2 servers work fine.</div>
> > <div><br></div>
> > <div>Last year Citrix published temporary workaround for above problem
> > -
> reduce vCPU to 1 for affected VMs. It's really helps but could be used
> in low/middle CPU load environment.</div>
> > <div>
> > Another workaround were found by someone in community - previous
> > version
> from XenTools - exactly XS602E009 works fine.<br><br>Everything stated
> above has been detailed in very tricky (as per my opinion) Citrix article there
> <a
> href="" href="http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX135099" target="_blank">http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX135099">http://support.citrix.co
> m/article/CTX135099</a>.
> <br><br>Recently Citrix published long awaited pair of Hot Fixes -
>  XS61E009 and XS61E010.<br><br>XS61E009 (<a
> href="" href="http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX136252" target="_blank">http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX136252">http://support.citrix.co
> m/article/CTX136252</a>)
> contains patches for some core functions (xapi-core, xapi-xenopsd,
> xapi-firmware) while XS61E010 (<a
> href="" href="http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX136253" target="_blank">http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX136253">http://support.citrix.co
> m/article/CTX136253</a>)
> provides xentools replacement. What's more interest xentools from
> XS61E010 contains new and legacy drivers - new with Windows 8/Server 2012
> support while legacy - just renamed tools from XS602E009. In
> XS61E010's installation prerequisites stated that it can't be implemented
> without XS61E009.<br>
> > </div>
> > </div>
> > <div><br></div>
> > <div>So, finally, my question is - is there some way to deploy core
> patches from XS61E009 into XCP 1.6? </div>
> > <div>Or I just can use legacy windows driver from XS61E010 to
> > workaround
> VM hang/freeze issue?</div>
> > <div><br></div>
> > <div>-- <br>
> > </div>
> > <div>WBR<br><br>Sergey Kruchatov
> >
> > </div>
> > </div></div>
> >
>
>
>
>
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