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Upgrading Xen versions |
Upgrading Xen versions |
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Updating Xen is conceptually not difficult, but can run into all the |
Minor version upgrades are trivial. Just rebuild/replace the |
issues found when installing Xen. Assuming migration from 4.1 to 4.2, |
xenkernel version and copy the new xen.gz to / (where /boot.cfg |
remove the xenkernel41 and xentools41 packages and install the |
references it), and reboot. |
xenkernel42 and xentools42 packages. Copy the 4.2 xen.gz to /. |
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Major version upgrades are conceptually not difficult, but can run |
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into all the issues found when installing Xen. Assuming migration |
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from 4.1 to 4.2, remove the xenkernel41 and xentools41 packages and |
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install the xenkernel42 and xentools42 packages. Copy the 4.2 xen.gz |
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to /. |
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Ensure that the contents of /etc/rc.d/xen* are correct. Specifically, |
Ensure that the contents of /etc/rc.d/xen* are correct. Specifically, |
they must match the package you just installed and not be left over |
they must match the package you just installed and not be left over |
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(Upgrading from 3.x to 4.x without doing this will result in a hang.) |
(Upgrading from 3.x to 4.x without doing this will result in a hang.) |
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Ensure that the domU config files are valid for the new version. |
Ensure that the domU config files are valid for the new version. |
Specifically: remove autorestart=True, and ensure that disks are |
Specifically, for 4.x remove autorestart=True, and ensure that disks |
specified with numbers as the second argument, as the examples above |
are specified with numbers as the second argument, as the examples |
show, and not NetBSD device names. |
above show, and not NetBSD device names. |
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Hardware known to work |
Hardware known to work |
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