Citrix Systems 4.5 Manual Do Utilizador

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• XenServer: No action is required.

• KVM

a.

On the KVM host, stop the CloudPlatform agent.

b.

Upgrade the CloudPlatform agent.

c.

Restart the CloudPlatform agent.

d.

Stop and Start SystemVMs.

• Hyper-V (for CloudPlatform versions 4.3 and above)

a.

Stop all the Management Servers.

b.

Remove 

 from the 

 directory in the Secondary Storage

directory, 

.

c.

Remove 

 from each Hyper-V host.

The location of the file is 

.

d.

Start the Management Server.

e.

Destroy SystemVMs.

New SystemVMs will be spawned and the new iso, 

, is copied to the

secondary storage and Hypervisor host.

• VMware

a.

Stop all the Management Servers.

b.

Remove the old 

 file from the 

 directory, 

.

Where <version> denotes the Management Server version number.

c.

Start the Management Server.

Verify if the new 

 is pushed to the 

 folder in the Secondary Storage

directory.

d.

Stop and Start SystemVMs.

In CloudPlatform 4.5.0, you can upgrade XenServer hypervisor host software without having
to disconnect the XenServer cluster. You can upgrade XenServer 5.6 GA, or 5.6 FP1 to any
newer version that is supported by CloudPlatform. The actual upgrade is described in XenServer
documentation, but there are some additional steps you must perform before and after the upgrade.

To upgrade XenServer hosts when running CloudPlatform 4.5.0.0: