Xen Tools Iso Download
This blog post is for people discovering XenServer, and wonder about how to install XenServer tools (or xen tools) in their VMs. And also what are those tools. It's also a guide to install xentools for both Linux and Windows VMs. The xentools iso has been renamed from xs-tools to guest-tools starting from XenServer 7.0. This PR is the follow up of #2346. @reviewers: The main change is in getIsoVDIByURL method [line ~2589] the rest is autoformatting.
After performing a regular Windows update and restart recently I found that XenServer tools appeared to have been removed. After trying to reinstall the tools I found that the process would hang indefinitely preventing the problem from being resolved. After contacting Citrix support they advised that this was a known issue caused by Amazon accidentally uploading a set of their WHQL PV tools to Microsoft Windows update which overwrote the existing PV drivers in place, here’s how to fix this.
It’s still not clear how exactly this happened, Citrix have advised that apparently Microsoft allowed Amazon to upload to Windows update on behalf of Citrix which would involve Amazon using Citrix’s vendor ID, it sounds like there may be a security hole in the process somewhere. Before you begin • Ensure that you have a snapshot and/or a recent backup of the server, previously I have removed XenServer specific drivers which resulted in a blue screen of death (BSOD). Having a roll back plan is highly recommended before proceeding with these sort of changes.
• Record the network configuration on all network adapters including IP address, Subnet mask, Default gateway and DNS servers. In one instance I removed the network driver and after fixing it the configuration was all gone which is to be expected, I had to enter it back in after fixing the problem. This did not happen on another server that experienced the same issue however, so may not always be the case. Identify the problem I first noticed that there was a problem after Windows update and reboot as the virtualization state of the virtual machine showed that XenServer tools were not installed, when they definitely were prior to rebooting. When I mounted the xs-tools.iso file and attempted to reinstall the tools, the installation would stop on the “Citrix XenServer Tools Installer” screen and showed nothing except for the below for over 24 hours without progressing. This happened for me with two Windows 2012 R2 Data Center virtual machines running on XenServer 6.2 and 6.5, so it was not XenServer version specific. Keygen crack serial.
At this point I cancelled the installation as it was clearly not working and submitted a support ticket to Citrix, who advised on the following. Confirming the problem To confirm that you are facing this particular problem, open device manager and see if you have any of these. Under System Devices: – AWS Interface – AWS PV Bus – AWS PV Network Class Under Network Adapters: – AWS PV Network Device Under Storage Controllers: – AWS PV Storage Host Adapter In my case I had most of these, as shown below.