XenServer 6.5 to 7.1 using Rolling Pool Upgrade and NFS

[anthonyh]

@Danp I suppose that is possible. Hmm...

[dbeato]

@anthonyh Reason is that when you upgraded XenCenter to 7.1 it has a different RPU002.xsupdate than what the poster had on the thread you mention. The poster noted the following on the thread: "you can find it in "c:\Program Files\Citrix\XenCenter". These 2 hotfixes (RPU0001 and RPU0002) are a part of XenCenter 7.0 install."

[anthonyh]

Well, I unpacked all three of the updates found in the XenCenter directory. Here's what they look like:

./RPU001:
total 1.1M
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Mar 27 11:19 .
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4.0K Mar 27 11:23 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  150 Mar 27 11:19 CONTENTS
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  18K Mar 27 11:19 host-upgrade-plugin-1.1.0-1.noarch.rpm
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5.6K Mar 27 11:19 install.sh
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 837K Mar 27 11:19 iproute-2.6.35.1-1.xs1138.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 139K Mar 27 11:19 xcp-python-libs-2.0.0-161.noarch.rpm

./RPU002:
total 184K
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Mar 27 11:21 .
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4.0K Mar 27 11:23 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  102 Mar 27 11:21 CONTENTS
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  18K Mar 27 11:21 host-upgrade-plugin-1.1.0-1.noarch.rpm
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5.6K Mar 27 11:21 install.sh
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 139K Mar 27 11:21 xcp-python-libs-2.0.0-161.noarch.rpm

./RPU003:
total 40K
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Mar 27 11:23 .
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4.0K Mar 27 11:23 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   52 Mar 27 11:22 CONTENTS
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  17K Mar 27 11:22 host-upgrade-plugin-1.1.0-1.noarch.rpm
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5.6K Mar 27 11:22 install.sh

I checked to see which of these packages are currently installed:

[root@dmvxs02 ~]# rpm -qa | grep -e host-upgrade-plugin -e iproute -e xcp-python-libs
iproute-3.6.0-1.xs1393
xcp-python-libs-2.0.0-161
host-upgrade-plugin-1.1.0-1
[root@dmvxs02 ~]#

The server is running a newer version of iproute, but otherwise equal versions of xcp-python-libs and host-upgrade-plugin. I can't imagine the issue would be with the iproute package?

Hmm...

[anthonyh]

I installed XenCenter 7.0.1 on another box and unpacked the updates that accompany it:

./RPU001:
total 1.0M
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Mar 27 13:06 .
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4.0K Mar 27 13:07 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  150 Mar 27 13:06 CONTENTS
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5.6K Mar 27 13:06 install.sh
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 837K Mar 27 13:06 iproute-2.6.35.1-1.xs1138.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  16K Mar 27 13:06 upgrade-plugin-2.1.1-xs2435.noarch.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 139K Mar 27 13:06 xcp-python-libs-1.9.0-159.noarch.rpm

./RPU002:
total 180K
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Mar 27 13:06 .
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4.0K Mar 27 13:07 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  102 Mar 27 13:06 CONTENTS
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5.6K Mar 27 13:06 install.sh
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  16K Mar 27 13:06 upgrade-plugin-2.1.1-xs2435.noarch.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 139K Mar 27 13:06 xcp-python-libs-1.9.0-159.noarch.rpm

The only differences I can see is the followign:

• XenCenter 7.0.1 comes with "upgrade-plugin-2.1.1-xs2435.noarch.rpm" and "xcp-python-libs-1.9.0-159.noarch.rpm"
• XenCenter 7.1.0 comes with "host-upgrade-plugin-1.1.0-1.noarch.rpm" and "xcp-python-libs-2.0.0-161.noarch.rpm".

Just for the heck of it I'm going to manually install "upgrade-plugin-2.1.1-xs2435.noarch.rpm" and see what happens.

[anthonyh]

Looks like I'll need to uninstall "host-upgrade-plugin-1.1.0-1.noarch" first.

[root@dmvxs02 RPU001]# rpm -Uvh upgrade-plugin-2.1.1-xs2435.noarch.rpm 
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]    
   	file /etc/xapi.d/plugins/prepare_host_upgrade.py from install of upgrade-plugin-2.1.1-xs2435.noarch conflicts with file from package host-upgrade-plugin-1.1.0-1.noarch
	file /etc/xapi.d/plugins/prepare_host_upgrade.pyc from install of upgrade-plugin-2.1.1-xs2435.noarch conflicts with file from package host-upgrade-plugin-1.1.0-1.noarch
	file /etc/xapi.d/plugins/prepare_host_upgrade.pyo from install of upgrade-plugin-2.1.1-xs2435.noarch conflicts with file from package host-upgrade-plugin-1.1.0-1.noarch
[root@dmvxs02 RPU001]#

[anthonyh]

Ok, I uninstalled "host-upgrade-plugin-1.1.0-1.noarch" and installed "upgrade-plugin-2.1.1-xs2435.noarch.rpm" and it was still a no go. So, I decided to check the install media again. I thought, that cp -Rf also copied hidden files? Looks like I was missing ".treeinfo" at the root of the installer media. Copying the file over from the ISO gives me a nice pretty green check-mark when testing the location of the network install files. Yay!

So, perhaps, the next time I upgrade a host XenCenter will apply the appropriate RPU update(s) and the install path will be seen as good.

[dbeato]

@anthonyh awesome, looks as if you are all ser now.

[anthonyh]

@Eltolargo I think so. Waiting for the install to finish on my test host now...

[anthonyh]

Woot!

[dbeato]

@anthonyh Awesome! Great job!