Citrix Systems 6.2.0 manual

XenServer/6.1.0/rhel4x/. Because Citrix no longer provides RHEL 5.x kernels, you should obtain updates to RHEL 5.4 and higher kernels directly from Red Hat.

Rerunning the Linux/install.sh script from the built-in xs-tools.isois particularly important for CentOS versions prior to 5.3, where you will get the upstream kernel by default, which has certain limitations (see Section B.1, “Release Notes”).

For yum-enabled distributions (CentOS 4 and 5, RHEL 5.4 and higher), xe-guest-utilitiesinstalls a yum configuration file to enable subsequent updates to be done using yum in the standard manner.

For Debian, /etc/apt/sources.list is populated to enable updates using apt by default.

When upgrading, Citrix recommends that you always rerun Linux/install.sh when you upgrade. This script automatically determines if your VM needs a kernel update and installs it if necessary.

Note:

SLES is also supported, but Citrix does not provide an updated kernel.

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