Who Should Install This Hotfix?

This is a hotfix for customers running Citrix Hypervisor 8.2 Cumulative Update 1.

Note: This hotfix is available only to customers on the Customer Success Services program.

Where To Get This Hotfix

Download Citrix Hypervisor 8.2 Cumulative Update 1 hotfixes from the product downloads pages.

Information About this Hotfix

Prerequisite	None
Post-update tasks	None
Content live patchable**	N/A
Baselines for Live Patch	N/A
Revision History	Published on Sep 24, 2024
** Available to Premium Edition Customers.

Improvements Included In This Hotfix

This hotfix includes the following improvements:

• Update to the multipath configuration for HPE MSA SANs.
• Update to the multipath configuration for Dell Arrays.
• Update to the multipath configuration for IBM SAN Volume Controller 2145/2147.
• Optimize data management in vhd-util coalesce.

 

This hotfix also includes the following previously released hotfixes:

• CTX460083 - Hotfix XS82ECU1009 - For Citrix Hypervisor 8.2 Cumulative Update 1
• CTX478262 - Hotfix XS82ECU1022 - For Citrix Hypervisor 8.2 Cumulative Update 1
• CTX580739 - Hotfix XS82ECU1038 - For Citrix Hypervisor 8.2 Cumulative Update 1
• CTX580401 - Hotfix XS82ECU1051 - For Citrix Hypervisor 8.2 Cumulative Update 1
• CTX584246 - Hotfix XS82ECU1056 - For Citrix Hypervisor 8.2 Cumulative Update 1
• CTX588051 - Hotfix XS82ECU1060 - For Citrix Hypervisor 8.2 Cumulative Update 1
• CTX633178 - Hotfix XS82ECU1065 - For Citrix Hypervisor 8.2 Cumulative Update 1

Installing the Hotfix

Before you apply a hotfix, ensure that you have reviewed the prerequisites listed in Prepare a pool for an update in the Citrix Hypervisor documentation.

Customers should use either XenCenter or the Citrix Hypervisor Command Line Interface (CLI) to apply this hotfix. When the installation is complete, see the Post-update tasks in the table Information About this Hotfix for information about any post-update tasks you should perform for the update to take effect. As with any software update, back up your data before applying this update. Citrix recommends updating all servers within a pool sequentially. Upgrading of servers should be scheduled to minimize the amount of time the pool runs in a "mixed state" where some servers are upgraded and some are not. Running a mixed pool of updated and non-updated servers for general operation is not supported.

Installing the Hotfix by using XenCenter

Choose an Installation Mechanism

There are three mechanisms to install a hotfix:

1. Automated Updates
2. Download update from Citrix
3. Select update or Supplemental pack from disk

The Automated Updates feature is available for Citrix Hypervisor Premium Edition customers, or to those who have access to XenServer through their Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops entitlement. For information about installing a hotfix using the Automated Updates feature, see Apply Automated Updates in the Citrix Hypervisor documentation.

For information about installing a hotfix using the Download update from Citrix option, see Apply an Update to a Pool in the Citrix Hypervisor documentation.

The following section contains instructions on option (3) installing a hotfix that you have downloaded to disk:

1. Download the hotfix to a known location on a computer that has XenCenter installed.
2. Unzip the hotfix zip file and extract the .iso file
3. In XenCenter, on the Tools menu, select Install Update. This displays the Install Update wizard.
4. Read the information displayed on the Before You Start page and click Next to start the wizard.
5. Click Browse to locate the iso file, select XS82ECU1075.iso and then click Open.
6. Click Next.
7. Select the pool or servers you wish to apply the hotfix to, and then click Next.
8. The Install Update wizard performs a number of update prechecks, including the space available on the servers, to ensure that the pool is in a valid configuration state. The wizard also checks whether the servers need to be rebooted after the update is applied and displays the result.
9. Choose the Update Mode. Review the information displayed on the screen and select an appropriate mode.
10. Click Install update to proceed with the installation. The Install Update wizard shows the progress of the update, displaying the major operations that XenCenter performs while updating each server in the pool.
11. When the update is applied, click Finish to close the wizard.
12. If you chose to carry out the post-update tasks, do so now.

Installing the Hotfix by using the xe Command Line Interface

1. Download the update file to a known location on the computer running the xe CLI.
2. Extract the .iso file from the zip.
3. Upload the .iso file to the main server of the pool by entering the following commands:
   (Where -s is the main server's IP address or DNS name.)
   

   xe -s <server> -u <username> -pw <password> update-upload file-name=<filename>/XS82ECU1075.iso

   Citrix Hypervisor assigns the update file a UUID which this command prints. Note the UUID.

   d1da3f2f-2c50-4ecf-a5f1-42f201c5e707

4. Apply the update to all servers in the pool, specifying the UUID of the update:

   xe update-pool-apply uuid=d1da3f2f-2c50-4ecf-a5f1-42f201c5e707

   Alternatively, if you need to update and restart servers in a rolling manner, you can apply the update file to an individual server by running the following:

   xe update-apply host=<server> uuid=d1da3f2f-2c50-4ecf-a5f1-42f201c5e707

    

   If the server is a member of a pool, ensure that you update the pool master for Citrix Hypervisor 8.2 CU1 before you update any other pool member.

5. Verify that the update was applied by using the update-list command.

   xe update-list -s <server> -u root -pw <password> name-label=XS82ECU1075

   If the update is successful, the hosts field contains the UUIDs of the servers to which this update was successfully applied. This should be a complete list of all servers in the pool.
6. Use the update-pool-clean command to remove the update files from all servers in the pool. This command frees up space on shared storage and does not uninstall the update.

   xe update-pool-clean uuid=d1da3f2f-2c50-4ecf-a5f1-42f201c5e707

Hotfix Source

This source code is not necessary for hotfix installation. It is provided to fulfill licensing obligations.

Download the hotfix source from the following link: XS82ECU1075-sources.iso.

Files

Hotfix File

Component	Details
Hotfix Filename	XS82ECU1075.iso
Hotfix File sha256	104f1b2de022e97d369af33d1f117a73dff9d599853efe3078e430dd5c8b5a4d
Hotfix Source Filename	XS82ECU1075-sources.iso
Hotfix Source File sha256	6871f61a869d3bfe573c3fba18e738c06c50efc603d6d112c53d77063564e78a
Hotfix Zip Filename	XS82ECU1075.zip
Hotfix Zip File sha256	6c12ec0ca08a949fea4450386e86635e70cf4922a08e63a3a64c7c159893561f
Size of the Zip file	1.84 MB

Files Updated

blktap-3.37.4-4.xs8~2_1.x86_64.rpm

device-mapper-multipath-0.4.9-136.xs8~2_1.x86_64.rpm

device-mapper-multipath-libs-0.4.9-136.xs8~2_1.x86_64.rpm

kpartx-0.4.9-136.xs8~2_1.x86_64.rpm

sm-2.30.8-13.xs8~2_1.x86_64.rpm

sm-rawhba-2.30.8-13.xs8~2_1.x86_64.rpm

More Information

For a list of the minimum set of hotfixes you must apply to get your pool up to date, see Recommended Hotfixes for Citrix Hypervisor 8.2 Cumulative Update 1.

For more information, see Citrix Hypervisor Documentation.

If you experience any difficulties, contact Citrix Technical Support.

This is a hotfix for customers running Citrix Hypervisor 8.2 Cumulative Update 1 that includes the following improvements: Update to the multipath configuration for HPE MSA SANs. Update to the multipath configuration for Dell Arrays. Update to the multipath configuration for IBM SAN Volume Controller 2145/2147. Optimize data management in vhd-util coalesce.