How to Update Provisioning Server Target Device

How to Update Provisioning Server Target Device Software using a Network File Share with XenServer
Document ID: CTX123395 / Created On: 29-Dec-2009 / Updated On: 31-Mar-2010
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Summary

This document describes how to mount a Provisioning server vDisk on XenServer and update the target device software.

Requirements

A Network File Share (NFS) share is required to successfully complete this process. This document assumes the share is mounted and accessible from XenServer.

Procedure

1. From XenCenter console, create a new virtual machine based on the target device properties. In this scenario, the target device is a Windows XP SP3 virtual machine with two (2) vCPUs and 512MB RAM.



2. Click Next.

3. Enter a name for the virtual machine.



4. Click Next.

5. Specify the location to the Provisioning Services ISO image.



6. Allocate the desired number of vCPU and amount of memory.

7. Click Next.

8. Modify the default storage by selecting Edit then select the Disk Setting Location for the NFS storage repository.



9. Click OK.

10. Click Next.

11. After assigning the correct virtual network interface(S) click Next.

12. Uncheck the option to Start VM automatically.

13. Click Finish.

14. Browse to the NFS share using Windows Explorer.
Note: During the process of mounting the NFS storage repository using XenCenter, a folder was created with a Globally Unique Identifier (GUID).



15. Ensure that vDisk that needs updating is not in use by any devices.

16. Copy vDisk to XenServer folder specified in step 14.

17. This folder should already contain a *.vhd file that was created and assigned to the virtual machine created earlier. The file name is represented by a GUID.

18. Rename the copied vDisk to match the name of the vhd file created by XenServer from Step 17.

19. Start the newly created virtual machine.

20. Once the virtual machine boots into the operating system, uninstall the current version of the device target software.

21. Reboot the virtual machine.

22. Install the new version of the provisioning client software.

23. Reboot the virtual machine.

24. Shutdown the virtual machine.

25. Copy the vDisk back to the original Provisioning Server share location.

26. Rename the vDisk to its original name.

The vDisk is now ready to be deployed to the devices with the updated device target software.



This document applies to:
Provisioning Services 5.0
Provisioning Services 5.1
XenServer 5.5