How to patch (upgrade) XCP-ng with Xen Orchestra CE and scheduling to reboot the XCP-ng host

In this video I cover the following things:

Patching for one host remember a TinyLab.
Check if you have backups of the ops systems

Click on the right button install patches (see in the video)

You will have to reboot the system (it probably all depends on the version of Xen Orchestra used):

do it directly
schedule a reboot when the system is not in use

# echo "/sbin/shutdown -r now" | at 17:12 # schedule reboot

# atq # list of the scheduled tasks

# atrm <id> # remove a task from the schedule

- remember to set the VMS you want to start on the reboot of the hypervisor to auto start

▬ Contents of this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

00:00 - Intro 00:17 - Applying the patches 02:20 - Scheduling a reboot 06:51 - End Word Link to the XCP-ng documentation https://xcp-ng.org/docs/guests.html Link to XCP-ng playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJQANFmtbDeYORouS5NgKehCCkex2V14L Link to TrueNAS playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJQANFmtbDea5xto8TwBHcTBoqou7L3eF

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