Bash Script to install XenServer patches

XenServer Pool patching script

#! /bin/bash
# XenServer Pool Patching Script

set -euo pipefail
readonly PATCHFILE=$1
pushd /root/hotfix >/dev/null || exit 1
readonly HOSTS=$(xe host-list --minimal |tr , ' ')

UUID=$(xe patch-upload file-name="$PATCHFILE")

echo "Patch UUID:"

echo "$UUID"

xe patch-list uuid="$UUID" &>/dev/null || exit 1

echo "Running prechecks:"

for host in $HOSTS; do
	echo -e "\t$host"
	xe patch-precheck uuid="$UUID" host-uuid="$host"
done


echo "Applying patch to pool"
xe patch-pool-apply uuid="$UUID"

echo "Cleaning patch"
xe patch-pool-clean uuid="$UUID"

xe patch-list uuid="$UUID"


exit

# Usage

#1. Download the script and save /root/hotfix/apply-hotfix.sh
#2. Set permissions for the script chmod +x /root/hotfix/apply-hotfix.sh
#3. Apply Patches ./apply-hotfix.sh <patch.xsupdate>