Updating PVS target device software using NFS with XenServer

This document outlines the process to mount a Provisioning server vDisk on XenServer and update the
target device software.
A NFS share is required to successfully complete this process. This document assumes the share is
mounted and accessible from XenServer.
1. From XenCenter console, create a new virtual machine based on the target device properties. In

this scenario, our 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 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 via Windows Explorer.

NOTE: During the process of mounting the NFS storage repository via XenCenter, a folder was
created with a GUID.

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The default permission on this folder will need to be modified to allow read/write access.
a) Right click folder
b) Select properties
c) Select the security tab
d) Choose advance
e) Select owner tab
f) Choose edit
g) Highlight the name of the user that is currently logged in
h) Choose the option to replace owner on sub containers and object
i) Click OK five times
j) Right click folder
k) Select properties
l) Select the security tab
m) Highlight the name of the user that is logged in
n) Choose full control
o) Click OK, twice
Ensure that vDisk that needs updating is not in use by any devices
Copy vDisk to XenServer folder specified in step 14. You will need to modify the permission on
the folder to view its content.
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.
Rename the copied vDisk to match the name of the vhd file created by XenServer from Step 17.
Start the newly created virtual machine.
Once the virtual machine boots into the operating system proceed to uninstall the current
version of the device target software.
Reboot the virtual machine.
Install the new version of the provisioning client software
Reboot the virtual machine
Shutdown the virtual machine
Copy the vDisk back to the original PVS share location.
Rename the vDisk to its original name.

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