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Installation of Sophos XG on Citrix Xenserver including XenServer Tools

Kurt Bohuslav

Hello,

I am using UTM on a Citrix Xenserver since years for home use and currently testing Sophos XG. UTM included a older version of XenServer Tools but that's OK!

Now I have the following problem/question: What is the recommended way to install XG on Xenserver?

I have tried the software installer (Intel Hardware) and virtual installer for Citrix XenApp (Why is it called XenApp??? XenApp is application virtualization "part" of XenDesktop and has nothing to do with a hypervisor!?)

However, the software installer seems to dedect the XenServer Hardware, but it seems not to insatll XenServer Tools. The virtual installer for XenServer seems to be exported from some VMware host, because the package contains VMDK instead of VHD disk images and the OVF descriptor file contains lots of VMware stuff (e.g. <rasd:ResourceSubType>vmware.usb.ehci</rasd:ResourceSubType>). The important thing is that importing the OVF in XenServer does not include XenServer Tools.

 

Is there a way to install Sophos XG including Tools?

 

Thank you very much in advance! :-)

Best regards,

Kurt



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  • 0 in reply to Yuan Ming

    Actually, installing XenTools directly on the the XG VM is not recommanded and should be not supported by both SOPHOS and CITRIX.

    Moreover, trying to install Xentools is kind of a burden : XenTools installation process is modifying kernel that is why the install.sh is trying to identify the Linux distribution first.

    Moreover, the Sophos XG appliance VM should also have a hardened kernel so that make this installation quite complicated.

     

    So the real issue is why SOPHOS is offering a XENSERVER link (not XENAPP as mentionned in the SOPHOS link for VM download) which is not working ???

     

    At least a regular approach should be to have a LSTR supported version. Xenserver LSTR is now 7.1 CU2 vs current actual release XS 7.6.

     

    What SOPHOS should do :

    - rename the "XenApp" download link by XenServer (or Citrix Hypervisor);

    - Repackage the XG VM Appliance in XVA format or OVF with Xentools included (which is not done today)

     

    Cheers

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