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This feature will list the available patches/hotfixes for hypervisors connected to Cloudstack and the Cloudstack admin will be able to see the available updates on Cloudstack UI, this is functional specification of feature "XS alert hotfix notification" which has Jira ID CLOUDSTACK-192

References

• CLOUDSTACK-192
• CS-16206

Feature Specifications

• Requirements
  • Search available updates released for applicable XenServer versions and display them on CloudStack dashboard so that admin can see the available updates and apply them manually.
• Non-requirements
  • If the updates are available, admin can install them manuallyCloudstack will only list the available updates and it is not responsible for applying the updates on the host.
• Test guidelines
  • Functional test

• Configuration
  • There are two global configuration parameters:
    • xen.update.url - URL to get latest Xenserver Updates. Default value for it is http://updates.xensource.com/XenServer/updates.xml^{Image Added};
    • update.check.interval (in sec) - How frequently should CloudStack check for Xenserver Updates. By default CloudStack will check for new updates once a week.
• User permission
  • Root-Admin would have privilege to list the available updates.

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