Upgrading Citrix XenServer Express Edition from 4.1.0 to 5.0.0

Oct 27

This post will cover an upgrading process for Citrix XenServer Express Edition from 4.1.0 to 5.0.0 only. Let’s get started. Insert the Citrix XenServer Express Edition 5.0.0 CD into the CD-ROM drive. Reboot your server. The installation process starts automatically. You will see the initial boot messages as below.

Next, the installer will perform hardware detection and initialization as below.

Then, you will see the “Select Keymap” screen as below. Select your preferred keymap and choose Ok to proceed.

You will see the “Welcome to XenServer” screen as below. Select Install or upgrade XenServer Host and choose Ok to proceed.

Then, you will then see the “Welcome to XenServer Setup” screen as below telling you that the setup program will install the XenServer on the server and warns that it will erase all data on the hard drives. Choose Ok to proceed.

Next, the “End User License Agreement” (EULA) screen is displayed below. You can read the agreement by using the up and down arrow keys to scroll through. Choose Accept EULA to proceed.

You will see the “Installation Type” screen as displayed below. The installer detected an existing version installed. Select Upgrade XenServer v4.1.0-7834p on /dev/sda and choose Ok button to proceed.

Then, the “Back-up Existing Installation” screen is displayed. Choose Continue to proceed with the installation.

The next screen “Select Installation Source” below asks for the source of the installation packages. Since we are using a physical CD, choose Local media (CD-ROM) and choose Ok to proceed.

The next screen “Linux Pack” below asks for the Linux Pack from a second CD. This can be installed later. We are skipping this. Choose No to proceed.

The “Verify Installation Source” screen is displayed below. We will bypass this. Choose Skip verification and choose Ok to proceed.

Next, you will see “Confirm Installation” screen as below. Choose Install XenServer to proceed with the installation.

The “Installing XenServer” screen is displayed as below. The progress bar below shows the process of backing up of an existing installation.

Next, the progress bar below shows the process of Base Pack installation.

Finally, you see the progress bar reaching the completion of XenServer installation as below.

You will see the “Installation Complete” screen as below showing that XenServer installation has completed. Choose Ok to proceed with the server reboot.