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    "Management agent not detected" and "No Xen tools detected"

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      Andrew Top contributor @DustinB
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      @DustinB Did you install just the drivers? You need to install the Management Agent too. Download and run "XenServer VM Tools for Windows 9.3.2" form the xenserver downloads page.

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        DustinB @Andrew
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        @Andrew This is what gets installed into every windows vm

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        Am I missing something else?

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          Danp Pro Support Team @DustinB
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          @DustinB Those are the correct tools. As I know that you are already aware 😉 , Windows can be temperamental at times. I generally take a snapshot before ever attempting to install them so that I can restore and try again if the first attempt fails.

          You may need to remove them on the problematic VMs and try again.

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            MK.ultra @Danp
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            I'm having a similar issue. I recently upgraded all my clients' Xen Server tools to 9.4.1 to remediate the xeniface vulnerability. Even after multiple reboots, I have 2 hosts that refuse to acknowledge that they have been updated:

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              olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
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              You mean 2x VMs?

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                MK.ultra @olivierlambert
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                @olivierlambert said in "Management agent not detected" and "No Xen tools detected":

                You mean 2x VMs?

                Sorry yes, I meant 2 VMs.

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                  dinhngtu Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team @MK.ultra
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                  @MK.ultra Do you have the "Manage Citrix PV drivers via Windows Update" option enabled on these VMs? If so they'll need to be updated via Windows Update. If not, try XenClean to remove all the existing drivers and install clean 9.4.1 ones.

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                    TheNorthernLight @DustinB
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                    @DustinB Are any of your windows servers, Server 2012 R2 ?

                    We are having a problem where switching to these Xenserver drivers fail to load part of the Xenserver tools (you'll see failed drivers in your device manager).

                    We might have to live with the old drivers until this is fixed, and hope we dont get compromised.

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                      dinhngtu Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team @TheNorthernLight
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                      @TheNorthernLight New drivers are not compatible with 2012R2 any more (MS killed support for building drivers on 2012R2 some time ago). You can try our legacy mitigation script.

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                        MK.ultra @dinhngtu
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                        @dinhngtu said in "Management agent not detected" and "No Xen tools detected":

                        @MK.ultra Do you have the "Manage Citrix PV drivers via Windows Update" option enabled on these VMs? If so they'll need to be updated via Windows Update. If not, try XenClean to remove all the existing drivers and install clean 9.4.1 ones.

                        Using XenClean and then reinstalling 9.4.1 directly cleaned up the vulnerability alerts. The VM's had been upgraded from 9.4 to 9.4.1
                        Thanks!

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                          TheNorthernLight @dinhngtu
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                          @dinhngtu Thank you!

                          In the meantime, should we just continue to use the XCPNG drivers that were working previously, and then run the mitigation script?

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                            dinhngtu Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team @TheNorthernLight
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                            @TheNorthernLight Yes. Be sure to use the legacy mitigation script linked here (not the ones linked elsewhere) as it's the only one that works on Server 2012 R2. If you're using XO 5.107.2 or later, you can also set the HIDE_XSA468 tag to hide the alert.

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                              TheNorthernLight @dinhngtu
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                              @dinhngtu Thank you very much for this. Luckily, these last few 2012 OS's will be mothballed at the end of August, but... sometimes schedules and security don't align. 😄

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