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  1. XenServer Org
  2. XSO-312

OS Release File Conformity

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    • XenServer release 6.6.80-102919c (xenenterprise)
      XenCenter 6.6 (build 6.6.80.2642) 64-bit

      Control Domain/dom0 command line

    Description

      I hope many find this to be non-trivial for under the context of troubleshooting, conformity, and condensing information – the "OS Release Files" under /etc/ are marvelous, priceless, and more uniform! Thank you!

      For those reading this, /etc/ now has the following files (which other Linux distros use) to identify themselves as well as yield revision/build information:

      {{[root@karshplooj ~]# ls -la /etc/*release
      rw-rr- 1 root root 0 Jul 15 02:11 /etc/centos-release
      rw-rr- 1 root root 245 Jul 6 05:24 /etc/os-release
      lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Jul 13 08:01 /etc/redhat-release -> centos-release
      lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Jul 13 08:01 /etc/system-release -> centos-release
      }}

      So, in short, one can reference any of the physical or symbolic links to determine the XenServer release/build number that is in use:

      {{[root@karshplooj /]# more /etc/os-release
      NAME="XenServer"
      VERSION="6.6.80-102919c"
      ID="xenenterprise"
      ID_LIKE="centos rhel fedora"
      VERSION_ID="6.6.80"
      PRETTY_NAME="XenServer 6.6.80-102919c"
      ANSI_COLOR="0;31"
      HOME_URL="http://xenserver.org/"
      BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.xenserver.org/"
      }}

      Thank you.

      --jkbs | @xenfomation

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