NAME

       xen-update-image - Update the software installed upon offline Xen images.

SYNOPSIS

         xen-update-image [options] imageName1 imageName2 .. imageNameN

         Help Options:
          --help      Show this scripts help information.
          --manual    Read this scripts manual.
          --version   Show the version number and exit.

         General Options:
          --dir       Specify the directory which contains the image(s).
          --lvm       Specify the LVM volume group which contains the image(s).
          --evms      Specify the EVMS container which contains the image(s).

OPTIONS

       --dir Specify the directory which contains the image(s).
       --evms Specify the EVMS container which contains the image(s).
       --help Show the script help.
       --lvm Specify the LVM volume group which contains the image(s).
       --manual Read the manual.
       --version Show the version number and exit.

DESCRIPTION

         xen-update-image is a simple script which allows you to update
        a Xen image of Debian which has been created with xen-create-image.

         It does this by mounting the image inside a temporary directory
        then running:

             apt-get update

             apt-get upgrade

         NOTE If the image is already running within Xen this will cause
        corruption otherwise it will allow you to update your image without
        booting it.

EXAMPLES

         The following assumes there are two images which are not currently
        running.  The images are called 'test.my.flat', and 'x11.my.flat'.

         Updating both images can be accomplished by executing:

            xen-update-images --dir=/home/xen test.my.flat x11.my.flat

AUTHORS

        Steve Kemp, https://steve.fi/
        Axel Beckert, https://axel.beckert.ch/
        Stephane Jourdois

LICENSE

       Copyright (c) 2005-2009 by Steve Kemp, (c) 2010 by The Xen-Tools Development Team. All rights reserved.

       This  module  is  free  software;  you  can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl
       itself.  The LICENSE file contains the full text of the license.

4.9.1                                              2021-10-24                                XEN-UPDATE-IMAGE(8)