How to update LIS Linux Integration Services for Hyper-V and Azure

Linux Integration Services provides a robust end-user experience and can improve communication for networking applications installed on VM
It's very recomended to keep LIS updated.

For now (March 2020) version 4.3.5 is recomended
Read more here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=55106

In order to update you Linux VM do as follows:

wget https://download.microsoft.com/download/6/8/F/68FE11B8-FAA4-4F8D-8C7D-74DA7F2CFC8C/lis-rpms-4.3.5.x86_64.tar.gz
tar -xzf lis-rpms-4.3.5.x86_64.tar.gz
cd LISISO/
./upgrade.sh
reboot

after upgrade check the version

/sbin/modinfo hv_vmbus

output should be like this:

filename: /lib/modules/3.10.0-957.27.2.el7.x86_64/weak-updates/microsoft-hyper-v/hv_vmbus.ko
version: 4.3.5

Thats all. If you need any help- please contact SwissInfoCloud support.

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