Creating the Parallels Update XML File

Create a file named parallels_updates.xml on the Web server where it can be accessed via HTTP. The file is an XML document that should contain specifications for a particular Parallels Desktop update available on your local updated server.

To create your own document, use the following sample XML document and the XML document specification that follows it as a reference.

A Sample parallels_updates.xml File

  
    Parallels Desktop
    1
    
      12
      0
      12494
      262214
      Sumer
      
        0
        Build 13291 is available!
        Update description goes here</UpdateDescription>
        URL to the update file goes here</FilePath>
        219515
        0
        2017-06-17 01:23:00
        0
        en_US
        parallels
        mac
        
          desktop.13.0.12927.482436.en_US.parallels.mac
          desktop.13.0.12473.274921.en_US.parallels.mac
          desktop.13.0.12262.823647.en_US.parallels.mac
        
      
    
  

XML Document Specification

Name	Type	Description
ParallelsUpdates		Root element.
Product		Container for Parallels Desktop information.
ProductName	string	Use "Parallels Desktop".
UpdateEnabled	int	Specifies whether the automatic updates are enabled. To enable updates, specify 1.
Version		Container for Parallels Desktop version information.
Major	int	Major version number (e.g. 13)
Minor	int	Minor version number. Specify 0.
SubMinor		Build number. This element may be empty.
SubSubMinor		Revision number. This element may be empty.
StringRepresentation		Product codename. This element may be empty.
Update		Container for the information about the Parallels Desktop update. Attributes: uuid — String. A globally unique ID identifying the product. The uuid attribute is very important and must contain the correct information for the update to work. The attribute value consists of the following parameters (substrings) separated by periods (see the provided XML example): desktop — specify "desktop" major — major version number (e.g. 13) minor — minor version number (0) build — build number revision — revision number locale — locale ("en_US", "de_DE", etc) vendor — vendor ("parallels") platform — platform ("mac")
UpdateType	int	Update type. Specify 0.
UpdateName	string	The user-defined update name.
UpdateDescription	string	The update description.
FilePath	string	A URL to the update file on your local update server. The actual update files can be obtained from Parallels.
FileSize	int	The update file size, in megabytes.
Status	int	Specify 0.
DateTime	string	Date and time when the updated was published. Use the following format: yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss
Chargeable	int	Specify 0.
LocaleName	string	Locale name ("en_US", "it_IT", etc).
DistributorName		The update distributor name. Specify "parallels".
OsType		Operating system type. Specify "mac".
Ancestry		Container for the list of updates that directly preceded this update.
Ancestor	string	An individual Parallels Desktop update information. This element may appear more than once in the same document, one for each update. The value is combined using the following parameters (substrings) separated by periods (see the provided XML example): desktop — specify "desktop". major — Parallels Desktop major version number. minor — minor version number. build — build number. revision — revision number. locale — locale (e.g. "en_US") vendor — vendor ("parallels"). platform -— platform ("mac").