Hello,

I have a project where I need to replace a physical Windows PC with a VM running on XCP-ng.

Current use case:

• The physical PC continuously broadcasts audio through a 3.5 mm jack output connected to external speakers/amplifier.
• I want to migrate this workload to a Windows VM hosted on XCP-ng.
• The VM will mainly be used for continuous audio playback.

I would like to know the best and most stable solution regarding audio support on XCP-ng.

Questions:

1. Does XCP-ng officially support audio devices for Windows VMs?
2. Is USB sound card passthrough the recommended approach?
3. Has anyone successfully used a USB audio adapter with Windows 11 VM on XCP-ng for continuous audio output?
4. Are there recommended compatible USB sound cards/chipsets?
5. Is PCI passthrough of an internal sound card supported/reliable on XCP-ng?
6. Any known stability issues for 24/7 audio playback?
7. Would Windows 11 be better than Windows Server for this use case?

Environment:

• Hypervisor: XCP-ng
• Guest OS planned: Windows 11
• Audio output required: physical 3.5 mm jack
• Goal: replace a physical audio broadcasting PC

Thank you for your feedback and recommendations.

@rtjdamen Thank you for the clarification and guidance! I have a question: can I install XOA on each site in my architecture and use it to perform migrations locally? Would this approach work in my scenario where the VPN connection between sites is slow and unstable?

Hi @Danp

Thank you for your reply. When you mention importing the OVA files using XOA, are you referring to XO Lite or something else?

I am new to XCP-ng and still learning the platform's terminology and features. Could you please provide more details about the specific tool or method you recommend for this process? Any additional guidance or instructions would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you for your support!

Hello,

Thank you for your suggestion to use Xen Orchestra. However, I have the following constraints with my current architecture:

I have installed a server with XCP-ng and Xen Orchestra in the main datacenter.
The other servers I want to migrate are located on a remote site connected via a VPN.
Unfortunately, the VPN connection is unstable and very slow, which makes migration through Xen Orchestra impractical in this scenario.
This is why I opted for a manual migration process: exporting the VMs as OVA files from ESXi and importing them into XCP-ng using XCP-ng Center.

To be transparent, I am new to XCP-ng, and this is my first project with the platform. Could you provide additional guidance on resolving the compatibility issue with the VMDK files or suggest any specific configurations to facilitate this manual migration process?

Thank you for your support!

Hello

I have a server running on ESXi 8.03 that hosts two VMs (Windows Server and Linux Ubuntu). Additionally, I have another server running on XCP-ng 8.3.

I need to migrate the VMs from ESXi to XCP-ng.
I attempted to export the VMs as OVA files from ESXi and import them into XCP-ng by usine XCP-ng Center, but I encountered an error during the process.

After some research, I found that the issue might be related to compatibility with VMDK files and VMware Virtual Hardware version [vmx-21].

Below is the error log:

Log file.txt

Could you provide guidance on how to resolve this compatibility issue or suggest an alternative migration method?

Thank you,