New maintenance update candidates for XCP-ng 8.3 LTS
This release batch contains mostly fixes, tools version update, a some improvements.
Note: the previous batch of updates has not been released yet, so if you haven't tested it, you will see more updates than described here when you'll install the update candidates. Refer to the previous announcements.
What changed
Virtualization & System
xen: Add support for xenpm get-core-temp to query CPU temperature on Intel platforms.
Use xenpm get-core-temp to get the temperature on Intel's CPU, to fallback unsupported coretemp. Doc update being reviewed.
grub: Sync with XenServer 8.4: Fix a rare out-of-memory error.
dracut: Fixes
Fix to force reboot/shutdown/halt.
Fix issue where the omission of 'override' kernel modules from the initrd image could, in rare instances, prevent a freshly installed XCP-ng host from booting.
Control Plane
xapi: Update to 25.1.11, add fixes and improvements.
Fixed an issue where a newly installed host wouldn't be able to join a pool due to incompatible features exposed by storage.
Fix shutdown VMs not being migratable due to errors generated when the VM was running.
Allow moving VMs back to DHCP from static IP with configure_ipv4/6.
Network
stunnel: Fixed stunnel only considering one of the self-signed certificates with the same DN.
Tools
xcp-ng-pv-tools: Update to XCP-ng Windows Guest Tools 9.1.200 (full changelog).
Drivers
mpi3mr-module: Update to version 8.17.1, adding newly supported SAS5116 devices.
Optional:
mellanox-mlnxen-alt: Fix build error with kernel 4.19.19-8.0.42.1+.
Storage
kmod-drbd: Update to 9.2.18 (full changelog)
Improve XOSTOR stabilty when evacuating/evicting an host.
xcp-ng-release-linstor: Relocate config file to v8.3-linstor repository.
Versions
dracut: 033-538.xcpng8.3 -> 033-539.1.xcpng8.3
gpumon: 24.1.0-84.1.xcpng8.3 -> 24.1.0-91.1.xcpng8.3
grub: 1:2.06-4.0.2.1.xcpng8.3 -> 1:2.06-4.0.5.1.xcpng8.3
mpi3mr-module: 8.6.1.0.0-1.xcpng8.3 -> 8.17.1.0.0-1.xcpng8.3
stunnel: 5.60-5.xcpng8.3 -> 5.60-6.1.xcpng8.3
xapi: 26.1.4-3.2.xcpng8.3 -> 26.1.11-1.1.xcpng8.3
xcp-featured: 1.2.1-1.xcpng8.3 -> 1.2.1-2.xcpng8.3
xcp-ng-pv-tools: 8.3-17.xcpng8.3 -> 8.3-18.xcpng8.3
xen: 4.17.6-9.1.xcpng8.3 -> 4.17.6-9.3.xcpng8.3
Optional packages:
mellanox-mlnxen-alt: 5.4_1.0.3.0-2.xcpng8.3 -> 5.4_1.0.3.0-3.xcpng8.3
XOSTOR users: specific update procedure
Some XOSTOR packages are provided in separate repository, and should be installed along xcp-ng regular packages, using the following commands:
yum clean metadata --enablerepo=xcp-ng-testing,xcp-ng-candidates,xcp-ng-linstor-testing
yum update --enablerepo=xcp-ng-testing,xcp-ng-candidates,xcp-ng-linstor-testing
reboot
Note: linstor packages themselves have not been updated, only kmod-drbd and xcp-ng-release-linstor. Thus, this time it's not necessary to restart the satellites before rebooting.
The following XOSTOR-specific package received updates (and must be updated in the same transaction, which the above update commands will do):
xcp-ng-release-linstor: 1.4-2.xcpng8.3 -> 1.5-1.xcpng8.3 (from xcp-ng-testing repo)
kmod-drbd: 9.2.16-1.0.xcpng8.3 -> 9.2.18-2.0.xcpng8.3 (from xcp-ng-linstor-testing repo)
Test on XCP-ng 8.3
Warning: XOSTOR users should skip this part and follow the instructions of the previous section.
yum clean metadata --enablerepo=xcp-ng-testing,xcp-ng-candidates
yum update --enablerepo=xcp-ng-testing,xcp-ng-candidates
reboot
The usual update rules apply: pool coordinator first, etc.
What to test
As usual, normal use and anything else you want to test.
Test window before official release of the updates
~2 days
We would like to thank users who reported feedback since our last call for testing:
@Andrew, @XCP-ng-JustGreat, @acebmxer, @bufanda, @flakpyro, @jeffberntsen, @majorp93, @manilx, @marcoi, @ph7.
