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  • VMs, hosts, pools, networks and all other usual management tasks.

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    @olivierlambert Yes sir, it is and I'm glad I confirmed this for myself. Thanks also for helping me understand how the VM Suspend process works. Hopefully this post helps other newbies with the same understanding in the future.

  • ACLs, Self-service, Cloud-init, Load balancing...

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    @Danp said in Advanced VM settings Logs: Hi Dustin, Yes... these types of actions are recorded in the Audit log (Settings > Audit) if you have access to this feature and have enabled it. Dan Perfect, thanks!

  • All XO backup features: full and incremental, replication, mirrors...

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    I have a delta backup job with Full backup interval set to 7. If i look at the backup job results I get this: xoce (legion) Snapshot Start: 2025-07-25 03:02 End: 2025-07-25 03:02 Fiend NFS transfer Start: 2025-07-25 03:02 End: 2025-07-25 03:08 Duration: 6 minutes Size: 23.78 GiB Speed: 73.01 MiB/s Clean VM directory cleanVm: incorrect backup size in metadata Start: 2025-07-25 03:08 End: 2025-07-25 03:08 Start: 2025-07-25 03:02 End: 2025-07-25 03:08 Duration: 6 minutes Start: 2025-07-25 03:02 End: 2025-07-25 03:08 Duration: 6 minutes Type: full It says "full". If i go to backup -> restore, search for this vm, i see "full 2 delta 2" in "Available Backups" column. Yet if i press "restore" arrow i see that two full backups are of 2022 year and it looks dangerous. Documentation says about that setting "For example, with a value of 2, the first two backups will be a key and a delta, and the third will start a new chain with a full backup.". Yet, I see only VERY old full backups... Xen Orchestra, commit 19412 Master, commit 6277a, but it seems that this happens for a long time. Do I miss something? Do I really have fresh full backups and these a just labeled "incremental" or what? [image: 1753444452743-xoce.png]

  • Everything related to Xen Orchestra's REST API

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    @StephenAOINS This endpoint is not currently present in our REST API swagger, but we do plan to add it to the list of endpoints. We are currently finalizing the migration of existing endpoints, the next step will be adding new ones. We will keep you informed when it is available. Feel free to come back to us if you want to learn more and follow our blog posts. have a good day

  • Terraform, Packer or any tool to do IaC

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    olivierlambertO
    No, it's fine, as long the issue contains all the relevant details it's fine
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  • ForzaF

    Alpine Linux from HUB: xe-daemon: CollectOS error

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    olivierlambertO
    @fohdeesha let's work on another clean Alpine template.
  • mauzillaM

    Task aborted before completion

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    mauzillaM
    @danp thank you, but in our case the 2nd remote is a hypervisor? I dont know how we should run the backup first then copy the VHD files to the the 2nd hypervisor as continuous replication also creates a VM? I am sure that if I can limit the amount of VM's that is exported once (it's currently 2) then the backups for the large VM should complete. Is there a setting available for this?
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    Can't edit XO metatata backup config

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    olivierlambertO
    Thanks @badrAZ for the fix!
  • mauzillaM

    Is there a feature to auto start a VM?

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    mauzillaM
    Thanks both, agreed, in hindsight this should be configured on the VM itself as it could lead to unexpected issues (like maintenance and having VM's start by themselves) Thanks for the input
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    VM Memory Limits Question

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    olivierlambertO
    Here is a good explanation: https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/xencenter/7-1/dmc-about.html Static can only be set while the VM is offline. Dynamic can be changed in live. When you'll live migrate a VM, it will be decreased to the dynamic min. So take care to use a value that's higher than your VM operating system minimum RAM usage.
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  • mauzillaM

    Creating network bonds in XO

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    olivierlambertO
    You can change the bond name yes.
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    Offline host vm removal

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    olivierlambertO
    I just did
  • mauzillaM

    Backups & CR of same VM - Storage impact

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    olivierlambertO
    That's a way to do it. Use smart backup on tags. Eg a tag called "delta only" and a tag "delta+CR", so you'll be sure to assign the right tag to your VM
  • mauzillaM

    LICENSE_RESTRICTION (PCI_device_for_auto_update)

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    olivierlambertO
    Ahh finally!! Enjoy saying goodbye to Citrix We'll be delighted to get you on board (as a user or even as a contributor via our pro support!)
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    New XOA Remote not Working from previous install

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    olivierlambertO
    No. The parent folder. XO will search for the folder xo-vm-backups directly edit: if your share was previously <NFS_IP>:/myshare, then you should use this very same one, and NOT <NFS_IP>:/myshare/xo-vm-backups
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    Stuck tasks within XO (rrd_updates)?

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    olivierlambertO
    That's why I don't know, I don't have any answer without digging more and sadly I can't If there's other people around to assist, go ahead
  • ForzaF

    Enhancement: provide sha256 on XOA download

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    olivierlambertO
    We'll add sha256, thanks.
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    Backup cancelled still marked as successful

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    olivierlambertO
    There's 2 reasons: XAPI doesn't tell us if the transfer is complete or just cut. We just stop to receive chunks, and after a bit, we decide that's it, there's no more data to send (that's the normal behavior even when it works!) XVAs are hard to validate, depending on various factors. We do a VHD validation (so for delta backup) but XVAs are another thing
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    Backup of Fast Cloned VM

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    olivierlambertO
    On the remote side, right? It won't be "dedup" if it's your question (for now at least). We are thinking on a smart way to dedup it efficiently It's not trivial because we don't have a lot of control on the host itself, but we might find solutions.
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    Unable to import vmdk Error: not a VMDK file

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    @nraynaud well i just used the datastore browser to download the vmdk. i did the same thing with some other (smaller) VMs without any problems. All of this from the same ESXi host. Thanks for looking into it though, i will try the export VM way next but have to find the right time for a shutdown ...
  • mauzillaM

    Backup scheduling suggestions

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    mauzillaM
    @badraz perfect thank you! Answered all my questions!
  • mauzillaM

    Storage impact on CR multiple retentions

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    olivierlambertO
    That's correct @mauzilla We use a VHD chain on destination so it's equivalent to get "snapshots" of a VM So it's delta everywhere with the same full parent for the same original VM.
  • mauzillaM

    New install does not load logs or perform backups

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    olivierlambertO
    You can rely on XOA for now, we can extend the trial as long you need
  • mauzillaM

    Handling of large VM's with delta backups

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    olivierlambertO
    The delta isn't computed over the network, but directly on the host itself