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

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    I've got my OPNsense (FreeBSD) router running in a VM on XCP, and it does have the xe-guest-utilities installed. I'm trying to figure out an issue on one of the interfaces, and I noticed a weird discrepancy in XO with this VM. The MAC addresses and such for the interfaces being used by the VM are all off. It seems that VIF #0 is the only one coming up correctly. Unfortunately, I don't think the FreeBSD or OPNsense teams have a maintainer for the xe-guest-utilities package, and so what they distribute is showing as 6.2.1-76888 in XO. [image: 1773276971518-xoa_guest_discrepancies.png] I don't know if this is what is causing my network issue, but I thought it strange.

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

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    olivierlambertO
    That's a very good question, let me ask internally. Ping @pdonias he might know the answer

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

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    I thought I solved it.. but now the problem is back again: Yesterday, 14 March, I did the following: deleted the snapshots on the running Deb12-XO machine, so it was clean deleted the clones of the machine ran the backup job maually - with success (transferred about 30G to the other host) (still on the "old" XO version) Checked the destination host - no clone (backup) of the VM found. manually created two (full, not quick) clones of the VM so it won't be lost of anything goes sideways updated XO to the latest (2aff8) let it do the relication according to the schedule 21:00 replication success Next morning (15 Mar) 09:00 replication also ran without any issues - at least according to the log. no additional copy of the VM on the destination host (retention is set to 2, so I should have one 21:00 and room for the 09:00 too) Evening replication, 21:00, failed. Got that same error message as before: VM Backup report Global status : failure Job ID: 883e2ee8-00c8-43f8-9ecd-9f9aa7aa01d1 Run ID: 1773604800005 Mode: delta Start time: Sunday, March 15th 2026, 9:00:00 pm End time: Sunday, March 15th 2026, 9:00:13 pm Duration: a few seconds Successes: 0 / 1 Transfer size: 126 MiB 1 Failure Deb12-XO Debian 12 XO self-install Pool id: 4cc74549-71c3-31d5-f204-7106e90acd1e UUID: 30829107-2a1b-6b20-a08a-f2c1e612b2ee Start time: Sunday, March 15th 2026, 9:00:02 pm End time: Sunday, March 15th 2026, 9:00:13 pm Duration: a few seconds Error: _removeUnusedSnapshots don't handle vdi related to multiple VMs Deb12-XO - Deb12-XO - (20260315T080004Z) and [XO Backup Deb12-XO] Deb12-XO = I notice the name of the snapshot seems odd: [XO Backup Deb12-XO] Deb12-XO - Deb12-XO Maybe just a new naming convention, but I found the old one better (for my Admin VM): Admin Ubuntu 24 - Admin Ubuntu 24 - (20260201T125508Z) Admin Ubuntu 24 - Admin Ubuntu 24 - (20260208T125508Z) (I assume the double "Admin Ubuntu 24" is because the backup job name is the same as the machine name)

  • Everything related to Xen Orchestra's REST API

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    After updating to XCP-ng 8.3 (March 2026), IPMI / iDRAC information fails in both XO5 stable and XO6 stable (built from sources). It is thrown a XENAPI_PLUGIN_FAILURE log line for failure of the "ipmitool lan print" which works fine on the (DELL) node(s). These are old PowerEdge R430 and R810 with iDRAC versions 6 and 8 and worked well before the upgrade, so I guess tihis may be due to a XAPI command failing. Worth mentioning for this nice-to have feature.

  • Terraform, Packer or any tool to do IaC

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    dalemD
    Version 1.4.0 is released: https://codeberg.org/NiXOA/system/releases/tag/v1.4.0 It includes significant changes and improvements, including: dedicated getting started section, migration to valkey, only needing to clone system, and helper scripts. the xen-orchestra-ce nixpkg now references the libvhdi nixpkg, and the core flake now references and pulls from the xen-orchestra-ce repo as an overlay. System (the user input flake) now uses the Core repo as an overlay, reducing the need to clone both locally AND allowing system to pull new updates and releases from core. XO, and libvhdi as needed. The next goal is: Make an xsconsole-like TUI Automate package updates for libvhdi and xen-orchestra-ce using CI/CD pipelines Submit libvhdi and xen-orchestra-ce as official nixpkgs
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  • akurzawaA

    All hosts restart, xoa vm restart, host unavailable during xoa start = missed backup

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    olivierlambertO
    Thanks for your feedback. We also took in consideration what people asked for the next UI
  • MajorTomM

    XO(A) - could we not use UTF(?) junk?

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    +1 640KiB for everyone
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    Self-Service not showing assigned pools or network

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    olivierlambertO
    Select pool? I'm not sure to get it. Please provide a screenshot.
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    When using Active Directory authentication, restrict based on group membership

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    olivierlambertO
    Hi, Please see this discussion: https://github.com/vatesfr/xen-orchestra/issues/1884 If you have a pro support, please fill a ticket for a feature request julien-f created this issue in vatesfr/xen-orchestra closed Add ability to fill user groups from ldap #1884
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    how to add orchestra to domain?

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    olivierlambertO
    You need to use LDAP plugin to enable user login with XO. Please refer to our official documentation: https://xen-orchestra.com/docs/ldap.html
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    Selfservice question active vcpu limit

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    olivierlambertO
    This is an idea I had a long time ago (issue created in 2016), but due to the lack of request for this, it's not a priority. Obviously, if you have pro support, creating a ticket to get this could raise the priority of dev teams. Also, contributions are very welcome
  • _danielgurgel_

    Doubts...

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    olivierlambertO
    XOA supports CH 8.0, what's your error? XOA use another mechanism because CBT isn't really worth it (we use delta VHD instead, which is compatible even with XS Free)
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    Problem with BackupNG (internal error)

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    olivierlambertO
    Thanks for the feedback!
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    VDI_IO_ERROR during Backup

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    olivierlambertO
    We patched some part of SMAPIv1 to "make it work" (our patches were even merged) but VHD export is another (more) complicated story. That's why we are working on SMAPIv3 now instead wasting resources on the "legacy" storage stack
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    Just signed up for xen orchestra and login does not work

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    olivierlambertO
    Indeed, as explained in the official doc: https://xen-orchestra.com/docs/#xoa-credentials
  • MajorTomM

    XOA: VMs' consoles don't work ("Unknown key pressed, Unknown key released")

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    MajorTomM
    @Danp said in XOA: VMs' consoles don't work ("Unknown key pressed, Unknown key released"): What version of XS / XCP? Are you fully patched? XOA is on XCP-ng 7.6 which I installed 3 weeks ago and then updated with yum, so still up-to-date, I believe (not trying to update at the moment as I'm in a process of migrating and don't want any reloads/restarts of XCP-ng. VMs were on XenServer 6.2 updated with all patches available. Additional info: one of the Linux VMs which I tried to use XOA's console with, was already on XCP-ng 7.6 (the same as XOA) and here behaviour was different (but bad anyway): hitting Enter was giving newlines, AFAIR, but the console wasn't reacting on other keys. This may help -- https://xen-orchestra.com/blog/xenserver-consoles/ Thanks. Though I'm not sure which keyboard layout the blog mentions... Of the browser (client)? Of the host with XOA? Of the host with the VM observed on the XOA's "console"?
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    Building Xen Orchestra from Source on FreeBSD - error in level-party

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    Glad I was able to help.
  • akurzawaA

    xoa slow export

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    What you found is a pretty old and outdated thread, and conclusion is: It's not limited - and there's no real difference between 1 and 10GE. In case it's limited to protect mgmt-int, it would scale with 10GE, but in fact it doesn't.
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    Instructions on creating an Ubuntu cloud init template

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    olivierlambertO
    Use a single partition because this is a nice way to let cloud init grow the system disk if needed. I made a guide a while ago about doing this on a Debian, it's exactly the same principle: https://xen-orchestra.com/blog/debian-cloud-template-for-xenserver/
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    Direct inquiry (forked topic)

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    MajorTomM
    @Robert-COLIN That's great! Good luck :-).
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    Unable to display files in File Restore (failed to setup loop device)

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    @olivierlambert Yep cool, thanks for your help
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    Can't increase RAM on VM through XO (Memory Constraint Violation)

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    @olivierlambert Yep for sure, and your support here is so good it's not a huge problem, but I more feel bad bothering you with stupid questions more than anything haha
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    XOA shows hundreds of client connections

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    I ran into something VERY similar with XCP-ng and\or XOA a while back - ended up with close to 200 new "clients" showing up on my Meraki gear. They weren't even "connected" long enough to register as IP clients, only MAC clients (ARP, possibly). I didn't think much about it at the time, as both the MAC addresses and hardware information didn't seem to be tied to any actual device by some manufacturer. I may be able to pull those out from my client history... EDIT: Here is a small section of that list: [image: 1556589256050-fc439a0c96cb13a0b2b11b3bd80ff3be.png]
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    VM-GenerationID when restoring from backup?

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    olivierlambertO
    To get assistance on XOA, since you have support, it's better to go with our support ticket system. This way, you can be sure to have an answer with direct developer access in a guaranteed amount of time. Please open a ticket here: https://support.vates.fr/#/tickets XOA isn't dealing on what's inside on the VM: it's an hypervisor-level agentless backup solution. As soon you create the ticket, we'll take a more in-depth look about details (what kind of backup are you using? Delta or full etc.) and also if there anything special we could do at our level.