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    @paco On the stuck server, could you warm migrate the vms to one of the other hosts? Or could you shut down a VM at a time and cold migrate them? The second option is certainly not ideal, but maybe?

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

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    October release fixed it

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

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    Hi, Latest XOA, with fully patched XCP 8.3 here. I'm fiddling around again with NBD+CBT in backup jobs (was avoiding CBT for a time, to reliably control my backups and avoid unnecessary KEY points) in the context of THICK SRs to spare some space. I know that CBT is reset when migrating from one SR to another. But here is what I encounter : VM has no CBT enabled on its VDIs, it is on a SHARED SR in a pool of 3 hosts backup option changed for NBD+CBT, was only NBD before CBT is enabled on the next run by the backup job, I get a delta (was expecting a FULL ?) next run, delta, as expected i migrate this VM on another HOST, without changing its SR CBT is immediatly disabled ? why ?? next run of backup it tries a delta, but "fall back to a full" (normal as CBT has been disabled...), and do a KEY point on the remote next run is a delta as expected does this mean if I do a rolling pool update or host maintenance that will move the all VMs around, all CBT will be disabled and I should expect a FALL BACK TO FULL on all my NBD+CBT enabled backup jobs ??! why disabling CBT on a change of HOST and no move of SR ?

  • Everything related to Xen Orchestra's REST API

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    olivierlambertO
    But giving your feedback on how you solved it might help many people in the future Thanks!

  • Terraform, Packer or any tool to do IaC

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    olivierlambertO
    The roadmap depends a lot on the feedback we have on it More demand/popular, faster we'll implement stuff
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    backblaze b2 / amazon s3 as remote in xoa

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    Migrating VM fails with DUPLICATE_VM error

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    @olivierlambert having exactly the same issue as wcom939 reported. What did you mean by "Can you try with xe command to see if you have the same error?" ? Migrate using CLI? there are too many options:)
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    Alpine Linux from HUB: xe-daemon: CollectOS error

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    @fohdeesha let's work on another clean Alpine template.
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    @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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    Thanks @badrAZ for the fix!
  • mauzillaM

    Is there a feature to auto start a VM?

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    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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    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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    Creating network bonds in XO

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

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    I just did
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    Backups & CR of same VM - Storage impact

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    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
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    LICENSE_RESTRICTION (PCI_device_for_auto_update)

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    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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    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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    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
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    Enhancement: provide sha256 on XOA download

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

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    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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    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 ...
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    Backup scheduling suggestions

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    @badraz perfect thank you! Answered all my questions!