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

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    Hello all, I was looking at the code for the perf-alert plugin because I wasn't sure if it followed the same workflow as the backup-reports plugin where it sends emails and delivers to multiple transports. As it turns out, it only sends emails that are configured in the plugin, but I would love it to use the other transports available if they're set up like transport-slack, etc. As a user who is interested in expanding my monitoring footprint in my infrastructure, I think the perf-alert plugin should follow the same reporting/alerting mechanisms as the backup-report plugin and notify to transport-slack along with others. In my case I use Discord, but Mattermost, etc. users would all benefit based on the format the transport-slack plugin already provides. Reading the code it seems like the Plugin system would benefit from having a singular "alerting" layer that you send messages to within each plugin and then the transport plugins just relay the messages to their appropriate APIs (this would likely require rethinking the plugin archictecture however, so not an actionable item), similar to a job queue. I would probably be able to file a PR to add this functionality, but I'm not confident enough to give it a go at the moment as I'd like to understand the implications of adding said code first. For now, I'll leave this as a feature request as I think most people would find this a welcome addition.

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

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    Is a centralized XOA server "managing" two remote Proxy-fronted XCP clusters supported with the SDN Controller Plugin? We are looking to deploy an architecture similar to this blog post from 2022: https://xen-orchestra.com/blog/xo-proxy-a-concrete-guide/

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

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    Hello! So I created a new job and a small test vm to gather info. I did 3 replications runs and the last 2 failed. Backups are working thoug. Since this would be a large post, I created a pdf with the test cycle. ... Only to find out that those are not allowed on this forum! So I captured the pdf pages... [image: 1784297275075-535e6b06-678a-4228-b109-e6fad5ec97e5-image.jpeg] [image: 1784297294513-9c5c5933-3dc8-4223-983e-7a9c3d884a72-image.jpeg] [image: 1784297307874-e199e8fa-4335-412a-924b-67f482b8bdd2-image.jpeg] [image: 1784297320970-7e8a9103-1a5f-4b7c-b886-2c9364cdd3af-image.jpeg] [image: 1784297331437-18fedc6b-3f83-4165-a6e3-f1586b97c127-image.jpeg] [image: 1784297343300-7c917ab7-31f7-441a-bca8-397fd8653a29-image.jpeg] [image: 1784297353287-921b2af6-5276-4272-818b-6f7a025d6c59-image.jpeg] And the logs from the jobs: { "data": { "mode": "delta", "reportWhen": "always", "backupReportTpl": "mjml" }, "id": "1784293017099", "jobId": "10d0331c-694e-4681-8860-33fef3790552", "jobName": "TESTCRANDBK", "message": "backup", "scheduleId": "bc7b29ce-25b2-4c66-9186-b1d4c314b979", "start": 1784293017099, "status": "success", "tasks": [ { "id": "0mroxztk5-9yuipq34src", "start": 1784293020005, "status": "success", "tasks": [ { "id": "0mroxztkj-izqz7v0ufn", "start": 1784293020019, "status": "success", "end": 1784293020027, "result": { "merge": false, "size": 0 }, "message": "clean-vm" }, { "id": "0mroxztz1-v8ycdmtgo9k", "start": 1784293020541, "status": "success", "end": 1784293036537, "result": "20683621-7819-7661-91a2-93c377a7345a", "message": "snapshot" }, { "id": "0mroy06bf-9frdqsgnpym", "start": 1784293036539, "status": "success", "tasks": [ { "id": "0mroy0aun-bscsuoyzrpu", "start": 1784293042415, "status": "success", "tasks": [ { "id": "0mroy3r14-2sk7dgyqrbl", "start": 1784293203352, "status": "success", "end": 1784293207572, "message": "target snapshot" } ], "end": 1784293207573, "result": { "size": 9254731776 }, "message": "transfer" } ], "end": 1784293207664, "message": "export", "data": { "id": "a729e916-4cd8-2208-7dce-329e6b4af892", "isFull": true, "name_label": "xxxxx", "type": "SR" } }, { "id": "0mroy06bg-eyd2s4tidgg", "start": 1784293036540, "status": "success", "end": 1784293207664, "message": "export", "data": { "id": "b0b77301-4625-a13b-7022-9512f927944a", "isFull": true, "name_label": "xxxxxx", "type": "SR" } }, { "id": "0mroy06bh-ra3dxpusxr8", "start": 1784293036541, "status": "success", "end": 1784293207664, "message": "export", "data": { "id": "7054c407-d620-2c9f-5810-1e192a04ffe2", "isFull": true, "name_label": "xxxxxxxxx", "type": "SR" } }, { "id": "0mroy06bi-tdyzypsg58", "start": 1784293036542, "status": "success", "end": 1784293207664, "message": "export", "data": { "id": "621c9b87-4f58-987b-2c07-e8dee67da73a", "isFull": true, "name_label": "xxxxxxxxxx", "type": "SR" } }, { "id": "0mroy06be-u3p9nky3uwd", "start": 1784293036538, "status": "success", "tasks": [ { "id": "0mroy0aus-ax44kkpim1", "start": 1784293042420, "status": "success", "end": 1784293200916, "result": { "size": 9257013760 }, "message": "transfer" }, { "id": "0mroy434q-md07n6vujw", "start": 1784293219034, "status": "success", "end": 1784293219099, "result": { "merge": false, "size": 0 }, "message": "clean-vm" } ], "end": 1784293219102, "message": "export", "data": { "id": "c1fdab1d-5535-42e4-b282-1a0282df1081", "isFull": true, "type": "remote" } } ], "infos": [ { "message": "Transfer data using NBD" }, { "message": "will delete snapshot data" }, { "data": { "vdiRef": "OpaqueRef:080d2018-c2a3-aa6f-89a1-b3eaf72c3de5" }, "message": "Snapshot data has been deleted" } ], "end": 1784293219102, "message": "backup VM", "data": { "id": "d771731a-f132-7365-be50-71f19424f96e", "type": "VM", "name_label": "TESTREPL", "progress": 0 } } ], "end": 1784293219104, "infos": [ { "data": { "vms": [ "d771731a-f132-7365-be50-71f19424f96e" ] }, "message": "vms" } ] } { "data": { "mode": "delta", "reportWhen": "always", "backupReportTpl": "mjml" }, "id": "1784293990343", "jobId": "10d0331c-694e-4681-8860-33fef3790552", "jobName": "TESTCRANDBK", "message": "backup", "scheduleId": "bc7b29ce-25b2-4c66-9186-b1d4c314b979", "start": 1784293990343, "status": "success", "tasks": [ { "id": "0mroykonr-nktgebhtb4k", "start": 1784293993431, "status": "success", "tasks": [ { "id": "0mroykoo5-171n48gwq3r", "start": 1784293993445, "status": "success", "end": 1784293993493, "result": { "merge": false, "size": 0 }, "message": "clean-vm" }, { "id": "0mroykp31-4r5wrf9blru", "start": 1784293993981, "status": "success", "end": 1784294007573, "result": "9ff54ec5-0247-4692-945b-c183206ae6dd", "message": "snapshot" }, { "id": "0mroykzkm-ykzk53um8l", "start": 1784294007574, "status": "success", "tasks": [ { "id": "0mroyl3qn-vzompxsw79o", "start": 1784294012975, "status": "success", "end": 1784294018591, "result": { "size": 396481024 }, "message": "transfer" }, { "id": "0mroyljgo-nlch68rkbil", "start": 1784294033352, "status": "success", "end": 1784294033444, "result": { "merge": false, "size": 0 }, "message": "clean-vm" } ], "end": 1784294033446, "message": "export", "data": { "id": "c1fdab1d-5535-42e4-b282-1a0282df1081", "isFull": false, "type": "remote" } } ], "warnings": [ { "message": "the writer AggregatedIncrementalXapiWriter has failed the step writer.checkBaseVdis() with error Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'get'). It won't be used anymore in this job execution." } ], "infos": [ { "message": "Transfer data using NBD" }, { "message": "will delete snapshot data" }, { "data": { "vdiRef": "OpaqueRef:77605638-5e58-4a10-c2de-bc6e77f1ad61" }, "message": "Snapshot data has been deleted" } ], "end": 1784294033447, "message": "backup VM", "data": { "id": "d771731a-f132-7365-be50-71f19424f96e", "type": "VM", "name_label": "TESTREPL", "progress": 0 } } ], "end": 1784294033449, "infos": [ { "data": { "vms": [ "d771731a-f132-7365-be50-71f19424f96e" ] }, "message": "vms" } ] } { "data": { "mode": "delta", "reportWhen": "always", "backupReportTpl": "mjml" }, "id": "1784295416670", "jobId": "10d0331c-694e-4681-8860-33fef3790552", "jobName": "TESTCRANDBK", "message": "backup", "scheduleId": "bc7b29ce-25b2-4c66-9186-b1d4c314b979", "start": 1784295416670, "status": "success", "tasks": [ { "id": "0mrozf8yr-lix8jxbm6pd", "start": 1784295419428, "status": "success", "tasks": [ { "id": "0mrozf8zg-zddbxm901mc", "start": 1784295419452, "status": "success", "end": 1784295419537, "result": { "merge": false, "size": 0 }, "message": "clean-vm" }, { "id": "0mrozf9dv-7nj082i92kp", "start": 1784295419971, "status": "success", "end": 1784295426890, "result": "18312e82-adb6-2dc5-b13e-2fd9a4b2bf77", "message": "snapshot" }, { "id": "0mrozfeq3-w3y5xrwtqse", "start": 1784295426891, "status": "success", "tasks": [ { "id": "0mrozfrvy-4g1gefr14hx", "start": 1784295443950, "status": "success", "end": 1784295445177, "result": { "size": 92319744 }, "message": "transfer" }, { "id": "0mrozfw5f-mx0xt5f7wjm", "start": 1784295449475, "status": "success", "end": 1784295449563, "result": { "merge": false, "size": 0 }, "message": "clean-vm" } ], "end": 1784295449565, "message": "export", "data": { "id": "c1fdab1d-5535-42e4-b282-1a0282df1081", "isFull": false, "type": "remote" } } ], "warnings": [ { "message": "the writer AggregatedIncrementalXapiWriter has failed the step writer.checkBaseVdis() with error Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'get'). It won't be used anymore in this job execution." } ], "infos": [ { "message": "Transfer data using NBD" }, { "message": "will delete snapshot data" }, { "data": { "vdiRef": "OpaqueRef:6a833d28-2d2c-5fe6-858b-02d2fd41b919" }, "message": "Snapshot data has been deleted" } ], "end": 1784295449566, "message": "backup VM", "data": { "id": "d771731a-f132-7365-be50-71f19424f96e", "type": "VM", "name_label": "TESTREPL", "progress": 0 } } ], "end": 1784295449567, "infos": [ { "data": { "vms": [ "d771731a-f132-7365-be50-71f19424f96e" ] }, "message": "vms" } ] } Hope it helps

  • Everything related to Xen Orchestra's REST API

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    Hello I'm pulling stats for all VMs to understand CPU usage. We're a bit behind the curve in terms of XO versions, but these questions hopefully are still relevant. If using a granularity of days, the interval is set to 86400 (understandably) but the endTimestamp varies. Running this on June 9th @ ~1740 we get timestamps for both Mon Jun 8 01:00:00 AM BST 2026 and Tues Jun 9 01:00:00 AM BST 2026. Does this average across the day? Why is the timestamp 0100? Why would there be different timestamps between VMs (all are running) and does that mean that the figures are misaligned in the results? These are retrieved via curl and a bash script, a bit hacky, but for clarity the request is: ++ curl -X GET -s -H accept:application/json -b authenticationToken=[[REDACTED]] -o [[REDACTED]] 'https://[[REDACTED]]/rest/v0/vms/[[REDACTED]]/stats?granularity=days' Really keen to know if we can control the start and endtime, as well as provide a manual interval, as well as the aggregation strategy (min, max, average). Are any of these possible? Lastly, is cpuUsage the percentage as per the dashboard, but averaged over all CPUs? Thanks so much in advance. James

  • Terraform, Packer or any tool to do IaC

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    The Kubernetes CSI driver for Xen Orchestra just hit v0.4.0, and we want it on more real clusters before it reaches a stable release candidate. If you run Kubernetes on XCP-ng VMs, this is a good time to give it a proper workout. What's new in v0.4.0: Local-storage support Automatic pool-discovery fallback Kubernetes metadata now lives in Xen Orchestra VDI tags instead of the deprecated other_config. That change also drops the old requirement for Xen Orchestra 6.4 or newer, so the driver runs on more deployments now. ️ Read this before you upgrade. v0.4.0 is a breaking change. The Kubernetes metadata moved from other_config to VDI tags, so you must migrate before upgrading from v0.3.0. Do not upgrade in place: follow the v0.3.0 to v0.4.0 migration guide in the release notes, then move to v0.4.0. What helps us most is hearing how it behaves on your own setup: what works, what breaks, which storage backend you use, and which flavour of Kubernetes you run (k3s, full k8s, or something else). Edge cases on real clusters are the ones we don't see in our own testing. Where to report: start right here in this thread. It keeps everything visible to the community and lets others on the same setup jump in. If something turns out to be a reproducible bug, we'll move it to a GitHub issue on the repo so the team can track it to a fix. Release notes and migration guide: https://github.com/vatesfr/xenorchestra-csi-driver/releases/tag/v0.4.0
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    Backup Strategy

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    DarkbeldinD
    To change your IP address see doc here
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    Installation form sources missing xo-server module

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    @julien-f I believe that you already updated the docs, but that occurred after the postings above. You may want to review the section discussing forever-service to be sure it doesn't need modified.
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    restoring META

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    @s-pam i'd say use them, always use the. Only a few KB of space and could be every handy. We have 3 servers in the pool so overlooked requirement for full pool recovery. (p.s we didn't fail, it's during DR testing it was flagged) we had the backups on already and if this had been a real issue, would have saved a lot of bacon!! turn it on ! (and check you can get it without a running XOA for quicker restore in full meltdown.)
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    Build from source Error

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    Thanks for the report!
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    NTP Settings XOA?

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    This section has nothing to do with XOA IP address, but useful to restrict some VMs to some IP address. I agree it's unclear. But as I said, for now, there's 0 GUI to configure the system per se. That's why I said it could be an addition sure, but there's nothing yet, so adding it will take some time or efforts, and it's not a priority as we speak (our backlog is already pretty big). But again, as an Open Source project, we are welcoming contributions!
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    Questions: Placing a new VM in a suitable pool/How is a host chosen ?

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    To pick a pool: it's up to you to decide, depending on available pool storage capacity, speed. Same for compute and network. It's very very specific to your own needs, there's no universal rules. Host selection for a VM: it's not decided by XO but by XAPI (except if you specifically ask to boot on a host). IIRC, it's a mix of load and memory available, but if you want to dig further, it should be written in the XAPI code somewhere
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    USB Hard drives for VM exports

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    @indyj FYI when I ran this test again it worked. this time: I ran it as a "Delta" backup. And then rescanned the removable media. I was then able to restore an individual file from the backup on USB media.
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    creating trunked connections through physical interfaces.

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    @garrya Hi, it sounds like you've set up VLAN interfaces correctly on the XCP-ng side, but the switch they are connected to also needs to be aware of VLAN tags to pass them, or else it will only pass untagged traffic as you noticed. You'll need a smart/managed switch with VLAN capability to do so
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    Authentication via Active Directory

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    @deoccultist Sadly, none of this seemed to make any difference.
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    Can Network be selected for Backups?

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    See my answer in the other thread.
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    Support for XO in docker container

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    We are investigating an elegant solution called RunX. Basically, it might be able to transparently any standard "container stack" (Docker and/or k8s). See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m95hojMtsU There's some work to adapt that to XAPI, but it might be doable. This means XCP-ng could be "container" native while having very good level of isolation with very small VMs (only few MiB overhead).
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    Add rescan ISO SR from VM menu

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    This is simple enough so we'll implement it in XO 5. Thanks for the feedback!
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    Wasabi just wont work...

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    5.79.3 / 5.81.0 All of my backups work (now), and speeds range between 5 MB/s to 20 MB/s. Most of my VM's are smaller (zstd helps a lot), though the largest archive is about 80 GB. Also, all of my backups are sequential -- I seem to remember a previous note where somebody had problems with concurrent uploads. My XOCE VM runs with 12 GB, which was the number that "just works" according to some of my earlier problems (and I haven't bothered to chase down or fine tune further).
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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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    Task aborted before completion

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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!
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    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