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@probain said in XCP-ng Windows PV tools announcements:

No problem... If you ever decide to have the .exe-file as a separate item. Not bundled within the zip-file. Then I would be even happier. But until then, thanks for everything!

The guest agent EXE is just one part of the tools package (and actually may not have the same version as the MSI file), therefore I don't think it should be relied upon for versioning. I recommend using the product_id method instead.

@Johny said in XCP-ng Windows PV tools announcements:

Both versions of XCP-ng Center are returning a Management Agent not installed error under the Used Memory column when using the 9.1 driver (this was also an issue with the previous 9.0 version).

Although, XOA does show that it's installed. Is this a known issue?

Looks like XCP-ng Center decided to detect the guest agent in a different way, namely checking for the feature "feature-static-ip-setting" which is XenServer specific (and, as indicated by the name, should not be used for management agent version checking). Please open an issue on the XCP-ng Center repo for this.

The cosmetic issue about management agent version disappearing after migration/resume has already been fixed in 9.1.100.

dinhngtu

@probain The canonical way is to check the product_id instead https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/windows/win_package_module.html#parameter-product_id The ProductCode changes every time a new version of XCP-ng Windows PV tools is released, and you can get it from each release's MSI:

dinhngtu

@dom0 Yes, the Vates tools are our recommended guest tools for XCP-ng going forward.

dinhngtu

Hello all,

Version 9.1.100 Release Signed of the Windows PV tools has been released.

Download the latest release here: https://github.com/xcp-ng/win-pv-drivers/releases

It will be integrated into the XCP-ng built-in tools ISO after a test period of 2 weeks.

This release brings multiple bug fixes to all Windows drivers and guest tools components.

To download XenClean, click here. The installer downloads also includes a copy of XenClean and XenBootFix. Remember to carefully read XenClean docs before use.

Before installing

Thank you for using our Windows PV tools. Please carefully read the instructions below.

Not compatible with the "Manage Citrix PV drivers via Windows Update" option. You must disable this option before installing.
We recommend creating backups/snapshots before installing.

Changes since 9.0.9137

NEW: Add installer option to disable time sync.
NEW: SBOM is now included with the installation package.
Improved: Better cleanup of Xenbus devices.
Fixes: Driver symbols are now back after an accidental omission in 9.0.9137.
Fixes: Fix restoration of network settings after uninstallation.
Fixes: Fix XenClean in Safe Mode.
Fixes: Fix system time drifting when time sync is enabled.
Fixes: Fix display of Windows OS version.
Fixes: Fix Xen Guest Agent reporting on VM resume.
Fixes: Fix receive-side scaling.
Fixes: Various driver stability fixes.

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If you encounter installation/uninstallation errors, please try again with one of the following commands:

For installing:
msiexec.exe /i XenTools-x64.msi /log install.log

For uninstalling:
msiexec.exe /x XenTools-x64.msi /log uninstall.log

Please include this log along with the file C:\Windows\INF\setupapi.dev.log in your bug report. These files will help us troubleshoot any installation issues.

Additionally, please report any errors or BSOD you encounter during testing of this release. Your feedback is very appreciated.

Discussion: https://xcp-ng.org/forum (preferred)
Issue Tracker: https://github.com/xcp-ng/xcp/issues
IRC: #xcp-ng and #xcp-ng-dev on irc.freenode.net

Full Changelog: https://github.com/xcp-ng/win-pv-drivers/compare/v9.0.9137...v9.1.100

dinhngtu

@dom0 They are built from scratch using these components:

Upstream Xen Project PV driver sources, which includes contributions from Citrix, Vates, Invisible Things Lab among others, and where we are one of the maintainers;
The Rust guest agent, which is developed by us;
The installer, packaging and tooling is completely our own.

The main repo is here: https://github.com/xcp-ng/win-pv-drivers

dinhngtu

@flakpyro It's a known issue, a new version with fixes will be released soon.

dinhngtu

@kevdog Try adding console=ttyS0 earlyprintk=serial,ttyS0. You shouldn't need hvm_serial, xl console should be enough. Make sure that the boot parameters show up correctly in grub.

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