XCP-ng 8.3 updates announcements and testing
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@Andrew That means you likely don't have any "leaked" VBDs
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Running it now shows no error! And no output so looks like i have no issues!
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@rzr Since the targeted test window is over by now, I wonder: what are your plans regarding this set of patches? Will it be released soon?
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@rzr Since the targeted test window is over by now, I wonder: what are your plans regarding this set of patches? Will it be released soon?
yes this is the plan, we're a bit slower this time because the iso publication is a longer process, but afaik no issue are spotted so far, thank you for your patience.
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We pushed the tested packages along a xen security update to the xcp-ng-updates repository, check blog post for summary and related advisories:
https://xcp-ng.org/blog/2026/07/28/july-2026-updates-1-for-xcp-ng-8-3-lts/ -
@rzr Thanks! How long does it take for these patches go be available?
[17:00 xcpng01 ~]# yum update Geladene Plugins: fastestmirror Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile Excluding mirror: updates.xcp-ng.org * xcp-ng-base: mirrors.xcp-ng.org Excluding mirror: updates.xcp-ng.org * xcp-ng-updates: mirrors.xcp-ng.org No packages marked for update//EDIT: Nevermind. After running yum clean metadata they are being picked up.
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We pushed the tested packages along a xen security update to the xcp-ng-updates repository, check blog post for summary and related advisories:
https://xcp-ng.org/blog/2026/07/28/july-2026-updates-1-for-xcp-ng-8-3-lts/Just updated my homelab hosts.
[10:45 xcp-ng-disjqdnc ~]# yum clean metadata Loaded plugins: fastestmirror Cleaning repos: xcp-ng-base xcp-ng-updates 6 metadata files removed 4 sqlite files removed 0 metadata files removed [10:45 xcp-ng-disjqdnc ~]# yum update Loaded plugins: fastestmirror Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile Excluding mirror: updates.xcp-ng.org * xcp-ng-base: mirrors.xcp-ng.org Excluding mirror: updates.xcp-ng.org * xcp-ng-updates: mirrors.xcp-ng.org xcp-ng-base/signature | 473 B 00:00:00 xcp-ng-base/signature | 3.0 kB 00:00:00 !!! xcp-ng-updates/signature | 473 B 00:00:00 xcp-ng-updates/signature | 3.0 kB 00:00:00 !!! (1/2): xcp-ng-base/primary_db | 3.9 MB 00:00:00 (2/2): xcp-ng-updates/primary_db | 1.6 MB 00:00:01 Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package xen-dom0-libs.x86_64 0:4.17.6-9.3.xcpng8.3 will be updated ---> Package xen-dom0-libs.x86_64 0:4.17.6-9.3.1.xcpng8.3 will be an update ---> Package xen-dom0-tools.x86_64 0:4.17.6-9.3.xcpng8.3 will be updated ---> Package xen-dom0-tools.x86_64 0:4.17.6-9.3.1.xcpng8.3 will be an update ---> Package xen-hypervisor.x86_64 0:4.17.6-9.3.xcpng8.3 will be updated ---> Package xen-hypervisor.x86_64 0:4.17.6-9.3.1.xcpng8.3 will be an update ---> Package xen-libs.x86_64 0:4.17.6-9.3.xcpng8.3 will be updated ---> Package xen-libs.x86_64 0:4.17.6-9.3.1.xcpng8.3 will be an update ---> Package xen-tools.x86_64 0:4.17.6-9.3.xcpng8.3 will be updated ---> Package xen-tools.x86_64 0:4.17.6-9.3.1.xcpng8.3 will be an update --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ============================================================================================================================================ Package Arch Version Repository Size ============================================================================================================================================ Updating: xen-dom0-libs x86_64 4.17.6-9.3.1.xcpng8.3 xcp-ng-updates 704 k xen-dom0-tools x86_64 4.17.6-9.3.1.xcpng8.3 xcp-ng-updates 2.0 M xen-hypervisor x86_64 4.17.6-9.3.1.xcpng8.3 xcp-ng-updates 2.4 M xen-libs x86_64 4.17.6-9.3.1.xcpng8.3 xcp-ng-updates 66 k xen-tools x86_64 4.17.6-9.3.1.xcpng8.3 xcp-ng-updates 47 k Transaction Summary ============================================================================================================================================ Upgrade 5 Packages Total download size: 5.2 M Is this ok [y/d/N]: y Downloading packages: Delta RPMs disabled because /usr/bin/applydeltarpm not installed. (1/5): xen-dom0-tools-4.17.6-9.3.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64.rpm | 2.0 MB 00:00:00 (2/5): xen-dom0-libs-4.17.6-9.3.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64.rpm | 704 kB 00:00:00 (3/5): xen-libs-4.17.6-9.3.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64.rpm | 66 kB 00:00:00 (4/5): xen-hypervisor-4.17.6-9.3.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64.rpm | 2.4 MB 00:00:00 (5/5): xen-tools-4.17.6-9.3.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64.rpm | 47 kB 00:00:00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2.9 MB/s | 5.2 MB 00:00:01 Running transaction check Running transaction test Transaction test succeeded Running transaction Updating : xen-libs-4.17.6-9.3.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64 1/10 Updating : xen-hypervisor-4.17.6-9.3.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64 2/10 Updating : xen-dom0-libs-4.17.6-9.3.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64 3/10 Updating : xen-tools-4.17.6-9.3.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64 4/10 Updating : xen-dom0-tools-4.17.6-9.3.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64 5/10 Cleanup : xen-dom0-tools-4.17.6-9.3.xcpng8.3.x86_64 6/10 Cleanup : xen-tools-4.17.6-9.3.xcpng8.3.x86_64 7/10 Cleanup : xen-dom0-libs-4.17.6-9.3.xcpng8.3.x86_64 8/10 Cleanup : xen-hypervisor-4.17.6-9.3.xcpng8.3.x86_64 9/10 Cleanup : xen-libs-4.17.6-9.3.xcpng8.3.x86_64 10/10 Verifying : xen-dom0-tools-4.17.6-9.3.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64 1/10 Verifying : xen-dom0-libs-4.17.6-9.3.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64 2/10 Verifying : xen-hypervisor-4.17.6-9.3.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64 3/10 Verifying : xen-libs-4.17.6-9.3.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64 4/10 Verifying : xen-tools-4.17.6-9.3.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64 5/10 Verifying : xen-libs-4.17.6-9.3.xcpng8.3.x86_64 6/10 Verifying : xen-dom0-tools-4.17.6-9.3.xcpng8.3.x86_64 7/10 Verifying : xen-hypervisor-4.17.6-9.3.xcpng8.3.x86_64 8/10 Verifying : xen-tools-4.17.6-9.3.xcpng8.3.x86_64 9/10 Verifying : xen-dom0-libs-4.17.6-9.3.xcpng8.3.x86_64 10/10 Updated: xen-dom0-libs.x86_64 0:4.17.6-9.3.1.xcpng8.3 xen-dom0-tools.x86_64 0:4.17.6-9.3.1.xcpng8.3 xen-hypervisor.x86_64 0:4.17.6-9.3.1.xcpng8.3 xen-libs.x86_64 0:4.17.6-9.3.1.xcpng8.3 xen-tools.x86_64 0:4.17.6-9.3.1.xcpng8.3 -
Working fine latest update into DL360G7
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Installed these patches on a pool of 4 hosts, can confirm everything looking good!
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Just installed these onto my test systems including my twinstor guinea pigs and all seems good so far.
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