XenServer to XCP-ng
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Hello,
This is probably a really silly question and I apologise if this has been asked before. I currently have a standalone server running XenServer 7.1. I basically refused to update it due to the limitations that were enforced in later versions of XenServer, when not licenced. Would it be possible to directly upgrade XenServer 7.1, to XCP-ng 8.2.1? I seen in the documentation that you can upgrade same versions and above but not sure if you can actually jump directly from 7.X to 8.X?
Again, apologies if this has been asked before.
Cheers,
Richie -
Hey,
I have successfully completed the upgrade process! It is good to once again, have a server that is actually up to date and where I have no fear of rebooting, the server had a run-time of 2+ years
Cheers,
Richie -
Hi!
No problem to ask, you are at the right place for this
Sure, you can to an inline upgrade, ie inserting 8.2 ISO, select upgrade and that should do it -
Hey!
Thank you so much for getting back to me on this, that's honestly great! I can finally upgrade this thing and make it compliant... I hate to think how many vulnerabilities currently live on that thing!
Cheers,
Richie -
Indeed, since there's almost one monthly sec patches, it's been a lot
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Hey,
I have successfully completed the upgrade process! It is good to once again, have a server that is actually up to date and where I have no fear of rebooting, the server had a run-time of 2+ years
Cheers,
Richie -
Great news! Enjoy XCP-ng and Xen Orchestra
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@richiebyte How did you do it? I need to migrate from xs 7.2 to xcp-ng 8.2
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@jcampos Good morning! It's actually really easy, all I did was put the xcp-ng ISO onto a USB, rebooted the server and booted from the USB. From there, it's just a case of selecting the option to upgrade XenServer 7.2 to XCP-ng 8.2. It really is that simple, probably more simple than anybody would imagine. There is XCP-ng documentation on the process as well - https://xcp-ng.org/docs/upgrade.html#upgrade-from-xenserver.
I would always recommend doing backups though before doing any upgrades etc. but in all honesty, from my experience, it was a very simple, quick and hassle free process.
Cheers,
Richie
