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    VM's from ESXi, live migration not possible

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    • OhSoNoobO Offline
      OhSoNoob @olivierlambert
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      @olivierlambert I am not using any kind of PCI passthrough, but it seems like the storage device for xcp-ng is not using the correct driver.

      This is the result of the migrated CTX servers (now using a different server as example, but the result is the same):

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      With the test server:
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      however, just changing the storage driver doesn't seem to work. Any experience or tips with this?

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      • olivierlambertO Offline
        olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
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        Okay so the Xen PV driver for storage isn't working correctly in the problematic VM, so the storage can't be suspended to do a live migration. That's causing your issue 🙂

        I don't know why the device isn't working correctly (maybe try to reinstall the tools?), but as soon it does, live migrate should work.

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          OhSoNoob @olivierlambert
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          @olivierlambert The problem with fully installing the tools is our antivirus solution SentinelOne. Simply pausing the agent + reboot gave the XenTools the possibility to install succesfully. After a succesfull installation, enabling the SentinelOne agent again is possible without any other issues regarding the tools or drivers.

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            olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
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            Oh great news then!!! 🍾

            So now you can live migrate and such, right?

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            • OhSoNoobO Offline
              OhSoNoob @olivierlambert
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              @olivierlambert Yes! Live migration is now available and working. Which is great!

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              • olivierlambertO Offline
                olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
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                Excellent news! Thank you very much for the feedback, it might be helpful for others 👍

                Enjoy XCP-ng and XO!

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                  glatour @OhSoNoob
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                  @OhSoNoob said in VM's from ESXi, live migration not possible:

                  @olivierlambert The problem with fully installing the tools is our antivirus solution SentinelOne. Simply pausing the agent + reboot gave the XenTools the possibility to install succesfully. After a succesfull installation, enabling the SentinelOne agent again is possible without any other issues regarding the tools or drivers.

                  Thank you for that find, I was in the same boat.

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                    olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
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                    Oh wow, I couldn't think it would have been helpful that fast!! I think I might update our documentation page about Windows tools and this issue.

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                    • olivierlambertO Offline
                      olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
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                      Done: https://docs.xcp-ng.org/troubleshooting/windows-pv-tools/#not-all-pv-drivers-are-correctly-installed

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                        glatour @olivierlambert
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                        @olivierlambert said in VM's from ESXi, live migration not possible:

                        Oh wow, I couldn't think it would have been helpful that fast!! I think I might update our documentation page about Windows tools and this issue.

                        Yes, take a look at ticket #7723929. There is also something about shrinking a Windows partition using Linux tools and avoid data loss that could be added to the doc.

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                          glatour @olivierlambert
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                          @olivierlambert said in VM's from ESXi, live migration not possible:

                          Done: https://docs.xcp-ng.org/troubleshooting/windows-pv-tools/#not-all-pv-drivers-are-correctly-installed

                          wow that was fast, thank you!

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                          • olivierlambertO Offline
                            olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO @glatour
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                            @glatour Where would you add this in our doc? (the shrink tip)

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                              glatour @olivierlambert
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                              @olivierlambert said in VM's from ESXi, live migration not possible:

                              @glatour Where would you add this in our doc? (the shrink tip)

                              There: https://docs.xcp-ng.org/guides/shrink_virtual_drive/ under the Windows VMs part.

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                              • olivierlambertO Offline
                                olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
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                                On it!

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                                • olivierlambertO Offline
                                  olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
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                                  Done: https://docs.xcp-ng.org/guides/shrink_virtual_drive/#pre-requisites

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