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    "Hardware-assisted virtualization is not enabled on this host" even though platform:exp-nested-hvm=true is set

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    • olivierlambertO
      olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
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      @abudef said in "Hardware-assisted virtualization is not enabled on this host" even though platform:exp-nested-hvm=true is set:

      exp-nested-hvm: true;

      So you have the good parameter here. Maybe try in BIOS mode to see if it's better?

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        abudef @olivierlambert
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        It behaves exactly the same regardless of whether BIOS or UEFI is used.

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          abudef
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          But I have a suspicion that it hasn't worked since the last or second to last batch of updates for XCP-ng, that it worked before.

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            abudef @abudef
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            But I have a suspicion that it hasn't worked since the last or second to last batch of updates for XCP-ng, that it worked before.

            I can confirm this; on another lab I updated XCP-ng with the last fifty or so updates from the end of April, and nested XCP-ng also appears to have virtualization support not enabled...

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            • olivierlambertO
              olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
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              You mean 8.2 or 8.3?

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                abudef @olivierlambert
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                I use version 8.3.

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                • olivierlambertO
                  olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
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                  That might be interesting to check if it works with the same context on 8.2

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                    abudef
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                    Nested virtualization seems to work correctly in version 8.2.1 with the latest updates (native host).

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                      abudef @abudef
                      last edited by abudef

                      Nested virtualization seems to work correctly in version 8.2.1 with the latest updates (native host).

                      On the contrary; the problem is related to virtualized XCP-ng version 8.3 with the latest updates, not to the native host.

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                        abudef @abudef
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                        Nested virtualization seems to work correctly in version 8.2.1 with the latest updates (native host).

                        On the contrary; the problem is related to virtualized XCP-ng version 8.3 with the latest updates, not to the native host.

                        The combination (8.3latest(8.x)) does not work either. Nested virtualization simply doesn't work if 8.3 is either a native host, a virtualized host, or both.

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                        • olivierlambertO
                          olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
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                          And 8.3 with Xen 4.13 instead of 4.17?

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                            abudef
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                            Well, it seems that the problem is caused by Xen 4.17...

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                              abudef
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                              I temporarily moved the entire XCP-ng lab to ESXi. I need a few different hosts for scenario testing, migration and backup testing, XO proxies testing etc. and of course I can't dedicate a hw server for each of them in the lab. Please let me know when the nested virtualization support will be operational again on version 8.3.

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                              • olivierlambertO
                                olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
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                                Well, you are the first to report this regression, so we'll need time to reproduce and investigate.

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                                • olivierlambertO
                                  olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
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                                  Add @stormi so we create a card internally.

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                                  • stormiS
                                    stormi Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team
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                                    Noted! If this happens on our hardware too, this will be very annoying for our own virtual XCP-ng that we use all the time for development and testing.

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                                      abudef @olivierlambert
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                                      @olivierlambert Thank you very much for the impeccable support and fast communication 👍

                                      I tested again today and the problem is always on the host side, regardless of the type of guest. This corrects some of my hasty information above.

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                                      • stormiS
                                        stormi Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team @abudef
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                                        @abudef said in "Hardware-assisted virtualization is not enabled on this host" even though platform:exp-nested-hvm=true is set:

                                        I tested again today and the problem is always on the host side, regardless of the type of guest. This corrects some of my hasty information above.

                                        What do you mean? Can you give examples?

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                                          abudef @stormi
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                                          @stormi If the host is on version 8.3 with Xen 4.17, nested virtualization does not work on any guest. If version 8.3 with Xen 4.17 is on a guest, but the host is running version 8.2.1 or an out-of-date 8.3 (Xen 4.13), it doesn't matter and nested guest virtualization works.

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                                          • stormiS
                                            stormi Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team @abudef
                                            last edited by stormi

                                            @abudef In the second case, do you mean there's:

                                            8.2.1 host running a nested 8.3 (Xen 4.17) VM running itself a Nested XCP-ng? (so nested inside nested)

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