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    • F Offline
      flakpyro @gduperrey
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      @gduperrey Installed on a 2 host AMD based test pool, as well as our 5 host Intel based production pool without issue using rolling pool update. Everything migrated, updated then migrated back perfectly.

      Also installed on my home server without issue.

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        Greg_E
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        Has the kernel changed to a newer version, or still 4.xx.xx?

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          gduperrey Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team @Greg_E
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          @Greg_E No, the kernel version has not changed.
          There is no kernel update in this update series either.

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            dxym
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            The blog(https://xcp-ng.org/blog/2024/11/15/november-2024-security-update-for-xcp-ng-8-3/) states the following:

            Host reboots are necessary after this update.

            However, the command output indicates:

            # needs-restarting -r
            No core libraries or services have been updated.
            Reboot is probably not necessary.
            

            Which one is correct?
            It might be better to reboot the host, but not everyone checks the blog regularly.

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              gduperrey Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team @dxym
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              @dxym It is always important to follow the instructions given on the forum or on the blog. In both cases, we indicate that the hosts must be restarted.
              This way, we are sure that the hosts will apply the changes coming from the updates, like here changes on Xen and the Intel microcode.

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                stormi Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team
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                needs-restarting is a tool from CentOS, which is not aware of the reality of XCP-ng. It's not even able to detect that a Xen or a microcode update requires a reboot. So, as Gaël says.

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                  gduperrey Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team
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                  New update candidates for you to test!

                  A new batch of non-urgent updates is ready for user tests before a future collective release. Below are the details about these.

                  • amd-microcode: Update AMD microcode to the 2024-11-21 drop
                    • Updates firmware for families 17h and 19h CPUs. For the first time, AMD published updates for non-server CPUs. One can assume that they started supporting microcode update for these, contrarily to what they did in the past, and that these updates thus fix various bugs and vulnerabilities. This is only (sensible) speculation at the moment, though.
                  • grub: Backport VLAN networking support for UEFI PXE boot.
                  • iperf3: Upgrade to version 3.9-13 from CentOS 7
                    • Includes a security fix for CVE-2023-38403
                  • kernel: Backport of a fix to correct cooling fan rotation speed on some Lenovo servers. For more information, you can read this thread on the forum.
                  • kexec-tools: Backport of a patch removing kernel_version(). Fixing a bug for kernel with a patchlevel greater than 255.
                  • netdata: Fixed an issue that could occur when quickly uninstalling the package, right after an unfinished installation, and leave a service in an undetermined status.
                  • slang: Fixed display and input issues in optional package mc.
                  • sm: Contains a fix for leaf coalesce where the size of the leaf to coalesce was wrongly computed before deciding if it was a live coalesce or not, it resulted in some leaf having too much data to coalesce not successing the live coalesce and staying in this state indefinitely.
                  • xapi:
                    • Fixed a malfunction related to the absence of a certificate, which could cause a loop.
                    • Fixed and improved various points in IPv6, related to management, reboot and re-initialization.
                  • xo-lite: Update to version 0.6.0. For more details, you can consult the blog post on the latest release of Xen Orchestra.

                  Optional packages:

                  • kernel-alt: Backport of a fix to correct cooling fan rotation speed on some Lenovo servers. For more information, you can read this thread on the forum.
                  • socat: Update the package to version 1.7.4.1 which includes a fix for a buffer overflow and security fixes.
                  • traceroute: Updated to version 2.1.5.
                  • Alternate Drivers: Updated to newer versions.
                    • broadcom-bnxt-en-alt: From version 1.10.2_227.0.130.0 to 1.10.3_231.0.162.0
                    • intel-i40e-alt: From version 2.22.20-3.1 to 2.26.8
                    • More information about drivers and current versions is on the drivers page: (https://github.com/xcp-ng/xcp/wiki/Drivers).

                  Test on XCP-ng 8.3

                  From an up-to-date host:

                  yum clean metadata --enablerepo=xcp-ng-testing
                  yum update --enablerepo=xcp-ng-testing
                  reboot
                  

                  The usual update rules apply: pool coordinator first, etc.

                  Versions

                  • amd-microcode: 20240503-1.1.xcpng8.3
                  • grub: 2.06-4.0.2.1.xcpng8.3
                  • iperf3: 3.9-13.xcpng8.3
                  • kernel: 4.19.19-8.0.37.1.xcpng8.3
                  • kexec-tools: 2.0.15-20.1.xcpng8.3
                  • netdata: 1.44.3-1.2.xcpng8.3
                  • slang: 2.3.2-11.xcpng8.3
                  • sm: 3.2.3-1.13.xcpng8.3
                  • xapi: 24.19.2-1.9.xcpng8.3
                  • xo-lite: 0.6.0-1.xcpng8.3

                  Optional packages:

                  • kernel-alt: 4.19.322+1-1.xcpng8.3
                  • socat: 1.7.4.1-6.xcpng8.3
                  • traceroute: 2.1.5-2.xcpng8.3
                  • Alternate drivers:
                    • broadcom-bnxt-en-alt: 1.10.3_231.0.162.0-1.xcpng8.3
                    • intel-i40e-alt: 2.26.8-1.xcpng8.3

                  What to test

                  Normal use and anything else you want to test. The closer to your actual use of XCP-ng, the better.

                  Test window before official release of the updates

                  None defined, but early feedback is always better than late feedback, which is in turn better than no feedback 🙂

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                    flakpyro @gduperrey
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                    @gduperrey installed on 2 test machines

                    Machine 1:
                    Intel Xeon E-2336
                    SuperMicro board.

                    Machine 2:
                    Minisforum MS-01
                    i9-13900H
                    32 GB Ram
                    Using Intel X710 onboard NIC

                    Both machines installed fine and all VMs came up without issue after.

                    I ran a backup job after to test snapshot coalesce, no issues there.

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                      ravenet @gduperrey
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                      @gduperrey

                      Tested on Multiple systems. Ryzen 1700x andThreadripper 5975. fine so far

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                        Andrew Top contributor @gduperrey
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                        @gduperrey I have several hosts updated and running. I'm happy to see 8.3 updates on parity with 8.2.

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                          ravenet @gduperrey
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                          @gduperrey
                          Tested on 4 systems in production

                          Ryzen 1700x, on asrock rack mb w radeon pro GPU pass through
                          Threadripper 5975wx on asrock rack mb w radeon pro GPU pass through
                          Epyc 9224 on Asus
                          Epyc 7313P on Asus

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                            XCP-ng-JustGreat
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                            Applied latest candidate test updates to 3 x Dell OptiPlex 7040 (i7-6700, 48GB, 10Gbps-attached TrueNAS shared-storage) pool. Update process was error-free and successful. Everything appears to be working normally following the update.

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                              gskger Top contributor @gduperrey
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                              @gduperrey Update some Dell R720s with GPUs and a Dell R730. Update worked without any problem and VMs operate as expected. Will update this post if that changes during day-to-day operation. Great work!

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                                gduperrey Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team
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                                New update candidates for you to test!

                                In addition to the previous updates, available for testing, here are some new, non-urgent ones, expected to be released in a few days. Below are the details about these.

                                • blktap: Add an option to use backup footer when vhd-util query is called. This will be used in a future storage driver.
                                • intel-igc: Update to version 5.10.226.
                                • xcp-ng-deps: Added vim-minimal as a dependency, so it is always present on XCP-ng systems.

                                For XOSTOR users:

                                • drbd: Prevent a dead-lock in some situations, plus other improvements

                                (Reminder: XOSTOR is still in beta stage on XCP-ng 8.3)

                                Test on XCP-ng 8.3

                                From an up-to-date host:

                                yum clean metadata --enablerepo=xcp-ng-testing
                                yum update --enablerepo=xcp-ng-testing
                                reboot
                                

                                The usual update rules apply: pool coordinator first, etc.

                                Versions

                                • blktap: 3.54.9-1.2.xcpng8.3
                                • intel-igc: 5.10.226-1.xcpng8.3
                                • kmod-drbd: 9.2.11-1.1.xcpng8.3
                                • xcp-ng-deps: 8.3-13

                                What to test

                                Normal use and anything else you want to test. The closer to your actual use of XCP-ng, the better.

                                Test window before official release of the updates

                                ~ 2 days

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                                  flakpyro @gduperrey
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                                  @gduperrey Installed on the same 2 hosts as the last batch of test updates released in December.

                                  No issues to report so far, ran a backup job after after without issue.

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                                    olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
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                                    Works for me!

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                                    • gskgerG Offline
                                      gskger Top contributor @gduperrey
                                      last edited by gskger

                                      @gduperrey Installed on some R720s with GPUs and everything works as expected. Looks good 👍

                                      Edit: also installed the update on my playlab hosts and a Dell PowerEdge R730. Again no issues and all hosts and VMs are up again.

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                                        Clouseau @gskger
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                                        Upgraded to testing as I had problem with coalesce on 8.3 and VDI of 330GB. Smaller one coalesced fine (50Gb and 100GB) but on 330G it run for 12sec and said something about timeout error. With testing packages coalesce is working fine.

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                                          Andrew Top contributor @gduperrey
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                                          @gduperrey Updates installed and running but I don't have 8.3 in production yet...

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                                            ph7
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                                            Tested OK on
                                            Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4710MQ CPU @ 2.50GHz

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