Install XCP-ng in old HP ProLiant DL160 G6 (gen 6)
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Hi,
I´ve and old HP ProLiant DL160 G6 server, my intention is use it for homelab, its possible to install XCP-ng hypervisor? any suggested version? It has ESXi 5.1 installed, with some VMs of the old company...but i cant access using vSphere Client o connect using VMware Workstation, an error jumps! So I find this hypervisor, but im a noob. Thankyou!! -
@ilu I don't see why you couldn't. The hardware is definitely dated, but it's not like you're trying this on a Pentium II
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@nick.lloyd Thankyou...i'll try the last version, reading forums people says HP was problematic, thats why i was asking for help.
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@ilu Though note that XCP-ng 8.3.0 when it goes LTS, will be getting a fix for the 2TB VDI limit. This will allow you to handle VMs which have large, disks.
Plus this 8.3.0 version is also equipped with XO Lite, useful for single pool as a light weight environment. Though just using Xen Orchestra will be a step up from using VMware ESXi version 5.1, due to it being an appliance.
Plus with it open source nature this software stack, will be a great home for the VMs.
If your asking as a company I would seriously recommend looking into Vates VMS, it will be a very useful base for professional support. As well as supporting the continued development of this great and outstanding virtualisation stack, as well as its open source code.
Also you'll find this works great with your up to date systems as all of the interfaces are HTML5 based no flash present.
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@ilu said in Install XCP-ng in old HP ProLiant DL160 G6 (gen 6):
@nick.lloyd Thankyou...i'll try the last version, reading forums people says HP was problematic, thats why i was asking for help.
Runs fine on my HP hardware, and was pretty easy to install.
@john.c said in Install XCP-ng in old HP ProLiant DL160 G6 (gen 6):
@ilu Though note that XCP-ng 8.3.0 when it goes LTS, will be getting a fix for the 2TB VDI limit. This will allow you to handle VMs which have large, disks.
You have a source for this? IIRC, the fix the the 2TB limit will fix a few other storage limitations too so I'm keen to know more.
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@Statitica said in Install XCP-ng in old HP ProLiant DL160 G6 (gen 6):
@ilu said in Install XCP-ng in old HP ProLiant DL160 G6 (gen 6):
@nick.lloyd Thankyou...i'll try the last version, reading forums people says HP was problematic, thats why i was asking for help.
Runs fine on my HP hardware, and was pretty easy to install.
@john.c said in Install XCP-ng in old HP ProLiant DL160 G6 (gen 6):
@ilu Though note that XCP-ng 8.3.0 when it goes LTS, will be getting a fix for the 2TB VDI limit. This will allow you to handle VMs which have large, disks.
You have a source for this? IIRC, the fix the the 2TB limit will fix a few other storage limitations too so I'm keen to know more.
https://xcp-ng.org/blog/2025/03/14/the-future-of-xcp-ng-lts/
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@john.c Thanks!
Not quite the update I was hoping for, but it's another good step in the right direction...
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@Statitica said in Install XCP-ng in old HP ProLiant DL160 G6 (gen 6):
@john.c Thanks!
Not quite the update I was hoping for, but it's another good step in the right direction...
The disk image (VDI) size limit meant that you couldn't have disks attached, to a VM which is larger than 2TB. This limitation was due to the use of the VHD (not VHDX) format for the disks, prior to 8.3 LTS.
Serious problems then occurred if you went over this limit, ones that couldn't be corrected (or at least easily). But the 2TB limit could be worked around, though a fix was sought and is now in development and testing, which will correct it.
On top of this Vates are refactoring and/or updating the Xen Orchestra backup feature code to be able to cope with this limitation being removed, as well as the qcow2 format.
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@john.c Yeah - like I said it is a good step in the right direction. Just doesn't solve my particular storage related problems.
