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    • rizaemet 0R Offline
      rizaemet 0 @stormi
      last edited by rizaemet 0

      @stormi
      I have an netapp storage. it support nfs 4.1. how can I add a nfs sr with nfs 4.1? I want test it.

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        borzel XCP-ng Center Team @stormi
        last edited by borzel

        @stormi I did not test it (yet) .. currently copying loads of vm data around at work... but if all goes well I have a free storage next week that will become our new nfs4.1 server for work ... stay tuned 😕

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          borzel XCP-ng Center Team @rizaemet 0
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          @rizaemet-0 here is a XCP-ng Center with NFS 4.1 support: https://github.com/xcp-ng/xenadmin/releases/tag/v7.6.3.21

          Just add your NFS SR via the normal assistant, the NFS 4.1 option is right there.

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          • rizaemet 0R Offline
            rizaemet 0
            last edited by rizaemet 0

            I create a nfs sr with nfs 4.1 with xcp-ng center v7.6.3.21. success.
            live storage migrate a vm to this sr. success.
            live vm migrate to another host. success.
            backup vm with xo. success.
            I tested copy-paste file in itself and nfs4, nfs4.1, fc between each other. nfs 4.1 speed is like nfs4 speed for my environment.
            heavy i/o for 24 hours. no any performance or another issue.

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              olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
              last edited by olivierlambert

              Do you have better perfs than 4.0 by the way?

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              • rizaemet 0R Offline
                rizaemet 0 @olivierlambert
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                @olivierlambert Similar performance for my environment. I did not any specific test. Just copy-paste files.
                By the way, is multipath connection (or pnfs) possible xcp-ng between storage with nfs4.1?

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                • olivierlambertO Offline
                  olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
                  last edited by

                  It should be possible if you SR is supporting pNFS (because IIRC, it's included in 4.1 protocol).

                  However, pNFS doesn't remove the usual SPOF (metadata NFS server)

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                    r1 XCP-ng Team
                    last edited by

                    pNFS may not be available in XCP-NG's kernel. I see option CONFIG_NFSD_PNFS unset where as most of the distros have CONFIG_NFSD_PNFS=y

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                      JeffBerntsen Top contributor @r1
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                      @r1 I think that config option is to enable pNFS server support, not the client. I'm pretty sure this being disabled just means that XCP-ng can't be used as a pNFS server (though a VM running on it certainly could).

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                        borzel XCP-ng Center Team @JeffBerntsen
                        last edited by borzel

                        @JeffBerntsen @r1 https://cateee.net/lkddb/web-lkddb/NFSD_PNFS.html
                        "This option enables support for the parallel NFS features of the minor version 1 of the NFSv4 protocol (RFC5661) in the kernel's NFS server."

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                          stormi Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team
                          last edited by stormi

                          Update released for XCP-ng 7.6 : openvswitch-2.5.3-2.2.3.3.xcpng

                          It fixes a problem in log rotation introduced by our previous update: rotated logs for /var/log/ovsdb-server.log would get rotated themselves, which could lead to the creation of thousands of rotated log files. My mistake.

                          See https://github.com/xcp-ng/xcp/issues/100 and https://xcp-ng.org/forum/topic/1031/too-many-weird-ovsdb-server-log-file

                          If you had not installed the previous openvswitch update, then there's no hurry to install this specific update. It would just add log rotation of its logs to avoid having them grow too much.

                          You don't need to reboot your hosts after installing this update, even if Xen Orchestra says so (we haven't given XO knowledge about what update requires an update yet). Unless you are installing kernel or xen updates at the same time, of course.

                          The update will not clean the extraneous files, so you'll still need to delete them manually (/var/log/ovsdb-server.log.*).

                          bplessis created this issue in xcp-ng/xcp

                          closed OpenVSwitch Logs aren't rotated #100

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                            nuts23 @stormi
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                            @stormi
                            upon update, I got a
                            Transaction check error:
                            installing package openvswitch-2.5.3-2.2.3.3.xcpng.x86_64 needs 1 inodes on the /var/log filesystem

                            Which translated that the ovsdb-server logs were too many and had filled up my log storage.
                            I had to run:
                            find . -name "ovsdb*" -delete
                            because rm couldn't handle so many ovsdb log files to delete.

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                              stormi Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team @nuts23
                              last edited by

                              @nuts23 Thanks for the feedback. Indeed, when the /var/log partition is out of inode, you may need to delete the files before installing the update.

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                              • RelNetDavidMerrillR Offline
                                RelNetDavidMerrill @stormi
                                last edited by

                                Check out:

                                • https://xcp-ng.org/forum/topic/1044/var-log-has-run-out-of-inodes
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                                • stormiS Offline
                                  stormi Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team
                                  last edited by

                                  New update candidates are available to fix the recently disclosed Xen security issues (see http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/ and https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX246572).

                                  Please test as soon as possible. Objective of the test: make sure that there is no obvious regression. Just tell us that you installed the update candidate, the version of XCP-ng, and whether it works as well as before or not after a reboot.

                                  XCP-ng 7.6

                                  xen-4.7.6-6.4.1.xcpng

                                  Installation of the update candidate:

                                  yum install --enablerepo='xcp-ng-updates_testing' xen-dom0-libs xen-hypervisor xen-tools xen-dom0-tools xen-libs
                                  

                                  Reboot required after the installation.

                                  XCP-ng 7.5

                                  xen-4.7.5-5.8.1.xcp

                                  Installation of the update candidate:

                                  yum install --enablerepo='xcp-ng-updates_testing' xen-dom0-libs xen-hypervisor xen-tools xen-dom0-tools xen-libs
                                  

                                  Reboot required after the installation.

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

                                    Anyone? This update candidate should be as safe as could be and internal tests are OK, but I don't want to push it before I get feedback from a few testers.

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                                      AllooTikeeChaat
                                      last edited by

                                      Updated one host without issue and currently testing.

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                                        nuts23
                                        last edited by

                                        security fix installed. Does it require a reboot of the system?

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                                          stormi Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team @nuts23
                                          last edited by

                                          @nuts23 yes

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                                          • borzelB Offline
                                            borzel XCP-ng Center Team
                                            last edited by borzel

                                            @stormi testhost updated, restored some part of our infrastructur (DC, Mail, ...) on local ZFS pool, connected the VMs to a test network. Runs. A bit slow (more vCPU used than the PCPU can delivier), but runs.

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