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    • gduperreyG Offline
      gduperrey Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team
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      Update published: https://xcp-ng.org/blog/2025/03/12/march-2025-maintenance-update-for-xcp-ng-8-3/

      Thank you for the tests!

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        manilx @gduperrey
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        @gduperrey 1 HomeLab-Pool (via cli: yum update and reboot), 3 Business-Pools (via RPU), total 7 servers updated without issues.

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          bvitnik @TeddyAstie
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          @TeddyAstie Is the list of "issues and limitations" of nested virtualization under Xen documented somewhere?

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            stormi Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team @bvitnik
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            @bvitnik It's better to consider it as working by chance in some scenarios, but I think Teddy can give you details 🙂

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              archw @gduperrey
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              @gduperrey
              Is a reboot required for this batch of updates?

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                Andrew Top contributor @archw
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                @archw Yes.

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                  archw @Andrew
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                  @Andrew
                  Thanks!

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                    stormi Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team @archw
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                    @archw It's written in the blog post 🙂

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                      archw @stormi
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                      @stormi I missed it!

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

                        New update candidates for you to test!

                        As we move closer to making XCP-ng 8.3 the new LTS release, taking over from XCP-ng 8.2.1, a first batch of updates is now available for user testing ahead of a future collective release. Details are provided below.

                        • amd-microcode: Packaging and versioning update, but no actual changes in microcodes.
                        • blktap: Fixes.
                        • broadcom-bnxt-en: bug fix: "Backport patch to fix GSO type for HW GRO packets on 5750X chips"
                        • busybox: backport fixes for CVE-2018-20679 and others.
                        • gpumon: No major changes. Rebuild for dependency reasons.
                        • guest-templates-json: Add templates for Windows server 2025 and Ubuntu 24.04. Remove "preview" from a few template names.
                        • host-upgrade-plugin: Update to version 3.0.1 which transitions to python 3 and brings some fixes.
                        • intel-i40e: Update to version 2.25.11
                        • interface-rename: Sync with XenServer, but this only changes packaging details.
                        • ipxe: Rebuild.
                        • jemalloc: Updated to version 5.3.0.
                        • lvm2: Fixes.
                        • microsemi-smartpqi: Update to version 2.1.30_031
                        • ncurses: Updated to upstream 6.4-20240309 revision. Some minor improvements.
                        • net-snmp: Rebase on XenServer version 5.7.2-52, which incorporates fixes for CVE-2022-24805 and CVE-2022-24809
                        • openssh: fix CVE-2025-26465
                        • qemu: Rebuilt with new version of jemalloc.
                        • qlogic-qla2xxx: Update to version 10.02.12.01_k
                        • sm: (Storage manager):
                          • Logging improvements
                          • Minor fixes regarding race conditions
                          • Robustify snapshots and a few XAPI calls
                          • Send message to XAPI if the garbage collection process doesn't have enough space.
                          • Multipath configuration updates for some vendors.
                          • Preliminary work for future XOSTOR support and over 2TB VM disks.
                        • sm-core-libs: fixes.
                        • vmss: Synchronization with the latest package from XenServer, which replaces the use of a deprecated dependency (imp module) by another.
                        • xapi:
                          • Update to version 24.39.1
                          • Many fixes and improvements, among which:
                        • Improve logging during live storage migration
                          • Lengthy VDI migrations were mistakenly canceled upon reaching a 12-hour time limit.
                          • Faster starting VMs when they have multiple VIFs or in conditions where the database is under heavy load.
                          • High availability occasionally fails to process heartbeats in time when there are a lot of hosts in a pool. Consequently, the host that is unable to process heartbeats is flagged as offline and self-fences.
                          • IPv6-related fixes.
                          • Configurable threshold for updating last_active
                          • Many under the hood improvements or fixes.
                          • Added python dependencies for opentelemetry support: pyproject-rpm-macros, python-aiocontextvars, python-charset-normalizer, python-contextvars, python-deprecated, python-idna, python-immutables, python-opentelemetry, python-requests, python-typing-extensions, python-urllib3, python-wheel, python-wrapt, python3-setuptools.
                        • xcp-ng-release:
                          • Sync with xenserver-release-8.4.0-14. (XCP-ng release number remains 8.3.0)
                          • Update dependencies between systemd services.
                          • Enable new RRDD plugins
                        • xcp-python-libs: Sync with XenServer, but this only changes packaging details.
                        • xen: Synchronization with package 4.17.5-6 from XenServer:
                          • Fix migration of VMs from XCP-ng 8.2 to XCP-ng 8.3 when the guest is using BHI_DIS_S
                          • Initial AMD Turin support
                          • Fix dom0 pIRQ limit calculation
                          • Fix emulation of BMI1/2 instructions
                        • xenserver-status-report: Minor update to add scsi disk provisioning mode in the output from this debug tool.
                        • xo-lite: As described in Xen Orchestra's blog, added VM creation page and form and Display vifs list in vm view and vifs information in side panel
                        • xs-opam-repo: Update to version 6.86.0 as a dependency for xapi
                        • xsconsole: Improved xenapi error handling & reintroduced Portable SR feature

                        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: 20241121-1.1.xcpng8.3
                        • blktap: 3.55.4-1.1.xcpng8.3
                        • broadcom-bnxt-en: 1.10.2_223.0.183.0-2.xcpng8.3
                        • busybox: 1.22.1-7.xcpng8.3
                        • gpumon: 24.1.0-32.1.xcpng8.3
                        • guest-templates-json: 2.0.13-1.1.xcpng8.3
                        • host-upgrade-plugin: 3.0.1-1.xcpng8.3
                        • intel-i40e: 2.25.11-2.xcpng8.3
                        • interface-rename: 2.0.6-1.1.xcpng8.3
                        • ipxe: 20121005-1.0.7.xcpng8.3
                        • jemalloc: 5.3.0-1.xcpng8.3
                        • lvm2: 2.02.180-18.1.xcpng8.3
                        • microsemi-smartpqi: 2.1.30_031-1.xcpng8.3
                        • ncurses: 6.4-5.20240309.xcpng8.3
                        • net-snmp: 5.7.2-52.1.xcpng8.3
                        • openssh: 7.4p1-23.3.2.xcpng8.3
                        • pyproject-rpm-macros: 1.8.0-4.1.xcpng8.3
                        • python-aiocontextvars: 0.2.2-3.1.xcpng8.3
                        • python-charset-normalizer: 2.1.0-4.1.xcpng8.3
                        • python-contextvars: 2.4-3.1.xcpng8.3
                        • python-deprecated: 1.2.14-3.1.xcpng8.3
                        • python-idna: 3.3-4.xcpng8.3
                        • python-immutables: 0.19-5.xcpng8.3
                        • python-opentelemetry: 1.12.0-1
                        • python-requests: 2.28.1-4.1.xcpng8.3
                        • python-typing-extensions: 3.7.4.3-4.xcpng8.3
                        • python-urllib3: 1.26.15-4.1.xcpng8.3
                        • python-wheel: 0.31.1-5.el7_7
                        • python-wrapt: 1.14.0-4.xcpng8.3
                        • python3-setuptools: 40.4.1-1.0.1.xcpng8.3
                        • qemu: 4.2.1-5.2.12.1.xcpng8.3
                        • qlogic-qla2xxx: 10.02.12.01_k-1.xcpng8.3
                        • sm: 3.2.12-3.1.xcpng8.3
                        • sm-core-libs: 1.1.2-1.xcpng8.3
                        • vmss: 1.2.1-1.xcpng8.3
                        • xapi: 24.39.1-1.3.xcpng8.3
                        • xcp-ng-release: 8.3.0-30
                        • xcp-python-libs: 3.0.4-2.1.xcpng8.3
                        • xen: 4.17.5-6.1.xcpng8.3
                        • xenserver-status-report: 2.0.7-1.xcpng8.3
                        • xo-lite: 0.9.1-1.xcpng8.3
                        • xs-opam-repo: 6.86.0-1.1.xcpng8.3
                        • xsconsole: 11.0.8-1.1.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. My one test backup job also seemed to run without any issues.

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                            dthenot Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team @gduperrey
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                            For people testing the QCOW2 preview, please be informed that you need to update with the QCOW2 repo enabled, if you install the new non QCOW2 version, you risk QCOW2 VDI being dropped from XAPI database until you have installed it and re-scanned the SR.
                            Dropping from XAPI means losing name-label, description and worse, the links to a VM for these VDI.
                            There should be a blktap, sm and sm-fairlock update of the same version as above in the QCOW2 repo.

                            If you have correctly added the QCOW2 repo linked here: https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/90287

                            You can update like this:

                            yum clean metadata --enablerepo=xcp-ng-testing,xcp-ng-qcow2
yum update --enablerepo=xcp-ng-testing,xcp-ng-qcow2
reboot

                            Versions:

                            • blktap: 3.55.4-1.1.0.qcow2.1.xcpng8.3
                            • sm: 3.2.12-3.1.0.qcow2.1.xcpng8.3
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                              ravenet @dthenot
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                              @dthenot said in XCP-ng 8.3 updates announcements and testing:

                              For people testing the QCOW2 preview, please be informed that you need to update with the QCOW2 repo enabled, if you install the new non QCOW2 version, you risk QCOW2 VDI being dropped from XAPI database until you have installed it and re-scanned the SR.
                              Dropping from XAPI means losing name-label, description and worse, the links to a VM for these VDI.
                              There should be a blktap, sm and sm-fairlock update of the same version as above in the QCOW2 repo.

                              If you have correctly added the QCOW2 repo linked here: https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/90287

                              You can update like this:

                              yum clean metadata --enablerepo=xcp-ng-testing,xcp-ng-qcow2
yum update --enablerepo=xcp-ng-testing,xcp-ng-qcow2
reboot

                              Versions:

                              • blktap: 3.55.4-1.1.0.qcow2.1.xcpng8.3
                              • sm: 3.2.12-3.1.0.qcow2.1.xcpng8.3

                              So far so good on Ryzen 1700x host.

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                                ph7
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                                Seems to work fine on my old test rig i7-4710MQ with NFS

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                                  gskger Top contributor @gduperrey
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                                  @gduperrey Updated two Dell R720 servers (dual E5-2640v2, 128GB RAM, with GPUs) and a Dell R730 server (dual E5-2690v4, 512GB RAM, with GPUs) without issues. The services (VMs) are working as expected, so we'll see how the systems perform over the next few days

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                                    Greg_E @gskger
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                                    @gskger

                                    Do I need to change each host or just the pool coordinator? Since my lab was recently rebuilt, I might as well get on the testing branch.

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                                      gskger Top contributor @Greg_E
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                                      @Greg_E You need to update all members of a pool, starting with the pool coordinator (including reboot if needed), followed by each member.

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                                        bufanda
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                                        Upgraded my dev Pool

                                        2 HP EliteDesk 800 G3 Mini
                                        One with i5 6500T and one i7 6700T
                                        Both 32GB RAM, SATA and NVMe Storage
                                        1x Intel NIC
                                        1x RTL8139 NIC

                                        Updated Master first and then the second node. No issues so far.

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                                          Greg_E
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                                          OK,

                                          I have my three hosts in my lab updated, and while the process went smoothly, I'm missing some things.

                                          xcp-testing.png

                                          You can see that the stats for three things are flatline, and that's impossible. This is after a rolling reboot to make sure everything is back in sync.

                                          These hosts are HP T740 thinclients with AMD v1756b processor and x520 network card, and were working properly before going to testing.

                                          The VMs seem to be fine, I only have 2 of them right now. I just migrated one of the VMs to see if anything would change, but stats are still flatline with no data except for RAM which did show the migration.

                                          Stats for each VM seem to show flatline for CPU and Network, but disk is showing some activity (NFS share).

                                          Not sure what else to check at the moment.

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                                            olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
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                                            Nice catch! I have the same issue here 🙂

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