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    [Test] XCP-ng 7.5.0 Windows PV-Drivers and Management Agent

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

      We prepared a pre-release of our PV-Drivers and the Management Agent for you to play with:

      🎆 https://github.com/xcp-ng/win-pv-drivers/releases/tag/v7.5.0-testsigned-testmode 🎆

      The drivers are not signed properly, but this will happen as soon as possible. To test the drivers, you have to enable the so called "test mode" on windows, which allows to load testsigned drivers for testing 💻 🔨

      Make backups! Make Snapshots! So you can rollback if your windows dont want to boot anymore.

      So please test and report back here! Thanks for your help!

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

        You should in the end see something like this:

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        • BozsoB Offline
          Bozso
          last edited by

          Hi Borzel,

          My first test in server 2016

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          😞

          any idea?

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

            @bozso did you turn testmode on ?

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            • BozsoB Offline
              Bozso
              last edited by

              yes ofc 🙂

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

                And did you see the testmode indicator above the clock? This desktop area is not visible in your picture..

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                • BozsoB Offline
                  Bozso
                  last edited by

                  after restart

                  0_1534353495309_2a26a115-a866-4a54-953d-6b142142f9a8-image.png

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

                    Thats perfect! Restart and enjoy!

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                    • BozsoB Offline
                      Bozso
                      last edited by

                      Everything perfect

                      0_1534353890298_53311fdc-64ce-4d94-ae8a-ef5167fc737f-image.png
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                      one issue in XOA

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                      thank you Borzel !!

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

                        @bozso this is probably not a XO bug at all. I saw something in the comments in the driver source or in one git commit that Citrix doesn't use the version field any more... weird ...

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                        • C Offline
                          cowboy
                          last edited by cowboy

                          Don't know if Win10 is supported, but thought I'd give it a test drive to see if it was, and report back any success / failure.

                          Enabling Test Mode worked like a charm.

                          But unfortunately, after rebooting and trying the installation app (setup.exe) it bombs out with a similar error despite being in TestMode.

                          A subsequent reboot gives me a BSOD.

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                            borzel XCP-ng Center Team @cowboy
                            last edited by

                            @cowboy please provide more details!

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                              cowboy @borzel
                              last edited by

                              @borzel I tried uploading some screen caps of the error dialog and of the installer log files, but for some reason it stalls out (both yesterday and today) at 65% - 70% and just does nothing else.

                              Will try an alternative path shortly.

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                                cowboy @borzel
                                last edited by cowboy

                                @borzel

                                Okay, posting from a different VM works. Odd that.

                                0_1535470047151_Screen Shot 2018-08-27 at 18.09.43.jpg

                                Furthermore, although this would bork out with installation errors, running the Installer against offers me the option to Repair the installation, which it claims to do successfully. But upon reboot, it crashes on startup with a BSOD.

                                A couple of times, I tried to let Windows Repair the damage after it would BSOD, but it would always give up saying it was irreparable.

                                0_1535470683130_Screen Shot 2018-08-27 at 18.16.21.jpg

                                I screen captured ALL of the Installer logs (lots of screen captures). Rather than posting all 20 or so, is there a particular Installer Log file you'd like to see first? 🙂

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

                                  @cowboy please look in your device manager if the devices are all there

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                                    cowboy @borzel
                                    last edited by

                                    @borzel

                                    Like this? Or am I still missing something?

                                    0_1535537760499_Screen Shot 2018-08-27 at 21.16.05.jpg

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

                                      @cowboy you are using the Critix drivers, they do not work with XCP-ng management agent.

                                      It's better to wait for our official drivers, because replacing the Citrixdrivers is currently a pain and I did not test this process in its fully dimension.

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                                        cowboy @borzel
                                        last edited by

                                        @borzel Oh crap, how did I manage that? 😮

                                        Not a problem tho - I have a Snapshot image I can revert this too before the installation of the PV drivers.

                                        Would you be so kind as to direct me to the latest and greatest and proper PV drivers I should be using & I'll revert snapshots and install those. 🙂

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

                                          @borzel said in [Test] XCP-ng 7.5.0 Windows PV-Drivers and Management Agent:

                                          It's better to wait for our official drivers

                                          currently we don't have them

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                                            cowboy
                                            last edited by cowboy

                                            @borzel said in [Test] XCP-ng 7.5.0 Windows PV-Drivers and Management Agent:

                                            currently we don't have them

                                            I'm confused now. I thought that's what I was installing....I am running XCP-ng 7.5 here. I haven't downloaded anything from Citrix at all.

                                            Edited to add: Okay, I just went back and re-installed Windows10 from scratch and see I end up automatically with XenServer PV drivers. How do I get the XCP-ng pre-release PV drivers installed then?

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