[Test] XCP-ng 7.5.0 Windows PV-Drivers and Management Agent
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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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You should in the end see something like this:
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Hi Borzel,
My first test in server 2016
any idea?
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@bozso did you turn testmode on ?
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yes ofc
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And did you see the testmode indicator above the clock? This desktop area is not visible in your picture..
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after restart
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Thats perfect! Restart and enjoy!
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Everything perfect
one issue in XOA
thank you Borzel !!
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@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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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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@cowboy please provide more details!
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@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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Okay, posting from a different VM works. Odd that.
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.
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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@cowboy please look in your device manager if the devices are all there
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@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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@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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@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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@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?
