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      technot last edited by technot

      Is there a Xcp-NG Center compatible version compiled yet ?

      I had a little problems upgrading to the 8.2 beta.
      The main tty showed a normal bootup untill a point where it showed a bunch of ACPI errors,
      it worked for 10-15 min on starting previously disabled devices, and then just stopped.
      I let it work another 10-15 min but all that came was this error, over and over again:

      [  639.270804] EDAC sbridge: Seeking for: PCI ID 8086:3cf5
[  639.270804] EDAC sbridge: CPU SrcID #0, Ha #0, Channel #0 has DIMMs, but ECC is disabled
[  639.270804] EDAC sbridge: Couldn't find mci handler
[  639.270804] EDAC sbridge: Failed to register device with error -19.

      I switched to tty2 and lunched the init script from /opt/xensources and managed to upgrade from there. Wasnt too easy as the screen kept getting garbled from debug info that I assume default to tty2 output.

      After the upgrade and reboot, it boots. But it takes a long long time.
      Here is a small snippit from the first boot dmesg:

      [   29.618412] usb 1-1.1.1: Product: G19 Gaming Keyboard
[   29.623569] input: G19 Gaming Keyboard as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.1/1-1.1.1/1-1.1.1:1.0/0003:046D:C228.0003/input/input7
[   30.290247] hid-generic 0003:046D:C228.0003: input,hidraw2: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [G19 Gaming Keyboard] on usb-0000:00:1a.0-1.1.1/input0
[   30.293954] input: G19 Gaming Keyboard Consumer Control as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.1/1-1.1.1/1-1.1.1:1.1/0003:046D:C228.0004/input/input8
[   30.958193] hid-generic 0003:046D:C228.0004: input,hiddev97,hidraw3: USB HID v1.10 Device [G19 Gaming Keyboard] on usb-0000:00:1a.0-1.1.1/input1
[  129.058404] EXT4-fs (sdb1): mounting ext3 file system using the ext4 subsystem
[  129.063909] EXT4-fs (sdb1): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
[  169.228203] e1000e 0000:00:19.0 0000:00:19.0 (uninitialized): registered PHC clock
[  169.356510] e1000e 0000:00:19.0 eth0: (PCI Express:2.5GT/s:Width x1) 8c:89:a5:a3:b6:f3
[  169.356512] e1000e 0000:00:19.0 eth0: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection

      And its not done and ready untill it tries to initialize samba SR:

      [  453.242190] xenbr1: port 1(eth1) entered blocking state
[  453.242190] xenbr1: port 1(eth1) entered forwarding state
[  476.236967] FS-Cache: Loaded
[  476.254307] FS-Cache: Netfs 'cifs' registered for caching
[  476.254307] Key type cifs.spnego registered
[  476.254307] Key type cifs.idmap registered

      All in all this is much better then 8.1 and 8.0 where I had similar problems with ACPI, but it never got any further, and just locked up, no tty2 or such.
      I actually had to use ACPI=off and/or ACPI=strict, and either way, the whole experience after upgrading was super slow vms, but with no aparant error messages so I returned to 7.6.
      Well see how 8.2 fares, but so far so good 🙂
      I have attached both the dmesg and xl-dmesg from the installer, incase you want to review what takes so long during boot.
      xl-dmesg-log.txt
      dmesg-log.txt

      Thanks for all you hard work 🙂

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      • brezlord
        brezlord last edited by brezlord

        I upgraded to 8.2.0-beta to fix this issue nfs-storage-latency. Bellow are some tests done, if you need any specific tests just let me know.

        I’m running XO from sources xo-server 5.67.0 xo-web 5.71.0

        XEN-HOST-01 Dell R720
        XEN-HOST-02 Dell R710
        TrueNAS NFS Storage over 10GbE

        I upgraded from 8.1.0 patched to 8.2.0-beta via ISO install. Install went through with no troubles. The host booted with no problems. All networks and storage was present.

        All VMs booted and came back up with no issues and guest tools running. VMs consist of CentOS 7 & 8, Debian 9 & 10, Windows 10Pro

        Successfully live migrated VMs from 8.1.0 host to 8.2.0-beta with no issues.

        Attempted VM migration from 8.2.0-beta to 8.1.0 host failed as expected.

        Successfully migrated VMs between 8.2.0-beta hosts.

        Could not change pool master from 8.2.0-beta to 8.1.0 host. Get Unknown error from peer.

        Successfully changed pool master with both hosts on 8.2.0-beta.

        Both host on 8.2.0-beta, shut down host-02 which was not the pool master and the shared storage shows partially connected and no stats available for storage. Reboot host-02 and shared storage is now healthy and stats are back. Disabled host-02 and shutdown and still had the same issue as above. The only was to get stats back and get shares storage back to healthy and stats working is to forget the storage attached to host-02 that was shut down.

        XCP-ng Center v20.04.00.32 will not connect to 8.2.0-beta hosts.

        Had to reinstall xscontainer package to have docker container visibility in XO.

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        • stormi
          stormi Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team 🚀 @technot last edited by

          @technot said in XCP-ng 8.2.0 beta now available!:

          Is there a Xcp-NG Center compatible version compiled yet ?

          I don't think there is one. It depends on the community. Previous releases were built by @borzel. I don't know if he will have the time to do it this time.

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            demanzke last edited by

            I just updated using the ISO-method because the yum method didn't boot successfully.
            What would be the best way to migrate from a ZFS file-SR to ZFS-SR? I assume setting the SR type after creation isn't intended and I can't find that in the XAPI docs either.
            Is the cleanest solution to create a new ZFS dataset, ZFS-SR on top and move the virtual drives?

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            • stormi
              stormi Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team 🚀 last edited by stormi

              I would have been interested in debugging why the system didn't boot successfully after an update using yum. Can you give us more details?

              To migrate the ZFS SR, the only clean way I am aware of is to create a new one. There may be a hacky way but it would probably involve modifying XAPI database objects dans metadata written in the SR itself so I wouldn't attempt it.

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              • stormi
                stormi Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team 🚀 @brezlord last edited by

                @brezlord said in XCP-ng 8.2.0 beta now available!:

                Could not change pool master from 8.2.0-beta to 8.1.0 host. Get Unknown error from peer.

                When you get such error in XO, there's usually more information in XO's log page. However, it is expected that you can't move the master to a host running a lower release.

                Both host on 8.2.0-beta, shut down host-02 which was not the pool master and the shared storage shows partially connected and no stats available for storage. Reboot host-02 and shared storage is now healthy and stats are back. Disabled host-02 and shutdown and still had the same issue as above. The only was to get stats back and get shares storage back to healthy and stats working is to forget the storage attached to host-02 that was shut down.

                Ok, I don't think it's a regression but it may be interesting to create a GitHub issue with all the details.

                Had to reinstall xscontainer package to have docker container visibility in XO.

                That is expected, unless you upgrade using yum.

                if you need any specific tests just let me know.

                If your host has an nVIDIA GPU, we would be interested in knowing it because there used to be bugs specific to hosts with such a GPU, even when not used.

                And be ready for testing UEFI VMs soon! I'll post here when the updated uefistored package is available.

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                • brezlord
                  brezlord last edited by

                  Thanks for the info. So doing a ISO update is essentially like a fresh install but keeps settings.

                  I don't have any nVIDIA GPUs, sorry can't help there.

                  I'll boot the second host and get more info to raise an issue for the SR problem.

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                  • brezlord
                    brezlord last edited by

                    I have raised issue https://github.com/xcp-ng/xcp/issues/439 for the above SR problem.

                    brezlord created this issue in xcp-ng/xcp

                    open Shared storage & XCP-ng tools show partially connected when 1 of 2 hosts shutdown. #439

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                      technot @stormi last edited by

                      And be ready for testing UEFI VMs soon! I'll post here when the updated uefistored package is available.

                      Does the host have to be booted in UEFI mode for UEFI VMs to function?

                      If it does, is there an easy way to make the change from legacy to UEFI?
                      All I know, is the install docs clearly state you should never change mode when upgrading.
                      Is the only way to export all the vms, and reinstall, then import the vms back?

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                      • stormi
                        stormi Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team 🚀 @technot last edited by

                        @technot said in XCP-ng 8.2.0 beta now available!:

                        Does the host have to be booted in UEFI mode for UEFI VMs to function?

                        No, it's not related to the host's mode.

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                          technot @stormi last edited by

                          @stormi
                          Is it only lacking to get built/compiled? If so I could do it sometime during the weekend. Or has the code not been updated to reflect any changes done with xcp-ng 8.2. If the latter, I am afraid I cant help.

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                          • stormi
                            stormi Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team 🚀 last edited by

                            It's not ready yet so you can't help now. Our developer who wrote that piece of code (uefistored) is chasing the last known bugs and then I'll build an update and push it to our RPM repository for XCP-ng 8.2. I'll announce it when it's ready.

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                              technot last edited by

                              I dont know if this is expected behaviour, after upgrading all the way from 7.6 to 8.2 beta. But on a windows guest I have an AMD gpu in full pci passthrough, the device didnt show up after boot. And instead there was another device showing fault.
                              Intel 8237sb pci to usb universal host controller, was throwing an error 43.
                              And under Display adapters, there was only the microsoft remote emulated and a "Microsoft Basic" devices showing.
                              I reinstalled the AMD driver, and rebooted. And it came back to life.

                              Also, I must say the vms feel snappier. Faster boots, and less delay/latency. But I have not meassured pre/post, so its only a feeling!:D

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                                technot @stormi last edited by

                                @stormi
                                Im sorry, it wasnt clear. What I meant is XCP-ng Center. If that code has been updated, or just a question of compiling it.

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

                                  @stormi Heyho! I'll try to find some time. But first I'll setup an XCP-ng 8.2 host 🙂

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                                  • borzel
                                    borzel XCP-ng Center Team 🏚️ @borzel last edited by

                                    https://github.com/xcp-ng/xenadmin/issues/195

                                    borzel created this issue in xcp-ng/xenadmin

                                    open XCP-ng Center for XCP-ng 8.2 #195

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                                    • Forza
                                      Forza last edited by

                                      Hi! When will 8.2 be released, and will there be an easy upgrade between 8.1 and 8.2?

                                      I am currently setting up a new pool of EPYC servers to replace some older Xeon servers and well, I'd like to go on 8.2 right away if it is released soon 🙂

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                                        Biggen @Forza last edited by Biggen

                                        @S-Pam Literally the first post has a big bold headline that tells exactly how you go about upgrading by linking to the docs.

                                        And then in the sixth post from the top Oliver says it’s reasonable to believe the final release will be in 2 months.

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                                        • stormi
                                          stormi Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team 🚀 last edited by

                                          And I expect that XCP-ng 8.2.0 will be perfectly stable well before we release it officially. The main missing piece is fixes to UEFI VM support.

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                                          • stormi
                                            stormi Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team 🚀 last edited by

                                            I just pushed xcp-ng-pv-tools-8.2.0-1.xcpng8.2.noarch.rpm to the 8.2 base repository. Beta testers can install it with a simple yum update. No reboot required. Please check that :

                                            • guest tools attached to existing VMs are detached during the update
                                            • the new guest tools ISO is available for attaching to VMs after the update
                                            • the updated README.txt looks fine (updated links to the docs, and added a FreeBSD section)
                                            • tools can be installed to linux and FreeBSD VMs
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