XCP-ng
    • Categories
    • Recent
    • Tags
    • Popular
    • Users
    • Groups
    • Register
    • Login

    Experimental update of CentOS packages

    Development
    8
    21
    2946
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • michaelM
      michael @stormi
      last edited by

      @stormi

      Do you have any suggestions for me to try to help see if this is related?

      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • stormiS
        stormi Vates πŸͺ XCP-ng Team πŸš€
        last edited by

        Yes, you could install emu-manager from XenServer 7.6 (present on their installation ISO) and see if live migration works better (note that reproducing the issue may depend on VM load or other factors, so if it does migrate well, try several times to confirm the result).

        Once you've got the RPM:

        rpm -e --nodeps xcp-emu-manager
        yum install emu-manager-version_and_such.rpm
        xe-toolstack-restart # may not be needed but doesn't hurt
        
        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • michaelM
          michael
          last edited by

          This fixed the issue for a few migrations. The latest one put the VM into a suspended mode and then disconnected me from the host. I restarted the tool-stack on each host and when I went to reconnect to the host I was migrating the VM from it would let me in for a moment and then kick me out again and it was in a maintence mode according to the icon. To resolve this I rebooted the host. I'm currently seeing if I can replicate this behavior.

          Other than this I haven't run into any issues so far.

          Let me know if there is anything specific you would like tested.

          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • F
            fibrewire
            last edited by

            i know this topic is old, but is this still going on? I would like to participate.

            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • olivierlambertO
              olivierlambert Vates πŸͺ Co-Founder🦸 CEO πŸ§‘β€πŸ’Ό
              last edited by

              Problem is considered solved now.

              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • stormiS
                stormi Vates πŸͺ XCP-ng Team πŸš€
                last edited by stormi

                Since I started this topic, XCP-ng version 8.0 came with updated CentOS packages (to CentOS 7.5). Now the versions remain stable but I'm regularly checking CentOS security updates for important updates that may be necessary to us.

                N 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                • N
                  nackstein @stormi
                  last edited by

                  @stormi I have a doubt, you say that XCP-ng 8.0 comes with packages updated to CentOS 7.5 plus some custom package like kernel.
                  If I update the host via yum it goes to the latest CentOS 7.x version plus latest updates, I'm right?
                  I don't see any yum settings that keep it stuck to 7.5.
                  I mean, the updates repo have this source:
                  mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=updates&infra=$infra
                  and $releasever = 7 widhtout any minor release specification, so I assume an update takes my base OS to the latest minor plus updates.

                  stormiS 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • stormiS
                    stormi Vates πŸͺ XCP-ng Team πŸš€ @nackstein
                    last edited by

                    @nackstein If you update to latest CentOS you probably basically just break your system. The CentOS repos are not active by default on purpose. We let them as a convenience for those who really really need to (and understand the risk) to cherry-pick additional software that we don't offer in our own repos.

                    N 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                    • stormiS
                      stormi Vates πŸͺ XCP-ng Team πŸš€
                      last edited by

                      See also https://github.com/xcp-ng/xcp/wiki/Additional-packages

                      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                      • N
                        nackstein @stormi
                        last edited by

                        @stormi enabled=0, didn't see it! thanks πŸ‘

                        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                        • First post
                          Last post