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    XCP-ng 8.3 betas and RCs feedback 🚀

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      Andrew Top contributor @stormi
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      @stormi New update version edk2-20220801-1.7.3.xcpng8.3.x86_64 fixed my FreeBSD UEFI boot problem (stuck on boot countdown). XCP reboot NOT required after install. Windows 10 and Ubuntu boot correctly also (but did before too). I did not test secure boot or bitlocker.

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        olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
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        Great news 🙂

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          matt-plan8
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          Hey gents,

          Has anyone else noticed that if you have a Win 11 guest (pro or enterprise) with the vtpm, that's Entra (Azure) joined, that when migrating to a diff host it breaks the Azure AD membership?

          I'll try to dig up some more specifics and run a more thorough test, but I've run into it twice now on a VM I've been running on my test lab with 8.3 beta. Relatively simple solution, leave Azure domain, rejoin, but I suspect that that the token gets saved in vtpm and is either lost or invalidated by migrating hosts.

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            olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
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            That's a good question 🤔 Are you migrating in the same pool or to a different pool?

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              matt-plan8 @olivierlambert
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              @olivierlambert

              Same pool, I have 3 minisforum pc's I've been messing around with to learn XCP-NG, they aren't in a cluster because I got lazy after installation, but are connected via truenas iscsi as central iscsi storage.

              Loving the system overall, I could never go back to hyper-v...

              I was patching manually by moving machines and then using the gui single host patch button. I had an issue with rolling patches, and didn't really want to bug you guys over it, it's likely user error. Setup is installed from sources.

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                stormi Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team @matt-plan8
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                @matt-plan8 I don't understand. Pool and cluster are the same thing. Pool for XCP-ng is what VMWare calls cluster.

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                  matt-plan8 @stormi
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                  @stormi sorry I consider HA a cluster, pool I consider just a group of machines in the same management domain.

                  They are in a single pool, they aren't HA

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                    archw @stormi
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                    @stormi said in XCP-ng 8.3 beta 🚀:

                    yum downgrade edk2-20180522git4b8552d-1.5.1.xcpng8.3

                    It didn't work. It just sits there with the attached screen.

                    Capture-no-boot-uefi.PNG

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                      stormi Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team @archw
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                      @archw You're quoting the downgrade command. May I assume you tried yum update edk2 --enablerepo=xcp-ng-testing,xcp-ng-ci instead and got version edk2-20220801-1.7.3.xcpng8.3.x86_64?

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                        archw @stormi
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                        @stormi
                        Sorry...I cliked reply to teh wrong post.

                        Yes, I ran "yum update edk2 --enablerepo=xcp-ng-testing,xcp-ng-cii" and let it install. I then rebooted the VM (several of them) and tried to start them and none worked. I then ran "yum downgrade edk2-20180522git4b8552d-1.5.1.xcpng8.3" and the VM's fired right up.

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                          stormi Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team
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                          I just published new updates for XCP-ng 8.3:

                          • edk2-20220801-1.7.3.xcpng8.3, which some of you already tested. It fixes UEFI pfSense booting.
                          • e2fsprogs-1.47.0-1.1.xcpng8.3 (and subpackages): brought to the same level as latest XCP-ng 8.2.1. If you installed using the latest test installation ISO, you already have it.
                          • r8125-module-9.012.04-1.xcpng8.3 which updates the r8125 driver.
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                            gskger Top contributor @stormi
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                            @stormi While I can not test the changes, the update went well. However, the restart took a few minutes longer than expected (or I was impatient again).

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                              wilsonqanda @stormi
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                              @stormi Nice thanks so I can run the complete update on XOA and not worry about having to remove that single edk2 anymore that wasn't working. 🙂 Will do that later

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                                stormi Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team
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                                So, @ThierryEscande found the issue which made all UEFI VMs crash on @archw's server and patched it.

                                This was the last issue before we could publish XCP-ng 8.3 Beta 2, so this is good news.

                                Now, we need you all to test the patched RPM and check your UEFI VMs still work well with it: start, function normally...

                                To install it:

                                yum update edk2-20220801-1.7.3.1.xcpng8.3 --enablerepo=xcp-ng-ci

                                No need to reboot, but UEFI VMs need to be restarted afterwards (when doable. If you have a specfic VM that you can't reboot yet, it's OK to leave it alone).

                                In case things do not work as expected, you can come back to the previous build with :

                                yum downgrade edk2
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                                  Andrew Top contributor @stormi
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                                  @stormi The new version still works for me (linux/freebsd).

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                                    bufanda @stormi
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                                    @stormi Tested the new edk package at looks good to me. was able to reboot linux and freebsd VMs without a hitch with UEFI boot mode.

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                                      stormi Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team
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                                      Thanks to both of you. I moved the fixed edk2 package to repo xcp-ng-base, so all testers will get it next time they update.

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                                        archw @stormi
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                                        @stormi
                                        Fantastic and way to go...thanks for all your hard work!

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                                        • olivierlambertO Online
                                          olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
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                                          Also thanks to you @archw for your feedback, that's how we like to work 👍

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                                            stormi Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team
                                            last edited by stormi

                                            Everyone: we are about to release XCP-ng 8.3 Beta 2!

                                            It was delayed by one month due to the UEFI issues discussed above, now fixed.

                                            The last thing we need is your feedback on the updated installation ISO: https://updates.xcp-ng.org/tmp/xcp-ng-8.3.0-beta2-test4.iso

                                            I hope I have more success than with the test2 ISO for which I don't remember getting any feedback 😅

                                            [Update: link updated to the test4 ISO. Don't upgrade an existing XCP-ng 8.3 alpha or beta with this: just update with XO or yum instead]

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