XCP-ng 8.3 betas and RCs feedback 🚀
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I powered on my spare test "server" and ran this update.
All went fine.
After the reboot I started the fully updated XOA (local installed) and ran it for a few minutes.
then I shut it down but it sat for a few minutes so I did a force shut down from xsconsole.
Rebooted the host again and started the XOA, shut it down and it worked fine
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Not sure if this is Xcp-ng 8.3 or Nvidia based error.
But when I try to take gpu passthrough with a gtx 1070ti with windows 10. I get the drivers installed fine without errors but after reboot I get an error triangle in the windows device mangager-. error43 and no image on the screen
Wasn't Xcp-ng 8.3 related or windows drivers I think.
Tested with another PC with Xcp-ng 8.3 and everything worked immediately. So think it must be Asrock rack B650D4U3-2L2Q bios related or ipmi trying to use the same gpu.
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Applying the latest XCP-ng 8.3 RC2 "xen-*" and intel-microcode updates from the candidate repository worked great here as well. Everything appears to be running well.
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@bleader There is a
xcp-ng-8.3.0.isoon the ISO repository. Is that the release of XCP-ng 8.3
? Looking forward to an official announcement 
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@gskger Good catch
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@gskger Yes, but the official announcement is for tomorrow. Be careful because the release notes are crucial for this release, so wait for them before doing anything production related
(and yes we've already seen PAID users with XCP-ng 8.3 in PRODUCTION environment, people are crazy
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@olivierlambert I am one of those crazy people as you well know! But we needed the better hardware and driver support with our new servers.
That said if we already did the ISO upgrade to RC2 + latest updates are we essentially on the final version already or will there be additional new packages?
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Yes
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@olivierlambert Thats great news and makes for an easy Monday then tomorrow! Happy to actually be on a stable release now!
Also congrats on the release! We have been running 8.3 on remote single host sites since March of this year and in our core production environment since August, other than a few NFS4 related woes (Solved by using NFS3 instead) its been a very solid experience even for something considered "pre-release".
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@olivierlambert People might be a little crazy, but they also have trust in the test and RC lifecycle of XCP-ng, which has proven to be very reliable thanks to the dedication of the Vates team and also the community. But I agree, for production use it's better to wait for a GA announcement. Anyway, congratulation to this important milestone in the development of XCP-ng
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Let's celebrate tomorrow with the official announcement
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@flakpyro said in XCP-ng 8.3 betas and RCs feedback
:That said if we already did the ISO upgrade to RC2 + latest updates are we essentially on the final version already or will there be additional new packages?
You even are one update ahead from the final version if you installed the the last security fix which isn't on the ISOs. But that's only because you already did the ISO upgrade to RC2. Users of earlier prereleases of XCP-ng 8.3 need to upgrade using the final installation ISO.
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@steff22 I have no idea. Maybe try to open a dedicated thread. Also search for older threads about the subject.
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@steff22 I have the exact same problem with a Asrock rack B650D4U i tried everything to make it but work but have the exact same problem as you.
Even new fresh installation of windows machine didnt work.If you have solution please let me know thanks in advance!
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@stormi the LINUX OS under XCP-NG detects the cards but xcp-ng says that no ethernet was detected. Even after some emergency network resets.
Hardware is fine. As said, solved reinstalling, but this is not the first time, after upgrading it happened some times but solved with emergency network reset -
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When upgrading an 8.2.1 pool is it safe to issue the commands
secureboot-certs install
xe pool-enable-tls-verificationas soon as the master is upgrade (all other hosts hosts still running 8.2.1) or does that need to wait until all hosts are updated?
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OK, I'm a little behind in my reading right now... If I was running the 8.3 beta and letting it do all the upgrades, am I now on the release version of 8.3? I just had an update this morning and my servers are telling me that I'm on version 8.3.0 ( ) which I think is different from a few days ago.
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@nomad Good question. Better once the complete upgrade process of the pool is finished.
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@Greg_E answer here, in the release notes: https://docs.xcp-ng.org/releases/release-8-3/#upgrade-from-previous-releases
