windows 11 Support
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I'm sure that by now, we should have Windows 11 vTPM support (& guest tools) on xcp-ng and Xen Ochestra, right? The last thread I found about this topic was from 2021.
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@okynnor As a test, I just did a clean Windows 11 install on my NUC11 with XCP 8.3. TPM and Secure Boot are enabled. Citrix drivers installed and Windows 11 is happy. I also added the Citrix 9.3.1 management agent.
I'm using XO source which is a little ahead of standard XOA. So my XO does have the TPM option for the VM so I did not have to manually create it.
I used the Windows 10 template to build the VM and DID NOT start it immediately. I went to the new VM advanced settings and added the TPM support and enabled secure boot before starting the Win11 install ISO. No problems on the install.
I'll guess XCP 8.3 will have a Windows 11 template added that includes TPM and secure boot (some time soon).
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@okynnor Advanced settings from XO source:
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Yes, vTPM management was just merged on
master4 days ago
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@okynnor As @Danp noted:
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@Andrew So I need to run xcp-ng 8.3 in order to get vTPM.
For those still running xcp ng v8.2.1 in production, would you recommend upgrading production to 8.3beta1? From the xcp-ng post, it seems to be very solid with some outstanding issues?
Also, xenserver is also available. Any thoughts on interoperability of Xenserver and xcp-ng and XO from sources?
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@okynnor I have not used XO with Xen server, but it's designed to work. Take a look at the info.
As for XCP 8.3, it works well. It's still "beta" but getting closer to RC. Currently the updates are behind 8.2 and there will be more updates as issues get resolved, but because it's based on 8.2 it's rather stable since it started. I think there are more issues with the installer and IPv6 then normal usage.
8.2 LTS does not get a lot of new features, 8.3 started as 8.2 and new features were added but does not have huge changes. IMHO, if you need 8.3 features then, yes, you have to deploy it and it should be good.
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@okynnor I installed Win11 after disabling TPM, RAM and SafeMode checks by adding the DWORD32 keys
BypassTPMCheck,BypassRAMCheckandBypassSecureBootCheckunderHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\Setup\LabConfig. -
@JoyceBabu said in windows 11 Support:
JoyceBabu
20 days ago@okynnor I installed Win11 after disabling TPM, RAM and SafeMode checks by adding the DWORD32 keys BypassTPMCheck, BypassRAMCheck and BypassSecureBootCheck under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\Setup\LabConfig.
@okynnor Full details here: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/how-to-bypass-the-windows-11-tpm-20-requirement/
Xen drivers from windows updates didn't install properly for all device. So I installed Xen Tools from here https://downloads.xenserver.com/vm-tools-windows/9.3.1/managementagentx64.msi and works fine.
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Could someone who tried Win11 with the latest XCP-ng beta confirm if hibernation works?
