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    • stormiS Offline
      stormi Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team
      last edited by

      needs-restarting is a tool from CentOS, which is not aware of the reality of XCP-ng. It's not even able to detect that a Xen or a microcode update requires a reboot. So, as Gaël says.

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      • gduperreyG Offline
        gduperrey Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team
        last edited by

        New update candidates for you to test!

        A new batch of non-urgent updates is ready for user tests before a future collective release. Below are the details about these.

        • amd-microcode: Update AMD microcode to the 2024-11-21 drop
          • Updates firmware for families 17h and 19h CPUs. For the first time, AMD published updates for non-server CPUs. One can assume that they started supporting microcode update for these, contrarily to what they did in the past, and that these updates thus fix various bugs and vulnerabilities. This is only (sensible) speculation at the moment, though.
        • grub: Backport VLAN networking support for UEFI PXE boot.
        • iperf3: Upgrade to version 3.9-13 from CentOS 7
          • Includes a security fix for CVE-2023-38403
        • kernel: Backport of a fix to correct cooling fan rotation speed on some Lenovo servers. For more information, you can read this thread on the forum.
        • kexec-tools: Backport of a patch removing kernel_version(). Fixing a bug for kernel with a patchlevel greater than 255.
        • netdata: Fixed an issue that could occur when quickly uninstalling the package, right after an unfinished installation, and leave a service in an undetermined status.
        • slang: Fixed display and input issues in optional package mc.
        • sm: Contains a fix for leaf coalesce where the size of the leaf to coalesce was wrongly computed before deciding if it was a live coalesce or not, it resulted in some leaf having too much data to coalesce not successing the live coalesce and staying in this state indefinitely.
        • xapi:
          • Fixed a malfunction related to the absence of a certificate, which could cause a loop.
          • Fixed and improved various points in IPv6, related to management, reboot and re-initialization.
        • xo-lite: Update to version 0.6.0. For more details, you can consult the blog post on the latest release of Xen Orchestra.

        Optional packages:

        • kernel-alt: Backport of a fix to correct cooling fan rotation speed on some Lenovo servers. For more information, you can read this thread on the forum.
        • socat: Update the package to version 1.7.4.1 which includes a fix for a buffer overflow and security fixes.
        • traceroute: Updated to version 2.1.5.
        • Alternate Drivers: Updated to newer versions.
          • broadcom-bnxt-en-alt: From version 1.10.2_227.0.130.0 to 1.10.3_231.0.162.0
          • intel-i40e-alt: From version 2.22.20-3.1 to 2.26.8
          • More information about drivers and current versions is on the drivers page: (https://github.com/xcp-ng/xcp/wiki/Drivers).

        Test on XCP-ng 8.3

        From an up-to-date host:

        yum clean metadata --enablerepo=xcp-ng-testing
yum update --enablerepo=xcp-ng-testing
reboot

        The usual update rules apply: pool coordinator first, etc.

        Versions

        • amd-microcode: 20240503-1.1.xcpng8.3
        • grub: 2.06-4.0.2.1.xcpng8.3
        • iperf3: 3.9-13.xcpng8.3
        • kernel: 4.19.19-8.0.37.1.xcpng8.3
        • kexec-tools: 2.0.15-20.1.xcpng8.3
        • netdata: 1.44.3-1.2.xcpng8.3
        • slang: 2.3.2-11.xcpng8.3
        • sm: 3.2.3-1.13.xcpng8.3
        • xapi: 24.19.2-1.9.xcpng8.3
        • xo-lite: 0.6.0-1.xcpng8.3

        Optional packages:

        • kernel-alt: 4.19.322+1-1.xcpng8.3
        • socat: 1.7.4.1-6.xcpng8.3
        • traceroute: 2.1.5-2.xcpng8.3
        • Alternate drivers:
          • broadcom-bnxt-en-alt: 1.10.3_231.0.162.0-1.xcpng8.3
          • intel-i40e-alt: 2.26.8-1.xcpng8.3

        What to test

        Normal use and anything else you want to test. The closer to your actual use of XCP-ng, the better.

        Test window before official release of the updates

        None defined, but early feedback is always better than late feedback, which is in turn better than no feedback 🙂

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        • F Offline
          flakpyro @gduperrey
          last edited by

          @gduperrey installed on 2 test machines

          Machine 1:
          Intel Xeon E-2336
          SuperMicro board.

          Machine 2:
          Minisforum MS-01
          i9-13900H
          32 GB Ram
          Using Intel X710 onboard NIC

          Both machines installed fine and all VMs came up without issue after.

          I ran a backup job after to test snapshot coalesce, no issues there.

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          • R Offline
            ravenet @gduperrey
            last edited by

            @gduperrey

            Tested on Multiple systems. Ryzen 1700x andThreadripper 5975. fine so far

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            • A Offline
              Andrew Top contributor @gduperrey
              last edited by

              @gduperrey I have several hosts updated and running. I'm happy to see 8.3 updates on parity with 8.2.

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                ravenet @gduperrey
                last edited by

                @gduperrey
                Tested on 4 systems in production

                Ryzen 1700x, on asrock rack mb w radeon pro GPU pass through
                Threadripper 5975wx on asrock rack mb w radeon pro GPU pass through
                Epyc 9224 on Asus
                Epyc 7313P on Asus

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                • X Offline
                  XCP-ng-JustGreat
                  last edited by

                  Applied latest candidate test updates to 3 x Dell OptiPlex 7040 (i7-6700, 48GB, 10Gbps-attached TrueNAS shared-storage) pool. Update process was error-free and successful. Everything appears to be working normally following the update.

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                  • gskgerG Offline
                    gskger Top contributor @gduperrey
                    last edited by

                    @gduperrey Update some Dell R720s with GPUs and a Dell R730. Update worked without any problem and VMs operate as expected. Will update this post if that changes during day-to-day operation. Great work!

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                    • gduperreyG Offline
                      gduperrey Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team
                      last edited by

                      New update candidates for you to test!

                      In addition to the previous updates, available for testing, here are some new, non-urgent ones, expected to be released in a few days. Below are the details about these.

                      • blktap: Add an option to use backup footer when vhd-util query is called. This will be used in a future storage driver.
                      • intel-igc: Update to version 5.10.226.
                      • xcp-ng-deps: Added vim-minimal as a dependency, so it is always present on XCP-ng systems.

                      For XOSTOR users:

                      • drbd: Prevent a dead-lock in some situations, plus other improvements

                      (Reminder: XOSTOR is still in beta stage on XCP-ng 8.3)

                      Test on XCP-ng 8.3

                      From an up-to-date host:

                      yum clean metadata --enablerepo=xcp-ng-testing
yum update --enablerepo=xcp-ng-testing
reboot

                      The usual update rules apply: pool coordinator first, etc.

                      Versions

                      • blktap: 3.54.9-1.2.xcpng8.3
                      • intel-igc: 5.10.226-1.xcpng8.3
                      • kmod-drbd: 9.2.11-1.1.xcpng8.3
                      • xcp-ng-deps: 8.3-13

                      What to test

                      Normal use and anything else you want to test. The closer to your actual use of XCP-ng, the better.

                      Test window before official release of the updates

                      ~ 2 days

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                      • F Offline
                        flakpyro @gduperrey
                        last edited by

                        @gduperrey Installed on the same 2 hosts as the last batch of test updates released in December.

                        No issues to report so far, ran a backup job after after without issue.

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                        • olivierlambertO Offline
                          olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
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                          Works for me!

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