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    XCP-ng 8.3 updates announcements and testing

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    • stormiS Offline
      stormi Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team
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      New update candidates for you to test! (adding to the previous batch)

      New updates join the previous batch of update candidates. I also take this opportunity to call for more feedback on the previous batch of updates, in particular on the changes mentioned in its "What to test" part. Anyway, installing this batch will also install the previous one.

      Main changes:

      • qemu: Fix BSODs on VMs having the Windows Server 2025 September update and emulated NVMe controllers
      • xcp-ng-pv-tools: FINALLY, we could embed our own, signed, Windows Guest Tools in the guest tools ISO shipped with XCP-ng! See https://xcp-ng.org/blog/2025/10/10/signed-windows-pv-drivers-now-available/
      • xcp-ng-xapi-plugins:
        • Reworked sdncontroller plugin to properly support all network types:
          • Standard networks on physical devices
          • Bonded networks
          • VLAN on top of either standard networks or bonds
          • Private networks
        • Support per-VIF rules, as well as network-wide rules (no UI in XO at this time, xo-cli recommended)

      Other changes:

      Optional packages:

      • netdata: Minor change in the systemd unit file to avoid minor log pollution. No functional change.

      Test on XCP-ng 8.3

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

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

      Versions:

      • qemu: qemu-4.2.1-5.2.12.2.xcpng8.3
      • xcp-ng-pv-tools: xcp-ng-pv-tools-8.3-13.xcpng8.3
      • xcp-ng-xapi-plugins: xcp-ng-xapi-plugins-1.15.0-1.xcpng8.3

      Optional packages:

      • netdata: netdata-1.47.5-4.2.xcpng8.3

      What to test

      Normal use and anything else you want to test.

      Additional focus can be given to:

      • Everything we mentioned in the previous batch
      • Make sure Windows+Linux VM installation and booting works on UEFI without PV drivers (that's when the NVMe emulated disks are used)
      • XCP-ng's signed Windows Guest tools that are finally available on the guest tools ISO!

      Known issues

      XAPI's handling of remote logging remains to be fixed before the release.

      So: don't attempt to set up remote logging yet. If you set it up previously, then it should continue to work.

      Test window before official release of the updates

      ~5 days.

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        acebmxer @stormi
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        @stormi

        Sorry if this has been mentioned before.

        You state to run the below command to test the updates.

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

        How to revert changes if needed to? and/or how to switch back to normal repo?

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          Andrew Top contributor @stormi
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          @stormi Update (to the update) installed and running. Buggy Windows 2025 boots now with QEMU update.

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          • olivierlambertO Offline
            olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
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            Yay \o/ Thanks for the feedback 🙂

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              ph7 @stormi
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              @stormi

              I also take this opportunity to call for more feedback on the previous batch of updates,

              Well I updated a few days ago, tough I dont run much of the updated functions on my simple home lab, it all seems to work fine.
              i7 gen 4 and NFS

              Now testing the new updates......

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                ph7 @ph7
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                The new template for debian 13 is working in XO-Lite 👍

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                  gskger Top contributor @stormi
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                  @stormi Updated the usual suspects (HP ProDesk 600 G6, Dell Optiplex 9010, Dell R720) with no problem. Host run as expected.

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                    stormi Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team @acebmxer
                    last edited by

                    @acebmxer said in XCP-ng 8.3 updates announcements and testing:

                    @stormi
                    How to revert changes if needed to? and/or how to switch back to normal repo?

                    The command only enables the testing repositories for the time of the update, so no need to disable them afterwards.

                    Reverting changes can be done with yum downgrade, but it's not always doable. XAPI updates can come with an upgrade of the XAPI database. If you downgrade, then XAPI with detect that the database is too recent and will refuse to start.

                    So, you can technically downgrade the files, but not the state.

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                      acebmxer @stormi
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                      @stormi

                      Thanks for the reply back. Update when sucessfull. Windows Server 2025 iso now properly installs.

                      At work I was not able to install default certs for UEFI due to one failing to download. Run these updates and I was able to successfully install the certs to the host.

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                        JeffBerntsen Top contributor @stormi
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                        @stormi My "test/production" system, an HP DL165 is updated and running normally with the updated updates. Not seeing any change with secure boot VMs at all, i.e. working just fine.

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