Am I right in believing that with the upgraded XCP-ng, I should also be upgrading the tools on the VMs? (Even though the other VMs I haven't messed with seem to be working OK with the older tools?) If a VM has either the Citrix Windows tools or the xcp tools for Linux, is it OK to just install the newer version over the old version? Or do I have to uninstall old first?
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RE: Uncertain state of VM tools
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RE: Uncertain state of VM tools
Update: The Win10 VM is now showing "tools installed" (XO shows "Management agent 7.2 detected"), but the Win7 VM is still confused. I tried doing a repair install of the old tools, but it didn't change anything. Probably not a big deal as the Win7 VM shouldn't even exist according to University security policy.
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RE: Uncertain state of VM tools
@olivierlambert said in Uncertain state of VM tools:
xe vm-param-list uuid=<VM UUID>
You asked for it
Here's the Win7 VM:uuid ( RO) : 5ec0be16-98c5-e892-b850-67a276beb167 name-label ( RW): tsv7 name-description ( RW): if recreating tsv7, set MAC to 9a:ba:83:77:9f:fa -- Citrix VM Tools x64 7.1.1270 (old) user-version ( RW): 1 is-a-template ( RW): false is-default-template ( RW): false is-a-snapshot ( RO): false snapshot-of ( RO): <not in database> snapshots ( RO): snapshot-time ( RO): 19700101T00:00:00Z snapshot-info ( RO): parent ( RO): <not in database> children ( RO): is-control-domain ( RO): false power-state ( RO): running memory-actual ( RO): 8589934592 memory-target ( RO): 0 memory-overhead ( RO): 71303168 memory-static-max ( RW): 8589934592 memory-dynamic-max ( RW): 8589934592 memory-dynamic-min ( RW): 4294967296 memory-static-min ( RW): 134217728 suspend-VDI-uuid ( RW): <not in database> suspend-SR-uuid ( RW): <not in database> VCPUs-params (MRW): weight: 256 VCPUs-max ( RW): 2 VCPUs-at-startup ( RW): 2 actions-after-shutdown ( RW): Destroy actions-after-reboot ( RW): Restart actions-after-crash ( RW): Restart console-uuids (SRO): 451467cf-fb6a-ce45-735d-a8f598985289 hvm ( RO): true platform (MRW): timeoffset: -18000; device-model: qemu-upstream-compat; cores-per-socket: 1; nx: true; acpi: 1; viridian: true; pae: true; apic: true allowed-operations (SRO): changing_dynamic_range; hard_reboot; hard_shutdown; pause; snapshot current-operations (SRO): blocked-operations (MRW): allowed-VBD-devices (SRO): 1; 2; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 17; 18; 19; 20; 21; 22; 23; 24; 25; 26; 27; 28; 29; 30; 31; 32; 33; 34; 35; 36; 37; 38; 39; 40; 41; 42; 43; 44; 45; 46; 47; 48; 49; 50; 51; 52; 53; 54; 55; 56; 57; 58; 59; 60; 61; 62; 63; 64; 65; 66; 67; 68; 69; 70; 71; 72; 73; 74; 75; 76; 77; 78; 79; 80; 81; 82; 83; 84; 85; 86; 87; 88; 89; 90; 91; 92; 93; 94; 95; 96; 97; 98; 99; 100; 101; 102; 103; 104; 105; 106; 107; 108; 109; 110; 111; 112; 113; 114; 115; 116; 117; 118; 119; 120; 121; 122; 123; 124; 125; 126; 127; 128; 129; 130; 131; 132; 133; 134; 135; 136; 137; 138; 139; 140; 141; 142; 143; 144; 145; 146; 147; 148; 149; 150; 151; 152; 153; 154; 155; 156; 157; 158; 159; 160; 161; 162; 163; 164; 165; 166; 167; 168; 169; 170; 171; 172; 173; 174; 175; 176; 177; 178; 179; 180; 181; 182; 183; 184; 185; 186; 187; 188; 189; 190; 191; 192; 193; 194; 195; 196; 197; 198; 199; 200; 201; 202; 203; 204; 205; 206; 207; 208; 209; 210; 211; 212; 213; 214; 215; 216; 217; 218; 219; 220; 221; 222; 223; 224; 225; 226; 227; 228; 229; 230; 231; 232; 233; 234; 235; 236; 237; 238; 239; 240; 241; 242; 243; 244; 245; 246; 247; 248; 249; 250; 251; 252; 253; 254 allowed-VIF-devices (SRO): 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6 possible-hosts ( RO): 191990a5-7037-42cc-8773-80ed4852d099; e0004176-b851-4873-865d-f8b3ea23e7e6 domain-type ( RW): hvm current-domain-type ( RO): hvm HVM-boot-policy ( RW): BIOS order HVM-boot-params (MRW): order: cd HVM-shadow-multiplier ( RW): 1.000 PV-kernel ( RW): PV-ramdisk ( RW): PV-args ( RW): PV-legacy-args ( RW): PV-bootloader ( RW): PV-bootloader-args ( RW): last-boot-CPU-flags ( RO): vendor: AuthenticAMD; features: 178bfbff-f6f83203-2fd3fbff-040005f7-0000000f-209c01a9-00000000-00000000-00001005-00000000-00000000-00000000-00000000-00000000-00000000 last-boot-record ( RO): '('struct' ('uuid' '5bced0f2-19ff-8376-cdce-1409eed7aea1') ('allowed_operations' ('array')) ('current_operations' ('struct' ('OpaqueRef:cc2031f2-0f0c-75e7-9d3b-1b57c9f78089' 'start'))) ('power_state' 'Halted') ('name_label' 'tsv7') ('name_description' '') ('user_version' '1') ('is_a_template' ('boolean' '0')) ('suspend_VDI' 'OpaqueRef:NULL') ('resident_on' 'OpaqueRef:NULL') ('affinity' 'OpaqueRef:NULL') ('memory_overhead' '37748736') ('memory_target' '0') ('memory_static_max' '4294967296') ('memory_dynamic_max' '4294967296') ('memory_dynamic_min' '4294967296') ('memory_static_min' '134217728') ('VCPUs_params' ('struct')) ('VCPUs_max' '2') ('VCPUs_at_startup' '2') ('actions_after_shutdown' 'destroy') ('actions_after_reboot' 'restart') ('actions_after_crash' 'restart') ('consoles' ('array')) ('VIFs' ('array' 'OpaqueRef:48a7f3da-5d10-82b9-bbb3-f381f5faa1b7')) ('VBDs' ('array' 'OpaqueRef:1cda3b2c-6319-1895-bdd4-09b2e7fb4ab9' 'OpaqueRef:143638fd-5026-45b5-3899-43e5f7210e34')) ('crash_dumps' ('array')) ('VTPMs' ('array')) ('PV_bootloader' '') ('PV_kernel' '') ('PV_ramdisk' '') ('PV_args' '') ('PV_bootloader_args' '') ('PV_legacy_args' '') ('HVM_boot_policy' 'BIOS order') ('HVM_boot_params' ('struct' ('order' 'dc'))) ('HVM_shadow_multiplier' ('double' '1')) ('platform' ('struct' ('timeoffset' '-18000') ('cores-per-socket' '1') ('nx' 'true') ('acpi' '1') ('viridian' 'true') ('pae' 'true') ('apic' 'true'))) ('PCI_bus' '') ('other_config' ('struct' ('vgpu_pci' '') ('instant' 'true') ('XenCenter.CustomFields.Primary User(s)' 'Testing / Tech Support') ('XenCenter.CustomFields.MAC' '9a:ba:83:77:9f:fa') ('XenCenter.CustomFields.Product Key' 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz') ('base_template_name' 'Other install media') ('mac_seed' 'f25aa95b-257c-84f2-5c49-71fe67084aea') ('install-methods' 'cdrom'))) ('domid' '-1') ('domarch' '') ('last_boot_CPU_flags' ('struct' ('vendor' 'AuthenticAMD') ('features' '00802009-178bfbff-000007ff-2fd3fbff'))) ('is_control_domain' ('boolean' '0')) ('metrics' 'OpaqueRef:8f26e2fc-a19e-569b-4244-d9afc7bfed47') ('guest_metrics' 'OpaqueRef:77ada16e-43f1-4dfb-e6c1-acb7e12db5e6') ('last_booted_record' '') ('recommendations' '<restrictions><restriction field=\"memory-static-max\" max=\"137438953472\" /><restriction field=\"vcpus-max\" max=\"16\" /><restriction property=\"number-of-vbds\" max=\"16\" /><restriction property=\"number-of-vifs\" max=\"7\" /></restrictions>') ('xenstore_data' ('struct' ('vm-data' ''))) ('ha_always_run' ('boolean' '0')) ('ha_restart_priority' '') ('is_a_snapshot' ('boolean' '0')) ('snapshot_of' 'OpaqueRef:NULL') ('snapshots' ('array')) ('snapshot_time' ('dateTime.iso8601' '19700101T00:00:00Z')) ('transportable_snapshot_id' '') ('blobs' ('struct')) ('tags' ('array')) ('blocked_operations' ('struct')) ('snapshot_info' ('struct')) ('snapshot_metadata' '') ('parent' 'OpaqueRef:NULL') ('children' ('array')) ('bios_strings' ('struct')) ('protection_policy' 'OpaqueRef:NULL') ('is_snapshot_from_vmpp' ('boolean' '0')) ('appliance' 'OpaqueRef:NULL') ('start_delay' '0') ('shutdown_delay' '0') ('order' '0') ('VGPUs' ('array')) ('attached_PCIs' ('array')) ('suspend_SR' 'OpaqueRef:11a420fe-af64-b16e-1e94-db3d99f870fc') ('version' '0') ('generation_id' '') ('hardware_platform_version' '0'))' resident-on ( RO): 191990a5-7037-42cc-8773-80ed4852d099 affinity ( RW): <not in database> other-config (MRW): XenCenter.CustomFields.VM Tools: Citrix VM Tools for Windows x64 v7.1.1270 (old); instant: true; import_task: OpaqueRef:4a8e53e6-f856-4e25-8022-803120d07487; mac_seed: ee1dcc30-7d6e-d3eb-5f6b-4771ed0889a0; XenCenter.CustomFields.Primary User(s): Testing / Tech Support; XenCenter.CustomFields.MAC: 9a:ba:83:77:9f:fa; XenCenter.CustomFields.Product Key: abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz; base_template_name: Other install media; install-methods: cdrom; auto_poweron: false dom-id ( RO): 28 recommendations ( RO): <restrictions><restriction field="memory-static-max" max="137438953472" /><restriction field="vcpus-max" max="16" /><restriction property="number-of-vbds" max="16" /><restriction property="number-of-vifs" max="7" /></restrictions> xenstore-data (MRW): vm-data/mmio-hole-size: 268435456; vm-data: ha-always-run ( RW) [DEPRECATED]: false ha-restart-priority ( RW): blobs ( RO): start-time ( RO): 20210216T22:12:40Z install-time ( RO): 20191122T19:06:59Z VCPUs-number ( RO): 2 VCPUs-utilisation (MRO): 0: 0.017; 1: 0.010 os-version (MRO): PV-drivers-version (MRO): PV-drivers-up-to-date ( RO) [DEPRECATED]: false memory (MRO): disks (MRO): VBDs (SRO): c3cb9079-4d50-0d3e-1d06-09cdffca4026; 14bb3458-06b6-8edc-ef2a-7bf8ed4aed4f networks (MRO): PV-drivers-detected ( RO): false other (MRO): has-vendor-device: 0; platform-feature-multiprocessor-suspend: 1 live ( RO): true guest-metrics-last-updated ( RO): 20210216T22:12:45Z can-use-hotplug-vbd ( RO): unspecified can-use-hotplug-vif ( RO): unspecified cooperative ( RO) [DEPRECATED]: true tags (SRW): appliance ( RW): <not in database> snapshot-schedule ( RW): <not in database> is-vmss-snapshot ( RO): false start-delay ( RW): 0 shutdown-delay ( RW): 0 order ( RW): 0 version ( RO): 0 generation-id ( RO): hardware-platform-version ( RO): 0 has-vendor-device ( RW): false requires-reboot ( RO): false reference-label ( RO): bios-strings (MRO): bios-vendor: Xen; bios-version: ; system-manufacturer: Xen; system-product-name: HVM domU; system-version: ; system-serial-number: ; hp-rombios: ; oem-1: Xen; oem-2: MS_VM_CERT/SHA1/bdbeb6e0a816d43fa6d3fe8aaef04c2bad9d3e3d And, here's the Win10 VM: uuid ( RO) : 4481e88d-18a1-08de-e1b2-91f18ebb5439 name-label ( RW): vBAT3 name-description ( RW): Win10 Pro x64 VM with TerrSet, Arc, GE, Office user-version ( RW): 1 is-a-template ( RW): false is-default-template ( RW): false is-a-snapshot ( RO): false snapshot-of ( RO): <not in database> snapshots ( RO): snapshot-time ( RO): 19700101T00:00:00Z snapshot-info ( RO): parent ( RO): <not in database> children ( RO): is-control-domain ( RO): false power-state ( RO): running memory-actual ( RO): 8587837440 memory-target ( RO): 0 memory-overhead ( RO): 73400320 memory-static-max ( RW): 8589934592 memory-dynamic-max ( RW): 8589934592 memory-dynamic-min ( RW): 4294967296 memory-static-min ( RW): 2147483648 suspend-VDI-uuid ( RW): <not in database> suspend-SR-uuid ( RW): <not in database> VCPUs-params (MRW): weight: 256 VCPUs-max ( RW): 4 VCPUs-at-startup ( RW): 4 actions-after-shutdown ( RW): Destroy actions-after-reboot ( RW): Restart actions-after-crash ( RW): Restart console-uuids (SRO): d352c61b-d3f4-c4e9-592b-6a71da801d41 hvm ( RO): true platform (MRW): timeoffset: -17903; device-model: qemu-upstream-compat; nx: true; acpi: 1; apic: true; pae: true; vga: std; videoram: 8; viridian: true; device_id: 0002; cores-per-socket: 2 allowed-operations (SRO): changing_dynamic_range; migrate_send; pool_migrate; suspend; hard_reboot; hard_shutdown; clean_reboot; clean_shutdown; pause; checkpoint; snapshot current-operations (SRO): blocked-operations (MRW): allowed-VBD-devices (SRO): 2; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 17; 18; 19; 20; 21; 22; 23; 24; 25; 26; 27; 28; 29; 30; 31; 32; 33; 34; 35; 36; 37; 38; 39; 40; 41; 42; 43; 44; 45; 46; 47; 48; 49; 50; 51; 52; 53; 54; 55; 56; 57; 58; 59; 60; 61; 62; 63; 64; 65; 66; 67; 68; 69; 70; 71; 72; 73; 74; 75; 76; 77; 78; 79; 80; 81; 82; 83; 84; 85; 86; 87; 88; 89; 90; 91; 92; 93; 94; 95; 96; 97; 98; 99; 100; 101; 102; 103; 104; 105; 106; 107; 108; 109; 110; 111; 112; 113; 114; 115; 116; 117; 118; 119; 120; 121; 122; 123; 124; 125; 126; 127; 128; 129; 130; 131; 132; 133; 134; 135; 136; 137; 138; 139; 140; 141; 142; 143; 144; 145; 146; 147; 148; 149; 150; 151; 152; 153; 154; 155; 156; 157; 158; 159; 160; 161; 162; 163; 164; 165; 166; 167; 168; 169; 170; 171; 172; 173; 174; 175; 176; 177; 178; 179; 180; 181; 182; 183; 184; 185; 186; 187; 188; 189; 190; 191; 192; 193; 194; 195; 196; 197; 198; 199; 200; 201; 202; 203; 204; 205; 206; 207; 208; 209; 210; 211; 212; 213; 214; 215; 216; 217; 218; 219; 220; 221; 222; 223; 224; 225; 226; 227; 228; 229; 230; 231; 232; 233; 234; 235; 236; 237; 238; 239; 240; 241; 242; 243; 244; 245; 246; 247; 248; 249; 250; 251; 252; 253; 254 allowed-VIF-devices (SRO): 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6 possible-hosts ( RO): 191990a5-7037-42cc-8773-80ed4852d099; e0004176-b851-4873-865d-f8b3ea23e7e6 domain-type ( RW): hvm current-domain-type ( RO): hvm HVM-boot-policy ( RW): BIOS order HVM-boot-params (MRW): order: cd HVM-shadow-multiplier ( RW): 1.000 PV-kernel ( RW): PV-ramdisk ( RW): PV-args ( RW): PV-legacy-args ( RW): PV-bootloader ( RW): PV-bootloader-args ( RW): last-boot-CPU-flags ( RO): vendor: AuthenticAMD; features: 178bfbff-f6f83203-2fd3fbff-040001f7-0000000f-209c01a9-00000000-00000000-00001001-00000000-00000000-00000000-00000000-00000000-00000000 last-boot-record ( RO): '('struct' ('uuid' '02a1ac90-368a-7352-f571-80317af5d50a') ('allowed_operations' ('array')) ('current_operations' ('struct' ('OpaqueRef:00cd6439-3f20-2f96-0d9e-1d3845f90b1b' 'start'))) ('power_state' 'Halted') ('name_label' 'vBAT3') ('name_description' 'Win8 x64 VM with IDRISI, Arc') ('user_version' '1') ('is_a_template' ('boolean' '0')) ('suspend_VDI' 'OpaqueRef:NULL') ('resident_on' 'OpaqueRef:NULL') ('affinity' 'OpaqueRef:8f88f9dd-ca1b-e4fa-96c9-f155bedfb666') ('memory_overhead' '72351744') ('memory_target' '0') ('memory_static_max' '8589934592') ('memory_dynamic_max' '8589934592') ('memory_dynamic_min' '2147483648') ('memory_static_min' '2147483648') ('VCPUs_params' ('struct')) ('VCPUs_max' '3') ('VCPUs_at_startup' '3') ('actions_after_shutdown' 'destroy') ('actions_after_reboot' 'restart') ('actions_after_crash' 'restart') ('consoles' ('array')) ('VIFs' ('array' 'OpaqueRef:18780ba1-855c-3f73-3966-e3870d604944')) ('VBDs' ('array' 'OpaqueRef:380bbfe9-31a1-6d39-5403-239044340d70' 'OpaqueRef:0dde93a9-36df-5490-82e5-989f60cf4830' 'OpaqueRef:5591fe10-5412-dff4-8c11-5e7e30e1d23c')) ('crash_dumps' ('array')) ('VTPMs' ('array')) ('PV_bootloader' '') ('PV_kernel' '') ('PV_ramdisk' '') ('PV_args' '') ('PV_bootloader_args' '') ('PV_legacy_args' '') ('HVM_boot_policy' 'BIOS order') ('HVM_boot_params' ('struct' ('order' 'dc'))) ('HVM_shadow_multiplier' ('double' '1')) ('platform' ('struct' ('timeoffset' '-18000') ('nx' 'true') ('acpi' '1') ('apic' 'true') ('pae' 'true') ('vga' 'std') ('videoram' '8') ('viridian' 'true') ('device_id' '0002'))) ('PCI_bus' '') ('other_config' ('struct' ('vgpu_pci' '') ('XenCenter.CustomFields.Product Key' 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz') ('XenCenter.CustomFields.MAC' '62:68:18:19:13:f1') ('import_task' 'OpaqueRef:d7f2a330-fd2e-ab45-99a6-8806157204da') ('mac_seed' '42f8fc88-7c67-a7ef-c848-bff78b55855c') ('base_template_name' 'Windows 8 (64-bit)') ('install-methods' 'cdrom'))) ('domid' '-1') ('domarch' '') ('last_boot_CPU_flags' ('struct' ('vendor' 'AuthenticAMD') ('features' '00802009-178bfbff-000007ff-2fd3fbff'))) ('is_control_domain' ('boolean' '0')) ('metrics' 'OpaqueRef:626c3787-7e96-a9ed-0768-c6c01e2a9048') ('guest_metrics' 'OpaqueRef:NULL') ('last_booted_record' '') ('recommendations' '<restrictions><restriction field=\"memory-static-max\" max=\"137438953472\" /><restriction field=\"vcpus-max\" max=\"16\" /><restriction property=\"number-of-vbds\" max=\"7\" /><restriction property=\"number-of-vifs\" max=\"7\" /></restrictions>') ('xenstore_data' ('struct' ('vm-data' ''))) ('ha_always_run' ('boolean' '0')) ('ha_restart_priority' '') ('is_a_snapshot' ('boolean' '0')) ('snapshot_of' 'OpaqueRef:NULL') ('snapshots' ('array')) ('snapshot_time' ('dateTime.iso8601' '19700101T00:00:00Z')) ('transportable_snapshot_id' '') ('blobs' ('struct')) ('tags' ('array')) ('blocked_operations' ('struct')) ('snapshot_info' ('struct')) ('snapshot_metadata' '') ('parent' 'OpaqueRef:NULL') ('children' ('array')) ('bios_strings' ('struct')) ('protection_policy' 'OpaqueRef:NULL') ('is_snapshot_from_vmpp' ('boolean' '0')) ('appliance' 'OpaqueRef:NULL') ('start_delay' '0') ('shutdown_delay' '0') ('order' '0') ('VGPUs' ('array')) ('attached_PCIs' ('array')) ('suspend_SR' 'OpaqueRef:70129c16-b31a-777f-e4e4-8f0f694a404a') ('version' '0') ('generation_id' '3831509241207179605:5988642200765484495') ('hardware_platform_version' '0'))' resident-on ( RO): 191990a5-7037-42cc-8773-80ed4852d099 affinity ( RW): 191990a5-7037-42cc-8773-80ed4852d099 other-config (MRW): XenCenter.CustomFields.VM Tools: Citrix VM Tools for Windows x64 v9.1.5; import_task: OpaqueRef:c79623d1-56ad-4af0-95a5-6590dd5b93e5; mac_seed: 9773b4f7-1d4c-239b-9296-5868a2549f6d; XenCenter.CustomFields.Product Key: abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz; XenCenter.CustomFields.MAC: 62:68:18:19:13:f1; base_template_name: Windows 8 (64-bit); install-methods: cdrom; auto_poweron: false dom-id ( RO): 19 recommendations ( RO): <restrictions><restriction field="memory-static-max" max="137438953472" /><restriction field="vcpus-max" max="16" /><restriction property="number-of-vbds" max="7" /><restriction property="number-of-vifs" max="7" /></restrictions> xenstore-data (MRW): vm-data/mmio-hole-size: 268435456; vm-data: ha-always-run ( RW) [DEPRECATED]: false ha-restart-priority ( RW): blobs ( RO): start-time ( RO): 20210212T22:18:50Z install-time ( RO): 19700101T00:00:00Z VCPUs-number ( RO): 4 VCPUs-utilisation (MRO): 0: 0.332; 1: 0.249; 2: 0.374; 3: 0.315 os-version (MRO): name: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro|C:\WINDOWS|\Device\Harddisk0\Partition2; distro: windows; major: 6; minor: 2; spmajor: 0; spminor: 0 PV-drivers-version (MRO): PV-drivers-up-to-date ( RO) [DEPRECATED]: false memory (MRO): disks (MRO): VBDs (SRO): 244e7ced-549d-ab02-23a8-dc0cdf33ad24; 1e729d18-8a84-f45d-f2c5-e4954850b9d4; 1027c2de-aa54-3629-f62b-dbde229289d4 networks (MRO): PV-drivers-detected ( RO): false other (MRO): feature-shutdown: 1; feature-s4: 1; feature-s3: 1; feature-reboot: 1; feature-poweroff: 1; feature-wuRebootRequired: 1; feature-static-ip-setting: 1; feature-ts: 1; feature-ts2: 1; feature-xs-batcmd: 1; feature-setcomputername: 1; error: WTSQueryUserToken : 1008 failed.; feature-balloon: 1; feature-suspend: 1; has-vendor-device: 0; platform-feature-multiprocessor-suspend: 1; data-ts: 1 live ( RO): true guest-metrics-last-updated ( RO): 20210212T22:21:06Z can-use-hotplug-vbd ( RO): true can-use-hotplug-vif ( RO): true cooperative ( RO) [DEPRECATED]: true tags (SRW): appliance ( RW): <not in database> snapshot-schedule ( RW): <not in database> is-vmss-snapshot ( RO): false start-delay ( RW): 0 shutdown-delay ( RW): 0 order ( RW): 0 version ( RO): 0 generation-id ( RO): 8832282253999579012:7103612987353818038 hardware-platform-version ( RO): 0 has-vendor-device ( RW): false requires-reboot ( RO): false reference-label ( RO): bios-strings (MRO): bios-vendor: Xen; bios-version: ; system-manufacturer: Xen; system-product-name: HVM domU; system-version: ; system-serial-number: ; hp-rombios: ; oem-1: Xen; oem-2: MS_VM_CERT/SHA1/bdbeb6e0a816d43fa6d3fe8aaef04c2bad9d3e3d -
Uncertain state of VM tools
Latest XCP-ng, XO, XCP-ng Center
XO is reporting three VMs with “No Xen tools detected” (which also shows up in XCP-ng Center). One of these is likely to be deleted because during the XCP-ng update, Windows got screwed up and the VM won’t boot any more. Maybe it was something I did? Not too important. The other two VMs actually have VM Tools installed. There’s a Win7 VM with the old Citrix 7.1.1270 tools, and a Win10 VM with the latest Citrix 8.1 tools (“9.1.5”). The first one lost its “tools installed” status during the upgrade, and the second I removed the old tools and installed the new. Both these tools installations finished normally, without errors, but both XCP-ng Center and XO see them as not being there. Oddly, all my other Windows VMs are using the older tools, and both XCP-ng Center and XO report them as having tools installed.
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RE: Using iGPU in VM(s) -- Possible? How?
Thanks for the clarification. So, with a FirePro S7150, I could create vGPUs. Guess I'll have to bite the bullet (if the actual need arises), because I know a non-OEM S7150 would be problematic. Bah.
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Using iGPU in VM(s) -- Possible? How?
Re: XCP-ng GPU Passthrough - No GPU found
Hiall! I've gotten myself into sort of a bind. With help from Dell
We have PE R7425 and PE R6415 servers with integrated Matrox G200eW. Even though we discussed adding "real" GPUs to these pre-sale, they were configured without the "GPU Chassis Option". Dell says because of that, they can't support adding GPU(s) to these servers. They also said we could try putting a GPU in (which they wouldn't support), but they seem unable to tell me which GPU might even physically fit in the standard chassis. Plus, their prices for GPUs are outrageous anyway (i.e., almost $3800 for an $1800 S7150).All we need is better gfx in the VMs, not compute (though that would be nice as well).
My question: Can I either pass the integrated gfx through to a single VM or slice it to multiple VMs? I told one of the servers not to use the iGPU, but after reboot, the GPU settings for a VM still say "No GPU detected in this pool". ???? TIA
Edit: And even if I was able to do this, would it really make any difference?
Edit: Following the instructions here (https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX222537) I created a vgpu for one of my VMs, but when I tried to start the VM, this was the result:
VGPU type is not one of the PGPU's supported types.
type: 16b0e2a8-2481-43d8-991c-b18c148e1861
supported_types: <unknown>and, xe vgpu-type-list returns nothing. Either the Matrox G200eW ain't gonna cut it, or I'm missing something.
Edit: Of course, now that I've posted this, we again tried both the things that "weren't working" before, and now they're working. So maybe we don't even need a GPU at all!