Your most loved* basic client XCP-ng Center 8.0.0 is now released:

https://github.com/xcp-ng/xenadmin/releases/tag/v.8.0.0

*of course XenOrchestra is the most loved advanced client

Hello together,

to avoid more and more confusion about the pieces of the XCP-ng Universe, I'll try to describe what is what.

The Hypervisor, the Host, the Virtualisation Server: XCP-ng

This is the thing you install on bare hardware, it consists of:

• the XEN kernel
• Dom0 - the management domain (it's basicaly a highly custom CentOS with drivers, various services and some glue logic)
• DomU - the VMs, the virtual machines, the things you virtualize
• Love

It's exact the same concept like CITRIX XenServer or CITRIX Hypervisor. XCP-ng is derived from them. Something like a fork, but not so hard.

• issues: https://github.com/xcp-ng/xcp/issues

The basic management software, the windows client, the thing with the tree: XCP-ng Center

• community project
  • issues: https://github.com/xcp-ng/xenadmin/issues
  • download: https://github.com/xcp-ng/xenadmin/releases
• some help from Vates

It's derived from CITRIX XenCenter.

The advanced management software, the web client, the backup solution and more: XenOrchestra

• commercial product from Vates
• community driven
  • issues: https://github.com/vatesfr/xen-orchestra/issues
• can be build from sources with all pro features enabled
  • https://xen-orchestra.com/docs/from_the_sources.html
• only community support

It's not derived from anything (as far as I know).

The ready to use XenOrchestra, the appliance: XOA

• single line to install on XCP-ng
• can be licenced with pro features and pro support from Vates
• is a ready to use VM

The company behind: Vates

Olivier Lambert and his company Vates startet all the jazz. They provide pro support for XCP-ng (the host) and XenOrchestra. They help to sign XCP-ng Center and the XCP-ng Windows Client Tools (and drivers) with an proper EV certificate.

Happy Easter!

I hope you are all well at and in good condition.

https://github.com/xcp-ng/xenadmin/releases/tag/v20.04.00.32

Fixes: https://github.com/xcp-ng/xenadmin/issues/184

cocoon created this issue in xcp-ng/xenadmin

closed Bug memory tab with dynamic memory missing url #184

it's now released! https://github.com/xcp-ng/xenadmin/releases/tag/v8.0.1.26

https://www.linux-magazin.de/ausgaben/2020/03/xcp-ng/

Hello Community!

I hope you all had a good start into year 2020!

I decided to change the way I release XCP-ng Center due the lack of other people participating in development. In future I will only release builds based on the master branch of CITRIX XenCenter (https://github.com/xenserver/xenadmin).

Pro:

• fixes from CITRIX xenadmin (aka XenCenter) master branch will be faster present in our releases
• only one upstream branch to merge from; reduces the hassle to merge/cherry pick from/to 3 different branches (like 7.6, 8.0, master).

Contra:

• hmm... maybe there is none

Within this change the version schema will also change. I think I use the YEAR.MONTH schema, so the next release will be "XCP-ng Center 2020.01".

The first step in this direction is the pre-relase of the current nightly build 99.99.99.27: https://github.com/xcp-ng/xenadmin/releases/tag/v99.99.99.27

@stormi Heyho! I'll try to find some time. But first I'll setup an XCP-ng 8.2 host

If you have problems to install Citrix(TM) or XCP-ng Windows Guest Tools, please try the first working version of this tool:

https://schulzalex.de/builds/xcp-ng/XCP-ng-Windows-Guest-Tools-Cleaner_alpha_1.0.0.0.zip

Good

Bad

Hello all together!

I started to build a little tool, that should help to find the problems before installing/updating the Guest Tools in a Windows VM. For now its only a first start, but it can grow to a very usefull tool.

Any constructive help or hint is very welcome!

Later (so my plans) it should be a part of a new Guest Tools Installer.

Issue: https://github.com/xcp-ng/xcp/issues/152
GIT repository: https://github.com/xcp-ng/win-installer-ng

borzel created this issue in xcp-ng/xcp

open Windows guest tools pre-install checker #152

Hello, I did today a quick test with GlusterFS. Here is a quick HowTo: https://github.com/xcp-ng/xcp/wiki/GlusterFS

Please feel free to contribute! (to the wiki and here)

https://github.com/xcp-ng/xenadmin/issues/195

borzel created this issue in xcp-ng/xenadmin

open XCP-ng Center for XCP-ng 8.2 #195

@stormi Heyho! I'll try to find some time. But first I'll setup an XCP-ng 8.2 host

Happy Easter!

I hope you are all well at and in good condition.

https://github.com/xcp-ng/xenadmin/releases/tag/v20.04.00.32

Fixes: https://github.com/xcp-ng/xenadmin/issues/184

cocoon created this issue in xcp-ng/xenadmin

closed Bug memory tab with dynamic memory missing url #184

Welcome @beshleman !

So it's clear to me (as thinking of inside Center): it is not a "template", so the snapshot is not working in the VM creation wizard. That's also the case with XOA snaps from backups, you can not create a VM from that in Center.. I always wondered about that, but as you found the flag it seems clear to me.

We could fix it in two ways:

• let Center create VMs from also from snapshot that are not "a template"
• don't show the menu entry in Center on the snapshot list if it is not "is-template"

I wonder why this flag is important, what was the reason to program Center this way

@stormi supercool

I just endet up to remove all URLs with "citrix." in them, except for XML-Namespaces which are not executed as download.

I have big hopes for a new major XO(A) release to replace XCP-ng Center with a hopefull spectecular good way of a tree view

Fix is available: https://github.com/xcp-ng/xenadmin/releases/tag/20.03.01.31

Sorry for the trouble

Please update to XCP-ng Center 20.03.01.31 to avoid the confusion with CITRIX updates.

(See also: https://github.com/xcp-ng/xenadmin/issues/183)

borzel created this issue in xcp-ng/xenadmin

closed XCP-ng Center should not display updates from CITRIX #183