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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

The "quick" release of XCP-ng Center 20.04.01 for compatibility with XCP-ng 8.2 ist alive:

https://github.com/xcp-ng/xenadmin/releases/tag/v20.04.01.33

@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)

And what changes they push to github...

We prepared a pre-release of our PV-Drivers and the Management Agent for you to play with:

https://github.com/xcp-ng/win-pv-drivers/releases/tag/v7.5.0-testsigned-testmode

The drivers are not signed properly, but this will happen as soon as possible. To test the drivers, you have to enable the so called "test mode" on windows, which allows to load testsigned drivers for testing

Make backups! Make Snapshots! So you can rollback if your windows dont want to boot anymore.

So please test and report back here! Thanks for your help!

@eexodus said in Testing ZFS with XCP-ng:

zpool create -f tank /dev/sda

If you have 4k disks (aka Advanced Format) use ashift=12

zpool create -o ashift=12 -f tank /dev/sda

I would say, for the first testing, please use:

zfs set sync=disabled tank
zfs set compress=lz4 tank
zfs set atime=off tank

pool/discs can be live monitored with

zpool iostat -v 1

Hello Community,

I managed to build the XCP-ng Management Agent. Can you please test it?

It's the development version 99.99.99.3, so please use only for test environments. I wanted to know if it's working correctly. I tested to assing a static IP to my Windows 10 Test vm, it worked

https://github.com/xcp-ng/xcp/files/2264386/XCP-ng_WindowsManagementAgent_99.99.99.3.zip

Hello, there is the next Release Candidate version:

https://github.com/xcp-ng/win-pv-drivers/releases/tag/v8.2.2-beta
https://github.com/xcp-ng/win-pv-drivers/releases/tag/v8.2.2.200-RC1

8.2.2.200-RC1:

• Vates cert gets now correctly installed, so the PV-Drivers can silently install!

8.2.2-beta:

"Highlight": It is built using Visual Studio Community 2017 (instead of Visual Studio 2012)

• because of a bug in the Windows Driver Kit 10.0.17763.0 I lost some weeks searching for the solution or workaround.
• Found it today: https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/content/problem/386142/windows-sdk-100177630-pragma-push-pop-mismatch-in.html

Hi!

I was always confused by the weird numbers XenCenter / XCP-ng Center showed me in the graph section. Is it bytes or bits?

So here is my idea to change the layout to this for the next release, XCP-ng Center 8.0.1:

Please give your opinion and hints here: https://github.com/xcp-ng/xenadmin/issues/92

Thanks!

borzel created this issue in xcp-ng/xenadmin

open Show Graph data with MBit instead of Mbps #92

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

@Biggen I think the same, but until there is no tree in XO, I get not used to XO(A).
And I didn't catch anything, this was my entire fault (did you notice the XCP-NG CENTER TEAM badge near my username?)