Hi,
It seems that it is possible to create custom tags for a SR, but the dropdown list does not allow for selecting other previously created SR tags. Perhaps the dropdown filters on the VM tags instead of SR tags? In any case I would like to have tags searchable from this list.
I haven't seen it in XOA, but in XCP-ng Center, this information is available:
@msupport we use the AnywhereUSB for this reason. Haven't tested the performance with USB disks, but it works good for all our license keys.
@Ascar said in Neofetch on XCP-NG:
@Forza Not a bash script, a package that requires installation. XCP-NG has all repos wisely disabled. That's why installing it on this specific type of host is not a trivial task.
Sure it is packaged for many distros, but it is just a bash script.
Neofetch is a command-line system information tool written in bash 3.2+
https://github.com/dylanaraps/neofetch
Neofetch only requires BASH, the rest of the dependencies are entirely optional
https://github.com/dylanaraps/neofetch/wiki/Dependencies
But to state what others already said, it is not recommended to install stuff in dom0.
@dinhngtu Thank you. I think it is clear for me now.
The docs at https://xcp-ng.org/docs/guests.html#windows could be improved to cover all three options but also to be a little more concise to make it easier to read.
@dinhngtu What do I do to install only the management agent for the Windows Update option? What file should I download?
@dinhngtu OK, just to clarify; we have 3 different driver options?
And that the "XenServer VM Tools for Windows 9.4.0" is the recommended version for now? Should then this checkbox be enabled or not?
The drivers/tools I have been using on all my Windows VMs so far is the "XCP-ng Windows PV Tools 8.2.2.200-RC1".
Hi,
What is the consensus on Windows Server 2022 on XCP-ng regarding what drivers to use, the Citrix ones from Windows Update, or use the XCP-ng ones?
Background
I have for many years now use the XCP-ng drivers and have not had any issues with previous versions of Windows.
Now it is time to look to migrate older servers to Windows Server 2022 so I wanted to check with the community what yoru experiences are with each option.
I did two installs to test and so far I do not see any stability issues with either drivers.
The installation of Citrix drivers took many reboots to get fully working. At first I had used Windows Update, which installed Citrix nvme drivers and a few things like that, but when I installed the Citrix drivers/tools from https://www.xenserver.com/downloads, it removed already installed drivers and then installed its own versions. Issues like https://xcp-ng.org/forum/topic/9896/pv-nic-not-working-after-upgrade-to-win-11-24h2 is what I am worried about - that some Windows Update or Citrix update leads to problems.
With XCP-ng drivers I only needed a single reboot.
I think it could "survive" a xo-server restart, but not a full XOA restart, depending on how this is implemented.
But yes, this is why it needs to be an option/optional feature for those that feel the security implications are more important than the effort to staff someone to login.
@olivierlambert said in Encrypt Server Passwords:
Sure but how you would do it then in our case? If there was a simple solution, it would be the case already.
I think XOA could solve it by storing sensitive passwords or keys in an encrypted form in the XOA itself. An administrator can unlock access to these passwords/keys from the XOA web interface after boot of XOA. This could be problematic if XOA somehow is rebooted without anyone there to unlock things. If this feature is optional, organisations can decide for themselves what to use. Perhaps even use MFA or Fido keys, etc.
In any case, the passwords are only ever store in plain text in memory, and never on-disk with such a solution.
I re-checked again but the issue is unfortunately not resolved. It does not happen on all VMs and files, so maybe there is something wrong somehow in the VDI?
@chr1st0ph9 Hi, I have not so far. However, I didn't test this again recently.
@olivierlambert thanks. I'll read through the documentation and maybe contact support about this.
Hi,
I'd like to up a local mirror for the XOA and XCP-ng updates. Is this possible?
Background:
We want to remove the possibility to reach internet, even via proxy. Therefore we need to find another way to deliver updates to XOA and to our XCP-ng hosts.
Hi!
Great work with the CBT feature. I noticed it is now included in the "stable" branch which is good news. Is there a summary of the different settings, how they relate and the considerations to take when choosing these options? The XOA documentation, I think, isn't updated yet (searched for CBT with no results).
I was referring to this:
@a573 said in Change the size of the backup file:
Replicating from QNAP to cloud at low frequency.
I read it as copying the files directly from storage.
Looks like you want disaster recovery option. It creates a ready-to-use VM on a separate XCP-ng server. If your main server fails you can start the vm directly off the second server.
In any case, backups can be restored with XO to any server and storage available in XCP-ng.
Isn't it dangerous to copy the backup files directly? How can you ensure that you have a complete set?
Using XO to mirror the backups seems a safer option.
@thetechhipster Ah, the xsconsole resolution probably could be changed from the grub/kernel command line.
