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    gsrfan01

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    • RE: Xen Orchestra Community Edition - Registration

      @olivierlambert I think some kind of registration would be a great idea. I'd also love some kind of way to kick back to you guys for the excellent work you've put into these products that's not a subscription. XCP-NG + XO have let me span my home lab from my basement into a rented office space and into a dedicated box.

      I don't generate revenue so a subscription for this would be out of budget, I'd love to kick back something for the work you guys have put in. While not a perfect example, something like Untangle's home license at $50 / $150 per year depending on features would help fill in the gap.

      Keeping a registration option to remove the nag in lab environments would still be a nice have 🙂

      posted in Xen Orchestra
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    • RE: XCP-ng 8.3 public alpha 🚀

      Intel Xeon CPU E5-1620 v4 on a
      Supermicro SYS-5018R-WR

      /xtf-runner selftest -q --host
      Combined test results:
      test-hvm32-selftest                      SUCCESS
      test-hvm32pae-selftest                   SUCCESS
      test-hvm32pse-selftest                   SUCCESS
      test-hvm64-selftest                      SUCCESS
      test-pv64-selftest                       SUCCESS
      
      ./xtf-runner -aqq --host
      Combined test results:
      test-hvm32-umip                          SKIP
      test-hvm64-umip                          SKIP
      test-pv64-xsa-167                        SKIP
      test-pv64-xsa-182                        SKIP
      
      /usr/libexec/xen/bin/test-cpu-policy
      CPU Policy unit tests
      Testing CPU vendor identification:
      Testing CPUID serialise success:
      Testing CPUID deserialise failure:
      Testing CPUID out-of-range clearing:
      Testing MSR serialise success:
      Testing MSR deserialise failure:
      Testing policy compatibility success:
      Testing policy compatibility failure:
      Done: all ok
      
      
      posted in News
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    • RE: Perc 6/i + Win2019 - Recommendations please.

      @vsaad that might be your limit. Those old PERC cards aren't particularly performant unfortunately.

      You could try passing the whole device through to the VM: https://forums.lawrencesystems.com/t/xenserver-hard-drive-whole-disk-passthrough-with-xcp-ng/3433

      That might help, but I'm not sure if that method still works.

      posted in Compute
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    • RE: How to move XOA to another PIF?

      You should be able to go to the network tab for the VM, click the network it's currently connected to, and then change it to the new one. If you have the management tools installed this can be done live, otherwise you'd need to shut the VM down.

      9fd8274e-8c52-4d2c-83b1-ff14c43e0416-image.png

      4278a01c-eee3-49ed-a60c-95a8729312fd-image.png

      posted in Xen Orchestra
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    • RE: XCP / XO and Truenas Scale or Core

      I've been running TrueNAS for hypervisor storage since version 9, it has been rock solid since. I cannot say quite the same about SCALE (though this was alpha).

      If you just want storage and no extra services, go core, it'll do everything you need it to do. If you decide you need more, it's easier to go from Core -> Scale than the other way around.

      posted in Xen Orchestra
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    • RE: Any updated tutorial on how to create new cloud images?

      @encryptblockr

      The issue with tools right now is dependent on the version of Ubuntu you use. My cloud-init uses Ubuntu's cloud image, but it's 20.04 so I can apt-get the tools. Once the tools hit the repos you can simply add this to your cloud-init template on Xen Orchestra and they install.

      package_update: true
      packages:
        - xe-guest-utilities
      package_upgrade: true
      

      Echoing Oliver's statement, my basic cloud-init took me probably a full week on and off to get exactly how I wanted it to, but has worked flawlessly sense.

      If you want to delve into a DIY cloud-init image, this was useful for me when fixing my template and may be of use:

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exeuvgPxd-E

      posted in Xen Orchestra
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    Latest posts made by gsrfan01

    • RE: XCP-ng 8.3 public alpha 🚀

      Intel Xeon CPU E5-1620 v4 on a
      Supermicro SYS-5018R-WR

      /xtf-runner selftest -q --host
      Combined test results:
      test-hvm32-selftest                      SUCCESS
      test-hvm32pae-selftest                   SUCCESS
      test-hvm32pse-selftest                   SUCCESS
      test-hvm64-selftest                      SUCCESS
      test-pv64-selftest                       SUCCESS
      
      ./xtf-runner -aqq --host
      Combined test results:
      test-hvm32-umip                          SKIP
      test-hvm64-umip                          SKIP
      test-pv64-xsa-167                        SKIP
      test-pv64-xsa-182                        SKIP
      
      /usr/libexec/xen/bin/test-cpu-policy
      CPU Policy unit tests
      Testing CPU vendor identification:
      Testing CPUID serialise success:
      Testing CPUID deserialise failure:
      Testing CPUID out-of-range clearing:
      Testing MSR serialise success:
      Testing MSR deserialise failure:
      Testing policy compatibility success:
      Testing policy compatibility failure:
      Done: all ok
      
      
      posted in News
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    • RE: Update doc'n for xe-guest-utils installation for Ubuntu

      @olivierlambert is this going to be the suggestion going forward? I currently install xe-guest-utilities during deployment with cloud-init to reduce time to VM creation.

      posted in Compute
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    • RE: Global (not local) ISO repositiry, not possible?

      @Kajetan321 So you're looking for a cross-pool ISO store if I'm reading this right?

      posted in Xen Orchestra
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    • RE: Global (not local) ISO repositiry, not possible?

      @Kajetan321 You should be able to create a new SR in the Xen Orchestra GUI.

      New -> Storage -> NFS ISO

      866123ab-3c3c-47f9-8d0c-1ca214f338de-image.png

      Even though you're attaching it to a single host it'll be available on the pool just like an NFS SR for VMs. You might need to go to the SR itself in Home -> Storage -> SR-> Hosts and then manually connect it 🙂

      posted in Xen Orchestra
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    • RE: How to move XOA to another PIF?

      You should be able to go to the network tab for the VM, click the network it's currently connected to, and then change it to the new one. If you have the management tools installed this can be done live, otherwise you'd need to shut the VM down.

      9fd8274e-8c52-4d2c-83b1-ff14c43e0416-image.png

      4278a01c-eee3-49ed-a60c-95a8729312fd-image.png

      posted in Xen Orchestra
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    • RE: XCP / XO and Truenas Scale or Core

      @mauzilla My R720XD came with the rear drives, they were optional from Dell during configuration so I try to get them included already when possible. You can grab the parts and install them yourself too.

      They used to be a bit more expensive, looks like $50 now: https://www.ebay.com/itm/174894761780

      They're "R720xd rear flex bays" if you wanted to look for them on not ebay, make sure if comes with the cables. I believe the cables run from the backplane to the rear flex bay on the R720.

      posted in Xen Orchestra
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    • RE: Perc 6/i + Win2019 - Recommendations please.

      @vsaad that might be your limit. Those old PERC cards aren't particularly performant unfortunately.

      You could try passing the whole device through to the VM: https://forums.lawrencesystems.com/t/xenserver-hard-drive-whole-disk-passthrough-with-xcp-ng/3433

      That might help, but I'm not sure if that method still works.

      posted in Compute
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    • RE: Perc 6/i + Win2019 - Recommendations please.

      I would uninstall the XCP-NG tools, reboot, then install Citrix's tools, then reboot again.

      Then try running something like Crystal Disk Mark against the second drive.

      If you don't have GB you'll be limited to pretty much 10MB/s per client even with bonding. Bonding won't increase the speed to a single client, but would let you serve 3 clients at 10MB/s each.

      Do you have an extra PCI slot? You could get a GB NIC pretty cheaply.

      posted in Compute
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    • RE: Perc 6/i + Win2019 - Recommendations please.

      I use these, they do require a free login from Citrix: https://fileservice.citrix.com/download/secured/support/article/CTX235403/downloads/citrix-vm-tools-9.2.3.zip

      Did you use these? https://github.com/xcp-ng/win-pv-drivers/releases

      posted in Compute
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    • RE: Perc 6/i + Win2019 - Recommendations please.

      @vsaad Awesome, thank you! Wanted to make sure that was the case.

      Did you install the Management Agent? If so, which did you use?

      Personally I've found Citrix's to be the most performant.

      posted in Compute
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