https://docs.xen-orchestra.com/advanced#job-manager

@gudge25 I have also CHR 6.49.13 and XO reports Management agent 6.6.80-71 detected.

Edit: can confirm OP - no management agent detected, tried back to ROS 6.47.9. Perhaps something with xcp-ng version? That CHR v6 with management agent was originally installed on xcp-ng 8.1, which is now upgraded to 8.2

@Prilly said in XO backup, is this mess made with intention?:

@karlisi Could you please elaborate why you cant use open source in production?

In short
"If you are considering using Xen Orchestra in production, please subscribe for one of our professional support plans."
https://docs.xen-orchestra.com/support#community-support

Oh, yes, this is something, I don't understand too. I feel, new things like long term retention etc. could be useful, but... OK, I'm using from sources, no support, learn to swim by yourself. And don't use in production But why by introducing completely new features, no clue in documentation how it all interacts, what goes first, what overrides.
XO perhaps needs some backups overview page, to see what will be result of all my complex backup schedules, sequences and settings.

@Ascar In XO cloud means pool, "hamburger" means host. If VM is running, it belongs to host where it runs, and receives host icon, no matter where it is kept in stopped state. If VM is stopped, it belongs to pool if kept on pool shared storage (cloud icon), or to host, if on host's local storage (hamburger).

Sometimes we want to try harder
Perhaps the confusing part is, if I go to https://xen-orchestra.com/ there is no download link. One could not realize, the download option is behind login. I'm only guessing.

@olivierlambert I believe, it is from here
https://xen-orchestra.com/docs/xoa.html#via-a-manual-xva-download

Installed AD DS role on my test Winserv2025 VM and conhost processes are appeared and already gone from 7 to 10 in about hour. In the same pool Winserv2022 AD DC VM no conhost processes at all.

WinServ 2025 on xcp-ng 8.2.1, xcp-ng tools v.8.2.2 rc1. No additional roles, except Windows Admin Center preview installed. Uptime about 2 months. No conhost processes at all.

If you need to restore one DC from VM backup, this can help
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/identity/ad-ds/manage/virtual-dc/restore-virtualized-domain-controller#restore-the-virtual-dc-with-a-vhd-file

@waveguide said in What are recommended ways to grant XCP-ng and XO access to the internet?:

Do you poke holes in your firewall so the Management network can resolve DNS requests and reach the IP addresses

Outgoing communication from management and xcp-ng hosts to Internet is not very dangerous, because hosts are the initiators. Generally I don't block it. You can monitor these connections or restrict to certain addresses.

I am using RSS reader, feed https://xcp-ng.org/forum/recent.rss
Not the most elegant three click solution to read new replies in watched topics, click on unread posts (open envelope icon), then on All topics button, it opens menu, there click on Watched topics.

@chaoticmaster I suggest to use xcp-ng tools
https://xcp-ng.org/docs/guests.html#citrix-tools-vs-xcp-ng-tools

ISO works, installed already on 2 Ubuntu 22.04 VMs

@planedrop To avoid confusion, XOA is paid product, ready to use virtual application. If you installed XO from sources, it's simply XO or XOCE (XO Community Edition). XO components versions you can see in About menu, both xo-server and xo-web. If you want to know how it corresponds to XOA version, see changelog https://github.com/vatesfr/xen-orchestra/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md

@geoffbland said in Xen Orchestra Application XOA Deployment Options/Best Practices.:

What exactly do you mean when you say "XCP-ng small web UI" ? I don't think I have heard of that before?

If you go to http://your.xcp-ng.host.ip you will receive web UI with some links to documentation and to management tools, including Xen Orchestra Virtual Appliance quick deploy wizard

XOA is only the version we (Vates) distribute, not the version from the sources

What is the correct name for the version from the sources then? Is that just called Xen Orchestra?

They are calling community version (from sources) XO and precompiled virtual appliance (paid version) XOA.

@julien-f said in CR tag ignored (kind of) in smart backup:

incomplete VMs should be ignored by smart mode

I believe, XO is using some other way to prevent backup loop.

Thanks again, now CR works as expected!
xo-server 5.64.0
xo-web 5.66.0

@julien-f Thanks!

XO CE, xo-server 5.62.0, xo-web 5.63.0 (doesn't matter, the same was on older versions too)
We have 2 pools (one host XS 7.0.0 in each), cross-pool backups using continuous replication configured on both of them. It means, VMs from pool 1 are replicated to pool 2 and VMs from pool 2 are replicated to pool 1. To avoid replication back, causing loop, we are using exclusions by tag 'Continuous Replication' (default tag XO adds to every replica). Both backup jobs are overlapping in time.
The problem is, some replicas are added to target's backup job and replicating back, despite having 'Continuous Replication' tag. I suspect, that tag is added only after replication is completed, and incomplete VMs are without this tag. This can explain why they are added to backup job. Am I rigt? If so, how can I avoid this? Perhaps this can be considered as XO bug and patched?