@olivierlambert yep - clients are just done for the day so I'm running a backup job and should be able to let you know how it goes in a few hours.

@john.c Yeah - like I said it is a good step in the right direction. Just doesn't solve my particular storage related problems.

@john.c Thanks!

Not quite the update I was hoping for, but it's another good step in the right direction...

@ilu said in Install XCP-ng in old HP ProLiant DL160 G6 (gen 6):

@nick.lloyd Thankyou...i'll try the last version, reading forums people says HP was problematic, thats why i was asking for help.

Runs fine on my HP hardware, and was pretty easy to install.

@john.c said in Install XCP-ng in old HP ProLiant DL160 G6 (gen 6):

@ilu Though note that XCP-ng 8.3.0 when it goes LTS, will be getting a fix for the 2TB VDI limit. This will allow you to handle VMs which have large, disks.

You have a source for this? IIRC, the fix the the 2TB limit will fix a few other storage limitations too so I'm keen to know more.

@dinhngtu it still wouldn't boot with the correct template.

That said, I have been testing other VMs which were created on xcp-ng, with the correct templates, and get better performance out of them when they are migrated to a hyper-v host.
I believe that this is related to SMAPIv1 limitations - which are known and being actively worked on with SMAPIv3.

Unfortunately for us at this point, xcp-ng may not fit our business - hopefully one day soon it will be, but until then, it is what it is.

@DustinB There isn't anything in the eventlogs since the VSS/ESENT issue was cleared.

@dinhngtu I originally used the "other install media" template when I imported this VM from hyper-v.

Nothing listed in msinfo, but in the reg keys under storahci

I noticed there are also drivers in there from vmware (these VMs have been through a few hypervisors before I took over the company and decided to do this particular migration).

Out of interest I checked a Server25 install which was done using the "Windows Server 2022" template. That also has no StartOverride value in the registry.

@dinhngtu stornvme doesn't have a StartOverride section.
Assume it is storahci?

@dinhngtu do I just do that before powering the VM down, or is there a way to do it on the disk while it is detached and powered down?

@olivierlambert I tried to boot the OS drive with the correct template, and it blue screened with "boot device inaccessible".

I reverted back to the incorrect template, and it's booting again.

Going to try re-importing and setting up the boot device with the correct template next.

@olivierlambert yep - clients are just done for the day so I'm running a backup job and should be able to let you know how it goes in a few hours.