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    • BRRABill
      BRRABill @Dashrender last edited by BRRABill

      @Dashrender said

      I have this problem, I don't have a second XS to migrate to, so I need to do an inplace upgrade.

      My second XS is just a desktop level machine. Works perfectly.

      In fact, has been running production VMs (since the SSD array issue) with nary a hiccup for weeks.

      I am hoping I can upgrade it, then live migrate everything off my production server (since XS7 is supposed to support processor masking better), then upgrade the production server, then migrate everything back.

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      • scottalanmiller
        scottalanmiller last edited by

        Our XS stack is just about to be brought up at the NTG Lab in Los Angeles, so looks like we are going to get to have them do an XS7 install before we bring it online!

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        • DustinB3403
          DustinB3403 last edited by

          Has anyone found a feature set PDF of the new functionality and improvements for XS7?

          Looking on xenserver.org I can only find the 6.5 release information.

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            Alex Sage @DustinB3403 last edited by

            @DustinB3403 http://docs.citrix.com/content/dam/docs/en-us/xenserver/xenserver-7-0/downloads/xenserver-7-0-release-notes.pdf

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            • scottalanmiller
              scottalanmiller last edited by

              Auto-updating Windows drivers, the Direct Inspect API and gobs of GPU updates are the big winers, I think.

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              • BRRABill
                BRRABill @Alex Sage last edited by

                @aaronstuder said

                http://docs.citrix.com/content/dam/docs/en-us/xenserver/xenserver-7-0/downloads/xenserver-7-0-release-notes.pdf

                Thanks. Yesterday it was definitely linking to 6.5.

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                • DustinB3403
                  DustinB3403 @scottalanmiller last edited by

                  @scottalanmiller said in XenServer 7 has launched!:

                  Auto-updating Windows drivers, the Direct Inspect API and gobs of GPU updates are the big winers, I think.

                  SMB storage is now usable as a Default SR as well!

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                  • BRRABill
                    BRRABill @scottalanmiller last edited by

                    @scottalanmiller said in XenServer 7 has launched!:

                    Auto-updating Windows drivers, the Direct Inspect API and gobs of GPU updates are the big winers, I think.

                    And import/export speed, of course! 🙂

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                    • BRRABill
                      BRRABill @DustinB3403 last edited by

                      @DustinB3403 said

                      SMB storage is now usable as a Default SR as well!

                      GUIs? Windows shares?

                      Yeeeeeeaaaaaaaah boooooyyyyyyeeeee! This is my kind of product.

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                      • scottalanmiller
                        scottalanmiller @BRRABill last edited by

                        @BRRABill said in XenServer 7 has launched!:

                        @DustinB3403 said

                        SMB storage is now usable as a Default SR as well!

                        GUIs? Windows shares?

                        Yeeeeeeaaaaaaaah boooooyyyyyyeeeee! This is my kind of product.

                        Just because you can... does not mean that you should. SMB for SR is not a good idea.

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                        • scottalanmiller
                          scottalanmiller last edited by

                          Dom0 is CentOS 7.2 now. Woot!

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                          • BRRABill
                            BRRABill last edited by

                            @scottalanmiller

                            So in your insistence that new versions of software like this are safe to install Day 1 ... safe to install Day 1?

                            I know there has been a lot of discussion on ML about the fact some people feel a need to wait for the initial bugs, but some say, go for it.

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                            • BRRABill
                              BRRABill @scottalanmiller last edited by

                              @scottalanmiller said

                              Just because you can... does not mean that you should. SMB for SR is not a good idea.

                              I was just being funny. I'm actually starting to really see the other side.

                              If for nothing else than to get away from the ridiculous licensing.

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                              • scottalanmiller
                                scottalanmiller @BRRABill last edited by

                                @BRRABill said in XenServer 7 has launched!:

                                @scottalanmiller

                                So in your insistence that new versions of software like this are safe to install Day 1 ... safe to install Day 1?

                                I know there has been a lot of discussion on ML about the fact some people feel a need to wait for the initial bugs, but some say, go for it.

                                This has been in testing for a long time and is production released now. If you were going to wait... what would be waiting for?

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                                • scottalanmiller
                                  scottalanmiller last edited by

                                  NFSv4 is available now too, but like SMB, don't use it. NFSv3 is the leader in file storage for things like VM storage.

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                                  • BRRABill
                                    BRRABill last edited by

                                    @scottalanmiller @DustinB3403

                                    I know there has been a lot of discussion about relocating log files and swap files/partitions if you boot off of USB.

                                    How do you think this new version, having separate partitions for these tasks, will affect this?

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                                    • scottalanmiller
                                      scottalanmiller @BRRABill last edited by

                                      @BRRABill said in XenServer 7 has launched!:

                                      @scottalanmiller @DustinB3403

                                      I know there has been a lot of discussion about relocating log files and swap files/partitions if you boot off of USB.

                                      How do you think this new version, having separate partitions for these tasks, will affect this?

                                      We will have to see how the installer handles it, but in theory it is going to make this very easy.

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                                      • DustinB3403
                                        DustinB3403 last edited by

                                        @BRRABill the increased root partition is to make life easier to manage log files.

                                        Ideally you'd still want to push your log files to a different medium entirely so that your boot device isn't consumed with read/write events.

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                                        • scottalanmiller
                                          scottalanmiller @DustinB3403 last edited by

                                          @DustinB3403 said in XenServer 7 has launched!:

                                          @BRRABill the increased root partition is to make life easier to manage log files.

                                          Ideally you'd still want to push your log files to a different medium entirely so that your boot device isn't consumed with read/write events.

                                          That's one of the new features. Separate log device for the logs.

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                                          • DustinB3403
                                            DustinB3403 last edited by

                                            One suck part.

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