XenServer 7 has launched!
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@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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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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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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@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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Auto-updating Windows drivers, the Direct Inspect API and gobs of GPU updates are the big winers, I think.
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@aaronstuder said
Thanks. Yesterday it was definitely linking to 6.5.
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@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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@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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@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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@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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Dom0 is CentOS 7.2 now. Woot!
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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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@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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@BRRABill said in XenServer 7 has launched!:
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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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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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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@BRRABill said in XenServer 7 has launched!:
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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@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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@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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One suck part.
