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.

scottalanmiller

Dom0 is CentOS 7.2 now. Woot!

BRRABill

@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.

BRRABill

@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.

scottalanmiller

@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?

scottalanmiller

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

BRRABill

@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?

scottalanmiller

@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.

DustinB3403

@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.

scottalanmiller

@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.

DustinB3403

One suck part.

scottalanmiller

@DustinB3403 is that a feature that it had before? And really, isn't that something you would want outside of XS, not inside of it?

DustinB3403

@scottalanmiller I would want to be able to manage the DRAC from within XS if at all possible.

One less interface to have to jump through to manage the hardware. But I have a general idea of why it isn't able to control the host.

scottalanmiller

@DustinB3403 said in XenServer 7 has launched!:

@scottalanmiller I would want to be able to manage the DRAC from within XS if at all possible.

but the point of out of band management is to be out of band. Just use in band management from inside of XS.

DustinB3403

I know I get it, but at the same time.. lol

DustinB3403

Another cool function is that you can have an AV agent like BitDefender's GravityZone and still protect the VM's as if there was an AV agent installed directly to the guest!