Strange XS7 Issue
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Reinstalling XenServer Tools did not help.
Again, this is my lab box, but I want to be sure it's just an anomaly and not something else going on. So in this box there is only 1 ethernet adapter.
From the XS host, I can do anything. Ping by IP, ping by hostname, wget, SSH into it, etc..
From the VM, I can ping by IP address, but that is it. Once anything else is attempted (wget, SSH) it drops the whole adapter off. Which also drops off the host, obviously.
I tried to install a Ubuntu VM, and it froze in the middle of the install. CentOS doesn't get more than 10% past its install.
I'm trying to decide if it's something with the adapter (hardware or driver) or something else that has just gone wonky.
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Was the Mint VM running while you were trying to install Ubuntu?
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@Dashrender said in Strange XS7 Issue:
Was the Mint VM running while you were trying to install Ubuntu?
No.
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NIC driver issue maybe. Remove the nic and readd
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@Texkonc said in Strange XS7 Issue:
NIC driver issue maybe. Remove the nic and readd
<shudders> that would involve touching XS. LOL.
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@BRRABill said in Strange XS7 Issue:
@Texkonc said in Strange XS7 Issue:
NIC driver issue maybe. Remove the nic and readd
<shudders> that would involve touching XS. LOL.
Isn't that how this started - because you touched XS?
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@Dashrender said in Strange XS7 Issue:
@BRRABill said in Strange XS7 Issue:
@Texkonc said in Strange XS7 Issue:
NIC driver issue maybe. Remove the nic and readd
<shudders> that would involve touching XS. LOL.
Isn't that how this started - because you touched XS?
Only in the acceptable way.
You know how they feel about not treating it as an appliance.
Oh no, I've already said too much...
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@BRRABill said in Strange XS7 Issue:
@Dashrender said in Strange XS7 Issue:
@BRRABill said in Strange XS7 Issue:
@Texkonc said in Strange XS7 Issue:
NIC driver issue maybe. Remove the nic and readd
<shudders> that would involve touching XS. LOL.
Isn't that how this started - because you touched XS?
Only in the acceptable way.
You know how they feel about not treating it as an appliance.
Oh no, I've already said too much...
FFS.
XS is not an appliance, that is XO.
XS is a hypervisor, you have to know WTF you are doing to fondle it.
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Uninstall XenServer tools from mint and try mint without the tools.
Is XenServer installed on hard drive or USB?
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@black3dynamite said in Strange XS7 Issue:
Uninstall XenServer tools from mint and try mint without the tools.
Is XenServer installed on hard drive or USB?
he's beyond that at this point. If the Mint VM is shutdown, he can't install a new VM, it just hangs.
I agree, at this point, look to see if you can remove and readd the NIC.
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From a little back and forth on the XS forums, it appears others are also having this issue.
And get this ... only affects Linux VMs. I installed a new Windows VM instance, and it works perfectly.
THAT is a head scratcher.
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@BRRABill said in Strange XS7 Issue:
From a little back and forth on the XS forums, it appears others are also having this issue.
And get this ... only affects Linux VMs. I installed a new Windows VM instance, and it works perfectly.
THAT is a head scratcher.
Have you tried using "Other install media" template to create new Linux VMs?
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@black3dynamite said in Strange XS7 Issue:
@BRRABill said in Strange XS7 Issue:
From a little back and forth on the XS forums, it appears others are also having this issue.
And get this ... only affects Linux VMs. I installed a new Windows VM instance, and it works perfectly.
THAT is a head scratcher.
Have you tried using "Other install media" template to create new Linux VMs?
These things all worked perfectly for months. Something in one of the latest updates broke it.
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@BRRABill
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX138115Do you have these recommended hotfixes installed?
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@black3dynamite said in Strange XS7 Issue:
@BRRABill
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX138115Do you have these recommended hotfixes installed?
Yep. Installing the latest 7.0 hotfixes is what started this behavior.
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@BRRABill What about upgrading to 7.1 or 7.2?
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@Danp said in Strange XS7 Issue:
@BRRABill What about upgrading to 7.1 or 7.2?
On the XS forums it seems like there are some bugs in 7.1 that torch the host, so I've been waiting to be sure those are fixed before upgrading.
It really seems like there are more and more issues with XS with each new updates. Starting to make me a little nervous...
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New NIC fixed the issue.
So to sum up ... one of the XS7 updates hosed the NIC on my XS, but only with Linix VMs. Windows VMs worked fine.
A new NIC (with the Linux VMs using only that NIC) fixed the issue.
