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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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                                • scottalanmiller
                                  scottalanmiller @DustinB3403 last edited by

                                  @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?

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                                  • DustinB3403
                                    DustinB3403 @scottalanmiller last edited by

                                    @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.

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                                    • scottalanmiller
                                      scottalanmiller @DustinB3403 last edited by

                                      @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.

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                                      • DustinB3403
                                        DustinB3403 last edited by

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

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                                        • DustinB3403
                                          DustinB3403 last edited by

                                          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!

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                                            Alex Sage last edited by Alex Sage

                                            Looks like you can updates directly from XenCenter now. Sorry @olivier 😞

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