XCP-ng Windows PV Tools 9.0.9000.0 Testsign

Before Installing

• This driver release is for testing purposes only. Not for production use!
• Make backups/snapshots before installing!
• The drivers in this package are testsigned and require enabling testsigning mode. Disable Secure Boot, then run the included script testsign/install.ps1 as Administrator to configure Windows and install the necessary signer certificates. Your VM will reboot automatically.
• If you encounter installation/uninstallation errors, please try again with one of the following commands:

For installing:
msiexec.exe /i XenDrivers-x64.msi /l*vx install.log

For uninstalling:
msiexec.exe /x XenDrivers-x64.msi /l*vx uninstall.log

Please include this log along with the file C:\Windows\INF\setupapi.dev.log in your bug report. These files will help us troubleshoot any installation issues.

Changes since 8.2.2-beta

• This release is based on upstream 9.1-series drivers, which includes the PV Mouse/Keyboard driver and PV Console Driver. You can access the PV console with the following command from a XCP-ng host:

xl console -t pv <vmname>

• New installer with clean uninstallation and multiple install/uninstall safety checks.
• New XenClean utility for cleanly removing XCP-ng and Citrix drivers.
• Multiple driver stability fixes.
• Volume Shadow Service Provider is no longer included. (XCP-ng 8.1 and newer no longer support quiescent snapshots)
• Management Agent is currently not included. Xen Orchestra may show "Management agent not detected", but shutdown and reboot features will work normally. We're looking to bring back features of the management agent in the next releases.
• Older Windows versions are no longer supported. The driver requires at a minimum Windows 10 1607 or Windows Server 2016.

Help / Community Support

Please report any errors or BSOD you encounter during testing of this release. Your feedback is very appreciated.

• Discussion: https://xcp-ng.org/forum
• Issue Tracker: https://github.com/xcp-ng/xcp/issues
• IRC: #xcp-ng and #xcp-ng-dev on irc.freenode.net

XCP-ng Windows PV Tools 8.2.2.200-RC1

Before Installing

• Make backups/snapshots before installing!
• Test first on non-production VM's!

Changes since 8.2.2-beta

• xcp-ng/xcp#181 - Install Vates certificate in computers trusted vendors store to get the drivers silently installed
• Out of beta mode, now considered a Release Candidate! with this very version 8.2.2.200
  

Changes since 8.2.1-beta1

• all is build using Visual Studio Community 2017 (instead of Visual Studio 2012)
• win-xenbus
  • BalloonReleasePfnArray() is broken in several ways - xcp-ng/win-xenbus@75324b9
• win-xenvbd
  • Back-port rsp_event manipulation changes from master - xcp-ng/win-xenvbd@db03232

Know Issues

• Branding is not 100% ready (e.g. XCP-ng XCP-ng <-- duplicate names)

Instructions

• XCP-ng Wiki -> Guest Tools -> Windows Guest Tools

Content

• PV-Drivers 8.2.2
• Management Agent (Note: because of mistakes in the upstream implementation the Management Agent is compiled as a 32bit application)
• VSS-Driver (manual install!)

Help / Community Support

• Discussion: https://xcp-ng.org/forum
• Issue Tracker: https://github.com/xcp-ng/xcp/issues
• IRC: #xcp-ng and #xcp-ng-dev on irc.freenode.net

XCP-ng Windows PV Tools 8.2.2-beta

Before Installing

• Make backups/snapshots before installing!
• Do not install in production! Test first!

Changes since 8.2.1-beta1

• all is build using Visual Studio Community 2017 (instead of Visual Studio 2012)
• win-xenbus
  • BalloonReleasePfnArray() is broken in several ways - xcp-ng/win-xenbus@75324b9
• win-xenvbd
  • Back-port rsp_event manipulation changes from master - xcp-ng/win-xenvbd@db03232

Instructions

• XCP-ng Wiki -> Guest Tools -> Windows Guest Tools

Content

• PV-Drivers 8.2.2
• Management Agent (Note: because of mistakes in the upstream implementation the Management Agent is compiled as a 32bit application)
• VSS-Driver (manual install!)

Help / Community Support

• Discussion: https://xcp-ng.org/forum
• Issue Tracker: https://github.com/xcp-ng/xcp/issues
• IRC: #xcp-ng and #xcp-ng-dev on irc.freenode.net

XCP-ng Client Tools for Windows 8.2.1-beta1

Before Installing

• Make backups/snapshots before installing!
• Do not install in production! Test first!

Instructions

• XCP-ng Wiki -> Guest Tools -> Windows Guest Tools

Content

• PV-Drivers 8.2.1
• Management Agent (Note: because of mistakes in the upstream implementation the Management Agent is compiled as a 32bit application)
• VSS-Driver (manual install!)

Help / Community Support

• Discussion: https://xcp-ng.org/forum
• Issue Tracker: https://github.com/xcp-ng/xcp/issues
• IRC: #xcp-ng and #xcp-ng-dev on irc.freenode.net