Well, I made the mistake of shutting down my XCP cloud tonight not knowing that
XCP licenses expire every 30 days and expired licenses prevent any VMs from
being started (and not having any procedure listed anywhere to get a new
license). So I reinstall XCP on one machine, get a new 30 day license generated,
import the pool data base so the VMs are back and discover it sets the damn
license back to the expired date!
So now I''m down totally. I can''t start anything, I
can''t restore anything, I can''t regenerate a new license for
any of the machines without abandoning everything. Is there ANY way to get a new
license on these without starting over from ground zero?
Vern
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Stephen Spector
2009-Dec-24 14:24 UTC
[Xen-API] RE: [Xen-users] Xen Cloud Platform disaster
Vern: The licensing components from XCP should have been removed and this not occur. I have added the xen-api list to this email so the developers can be aware of the situation and offer their guidance. Thanks. Stephen Spector From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com [mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of Vern Burke Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2009 5:05 AM To: xen-users@lists.xensource.com Subject: [Xen-users] Xen Cloud Platform disaster Well, I made the mistake of shutting down my XCP cloud tonight not knowing that XCP licenses expire every 30 days and expired licenses prevent any VMs from being started (and not having any procedure listed anywhere to get a new license). So I reinstall XCP on one machine, get a new 30 day license generated, import the pool data base so the VMs are back and discover it sets the damn license back to the expired date! So now I''m down totally. I can''t start anything, I can''t restore anything, I can''t regenerate a new license for any of the machines without abandoning everything. Is there ANY way to get a new license on these without starting over from ground zero? Vern _______________________________________________ xen-api mailing list xen-api@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/mailman/listinfo/xen-api
So we are saying that at the moment, if there a power failure, or a reboot for whatever reasopn, we have to completly rebuild ?? On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 9:24 AM, Stephen Spector <stephen.spector@citrix.com> wrote:> Vern: > > > > The licensing components from XCP should have been removed and this not > occur. I have added the xen-api list to this email so the developers can be > aware of the situation and offer their guidance. Thanks. > > > > Stephen Spector > > > > *From:* xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com [mailto: > xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] *On Behalf Of *Vern Burke > *Sent:* Thursday, December 24, 2009 5:05 AM > *To:* xen-users@lists.xensource.com > *Subject:* [Xen-users] Xen Cloud Platform disaster > > > > Well, I made the mistake of shutting down my XCP cloud tonight not knowing > that XCP licenses expire every 30 days and expired licenses prevent any VMs > from being started (and not having any procedure listed anywhere to get a > new license). So I reinstall XCP on one machine, get a new 30 day license > generated, import the pool data base so the VMs are back and discover it > sets the damn license back to the expired date! > > So now I''m down totally. I can''t start anything, I can''t restore anything, > I can''t regenerate a new license for any of the machines without abandoning > everything. Is there ANY way to get a new license on these without starting > over from ground zero? > > Vern > > > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users >_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
I will wait for the XCP developers to comment since I can''t answer your question but this should not be an issue that we see at all. Not sure what is going on. Hopefully we can get an answer from a developer who is peeking at email over the holidays. Stephen Spector From: Outback Dingo [mailto:outbackdingo@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2009 9:29 AM To: Stephen Spector Cc: Vern Burke; xen-users@lists.xensource.com; xen-api@lists.xensource.com Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Xen Cloud Platform disaster So we are saying that at the moment, if there a power failure, or a reboot for whatever reasopn, we have to completly rebuild ?? On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 9:24 AM, Stephen Spector <stephen.spector@citrix.com<mailto:stephen.spector@citrix.com>> wrote: Vern: The licensing components from XCP should have been removed and this not occur. I have added the xen-api list to this email so the developers can be aware of the situation and offer their guidance. Thanks. Stephen Spector From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com<mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com> [mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com<mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com>] On Behalf Of Vern Burke Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2009 5:05 AM To: xen-users@lists.xensource.com<mailto:xen-users@lists.xensource.com> Subject: [Xen-users] Xen Cloud Platform disaster Well, I made the mistake of shutting down my XCP cloud tonight not knowing that XCP licenses expire every 30 days and expired licenses prevent any VMs from being started (and not having any procedure listed anywhere to get a new license). So I reinstall XCP on one machine, get a new 30 day license generated, import the pool data base so the VMs are back and discover it sets the damn license back to the expired date! So now I''m down totally. I can''t start anything, I can''t restore anything, I can''t regenerate a new license for any of the machines without abandoning everything. Is there ANY way to get a new license on these without starting over from ground zero? Vern _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com<mailto:Xen-users@lists.xensource.com> http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Im not a developer (or even user), and Im not likely to see the response for a while, but if there are multiple versions of XCP, it might be beneficial to go ahead and add the information regarding the version you are running to the thread and perhaps even to try the newest version if you arent on it. Dustin From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com [mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of Outback Dingo Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2009 09:29 To: Stephen Spector Cc: Vern Burke; xen-users@lists.xensource.com; xen-api@lists.xensource.com Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Xen Cloud Platform disaster So we are saying that at the moment, if there a power failure, or a reboot for whatever reasopn, we have to completly rebuild ?? On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 9:24 AM, Stephen Spector <stephen.spector@citrix.com> wrote: Vern: The licensing components from XCP should have been removed and this not occur. I have added the xen-api list to this email so the developers can be aware of the situation and offer their guidance. Thanks. Stephen Spector From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com [mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of Vern Burke Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2009 5:05 AM To: xen-users@lists.xensource.com Subject: [Xen-users] Xen Cloud Platform disaster Well, I made the mistake of shutting down my XCP cloud tonight not knowing that XCP licenses expire every 30 days and expired licenses prevent any VMs from being started (and not having any procedure listed anywhere to get a new license). So I reinstall XCP on one machine, get a new 30 day license generated, import the pool data base so the VMs are back and discover it sets the damn license back to the expired date! So now I''m down totally. I can''t start anything, I can''t restore anything, I can''t regenerate a new license for any of the machines without abandoning everything. Is there ANY way to get a new license on these without starting over from ground zero? Vern _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Hi, I investigated and discovered that I removed most but not all of the licensing code :( The ''feature restrictions'' were disabled but the license expiry check was still present. I''ve pushed a patch to xen-api.hg to fix this. I''ve compiled a custom xapi binary which is: build 20719 (the one on the website) plus this specific patch. The binary is here: http://www.xen.org/files/XenCloud/Software/20719c/xapi-no-expiry if you copy that to /opt/xensource/bin/xapi, make sure you ''chmod +x'' it, and the restart xapi it should work. The binary needs to be changed on all hosts. I installed a 20719c build, installed a VM, pushed my clock forward, reproduced the failure, installed the new xapi and verified the VM could be started. I''ll aim to update the XCP binaries on the website in January to include this fix. Sorry about that, Dave From: xen-api-bounces@lists.xensource.com [mailto:xen-api-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Spector Sent: 24 December 2009 14:24 To: ''Vern Burke''; xen-users@lists.xensource.com; xen-api@lists.xensource.com Subject: [Xen-API] RE: [Xen-users] Xen Cloud Platform disaster Vern: The licensing components from XCP should have been removed and this not occur. I have added the xen-api list to this email so the developers can be aware of the situation and offer their guidance. Thanks. Stephen Spector From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com [mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of Vern Burke Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2009 5:05 AM To: xen-users@lists.xensource.com Subject: [Xen-users] Xen Cloud Platform disaster Well, I made the mistake of shutting down my XCP cloud tonight not knowing that XCP licenses expire every 30 days and expired licenses prevent any VMs from being started (and not having any procedure listed anywhere to get a new license). So I reinstall XCP on one machine, get a new 30 day license generated, import the pool data base so the VMs are back and discover it sets the damn license back to the expired date! So now I''m down totally. I can''t start anything, I can''t restore anything, I can''t regenerate a new license for any of the machines without abandoning everything. Is there ANY way to get a new license on these without starting over from ground zero? Vern _______________________________________________ xen-api mailing list xen-api@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/mailman/listinfo/xen-api
Thanks, this is much appreciated will do some testing also On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 12:09 PM, Dave Scott <Dave.Scott@eu.citrix.com>wrote:> Hi, > > > > I investigated and discovered that I removed most but not all of the > licensing code L The ‘feature restrictions’ were disabled but the license > expiry check was still present. I’ve pushed a patch to xen-api.hg to fix > this. > > > > I’ve compiled a custom xapi binary which is: build 20719 (the one on the > website) plus this specific patch. The binary is here: > > > > http://www.xen.org/files/XenCloud/Software/20719c/xapi-no-expiry > > > > if you copy that to /opt/xensource/bin/xapi, make sure you ‘chmod +x’ it, > and the restart xapi it should work. The binary needs to be changed on all > hosts. > > > > I installed a 20719c build, installed a VM, pushed my clock forward, > reproduced the failure, installed the new xapi and verified the VM could be > started. > > > > I’ll aim to update the XCP binaries on the website in January to include > this fix. > > > > Sorry about that, > > Dave > > > > *From:* xen-api-bounces@lists.xensource.com [mailto: > xen-api-bounces@lists.xensource.com] *On Behalf Of *Stephen Spector > *Sent:* 24 December 2009 14:24 > *To:* ''Vern Burke''; xen-users@lists.xensource.com; > xen-api@lists.xensource.com > *Subject:* [Xen-API] RE: [Xen-users] Xen Cloud Platform disaster > > > > Vern: > > > > The licensing components from XCP should have been removed and this not > occur. I have added the xen-api list to this email so the developers can be > aware of the situation and offer their guidance. Thanks. > > > > Stephen Spector > > > > *From:* xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com [mailto: > xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] *On Behalf Of *Vern Burke > *Sent:* Thursday, December 24, 2009 5:05 AM > *To:* xen-users@lists.xensource.com > *Subject:* [Xen-users] Xen Cloud Platform disaster > > > > Well, I made the mistake of shutting down my XCP cloud tonight not knowing > that XCP licenses expire every 30 days and expired licenses prevent any VMs > from being started (and not having any procedure listed anywhere to get a > new license). So I reinstall XCP on one machine, get a new 30 day license > generated, import the pool data base so the VMs are back and discover it > sets the damn license back to the expired date! > > So now I''m down totally. I can''t start anything, I can''t restore anything, > I can''t regenerate a new license for any of the machines without abandoning > everything. Is there ANY way to get a new license on these without starting > over from ground zero? > > Vern > > > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users >_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Hi, I''ve updated the patched xapi binary to fix an issue where migration/suspend/resume would fail with a spurious ''PV drivers out of date'' error. The link is still the same: http://www.xen.org/files/XenCloud/Software/20719c/xapi-no-expiry The md5 of the new file is 3895f81600cf1c84519d76ac6fbaa5ff. Again the procedure to install it is: 1. service xapi stop 2. copy the file to /opt/xensource/bin/xapi 3. chmod +x /opt/xensource/bin/xapi 4. service xapi start This should be done on all hosts. I still aim to update the XCP .isos in January to include these fixes (and lots more) Thanks, Dave From: Dave Scott Sent: 24 December 2009 17:10 To: Stephen Spector; ''Vern Burke''; xen-users@lists.xensource.com; xen-api@lists.xensource.com Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Xen Cloud Platform disaster Hi, I investigated and discovered that I removed most but not all of the licensing code :( The ''feature restrictions'' were disabled but the license expiry check was still present. I''ve pushed a patch to xen-api.hg to fix this. I''ve compiled a custom xapi binary which is: build 20719 (the one on the website) plus this specific patch. The binary is here: http://www.xen.org/files/XenCloud/Software/20719c/xapi-no-expiry if you copy that to /opt/xensource/bin/xapi, make sure you ''chmod +x'' it, and the restart xapi it should work. The binary needs to be changed on all hosts. I installed a 20719c build, installed a VM, pushed my clock forward, reproduced the failure, installed the new xapi and verified the VM could be started. I''ll aim to update the XCP binaries on the website in January to include this fix. Sorry about that, Dave From: xen-api-bounces@lists.xensource.com [mailto:xen-api-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Spector Sent: 24 December 2009 14:24 To: ''Vern Burke''; xen-users@lists.xensource.com; xen-api@lists.xensource.com Subject: [Xen-API] RE: [Xen-users] Xen Cloud Platform disaster Vern: The licensing components from XCP should have been removed and this not occur. I have added the xen-api list to this email so the developers can be aware of the situation and offer their guidance. Thanks. Stephen Spector From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com [mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of Vern Burke Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2009 5:05 AM To: xen-users@lists.xensource.com Subject: [Xen-users] Xen Cloud Platform disaster Well, I made the mistake of shutting down my XCP cloud tonight not knowing that XCP licenses expire every 30 days and expired licenses prevent any VMs from being started (and not having any procedure listed anywhere to get a new license). So I reinstall XCP on one machine, get a new 30 day license generated, import the pool data base so the VMs are back and discover it sets the damn license back to the expired date! So now I''m down totally. I can''t start anything, I can''t restore anything, I can''t regenerate a new license for any of the machines without abandoning everything. Is there ANY way to get a new license on these without starting over from ground zero? Vern _______________________________________________ xen-api mailing list xen-api@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/mailman/listinfo/xen-api
Pasi Kärkkäinen
2009-Dec-29 16:04 UTC
[Xen-API] Re: [Xen-users] Xen Cloud Platform disaster / XCP fixes in January
On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 11:36:42AM +0000, Dave Scott wrote:> > I still aim to update the XCP .isos in January to include these fixes (and > lots more) > >Hello, Can you be more specific about the upcoming updates? Hypervisor update to 3.4.2? I assume all the latest xapi patches/additions.. -- Pasi _______________________________________________ xen-api mailing list xen-api@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/mailman/listinfo/xen-api
Dave Scott
2009-Dec-29 16:31 UTC
[Xen-API] RE: [Xen-users] Xen Cloud Platform disaster / XCP fixes in January
Hi Pasi,> Can you be more specific about the upcoming updates? Hypervisor update > to 3.4.2? I assume all the latest xapi patches/additions..It''ll mainly be a bunch of bugfixes. The .isos will contain the latest xapi patches + all the fixes in the xen/qemu/kernel patchqueues + lots of fixes in the windows drivers. I''ll try to put together a ChangeLog when I do the refresh. I''ve not said anything about the status of the code recently: sorry about that. We''re really in a bug-squashing phase atm, hoping to be able to declare an ''alpha'' suitable for stress-testing mid-January. We''re also (slowly) moving more devel repos to xenbits -- I''ll send emails with links once I''ve got them. At some point after that we''ll probably create a branch: we''ll have one tree for stabilizing for release and one for developing new features for the next version (the hypervisor update would probably be considered as a feature of the next version). Cheers, Dave _______________________________________________ xen-api mailing list xen-api@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/mailman/listinfo/xen-api
Outback Dingo
2009-Dec-29 16:33 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] Xen Cloud Platform disaster / XCP fixes in January
That would be a nice christmas gift.... even if late, but who knows>Hypervisor update to 3.4.2On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 11:04 AM, Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@iki.fi> wrote:> On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 11:36:42AM +0000, Dave Scott wrote: > > > > I still aim to update the XCP .isos in January to include these fixes > (and > > lots more) > > > > > > Hello, > > Can you be more specific about the upcoming updates? Hypervisor update > to 3.4.2? I assume all the latest xapi patches/additions.. > > -- Pasi > > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users >_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Pasi Kärkkäinen
2009-Dec-29 16:50 UTC
[Xen-API] Re: [Xen-users] Xen Cloud Platform disaster / XCP fixes in January
On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 04:31:43PM +0000, Dave Scott wrote:> > Hi Pasi, > > > Can you be more specific about the upcoming updates? Hypervisor update > > to 3.4.2? I assume all the latest xapi patches/additions.. > > It''ll mainly be a bunch of bugfixes. The .isos will contain the latest xapi patches + all the fixes in the xen/qemu/kernel patchqueues + lots of fixes in the windows drivers. I''ll try to put together a ChangeLog when I do the refresh. >Ok, great.> > I''ve not said anything about the status of the code recently: sorry about that. We''re really in a bug-squashing phase atm, hoping to be able to declare an ''alpha'' suitable for stress-testing mid-January. We''re also (slowly) moving more devel repos to xenbits -- I''ll send emails with links once I''ve got them. At some point after that we''ll probably create a branch: we''ll have one tree for stabilizing for release and one for developing new features for the next version (the hypervisor update would probably be considered as a feature of the next version). >Nice. Looking forward to getting the missing repos to xenbits :) -- Pasi _______________________________________________ xen-api mailing list xen-api@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/mailman/listinfo/xen-api
Keith Coleman
2009-Dec-29 20:54 UTC
Re: [Xen-API] RE: [Xen-users] Xen Cloud Platform disaster / XCP fixes in January
On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 11:31 AM, Dave Scott <Dave.Scott@eu.citrix.com> wrote:> It''ll mainly be a bunch of bugfixes. The .isos will contain the latest xapi patches + all the fixes in the xen/qemu/kernel patchqueues + lots of fixes in the windows drivers. I''ll try to put together a ChangeLog when I do the refresh. > > I''ve not said anything about the status of the code recently: sorry about that. We''re really in a bug-squashing phase atm, hoping to be able to declare an ''alpha'' suitable for stress-testing mid-January. We''re also (slowly) moving more devel repos to xenbitsCan you please elaborate on the windows driver situation. Will it become open source? Are any of the bugs serious or should the current winpv drivers be considered suitable for production? Keith Coleman _______________________________________________ xen-api mailing list xen-api@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/mailman/listinfo/xen-api
Marco Sinhoreli
2010-Jan-05 13:06 UTC
Re: [Xen-API] RE: [Xen-users] Xen Cloud Platform disaster
Hi Dave, Thanks for your fix. When (exact date) the .isos will be available? Are you thinking in end of January or before? I am starting my infrastructure virtualized with XCP exactly this week. I worked in middleware software for integrate the XCP using XAPI, Switches, Balancers and monitoring using an API develloped internally. If you can let me know about the it I''ll be glad. Thanks in advance, On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 9:36 AM, Dave Scott <Dave.Scott@eu.citrix.com>wrote:> Hi, > > > > I’ve updated the patched xapi binary to fix an issue where > migration/suspend/resume would fail with a spurious ‘PV drivers out of date’ > error. The link is still the same: > > http://www.xen.org/files/XenCloud/Software/20719c/xapi-no-expiry > > > > The md5 of the new file is 3895f81600cf1c84519d76ac6fbaa5ff. > > > > Again the procedure to install it is: > > 1. service xapi stop > > 2. copy the file to /opt/xensource/bin/xapi > > 3. chmod +x /opt/xensource/bin/xapi > > 4. service xapi start > > This should be done on all hosts. > > > > I still aim to update the XCP .isos in January to include these fixes (and > lots more) > > > > Thanks, > > Dave > > > > > > *From:* Dave Scott > *Sent:* 24 December 2009 17:10 > *To:* Stephen Spector; ''Vern Burke''; xen-users@lists.xensource.com; > xen-api@lists.xensource.com > *Subject:* RE: [Xen-users] Xen Cloud Platform disaster > > > > Hi, > > > > I investigated and discovered that I removed most but not all of the > licensing code L The ‘feature restrictions’ were disabled but the license > expiry check was still present. I’ve pushed a patch to xen-api.hg to fix > this. > > > > I’ve compiled a custom xapi binary which is: build 20719 (the one on the > website) plus this specific patch. The binary is here: > > > > http://www.xen.org/files/XenCloud/Software/20719c/xapi-no-expiry > > > > if you copy that to /opt/xensource/bin/xapi, make sure you ‘chmod +x’ it, > and the restart xapi it should work. The binary needs to be changed on all > hosts. > > > > I installed a 20719c build, installed a VM, pushed my clock forward, > reproduced the failure, installed the new xapi and verified the VM could be > started. > > > > I’ll aim to update the XCP binaries on the website in January to include > this fix. > > > > Sorry about that, > > Dave > > > > *From:* xen-api-bounces@lists.xensource.com [mailto: > xen-api-bounces@lists.xensource.com] *On Behalf Of *Stephen Spector > *Sent:* 24 December 2009 14:24 > *To:* ''Vern Burke''; xen-users@lists.xensource.com; > xen-api@lists.xensource.com > *Subject:* [Xen-API] RE: [Xen-users] Xen Cloud Platform disaster > > > > Vern: > > > > The licensing components from XCP should have been removed and this not > occur. I have added the xen-api list to this email so the developers can be > aware of the situation and offer their guidance. Thanks. > > > > Stephen Spector > > > > *From:* xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com [mailto: > xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] *On Behalf Of *Vern Burke > *Sent:* Thursday, December 24, 2009 5:05 AM > *To:* xen-users@lists.xensource.com > *Subject:* [Xen-users] Xen Cloud Platform disaster > > > > Well, I made the mistake of shutting down my XCP cloud tonight not knowing > that XCP licenses expire every 30 days and expired licenses prevent any VMs > from being started (and not having any procedure listed anywhere to get a > new license). So I reinstall XCP on one machine, get a new 30 day license > generated, import the pool data base so the VMs are back and discover it > sets the damn license back to the expired date! > > So now I''m down totally. I can''t start anything, I can''t restore anything, > I can''t regenerate a new license for any of the machines without abandoning > everything. Is there ANY way to get a new license on these without starting > over from ground zero? > > Vern > > > > _______________________________________________ > xen-api mailing list > xen-api@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/mailman/listinfo/xen-api > >-- Marco Sinhoreli _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users