OPNsense 17.7.5 on XenServer 7.2 with XS72E001..009 (patches) applied

Started by sparx, November 11, 2017, 06:48:13 PM

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I'm trying to get this working but no luck at all.  :(

1) XenServer 7.2 (using template: "Other install media")
2) DVD drive, install media: OPNsense-17.7.5-OpenSSL-dvd-amd64.iso
3) 2x vCPUs (2 sockets, 1 core per socket)
4) 2048MB of RAM
5) 10GB virtual disc size
6) one LAN interface
Virt Mode: HVM
BIOS string not copied

System installation does not start/boot, console screen stays empty.
Error message after 10min: "This operation cannot be performed because the specified virtual disk could not be found"

Any idea what the issue could be?

Thx.

First, US your host a dual CPU machine? If not, use 1 socket, 2 cores.

Second, since I don't know what FreeBSD supports in combination with XenServer 7.2, have you looked up what FreeBSD support? It's probably the controller you chose that is not supported.
Hobbyist at home, sysadmin at work. Sometimes the first is mixed with the second.

It is a dual CPU (low end Intel Xeon) system.  However, I had a look at the LAN controller and it seems there is a lack of support in XenServer for my network controller which may cause the issue. I will investigate this further as it seems it is not directly related to OPNsense. I'll report back once I have further news.

I just installed XenServber 7.2 on my old desktop hardware (i7-4770, 16GB RAM. Onboard NIC for management, one port of a dual port 10GbE SFP+ NIC for vSwitches (VLAN tagged).

It installed, updates and runs fine. Plugin for Xen Tools installed.
Except for network performance.
Download is 10Mbit/s (out of 400 max) and upload is 0. Literally, 0. According to a simple Speedtest, anymore.
Even downloading a ISO file from a fast FTP server maxes out of ~700Kbit/s.

I find it so odd that you can turn a FreeBSD installation into a Xen host, but FreeBSD is not supported as a Xen guest...

Anyway, quick test done.  Bye, bye XenServer.
Hobbyist at home, sysadmin at work. Sometimes the first is mixed with the second.