XO Died rebuild or can it be fixed

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I am new to XCP-ng, but it was going well until my XO got corrupted. I built a new one and attached it to the Master, but it did not pick up any of the other hosts, and no backups are available. Is there any way to bring it back and have access to the hosts, pools, and backups, or do I just reinstall the host and rebuild from scratch, then import the VMs ??

Thanks in advance!

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You can backup the config of one XO instance and import it into another XO instance for all the XO settings such as what XCP-ng hosts it was connected to, backup jobs, and any other settings. The data about the VM’s IS NOT stored in XO, that is in the XCP-ng master host and if there are other hosts in that same XCP-ng pool they will also have a copy of that data.

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Well, I have all the backups on 2 of my NAS’s VMs and the XO config, but how do I get them imported or restored if they are not showing up in XO? Are there command-line commands I can use to restore them ??

Thanks in advance

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You need to point XO to where those backups are which is under the “Remotes” settings. I cover how backups work in this video.

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P.S. I have tried to import the data.jason file and get an error message ?!?

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Thanks, I will watch your videos, which have helped me so much on this journey to expand my knowledge of options not used in the 20+ years working in DoD IT….

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Not really worth trying to recover the XO VM, build a new one and import the config. This of course assumes you backed up the config from your XO.

I’ve also had this happen, my primary XO VM failed, I probably should have tried to troubleshoot it, but I did have a snapshot. Went in through my backup physical XO, restored the backup, got the onlder version working. That was fine for a while, and it failed again. Finally just built a new VM, ran the script, and loaded the config file.

This assumes the XO from sources, if you bought XOA then you probably want to open a ticket and get someone from Vates to get you an official fix so your licensing doesn’t get messed up.

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Thanks! That is what I am in the middle of doing. I hope that once I restore the remotes, I can access my backups and restore the config. I should have things back to normal in an hour or two, I hope. The T-Mobile tech just showed up to install my Founders Club 2 gig line. I have been running on my cable backup internet for a week now, and I’m excited to get the new line done.