Hello, apologies for any english issues. I use SCALE on top of Xen with passthrough HBA/dedicated iommu group, passthrough NIC(SR-IOV), and jumbo frame internal network for same system networking. I am trying to maintain as much support compatibility as possible, and would like to avoid needing to …

I’m curious, which apt package provides those? I did a quick search but am not finding it here.

Thanks for the quick reply @kris ! I believe on Ubuntu/Debian the package is xe-guest-utilities. Fwiw on FreeBSD it was provided by the 2 packages xen-guest-tools and xe-guest-utilities

Ticket created here [NAS-129411] - iXsystems TrueNAS Jira

If it helps, XCP-ng docs on the guest tools

[image] william: Ticket created here [NAS-129411] - iXsystems TrueNAS Jira Thanks @william - it looks like xe-guest-utilities is actually only in the Ubuntu repos, not Debian. However, it also seems that XCP-ng have developed a new (Rust-based) replacement for xe-guest-utilities called xen-g…

We probably wouldnt add a new tool like that until its proven and stable. Releases · xenserver/xe-guest-utilities · GitHub does seem to have deb packages so we will see how much work it is to include it.

Ok great, that would be amazing - thanks @william

Corrected link [image] Releases · xenserver/xe-guest-utilities XenServer guest utilities for unix-like operating systems - xenserver/xe-guest-utilities

For those looking for a simple, clean solution, you can run the Xen Guest Utilities as a Docker Image (using the Custom App config). This Docker image ( GitHub - GeoMSK/ros-xe-guest-utilities: XCP-ng guest tools docker image for RancherOS ) works well, and has a simple setup. Go to Apps → Discover →…

How is the container based Xen Guest behaving when you shutdown XCP-ng ? Is it able to cleanly shutdown TrueNAS ? I don’t know how it works, but I can’t imagine how the guest could give a proper shutdown order to the TrueNAS host.

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SmallBarky July 18, 2026, 4:52pm 18

It might be a good idea to create a Feature Request in that category for more visibility and allow others to vote.

Adding link to FR post. (you can try to create one there)

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