Re: [PATCH] VM-Tool: C-based Xen management tools

[Nivedita Singhvi <niv@us.ibm.com>]

Anthony Liguori wrote:

> We've implemented a set of basic management tools for Xen.  The tools 
> are written in C and are currently capable of creating and shutting down 
> domains, connecting to a domain's console, enumerating domains, and 
> attaching VBDs and VIFs to a domain.

Hey, Anthony,  thanks for getting this out!. I've started to take
a look at it - won't be able to test it for a bit since I'm running
on -testing for a while - I'll have feedback next week.

> The tools are still very rough.  This version is pretty much a 
> proof-of-concept.  It should not be used in a production environment.  
> In fact, you shouldn't use them with any domains that are important to 
> you.  While I've never seen any data corruption caused by the tools 
> there's just not been enough testing yet.

Can you tell us on what you tested, and which configurations, so far?

> These tools are a product of about a weeks work.  There are some missing 
> features including save/restore, migration, and usb/pci virtualation.  
> The reason is that we wanted to get the communities feedback before we 
> went too far.

Are you going to be doing the USB and PCI stuff as well?
Will you need any help on that?

> You can get a copy of the tools at the following URL.  xen-unstable is 
> required to use them (they rely on xcs).  Feedback is greatly 
> appreciated :-)  Nothing is really set in stone.

So there will be no effort to backport, correct?

thanks,
Nivedita



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