Re: [Xen-devel] Updated version of VM-Tools and libxen available

[Daniel Stekloff <dsteklof@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday 06 April 2005 09:29, aq wrote:
> On Apr 6, 2005 9:06 AM, Anthony Liguori <aliguori@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > A new version of VM-Tools and libxen are available for those
> > interested.  There's a number of new features that I thought some folks
> > here would be interested in.
> >
> > vm-tools:
> > o VMX support
> > o vm-top (with SMP support)
> > o vm-balloon
> > o many bugfixes
> >
> > libxen:
> > o Use the positive portion of the return code when possible
> > o Ensure error code is in errno
> > o Linux build routine
> > o memext ops
> >
> > VM-Tools:
> > http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/aliguori/vm-tools-latest.tar.gz
> >
> > libxen:
> > http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/aliguori/libxen-3.0.1.tar.gz
>
> Anthony, I would like to give those code a try. Could you please give
> us some brief HOWTO guidance for the first steps? Do I need to stop
> the xend, and run other alternative daemon to use vm-tools?
>
> I looked at the tarball, but found no such documentation.

Hi, 

vm-tools can co-exist with xend, you don't need to stop xend in order to use 
vm-tools. To get started with it:

1) vm-tools only works with the xeno-unstable tree.

2) untar the tarball

3) make

4) make install

The "vm" script is intended to work like "xm". For more information on how to 
use the commands, you can:

1) Use man pages (They need some updating)
  # man vm

2) Use help options for syntax
 # vm help

3) Read the documenation in the docs directory

Some basic tasks:

1) Creating a domain - vm create CONFIG
 # vm create /etc/xen/vm1

2) Listing domains - vm list
 # vm list

3) Shutting down a domain - vm shutdown DOMID
 # vm shutdown 3


The vm-tools are still being developed. There does need to be an installation 
instruction added - either as a file INSTALL or in the README. A short HOWTO 
might also help. We'll be sure to add it.

Thanks,

Dan

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