I have also been very confused with this change around with where to
ask questions about XenAPI. I have asked the following in the
Xen-API list, but no one answered SO i am trying it here, so please
be considerate as i have been following this thread on here and on
Xen-api, but until it is figured out, it will be a mess it seems
like. So anyways i was wondering about 3 pretty simple things
regarding XenAPI:
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Just have a few simple questions that I am still not 100% clear
about.
I have looked thru the past 5months of posts on the Xen-api list,
but those have not answered all of my questions. I have read thru
the Kronos Wiki page, http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/XCP_toolstack_on_a_Debian-based_distribution
like so many out there have, which i also wish was updated with more
current information... :) , and read thru other wiki pages and
etc...
My software Setup:
Operating System: Debian Wheezy 64 bit
Kernel: Kernel 3.3.4, compiled from source
and enabled all Xen features into the kernel, nothing are modules,
nothing else was changed.
Xen: Xen 4.2-unstable, cloned and
compiled from the mercurial, and i believe revision 25256 was the
last i compiled.
Questions:
The above setup seems to work and i can reboot the system into Xen
4.2-unstable, but have not done much else with it for now. I am
wanting to install the XenAPI on it so i can try to use Citrix
XenCenter to manage the creation / installing of VMs and do all that
fun stuff from a Windows based computer. What i am not clear about
is:
1.) Some websites say the XenAPI needs / recommends a 32bit
Dom0 to run on, some say the 64 bit version is there and is
experimental, so a work in progress. SOO, since i like my 64bit
Wheezy Dom0, will the XenAPI install and run fine on that a 64bit
Dom0? As of today, is there a 64bit version of the XenAPI?
2.) In the above Viki guide (and again wish it was more
current), you can only install the XenAPI by running the two
commands:
sudo apt-get install xcp-xapi
sudo apt-get install xcp-xe
HOWEVER, i already have complied and installed Xen 4.2-unstable and
the xcp-xapi package depends on xen-hypervisor-4.1-amd64,
xen-utils-4.1 and others, which it will download and install it
automatically. SO, wouldn't that mess up my installation of Xen
4.2-unstable already running on there? Is there a way to install
just the XenAP Toolstack and not let it install the
xen-hypervisor-4.1-amd64 and other related things?
3.) Sometimes it is nice to have the latest revision of the
XenAPI toolstack, so to get that you need to compile form source. if
you do the
git clone https://github.com/jonludlam/xapi-autobuilder.git
and run make, does it also try to download or install the
xen-hypervisor-4.1-amd64 with it OR compiles just the toolstack.
Looking at the README file, it says "This repository serves as
an autobuilder for xapi and all of it's dependencies, to include
the Xen hypervisor itself. " I guess that means it will build
or retrieve the xen-hypervisor-4.1-amd64 OR similar. SO, again any
way to get it to NOT do that and just compile and build the XenAPI
toolstack so you can install that on a system with a compiled Xen
from source?
Well, at least i think the above things make sense or was worded
correctly AND thank you in advanced for any advice...
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On
08/05/2012 12:48, Brett Westover wrote:
This is the third time I've heard this
mentioned here. I'm a little confused. I'm referencing the
community page here: http://xen.org/support/community.html
Brett, you are correct. The page also says to prefix XCP questions
with [XCP]. As
a) the traffic of XCP questions on xen-users has increased and
b) most user do not pre-fix XCP related questions on xen-users
with [XCP]
This has made it difficult for XCP experts to filter out the XCP
questions from the Xen questions and as a consequence more XCP
questions on xen-devel do not get answered as they are missed.
It says "Mailing lists for Xen Users ...
Questions on running XCI and/or XCP: xen-users" "Mailing lists
for Developers ... On Xen Cloud Platform (XCP) and XAPI:
xen-api" To me this makes it sound like one list is for users
(like me) and the other is for developers (definitely NOT like
me). I've asked a few user questions here and have gotten
support. Should I be using the xen-api list instead?
In reality, your questions should get answered on both lists. But
it is more likely it will be answered on xen-api
Please bear with us, but we are considering a couple of solutions.
I will then also need to consult the community to get some input.
Sorry about the confusion caused.
Regards
Lars
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