Hi, I seem to remember that there used to be ISO downloads of Xen available, for people wanting to give it an easy way for a test drive, and to submit (automated) feedback on which machines and configurations Xen ran (in)correctly. However, I do not seem to be able to find these ISO images for download at Xen.org anymore. Has the project stopped making these useful test images - and if so, why ? - or am I simply looking in the wrong place ? Thanks in advance, Regards, John Smith. _______________________________________________ Xen-research mailing list Xen-research@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/mailman/listinfo/xen-research
On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 2:48 AM, John Smith <lbalbalba@gmail.com> wrote:> Hi, > > I seem to remember that there used to be ISO downloads of Xen > available, for people wanting to give it an easy way for a test drive, > and to submit (automated) feedback on which machines and > configurations Xen ran (in)correctly. However, I do not seem to be > able to find these ISO images for download at Xen.org anymore. Has the > project stopped making these useful test images - and if so, why ? - > or am I simply looking in the wrong place ? >xm test code is still available in the xen code But all the docs and mailing list reference to it are quite out of date: http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenTest http://markmail.org/message/2jvnvim3hokwfaqy There are live CDs available [1], but as far as automated testing goes you may want to check on xen-devel, there are a couple of companies that send in weekly reports For example: http://markmail.org/search/?q=vmx+status+report#query:vmx status report+page:1+mid:hoqsjbr5x3l2i7pe+state:results Hope that helps. Cheers, Todd [1] Under: http://runningxen.com/resources/#chapter2 Xen Live CD: http://bits.xensource.com/oss-xen/release/3.0.3-0/iso/livecd-xen-3.0.3-0.iso cached copy: http://runningxen.com/download/livecd-xen-3.0.3-0.iso VMKNOPPIX: http://unit.aist.go.jp/itri/knoppix/vmknoppix/index-en.html Under: http://runningxen.com/resources under the heading "Resources Since First Edition" VMKnoppix Xen LiveCD (other virtualization system support and lots of other neat features) http://www.rcis.aist.go.jp/project/knoppix/vmknoppix/index-en.html The 3.03 version is still the latest released liveCD from Xen Source. The VMKnoppix live CDs are a good alternative, with newer Xen packages installed. -- Todd Deshane http://todddeshane.net http://runningxen.com _______________________________________________ Xen-research mailing list Xen-research@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/mailman/listinfo/xen-research
Todd, Thank you very much for pointing me to the latest live ISO images, that was exactly what I was looking for. However, I seem to remember a command or option to automatically send the compatibility or machine configuration to a Xen-Community controlled server. Do you happen to know what command or option that was, so that I can submit my results ? For example, the Wiki refers to the commands ''tools/xm-test/xm-test'' and ''XenRT''. Are these still valid commands, and how do I configure them to send the informational results to the right server ? Thanks in advance, Regards, John Smith On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 9:46 PM, Todd Deshane <deshantm@gmail.com> wrote:> On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 2:48 AM, John Smith <lbalbalba@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I seem to remember that there used to be ISO downloads of Xen >> available, for people wanting to give it an easy way for a test drive, >> and to submit (automated) feedback on which machines and >> configurations Xen ran (in)correctly. However, I do not seem to be >> able to find these ISO images for download at Xen.org anymore. Has the >> project stopped making these useful test images - and if so, why ? - >> or am I simply looking in the wrong place ? >> > > xm test code is still available in the xen code > > But all the docs and mailing list reference to it are quite out of date: > http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenTest > http://markmail.org/message/2jvnvim3hokwfaqy > > There are live CDs available [1], but as far as automated testing goes > you may want to check on xen-devel, there are a couple of companies > that send in weekly reports > > For example: > http://markmail.org/search/?q=vmx+status+report#query:vmx status > report+page:1+mid:hoqsjbr5x3l2i7pe+state:results > > Hope that helps. > > Cheers, > Todd > > > [1] > Under: http://runningxen.com/resources/#chapter2 > Xen Live CD: http://bits.xensource.com/oss-xen/release/3.0.3-0/iso/livecd-xen-3.0.3-0.iso > cached copy: http://runningxen.com/download/livecd-xen-3.0.3-0.iso > VMKNOPPIX: http://unit.aist.go.jp/itri/knoppix/vmknoppix/index-en.html > Under: http://runningxen.com/resources > under the heading "Resources Since First Edition" > VMKnoppix Xen LiveCD (other virtualization system support and lots of > other neat features) > http://www.rcis.aist.go.jp/project/knoppix/vmknoppix/index-en.html > The 3.03 version is still the latest released liveCD from Xen Source. > The VMKnoppix live CDs are a good alternative, with newer Xen packages > installed. > > -- > Todd Deshane > http://todddeshane.net > http://runningxen.com >_______________________________________________ Xen-research mailing list Xen-research@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/mailman/listinfo/xen-research
Todd Deshane
2008-Dec-30 22:48 UTC
[Xen-users] Re: [Xen-research] ISO test Downloads Availability ?
Stephen: Does the xm/xen test infrastructure exist at all anymore? I haven''t heard anything on it. Is it something that Citrix (or someone) would be willing to host again for Xen.org? (if there is enough interest). The xm-test stuff may just work and need to be dusted off or maybe it is in active use now? Actually... it looks like there are patches against it that are recent. http://xen.markmail.org/search/?q=xm%20test#query:xm%20test+page:1+mid:u7i2a2dxxnluxqa3+state:results Does anyone have further information on it? Thanks, Todd On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 4:10 PM, John Smith <lbalbalba@gmail.com> wrote:> Todd, > > > Thank you very much for pointing me to the latest live ISO images, > that was exactly what I was looking for. However, I seem to remember a > command or option to automatically send the compatibility or machine > configuration to a Xen-Community controlled server. Do you happen to > know what command or option that was, so that I can submit my results > ? For example, the Wiki refers to the commands ''tools/xm-test/xm-test'' > and ''XenRT''. Are these still valid commands, and how do I configure > them to send the informational results to the right server ? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > Regards, > > > John Smith > > On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 9:46 PM, Todd Deshane <deshantm@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 2:48 AM, John Smith <lbalbalba@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I seem to remember that there used to be ISO downloads of Xen >>> available, for people wanting to give it an easy way for a test drive, >>> and to submit (automated) feedback on which machines and >>> configurations Xen ran (in)correctly. However, I do not seem to be >>> able to find these ISO images for download at Xen.org anymore. Has the >>> project stopped making these useful test images - and if so, why ? - >>> or am I simply looking in the wrong place ? >>> >> >> xm test code is still available in the xen code >> >> But all the docs and mailing list reference to it are quite out of date: >> http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenTest >> http://markmail.org/message/2jvnvim3hokwfaqy >> >> There are live CDs available [1], but as far as automated testing goes >> you may want to check on xen-devel, there are a couple of companies >> that send in weekly reports >> >> For example: >> http://markmail.org/search/?q=vmx+status+report#query:vmx status >> report+page:1+mid:hoqsjbr5x3l2i7pe+state:results >> >> Hope that helps. >> >> Cheers, >> Todd >> >> >> [1] >> Under: http://runningxen.com/resources/#chapter2 >> Xen Live CD: http://bits.xensource.com/oss-xen/release/3.0.3-0/iso/livecd-xen-3.0.3-0.iso >> cached copy: http://runningxen.com/download/livecd-xen-3.0.3-0.iso >> VMKNOPPIX: http://unit.aist.go.jp/itri/knoppix/vmknoppix/index-en.html >> Under: http://runningxen.com/resources >> under the heading "Resources Since First Edition" >> VMKnoppix Xen LiveCD (other virtualization system support and lots of >> other neat features) >> http://www.rcis.aist.go.jp/project/knoppix/vmknoppix/index-en.html >> The 3.03 version is still the latest released liveCD from Xen Source. >> The VMKnoppix live CDs are a good alternative, with newer Xen packages >> installed. >> >> -- >> Todd Deshane >> http://todddeshane.net >> http://runningxen.com >> >-- Todd Deshane http://todddeshane.net http://runningxen.com _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Keir Fraser
2008-Dec-31 09:40 UTC
Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [Xen-research] ISO test Downloads Availability ?
On 30/12/2008 22:48, "Todd Deshane" <deshantm@gmail.com> wrote:> Stephen: Does the xm/xen test infrastructure exist at all anymore? > I haven''t heard anything on it. Is it something that Citrix (or someone) > would be willing to host again for Xen.org? (if there is enough interest). > > The xm-test stuff may just work and need to be dusted off or maybe it > is in active use now? > > Actually... it looks like there are patches against it that are recent. > http://xen.markmail.org/search/?q=xm%20test#query:xm%20test+page:1+mid:u7i2a2d > xxnluxqa3+state:results > > Does anyone have further information on it?The xm-test stuff in the repository should work as far as I know. I''m not sure whether we host any ramdisks any more. -- Keir _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
John Smith
2008-Dec-31 10:15 UTC
Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [Xen-research] ISO test Downloads Availability ?
On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 10:40 AM, Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@eu.citrix.com> wrote:> > The xm-test stuff in the repository should work as far as I know. I''m not > sure whether we host any ramdisks any more. > > -- Keir >I have done a quick boot of the live cd hosted at http://bits.xensource.com/oss-xen/release/3.0.3-0/iso/livecd-xen-3.0.3-0.iso, and did some case-insensitive ''find'' commands on the booted system. Unfortunately, nothing showed up. So it appears that the xen-test is still available in the source code repository, but no longer included in the Live CD ? Regards, John Smith _______________________________________________ Xen-research mailing list Xen-research@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/mailman/listinfo/xen-research
Keir Fraser
2008-Dec-31 10:19 UTC
Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [Xen-research] ISO test Downloads Availability ?
On 31/12/2008 10:15, "John Smith" <lbalbalba@gmail.com> wrote:> I have done a quick boot of the live cd hosted at > http://bits.xensource.com/oss-xen/release/3.0.3-0/iso/livecd-xen-3.0.3-0.iso, > and did some case-insensitive ''find'' commands on the booted system. > Unfortunately, nothing showed up. So it appears that the xen-test is > still available in the source code repository, but no longer included > in the Live CD ?Was it ever included in the live CD? The CD is no longer maintained anyway, and quite out of date, so it''s a moot point. -- Keir _______________________________________________ Xen-research mailing list Xen-research@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/mailman/listinfo/xen-research
John Smith
2008-Dec-31 10:30 UTC
Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [Xen-research] ISO test Downloads Availability ?
On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 11:19 AM, Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@eu.citrix.com> wrote:> > Was it ever included in the live CD? >Yes, it was definitely included for Xen 3.0 (before XenSource was aquired by Citrix), and was explicitly included on a bootable live cd termed a ''Test CD Image'', in order to get a better overview of which systems and hardware configurations Xen could or could not handle. According to the Internet Archive/Wayback machine, it was downloadable from the following url : http://www.xensource.com/xen/downloads/dl_x30tcd.html> > The CD is no longer maintained anyway, > and quite out of date, so it''s a moot point. >Im sorry to hear that. As a non-developer, sending in test reports of various machine configurations was an easy and useful way to contribute to the Xen project. Regards, John Smith _______________________________________________ Xen-research mailing list Xen-research@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/mailman/listinfo/xen-research