Anthony Liguori
2005-Apr-06 00:06 UTC
[Xen-devel] Updated version of VM-Tools and libxen available
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 Regards, Anthony Liguori _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
Michael Hohnbaum
2005-Apr-06 00:28 UTC
Re: [Xen-devel] Updated version of VM-Tools and libxen available
Anthony,
Great to see another release. Will the vm-top work with
the existing xend toolset? Or in other words, can I grab
vm-top from vmtools to get this functionality without having
to change the use of existing standard tools?
Michael
On Tue, 2005-04-05 at 19:06 -0500, Anthony Liguori
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
>
> Regards,
> Anthony Liguori
>
> _______________________________________________
> Xen-devel mailing list
> Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com
> http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
>
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On Apr 6, 2005 9:06 AM, Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com> 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.gzAnthony, 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. thank you, aq _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
Daniel Stekloff
2005-Apr-06 16:49 UTC
Re: [Xen-devel] Updated version of VM-Tools and libxen available
On Wednesday 06 April 2005 09:29, aq wrote:> On Apr 6, 2005 9:06 AM, Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com> 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 _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
Daniel Stekloff
2005-Apr-06 16:59 UTC
Re: [Xen-devel] Updated version of VM-Tools and libxen available
On Wednesday 06 April 2005 09:49, Daniel Stekloff wrote:> 1) Creating a domain - vm create CONFIG > # vm create /etc/xen/vm1I should probably add that the config is a bit different than the xm config. Please look at the man page for vm or at the example config in the scripts directory of the source, it''s entitled "rockhopper". We plan to add support for using an existing xm/xend python config. I added a callout but haven''t got around yet to creating the python script necessary to parse the xm/xend config and add the variables to the env. Thanks, Dan _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
woody
2005-Apr-06 17:01 UTC
Re: [Xen-devel] Updated version of VM-Tools and libxen available
Daniel Stekloff wrote:>On Wednesday 06 April 2005 09:29, aq wrote: > > >>On Apr 6, 2005 9:06 AM, Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com> 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 > >** only required as root>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 > >* definitely out of sync but the usage should be current. Try --help or -h>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 > >_______________________________________________ >Xen-devel mailing list >Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com >http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel > > >-- Sincerely, Woody Marvel LTC Open Source Projects Beaverton, OR tel: 503-578-3833/775-3833 email: marvel@us.ibm.com ======================================================================"The branch is not only ever near the stem, but ever receiving life and fruitfulness from it." -- C.H.Spurgeon ====================================================================== _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
Scott Parish
2005-Apr-06 17:41 UTC
Re: [Xen-devel] Updated version of VM-Tools and libxen available
On Thu, Apr 07, 2005 at 01:29:14AM +0900, aq wrote:> 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?You don''t need to start xend, but you need to run xcs. sRp -- Scott Parish _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
Jacob Gorm Hansen
2005-Apr-08 03:03 UTC
Re: [Xen-devel] Updated version of VM-Tools and libxen available
Anthony Liguori 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.hi, could I suggest renaming the vmtools source subdirs in the future, fx as in: xen -> libxen src -> vmtools This would make integrating your code with the rest of the Xen tree a bit easier. best, Jacob _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
Mark Williamson
2005-Apr-11 14:34 UTC
Re: [Xen-devel] Updated version of VM-Tools and libxen available
In Linux you can bind a file to a block device using: losetup /dev/loop0 /path/to/file Where loop0 is an unbound loop device (most Linux installs should have at least loop0, loop1 ... loop 7). You can then specify /dev/loop0 as the device to export to the domain. When you''re done, use losetup -d /dev/loop0 to remove the binding and free that device. HTH Mark On Monday 11 April 2005 15:47, aq wrote:> Thank you all for the guidance on how to use vm-tools. That really > help, since its documentation still lag behind development. > > I have a question: as I understand, at the moment vm-tools doesnt > support file backed device, but only real block device? That means if > I want to try out this tool suite, I must (for ex.) run xenU on real > disk partitions? > > Thank you, > aq > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-devel mailing list > Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel_______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
Thank you all for the guidance on how to use vm-tools. That really help, since its documentation still lag behind development. I have a question: as I understand, at the moment vm-tools doesnt support file backed device, but only real block device? That means if I want to try out this tool suite, I must (for ex.) run xenU on real disk partitions? Thank you, aq _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel