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May 8, 2012, 8:24 PM
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[XCP] [XAPI] General Question about XenAPI on Debian 32 / 64 bit Dom0
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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 clonehttps://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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