From owner-freebsd-xen@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 28 20:19:56 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 097B22F2 for ; Wed, 28 Aug 2013 20:19:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from feld@FreeBSD.org) Received: from out4-smtp.messagingengine.com (out4-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.28]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D26CE24F4 for ; Wed, 28 Aug 2013 20:19:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from compute3.internal (compute3.nyi.mail.srv.osa [10.202.2.43]) by gateway1.nyi.mail.srv.osa (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82E53217FF for ; Wed, 28 Aug 2013 16:19:54 -0400 (EDT) Received: from web3 ([10.202.2.213]) by compute3.internal (MEProxy); Wed, 28 Aug 2013 16:19:54 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=message-id:from:to:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding:content-type:subject:date:in-reply-to :references; s=smtpout; bh=OvR67ojVAmY5qdxNDrlP/NZrfOY=; b=KdWm9 8dGKdNHxfiWlWCcG0RhEjUegouqkR2YyVqD3bn9Cc833emgKNL5NBxF2ms/q535t iuEhuOGmMqbLntFy7LCV04uGjQFHfkqGOd8ZA7tppqbG0dAAo0qZ+FF603zuTsiY wqO32yyITPHLDM6lt4mXEywKlJqBHS/c9XEJz8= Received: by web3.nyi.mail.srv.osa (Postfix, from userid 99) id 147F3B00003; Wed, 28 Aug 2013 16:19:54 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <1377721194.12931.15282961.5E63C834@webmail.messagingengine.com> X-Sasl-Enc: Gm/UvfhcmTN3TrO83E65awZt1V8EAufH4BTiteop1heu 1377721194 From: Mark Felder To: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface - ajax-be0d4992 Subject: Re: XenServer 6.2 tools for FreeBSD 9 'Guest'? Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 15:19:54 -0500 In-Reply-To: <521E1D04.6030202@citrix.com> References: <2217D79A5CD4C9E06B7F8D3A@Mail-PC.tdx.co.uk> <521E1D04.6030202@citrix.com> X-BeenThere: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion of the freebsd port to xen - implementation and usage List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 20:19:56 -0000 On Wed, Aug 28, 2013, at 10:53, Roger Pau Monn=E9 wrote: > On 28/08/13 17:31, Karl Pielorz wrote: > >=20 > > Hi, > >=20 > > We've got XenServer now running a couple of FreeBSD 9.2-RC2 VM's > > (running the XENHVM kernel). > >=20 > > Is there any up to date 'xen tools' setup guide or anything anywhere we > > can look at? > >=20 > > I've seen 'xen-tools' in the ports collection - but once installed it > > doesn't seem to do a lot. I'm looking to enable things like suspending > > VM's and migration etc. >=20 > Using the XENHVM kernel should already provide you with everything > needed for migration (suspension and resume). From a quick look at the > xen-tools package, it contains utilities to interact with xenstore, > which you probably don't need. >=20 Roger, XenServer and XCP require guest utilities to talk to something in the hypervisor before they permit you to do migrations. Maybe you could ask someone at Citrix in the XenServer group to disable that ridiculous requirement in future releases?