It's the other way around. Newer XenServer works with older tools, not the other way. On Nov 20, 2014 4:57 PM, "Rohit Yadav" <[email protected]> wrote:
> If XenServer tools are backward compatible then we can perhaps install the > latest xs-tools (6.2)? Will that cause issue if the underlying > Xen/XenServer hypervisor version is not 6.2? > > > On 20-Nov-2014, at 9:12 pm, Tim Mackey <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > From the XenServer perspective, we have a small problem. The XenServer > > tools are backward compatible, but not guaranteed forward compatible. > What > > that means is we'd need to include the XenServer 5.6 tools, and those > have > > a commercial license. The XenServer 5.6 tools also have a few bugs which > > were fixed in later versions. > > > > I'm certain we could define a minimum version which would work, and could > > solve any commercial license concerns, but what about having the system > VMs > > automatically download and apply the correct tools? Since we know the > > hypervisor version, could we even go so far as automatically update the > > tools should the hypervisor be upgraded? > > > > -tim > > > > On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 10:19 AM, Rohit Yadav <[email protected] > > > > wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> During the CCCEU conference, I’ve been in some discussions with few > people > >> on whether we should install/bundle xenserver tools (and vmware tools > >> and/or virtio-modules). > >> > >> I think we can easily do this, but let’s discuss the following; > >> > >> - Which version of xs-tools etc. we should install? 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