Re: [libvirt] libvirt vs XenAPI

2008-09-08 Thread Alain Barthe
2008/9/4 Daniel Veillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, Sep 02, 2008 at 06:09:43PM +0200, atif bajwa wrote: Just quick question, what version of Xen/XenApi is packaged in RHEL 5.1/5.2. Can I remotely access it using XML-RPC API or not? RHEL-5.2 has xen-3.0.3, and that will stay the same for

Re: [libvirt] libvirt vs XenAPI

2008-09-08 Thread Atsushi SAKAI
Hi, Alain I guess Daniel says xend issue.(since it relates to XenAPI) As for hypervisor, You are correct in RHEL5.2 and CentOS5.2. Current RHEL/Xen is very complex compared to upstream Xen. Thanks Atsushi SAKAI Alain Barthe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2008/9/4 Daniel Veillard [EMAIL

Re: [libvirt] libvirt vs XenAPI

2008-09-08 Thread atif bajwa
So the question is, Is there any particular reason that RHEL 5.2 did not upgrade Xen user space tools/libs. Novell SLES/SLED 10 SP2 and Oracle VM 2.1.x have upgraded the user space libs for remote management of Xen infrastructure. Regards, Atif On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 8:49 AM, Atsushi SAKAI

Re: [libvirt] libvirt vs XenAPI

2008-09-08 Thread Chris Lalancette
atif bajwa wrote: So the question is, Is there any particular reason that RHEL 5.2 did not upgrade Xen user space tools/libs. Novell SLES/SLED 10 SP2 and Oracle VM 2.1.x have upgraded the user space libs for remote management of Xen infrastructure. Yes. We needed to keep backwards

Re: [libvirt] libvirt vs XenAPI

2008-09-08 Thread Daniel Veillard
On Mon, Sep 08, 2008 at 08:56:49AM +0100, atif bajwa wrote: So the question is, Is there any particular reason that RHEL 5.2 did not upgrade Xen user space tools/libs. Yes that's called API and ABI compatibility in a RHEL product lifetime! And by definition this will remain for all RHEL 5,

Re: [libvirt] libvirt vs XenAPI

2008-09-08 Thread Daniel P. Berrange
On Mon, Sep 08, 2008 at 08:56:49AM +0100, atif bajwa wrote: So the question is, Is there any particular reason that RHEL 5.2 did not upgrade Xen user space tools/libs. Novell SLES/SLED 10 SP2 and Oracle VM 2.1.x have upgraded the user space libs for remote management of Xen infrastructure.

Re: [libvirt] libvirt vs XenAPI

2008-09-08 Thread atif bajwa
Thanks, With Xen 3.3, the Xen Client Initiative (XCI) is out, a Xen.org community effort to accelerate and coordinate the development of fast, free, compatible embedded Xen hypervisors for laptops, PCs and PDAs. Don't you think the XenApi or similar technologies be right choice for remote

Re: [libvirt] libvirt vs XenAPI

2008-09-08 Thread Daniel P. Berrange
On Mon, Sep 08, 2008 at 01:49:53PM +0100, atif bajwa wrote: Thanks, With Xen 3.3, the Xen Client Initiative (XCI) is out, a Xen.org community effort to accelerate and coordinate the development of fast, free, compatible embedded Xen hypervisors for laptops, PCs and PDAs. Don't you think the

Re: [libvirt] libvirt vs XenAPI

2008-09-01 Thread Atsushi SAKAI
Hi, Atif If you want to natively use Xen API, I will recommend to use it directly. If you want to use archtecture neutral API, You should use libvirt. Libvirt pros and cons pros:any Xen version is supported (like 3.y.z or 2.y) cons:architecuture neutral API. specific functionality is not always

Re: [libvirt] libvirt vs XenAPI

2008-09-01 Thread atif bajwa
Thanks, Please guide me list of supported distributions with versions that I can use libvirt with. Regards, Atif On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 11:12 AM, Atsushi SAKAI [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Hi, Atif If you want to natively use Xen API, I will recommend to use it directly. If you want to use

Re: [libvirt] libvirt vs XenAPI

2008-09-01 Thread Daniel P. Berrange
On Mon, Sep 01, 2008 at 10:59:09AM +0200, atif bajwa wrote: I am looking to integrate the Xen Management. Please guide me advantages of using libvirt over XenAPI and please list xen-based-hypervisor distributions(versions) that will be supported with libvirt. And what is future of libvirt as

Re: [libvirt] libvirt vs XenAPI

2008-09-01 Thread atif bajwa
Thanks, You mentioned that libvirt works with every version of Xen 3.0.x or later, if you can list me list of Linux distros or verify if following list if ok with remote access. 1. Solaris SPARC 81/9/10 2. Solaris x64/x86 9/10 3. Red Hat RHEL AS/ES/WS 3/4/5 4. Novell SUSE SLES 8/9/10 Regards,

Re: [libvirt] libvirt vs XenAPI

2008-09-01 Thread atif bajwa
Thanks but does libvirt support windows port with any released build or not? I am little surprised should be?. I need to make a decision to use libvirt or Xen API, (clearly runnable from windows) . If libvirt does windows port, which of the following distributions are supported as remote hosts.

Re: [libvirt] libvirt vs XenAPI

2008-09-01 Thread Richard W.M. Jones
On Mon, Sep 01, 2008 at 01:58:09PM +0200, atif bajwa wrote: On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 1:39 PM, Richard W.M. Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: To address another point, we'll have better support for Windows in future (ie. you won't need to build it from source). The dependency is this project:

Re: [libvirt] libvirt vs XenAPI

2008-09-01 Thread Richard W.M. Jones
On Mon, Sep 01, 2008 at 02:40:38PM +0200, atif bajwa wrote: 2. List of distributions supported by libvirt as server. The list refers to this part of question. This part doesn't make sense. There is no hypervisor support in RHEL 3 or 4 (for example) so running libvirtd on RHEL 3 or 4 may be

Re: [libvirt] libvirt vs XenAPI

2008-09-01 Thread atif bajwa
Yes, you are correct for RHEL 3 but Xen 3.x is download-able for RHEL 4.1, 4.4, 4.5, 5, 5.1, 5.2 and similarly for Novell SLES 9.2, 9.3, 10, 10 SP1, 10 SP2 and OpenSUSE 10, 10.3, 11 Additionally, I got similar information from Sun xVM Ops Center managed systems which integrates libvirt.