thanks for the advice and input. Paul
On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 12:29 PM, Carlos Reátegui <create...@gmail.com>wrote: > Until Cloudstack 4.1 is released I suggest you stick to XenServer 6.0 and > not try to swap its default xen. > > I finally have a custom build of CS 4.0.1 working with Ubuntu + xcp-xapi > but it was a real pain to get there and don't recommend you go that route > for eval purposes. CS 4.1 is supposed to make those pains go away and bring > proper support for XS 6.2, XCP 1.6 and Ubuntu/Debian + xcp-xapi. > > Cheers > Carlos > > On Apr 7, 2013, at 8:59 AM, paul snom <proemail0...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > thanks!! > > > > To test Xen should I just follow the installations steps in the > > Installation Manual for Citrix Xenserver, but using the binaries from > > xen.org? any good instructional links on xen and cloudstack? > > > > Thanks, again!! > > Paul > > > > > > On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 11:37 AM, David Nalley <da...@gnsa.us> wrote: > > > >> On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 11:31 AM, paul snom <proemail0...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>> Hi; > >>> > >>> I'm evaluating CloudStack, I have a couple of questions I hope someone > >>> can clarify for me: > >>> Q 1: Is CloudStack compatible with Xen Hypervisor (xen.org)? the > >>> installation manual refers to Citrix XenServer but not Xen as far as I > >>> could see. > >> > >> > >> CloudStack uses XAPI to interact with Xen - so technically Xen.org > >> will work provided you have XAPI in place. In practice this means > >> XenServer, XCP, or Xen + XAPI on Debian/Ubuntu. > >> > >>> > >>> Q 2: to continue using my vSphere hosts do I need to keep vCenter? > >> > >> Yes - CloudStack interacts with the vCenter API, not directly with > >> vSphere hosts. > >> > >> --David > >> >
