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From: "Musayev, Ilya" <imusayev@webmd.net>
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Subject: RE: CloudStack System VMs - guest vm tools support for XEN and KVM
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Ok.. so we are getting closer.

We got KVM out of the way :)=20

I cant find the official yum/rpm repo for XE tools - if there is such - ple=
ase let me know.

I would like to make flexible - such that you are not bound to specific ver=
sion as you rebuild each time.

I did find something from GoDaddy, but I'm hoping for something more offici=
al.

-----Original Message-----
From: Edison Su [mailto:Edison.su@citrix.com]=20
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2013 1:51 PM
To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org
Subject: RE: CloudStack System VMs - guest vm tools support for XEN and KVM


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Musayev, Ilya [mailto:imusayev@webmd.net]
> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2013 9:37 AM
> To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org
> Subject: CloudStack System VMs - guest vm tools support for XEN and=20
> KVM
>=20
> Sorry to be an annoyance, but I need some feedback to make this=20
> process better for everyone.
>=20
> I want the system-vm creation script to have an ability to specify=20
> which vm- guest tools to use as an argument.
>=20
> As of now, you can execute the script with following arguments and VM=20
> will be created with specific guest-vm-tools:
>=20
> [vmarelatest] - gets latest open source vmware tools - takes into=20
> account all future releases, [Vmware5.1] - gets latest OS tools of 5.1=20
> branch and so on for [vmware5.0,4.1 and 4.0].
>=20
> I need help with what XEN and KVM - as I've managed those HVs the least.
>=20
> I would assume since we are running CentOS 6.3+, KVM tools are built=20
> into a kernel, but that's my assumption.
>=20
> Can someone briefly mention how they handle guest-vm-tools for XEN and=20
> KVM and if there yum repos you know off I can source?

For KVM, there is no vm guest tools. For xenserver, seems it needs xe-guest=
-utilities_5.6.0-595_i386.deb?

>=20
> Thanks
> ilya