Re: [Xen-API] Create a Virtual machine with a specific UUID

[Jonathan Ludlam <Jonathan.Ludlam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Unfortunately no - XCP has not yet moved to xen-4.0 yet, we're still on 3.4.2. 
The current plan is to upgrade within the next 6 months or so.

Jon

On 6 Oct 2010, at 14:30, Leonelli Mauro wrote:

> Thanks Jon,
> would it be possible to install xe on Xen 4.0 ?
> 
> Mauro
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan Ludlam [mailto:Jonathan.Ludlam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: mercoledì 6 ottobre 2010 13:56
> To: Leonelli Mauro
> Cc: Vincent Hanquez; xen-api
> Subject: Re: [Xen-API] Create a Virtual machine with a specific UUID
> 
> xe is for both XenServer and XCP.
> 
> I think that using the XenAPI against xend is probably inadvisable - I 
> believe that it's not well maintained at the moment. Your best options are 
> really to use xl on Xen 4.0, or XenAPI against XCP/XenServer.
> 
> Jon
> 
> On 6 Oct 2010, at 12:00, Leonelli Mauro wrote:
> 
>> Is xe only for XenServer? We are using Xen 4.0 at the moment.
>> 
>> Mauro
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jonathan Ludlam [mailto:Jonathan.Ludlam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> Sent: mercoledì 6 ottobre 2010 12:55
>> To: Jonathan Ludlam
>> Cc: Leonelli Mauro; Vincent Hanquez; xen-api
>> Subject: Re: [Xen-API] Create a Virtual machine with a specific UUID
>> 
>> Oops, forgot to mention that to preserve the uuid on the import, append 
>> 'preserve=true' to the import CLI command (it adds an extra HTTP parameter 
>> to the URL)
>> 
>> Jon
>> 
>> On 6 Oct 2010, at 11:51, Jonathan Ludlam wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Mauro,
>>> 
>>> Import and export are done via http get/put.
>>> 
>>> If you do:
>>> 
>>> xe vm-export uuid=... filename=... --debug
>>> 
>>> and
>>> 
>>> xe vm-import filename=... --debug
>>> 
>>> it will output some lines indicating exactly what the URLs are that it's 
>>> using.
>>> 
>>> Jon
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 6 Oct 2010, at 11:19, Leonelli Mauro wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi Vincent,
>>>> do you have a python snippet as proof of concept?
>>>> 
>>>> By navigating XenApi, I find import/export  only as an enum variable of 
>>>> vm_operations
>>>> 
>>>> Mauro
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Vincent Hanquez [mailto:vincent.hanquez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>>>> Sent: mercoledì 6 ottobre 2010 12:06
>>>> To: Leonelli Mauro
>>>> Cc: Alberto González Rodríguez; xen-api
>>>> Subject: Re: [Xen-API] Create a Virtual machine with a specific UUID
>>>> 
>>>> On 06/10/10 10:52, Leonelli Mauro wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> thanks Alberto for the quick answer.
>>>>> There a couple of good benefits by doing it
>>>>> 
>>>>>      1) If a VM is creating using the config file on xen, UUID set on the 
>>>>> file overwrites the one autogenerated (i.e. UUID is not autogenerated)
>>>>>      2) If I delete a VM and want to recreate the exact copy of it, I'd 
>>>>> like to use the very same UUID (that is, btw, used by me to store info on 
>>>>> the vm on a local databse)
>>>> 
>>>> I believe vm-{import/export} do what you're looking for.
>>>> 
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