Re: [Xen-API] FW: [xen-org/xen-api] 66083e: CA-63739: Fix console handling after reboot/migrat...

[George Shuklin <george.shuklin@xxxxxxxxx>]

Looks fun.

We solve this problem slightly differ: we wrote (yet anoter) terminal
emulator: https://github.com/selectel/pyte and create connection broker
on management server - when VM migrates broker simply reconnect to new
VM location (transparently for user).

Ð ÐÑÐ, 28/07/2011 Ð 17:37 +0100, Dave Scott ÐÐÑÐÑ:
> Hi xen-api,
> 
> As of changeset 66083ee70 in xen-org/xen-api master there is experimental 
> support for pure PV text consoles.
> 
> It's now possible to type:
> 
> $ xe console vm=myvm
> 
> to attach to the console, just like "xm console" and "xl console". This 
> avoids having to mess around with port-forwarding and VNC, making debugging a 
> lot easier.
> 
> From the XenAPI point of view, a PV guest now has 2 consoles, one with 
> protocol=rfb and one with protocol=vt100. The vncterm VNC is still available 
> via the protocol=rfb console.
> 
> Many thanks to Ewan Mellor (cc:d) who provided the necessary changes to 
> vncterm to make this work!
> 
> Furthermore for the really adventurous, there is experimental experimental 
> support for PVFB, activated by setting the option:
> 
> $ xe vm-param-set uuid=... platform:pvfb=true
> 
> Anecdotally this worked quite well for me when I installed a debian squeeze 
> VM.
> 
> Cheers,
> Dave Scott
> 
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