Re: [Xen-API] XCP - An equivalent of XenServer tools is required for Windows virtualization?

[Denis Cardon <denis.cardon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Eduardo,
> XenServer has the "XenServer tools" which is a set of drivers to
> "paravirtualization" for Windows OSs.
> The XCP (community) has it?
>
> This "paravirtualization" drivers are really necessary?
>
> The "XenServer tools" works with XCP?
The XenServer/XCP xs-tools iso is included in XCP Centos based appliance 
and it is need to be installed for decent performance on Windows VM. 
However I don't think they are opensource at the moment, and I'm not 
sure if they are included in the ubuntu/debian xapi release.
If you have installed from the applicance CD, after installing your 
windows VM, you can find the xs-tool.iso in the CD list.
If you are using the debian/ubuntu version, I think you have to create a 
iso SR and add the iso from XCP appliance in there.
As far as the linux VM are concerned, Xen PV drivers are included in the 
kernel since 2.6.24 I think, so your a recent VM should work fine 
without installing the xs-tool.iso specific kernel. However there will 
perhaps have some performance metrics missing if the tools are not 
installed.
Hope this helps,

Denis




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