Re: [Xen-users] Moving to Xen

[Mark Williamson <mark.williamson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> CentOS5 has a build of Xen but it is a early 3.01 version.  Would I be
> better to install the latest 3.2 ?

CentOS 5.0 included a Xen based on the 3.0.3 release.  CentOS 5.1 (which you 
get automatically by software updates from 5.0) includes a Xen based on the 
3.1 release (the package name is still 3.0.3-something but that's lying -it's 
3.1 really ;-).

3.1 isn't quite the latest release but it's a recent one and it's natively 
supported by CentOS.  I think that's a reasonable one for you to try anyhow.

Are you planning on doing HVM domains or just PV domains or a combination of 
both?

> If I try and install libvirt from the 
> repo it also pulls in Xen and Xen-libs anyway.  Any help from somebody who
> has done this would be appreciated.

Yeah, it's difficult to separate the libvirt / virt-manager stuff from the Xen 
stuff.  My advice would be to try out the default Xen of CentOS 5.1 and see 
if it works OK for you - if it does, then stick with it for the moment.

There are (or will be) CentOS 5 RPMs of Xen 3.2 on the Citrix / XenSource 
website but these will not be updated regularly with security and bug fixes, 
whereas the real CentOS RPMs will be.  The CentOS RPMs will also be better 
tested, so I still think they're better to start off with.

Cheers,
Mark

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