RE: [Xen-cim] Xen-CIM provider release

[Gareth S Bestor <bestor@xxxxxxxxxx>]

The Xen CIM providers are not distro-specific
per se, rather they are dependent on the underlying Xen mgmt APIs. Currently
the CIM providers require the new Xen APIs, which started showing up in
Xen 3.0.4, and hopefully will be 'baked' when Xen 3.0.5 comes out in the
next few weeks. For backwards compatibility, there will be a part of the
Xen API effort includes a new_Xen_API--to--old_Xen_API adapter, to map
the new Xen API RPCs calls against the existing Xen 3.0.x APIs (libxm,
xenstore, xm, ...). 

For now at least, the focus of CIM provider
development has been targeting SLES10 SP1, which will ship with Xen 3.0.4
plus a bunch of patches for additional Xen API support. If/when/how the
Xen CIM providers will run on, say, a RHEL5.x base will depend on exactly
what base Xen version is shipped with the distro and, if pre Xen 3.0.5,
 the readiness of this adapter.
 
- Gareth

Dr. Gareth S. Bestor
IBM Linux Technology Center
M/S DES2-01
15300 SW Koll Parkway, Beaverton, OR 97006
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"Subrahmanian, Raj" <raj.subrahmanian@xxxxxxxxxx>
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03/06/2007 08:38 AM

To	"Ashit Kumar" <Ashit_Kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, <xen-cim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
cc
Subject	RE: [Xen-cim] Xen-CIM provider release

Ashit,
I don't know about Red Hat's release
plans. The CIM providers in the repo should work with unstable Xen soon.

There's some amount of forward
porting that will be required, but that will be done quite shortly.
Raj

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[mailto:xen-cim-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ashit
Kumar
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 8:54 AM
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Subject: [Xen-cim] Xen-CIM provider release

Hi,
When is the Xen-CIM  provider for RHEL, scheduled to be released.We want to use it for some development purpose.
Thanks and regards
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