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RE: [Xen-users] Rebooting Windows guests when running xm reboot

To: "Joseph L. Casale" <JCasale@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Rebooting Windows guests when running xm reboot
From: "James Harper" <james.harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 11:01:46 +1000
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Thread-topic: [Xen-users] Rebooting Windows guests when running xm reboot
> 
> >I just installed Windows 2008 x86_64 on Xen 3.2 that I compiled from
> >source on CentOS 5.1.
> >
> >Are there any windows guest tools available that run shutdown when I
> >issue xm reboot in dom0?
> 
> Install James's windows pv drivers (search markmail) with .Net
framework.
> Alternatively, you can just install the service w/ .Net if you don't
want
> the drivers.

Just to clarify, you do need the xenpci running to get the 'graceful'
shutdown. The .net shutdown monitor by itself is not sufficient.

(btw, if anyone wants to re-write shutdownmon in C instead of C# it
would remove the dependency on .net...)

James

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