small issue: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-8175
but in general it works fine 2015-01-28 14:16 GMT+01:00 Daan Hoogland <daan.hoogl...@gmail.com>: > with 4.5 you should be fine > > On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 2:14 PM, Matthew Midgett > <clouds...@trick-solutions.com.invalid> wrote: > > And where exactly do we stand with this right now? Can I install with > ACS 4.5? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Daan Hoogland [mailto:daan.hoogl...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2015 3:17 AM > > To: dev > > Subject: Re: xenserver 6.5 > > > > Adrian, I think your questions/considerations are right and I have been > wondering about the same things. > > On one side it should be "allowed unless" instead of "only allowed if". > On the other hand therre are sure to be some features extra or some that > might have a slightly different semantics that might hinder or impair > cloudstack. > > Not sure what the right answer is. Hope that someone with a view on the > architectural decisions behind it can shed some light. > > > > On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 2:46 PM, Adrian Lewis < > adr...@alsiconsulting.co.uk> wrote: > >> With XS 6.5 released, is anyone able to comment on: > >> > >> 1. Does the 4.5 branch need updating to support it? > >> 2. If the changes are so minor, will we see support in 4.3.x or 4.4.x > >> as well? > >> > >> Do we consider this to be a feature or bug? If the code for the > >> resource class stays exactly the same and the only thing blocking the > >> use of XS 6.5 is the checks that CS does when adding a new host, would > >> this not be considered as a bug? Technically the validation is broken > >> as its intent is to determine whether or not the current resource > >> class can handle the hypervisor. If the current resource class can in > >> fact handle XS6.5 but the validation code says it can't, isn’t this is > a bug? > >> > >> Cheers, > >> > >> Adrian > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Tim Mackey [mailto:tmac...@gmail.com] > >> Sent: 20 October 2014 20:10 > >> To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org > >> Subject: Re: xenserver 6.5 > >> > >> Correct on both counts > >> > >> On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 2:55 PM, Daan Hoogland > >> <daan.hoogl...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> thanks Tim, from this I take that hypervisor versions are hardcoded > >>> still, and xenserver 6.5 is supported since 4.5. correct? > >>> > >>> On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 8:36 PM, Tim Mackey <tmac...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> > Daan, > >>> > > >>> > Here are the relevant commits: > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=cloudstack.git;a=commit;h=2 > >>> b > >>> e02d1f515d8d089b6596127614fe6b8030d723 > >>> > > >>> > > >>> https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=cloudstack.git;a=commit;h=b > >>> 7 > >>> f5e95c8f17cf42d35705872b4210db8c2def72 > >>> > > >>> > > >>> https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=cloudstack.git;a=commit;h=6 > >>> 7 > >>> 4af6e47313fa18c18536a2daed90d13b9a9a59 > >>> > > >>> > Mike, > >>> > > >>> > Here's an example of the type of DB changes: > >>> > > >>> > > >>> https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=cloudstack.git;a=blobdiff;f > >>> = > >>> setup/db/db/schema-441to450.sql;h=e6aae8e3d624744af9f19b132fa8f53b5a4 > >>> c > >>> ddb5;hp=34d5f8842005f8a2da4df8a9a838d919cc648831;hb=2be02d1f515d8d089 > >>> b > >>> 6596127614fe6b8030d723;hpb=f212aa57c32eb05d6a69730e37ac50bdb1f0a268 > >>> > > >>> > On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 1:51 PM, Mike Tutkowski < > >>> > mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com> wrote: > >>> > > >>> > > Yeah, Tim, I'm a little unclear of what you mean by requiring a > >>> > > DB > >>> > update. > >>> > > > >>> > > Can you clarify that? > >>> > > > >>> > > Thanks! > >>> > > > >>> > > On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 11:29 AM, Daan Hoogland < > >>> daan.hoogl...@gmail.com > >>> > > > >>> > > wrote: > >>> > > > >>> > > > Tim, these changes are needed? so 4.4.1 will not work with db > >>> > changes... > >>> > > Do > >>> > > > you have a commit id? > >>> > > > > >>> > > > On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 6:54 PM, Tim Mackey <tmac...@gmail.com> > >>> wrote: > >>> > > > > >>> > > > > I know that master had a bunch of cleanup work to make things > >>> > > > > work > >>> > > better > >>> > > > > (commits were a month ago), but baring any significant > >>> > > > > issues, > >>> being > >>> > > able > >>> > > > > to support a newer XenServer should be as simple as a > >>> > > > > database > >>> > update. > >>> > > > So > >>> > > > > net of this master *today* should work fine with 6.5 (and the > >>> various > >>> > > > > pre-release builds since beta.2). > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > > On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 12:45 PM, Mike Tutkowski < > >>> > > > > mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com> wrote: > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > > > Someone correct me if I'm wrong but, if a previous > >>> > > > > > XenServer > >>> > resource > >>> > > > > class > >>> > > > > > can handle the newer version of XenServer, then I don't > >>> > > > > > think you > >>> > > need > >>> > > > to > >>> > > > > > make any changes to CloudStack files to use that newer > version. > >>> > > > > > > >>> > > > > > If you do see some incompatibility with that version of > >>> XenServer, > >>> > > then > >>> > > > > > someone would need to create a new resource class to handle > >>> > > > > > the discrepancies. > >>> > > > > > > >>> > > > > > On Monday, October 20, 2014, Adrian Lewis < > >>> > > adr...@alsiconsulting.co.uk > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > > > wrote: > >>> > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > Out of interest, on the assumption that there are no > >>> > > > > > > issues > >>> with > >>> > > > using > >>> > > > > > 6.5 > >>> > > > > > > when it's released and there are no > >>> > > > > > > backwards-compatibility > >>> > > problems, > >>> > > > > > will > >>> > > > > > > it then work with 4.4.1 or does CS need to be > >>> > > > > > > *explicitly* told > >>> > > that > >>> > > > > > newer, > >>> > > > > > > effectively unknown versions are 'acceptable' as a valid > >>> > > hypervisor? > >>> > > > > > > Basically, If we deploy CS 4.4.1 and we like the look of > >>> > > > > > > XS 6.5 > >>> > > when > >>> > > > it > >>> > > > > > > comes out, will we need to make any changes to CS to > >>> > > > > > > start > >>> using > >>> > > it? > >>> > > > If > >>> > > > > > so, > >>> > > > > > > are these simple edits to the contents of a file or would > >>> > > > > > > it > >>> > > require > >>> > > > > > > rebuilding? > >>> > > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > >>> > > > > > > From: Stephen Turner [mailto:stephen.tur...@citrix.com > >>> > > > <javascript:;>] > >>> > > > > > > Sent: 20 October 2014 15:28 > >>> > > > > > > To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org <javascript:;> > >>> > > > > > > Subject: RE: xenserver 6.5 > >>> > > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > I think it should be minimal, because although there are > >>> > > > > > > large > >>> > > > internal > >>> > > > > > > changes (e.g., 3.x kernel, 64-bit dom0, new Xen, new > >>> > > > > > > storage > >>> > > > datapath, > >>> > > > > > > PVHVM > >>> > > > > > > mode for RHEL/CentOS 7), the interface is essentially > >>> unchanged. > >>> > > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > -- > >>> > > > > > > Stephen Turner > >>> > > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > >>> > > > > > > From: Daan Hoogland [mailto:daan.hoogl...@gmail.com > >>> > > <javascript:;>] > >>> > > > > > > Sent: 20 October 2014 14:32 > >>> > > > > > > To: dev > >>> > > > > > > Subject: xenserver 6.5 > >>> > > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > Does anybody (know of) work on supporting xenserver 6.5 > >>> > > > > > > or has > >>> an > >>> > > > idea > >>> > > > > of > >>> > > > > > > how much effort that is going to be? > >>> > > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > -- > >>> > > > > > > Daan > >>> > > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > >>> > > > > > -- > >>> > > > > > *Mike Tutkowski* > >>> > > > > > *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.* > >>> > > > > > e: mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com > >>> > > > > > o: 303.746.7302 > >>> > > > > > Advancing the way the world uses the cloud > >>> > > > > > <http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play>*™* > >>> > > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > > >>> > > > > >>> > > > > >>> > > > -- > >>> > > > Daan > >>> > > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > -- > >>> > > *Mike Tutkowski* > >>> > > *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.* > >>> > > e: mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com > >>> > > o: 303.746.7302 > >>> > > Advancing the way the world uses the cloud > >>> > > <http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play>*™* > >>> > > > >>> > > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Daan > >>> > > > > > > > > -- > > Daan > > > > > > -- > Daan > -- Regards, Tomasz Zięba Twitter: @TZieba LinkedIn: pl.linkedin.com/pub/tomasz-zięba-ph-d/3b/7a8/ab6/ <http://pl.linkedin.com/pub/tomasz-zi%C4%99ba-ph-d/3b/7a8/ab6/>
