Tim, during 4.0/4.1 we used to install a very old xstools 5.6, can we just use 
that and if we do will that cause any (potential) issue since you mentioned it 
has few bugs in it?

Regards.

> On 20-Nov-2014, at 10:23 pm, Tim Mackey <tmac...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> It's the other way around.  Newer XenServer works with older tools, not the
> other way.
> On Nov 20, 2014 4:57 PM, "Rohit Yadav" <rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com> wrote:
>
>> If XenServer tools are backward compatible then we can perhaps install the
>> latest xs-tools (6.2)? Will that cause issue if the underlying
>> Xen/XenServer hypervisor version is not 6.2?
>>
>>> On 20-Nov-2014, at 9:12 pm, Tim Mackey <tmac...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> From the XenServer perspective, we have a small problem.  The XenServer
>>> tools are backward compatible, but not guaranteed forward compatible.
>> What
>>> that means is we'd need to include the XenServer 5.6 tools, and those
>> have
>>> a commercial license.  The XenServer 5.6 tools also have a few bugs which
>>> were fixed in later versions.
>>>
>>> I'm certain we could define a minimum version which would work, and could
>>> solve any commercial license concerns, but what about having the system
>> VMs
>>> automatically download and apply the correct tools?  Since we know the
>>> hypervisor version, could we even go so far as automatically update the
>>> tools should the hypervisor be upgraded?
>>>
>>> -tim
>>>
>>> On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 10:19 AM, Rohit Yadav <rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com
>>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> During the CCCEU conference, I’ve been in some discussions with few
>> people
>>>> on whether we should install/bundle xenserver tools (and vmware tools
>>>> and/or virtio-modules).
>>>>
>>>> I think we can easily do this, but let’s discuss the following;
>>>>
>>>> - Which version of xs-tools etc. we should install? For the build
>> system,
>>>> is a publicly available source (iso etc)?
>>>> - Will installing these tools cause any issue?
>>>> - If we install all these tools on a single template, could that cause
>> any
>>>> issue?
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Rohit Yadav
>>>> Software Architect, ShapeBlue
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