All, Has anyone had a chance to try XenServer 7 since it’s release? If so, does it work? If not, how broken is it? My guess would be in agreement with the general consensus that a change from CentOS 5 to 7 would not only be breaking, but significant.
Thanks, -John > john.burw...@shapeblue.com www.shapeblue.com 53 Chandos Place, Covent Garden, London VA WC2N 4HSUK @shapeblue On May 25, 2016, at 6:33 PM, Tim Mackey <tmac...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Correct, all modern XenServer distros until 7 were centos 5.x. I doubt any > xapi changes would break cloudstack, but the plugins should be retested, > and btw it's also systemd time > On May 25, 2016 2:39 PM, "Remi Bergsma" <rberg...@schubergphilis.com> wrote: > > As far as I know previous versions were based on Centos 5 even ;-) > > Regards, Remi > >> On 25 May 2016, at 16:55, Rafael Weingärtner <rafaelweingart...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> Oh, I did know that, thanks for sharing Will. >> >> I was reading their Release notes; it seems that their “major changes” >> section does not reflect the experience you are getting. >> >> On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 11:42 AM, Will Stevens <wstev...@cloudops.com> >> wrote: >> >>> CentOS changes a LOT, especially around networking, so I would not be >>> surprised if it does not work. It still takes me like 20 minutes to > figure >>> out what the hell I am doing when I login to CentOS7. No ifconfig, no >>> iptables, etc, etc, etc... They pretty much did a wholesale change of >>> everything you expect to be there. >>> >>> Lots of testing will have to be done on this and I have not tried to do >>> that yet... >>> >>> *Will STEVENS* >>> Lead Developer >>> >>> *CloudOps* *| *Cloud Solutions Experts >>> 420 rue Guy *|* Montreal *|* Quebec *|* H3J 1S6 >>> w cloudops.com *|* tw @CloudOps_ >>> >>> On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 9:35 AM, Rafael Weingärtner < >>> rafaelweingart...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Considering those scripts you are right; but, my main concerns would be >>>> regarding some XAPI change. The scripts that we create and inject into >>> the >>>> Dom0 should not be that intrusive. >>>> >>>> I do not know about the differences between CentOS 6 and 7, but the only >>>> way I see a script stopping working is that if a program that the script >>>> uses does not come with the CentOS 7 that is bundled with XenServer or > if >>>> that program does not work with CentOS 7 anymore. >>>> I do not recall every single task that those scripts execute, at the top >>> of >>>> my memory I can say that they play with the systems' firewall. They also >>>> mount, copy, and move some files around. I believe they also remove some >>>> configurations from the XAPI sometimes. >>>> >>>> Looking at the release notes in [1], it seems that none of the scripts >>>> should stop working. However, to be sure about every single function and >>>> task that ACS execute on XenServer a batch of tests would be required. >>>> >>>> [1] >>> > https://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS7#head-b02657cf2e223edb2d7946cbc45086d42c2bb41b >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 10:19 AM, Paul Angus <paul.an...@shapeblue.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Rafael >>>>> >>>>> We don’t purely use XAPI with XenServer. >>>>> XenServer 7 has a CentOS7 dom0 rather than CentOS6. We do a whole load >>>> of >>>>> stuff behind the scenes with python and shell scripts a chunk of which >>>>> won't work anymore. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Kind regards, >>>>> >>>>> Paul Angus >>>>> >>>>> paul.an...@shapeblue.com >>>>> www.shapeblue.com >>>>> 53 Chandos Place, Covent Garden, London WC2N 4HSUK >>>>> @shapeblue >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: Rafael Weingärtner [mailto:rafaelweingart...@gmail.com] >>>>> Sent: 25 May 2016 14:12 >>>>> To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org >>>>> Subject: Re: XenServer 7 >>>>> >>>>> Will there be any change on the XAPI? If not, it already works (just >>> the >>>>> new functions, if any, that will not be used). >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 9:59 AM, Paul Angus <paul.an...@shapeblue.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Is anyone here working on XenServer 7 support for CloudStack? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Kind regards, >>>>>> >>>>>> Paul Angus >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> paul.an...@shapeblue.com >>>>>> www.shapeblue.com >>>>>> 53 Chandos Place, Covent Garden, London WC2N 4HSUK @shapeblue >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Rafael Weingärtner >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Rafael Weingärtner >> >> >> >> -- >> Rafael Weingärtner
