RE: [Xen-API] [PATCH] [CP-1540] [CR-67] Remove P2V server components

[Dave Scott <Dave.Scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Anil,

> Machine->OVF->xapi works ok for Windows or Linux, but streaming disks
> across the API is just very convenient.  I only care about it in the
> context of some self-forking VMs work we're doing though, not for
> anything non-research.

Thanks for the explanation. So if I understand correctly it's not the guest 
installer network per-se (with all associated udhcp and IP addr munging) but 
the ability to get data into the VM via the XenAPI that you need.

One possibility we should investigate is "v2v". I believe there's code floating 
about somewhere which takes the shared memory transport common to both 
{net,block}{front,back} and sticks a simple socket interface on the front 
(similar to VMW's VMCI?). Potentially xapi could use that to talk to the guest 
instead of IP.

Cheers,
Dave


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