The Xen CIM providers are not distro-specific per se, rather they are dependent on the underlying Xen mgmt APIs. Currently the CIM providers require the new Xen APIs, which started showing up in Xen 3.0.4, and hopefully will be 'baked' when Xen 3.0.5 comes out in the next few weeks. For backwards compatibility, there will be a part of the Xen API effort includes a new_Xen_API--to--old_Xen_API adapter, to map the new Xen API RPCs calls against the existing Xen 3.0.x APIs (libxm, xenstore, xm, ...).

For now at least, the focus of CIM provider development has been targeting SLES10 SP1, which will ship with Xen 3.0.4 plus a bunch of patches for additional Xen API support. If/when/how the Xen CIM providers will run on, say, a RHEL5.x base will depend on exactly what base Xen version is shipped with the distro and, if pre Xen 3.0.5, the readiness of this adapter.

- Gareth

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"Subrahmanian, Raj" <raj....@unisys.com> Sent by: xen-...@lists.xensource.com 03/06/2007 08:38 AM

To "Ashit Kumar" <Ashi...@symantec.com>, <xen-...@lists.xensource.com> cc

Subject RE: [Xen-cim] Xen-CIM provider release

Ashit, I don't know about Red Hat's release plans. The CIM providers in the repo should work with unstable Xen soon. There's some amount of forward porting that will be required, but that will be done quite shortly. Raj

From: xen-...@lists.xensource.com [mailto:xen-...@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of Ashit Kumar Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 8:54 AM To: xen-...@lists.xensource.com Subject: [Xen-cim] Xen-CIM provider release

Hi, When is the Xen-CIM provider for RHEL, scheduled to be released.We want to use it for some development purpose. Thanks and regards Ashit _______________________________________________ Xen-cim mailing list Xen-...@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-cim