[aperi-dev] Re: Aperi R4 - new functionality

[Chris King <chriskng@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Robert. I will make sure this information gets into the Release Notes.

On a somewhat related note, there is another line item in the Aperi roadmap for R4 called "Running the agent inside a Virtual Machine". When it says "virtual machine", does that mean a Xen VM only, or does it include other VMs? What does a user/installer of Aperi have to do to install and run an agent inside a VM?

I would also like to include a description for this line item in the R4 Release Notes. Maybe we can discuss this at the Wednesday meeting if you are available.

Thanks.
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Chris King
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"Robert Wipfel" <rawipfel@xxxxxxxxxx>

"Robert Wipfel" <rawipfel@xxxxxxxxxx>

10/15/2007 05:17 PM

To	Chris King/Chicago/IBM@IBMUS
cc	<aperi-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject	Re: Aperi R4 - new functionality

>>> On Sun, Oct 14, 2007 at  8:30 PM, in message
<OF121CDAC6.8A95D0E6-ON87257375.000CA6EB-86257375.000DAF36@xxxxxxxxxx>, Chris
King <chriskng@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 

> Thanks for the information Robert. I wrote the following high- level
> overview of the new Xen functionality based on your feedback. Can you
> review it and provide any feedback on its accuracy and completeness for the
> R4 release notes?:

> "You can now use Aperi Storage Manager to discover and collect data about
> Xen virtual machines (guests) running
> under Linux.  Xen is an open source technology that enables you to deploy
> to Windows and Linux virtual machines using

Windows and Linux virtual machines using

> the Xen Hypervisor and XenBus controller. The Xen Hypervisor is a thin

the Xen Hypervisor and XenBus virtual disk controller. The Xen Hypervisor is a thin

> layer of software which can host multiple
> virtual machines that run independently of each other while sharing
> hardware resources.
> 
> Install a Data agent on each Linux- based, Xen virtual machine that you want
> to monitor and then run probes to collect data about
> the disk devices presented to those virtual machines. Aperi displays each
> virtual machine as an explandable node under
> Data Manager > Reporting > Asset > By Computer in the navigation tree.
> Expand a virtual machine's node to view
> detailed information about its XenBus controller, disks, and filesystems or
> logical volumes."

Reads great, thanks Chris.

> I assume that
> VMs will appear as computers in the "Computers" node on this page for R4.

Yes, virtual machines treated same as physical = computers.

Hth,
Robert