On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 01:05:53PM -0500, Steve Brueckner wrote: > > On 03/11/2010 08:36 AM, Steve Brueckner wrote: > > >> On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 09:58:56AM -0500, silviu d wrote: > > >>> Hello, > > >>> > > >>> I was wondering if there is a way to execute commands > > >> from dom0 into domU > > >>> without loging into domU with ssh. > > >>> > > >> > > >> No, not really. > > >> > > >> Unless you build up some custom management tool that runs > > in the domU > > >> and monitors the xenstore for commands from dom0, and then > > executes > > >> them. > > >> > > >> -- Pasi > > > > > > What about the xen console? I haven't used Xen in about a year, so > > > maybe it's gone? We used to use the console to execute commands > > > inside domU from dom0 without using the network. > > > > Xen console still exists but I think it only works for > > paravirt domUs because it relies on the xenconsole backend. > > We were able to connect to HVMs as well using xen console. To do so we > had to set up the domU to listen for terminals on it's serial port. > Yes, both Xen PV and HVM guests have two types of consoles: - text-only serial console - graphical console Virt-manager supports both of these types of consoles. Xen "xm console <guest>" opens the text console. virt-manager, virt-viewer or normal vnc viewer can be used to view the graphical console. -- Pasi -- xen mailing list xen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/xen
