Xen VM Tools Status Test
XenServer Tools, the XenServer paravirtualization tools, provide high speed I/O for enhanced disk and network performance. XenServer Tools must be installed on each virtual machine (Windows and Linux) in order to use the xe CLI or XenCenter; moreover, VM performance will significantly deteriorate unless the tools are installed.
Without the tools installed, you will not be able to do any the following:
- Cleanly shut down, reboot or suspend a VM.
- View VM performance data in XenCenter.
- Migrate a running VM (via XenMotion).
- Create quiesced snapshots or snapshots with memory (checkpoints), or revert to snapshots.
- Adjust the number of vCPUs on a running Linux VM (Windows VMs require a reboot for this to take effect).
Using the Xen VM Tools Status test, you can ascertain whether the XenServer tools are installed or not on a VM.
Target of the test : A XenServer host
Agent deploying the test : An internal/remote agent
Outputs of the test : One set of results for each VM on the target XenServer host
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Is Xen tools installed?: |
Indicates whether/not XenServers Tools has been installed on this VM. |
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If XenServer Tools is installed on a VM, this measure will report the value Yes. On the other hand, if XenServer Tools is not installed on a VM, this measure will report the value No. The numeric values that correspond to each of the measure values discussed above have been detailed in the table below:
Note: By default, this measure reports Yes or No to indicate whether XenServer Tools is installed on a VM or not. The graph of this measure however, represents the same using the numeric equivalents only – i.e., 0 or 1. |
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Is Xen tools up to date?: |
Indicates whether the latest version of XenServer Tools has been installed on this VM. |
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If the latest version of XenServer Tools is installed on a VM, this measure will report the value Yes. On the other hand, if an older/obsolete version of XenServer Tools is installed on a VM, this measure will report the value No. The numeric values that correspond to each of the measure values discussed above have been detailed in the table below:
Note: By default, this measure reports Yes or No to indicate the version of XenServer Tools installed on a VM. The graph of this measure however, represents the same using the numeric equivalents only – i.e., 0 or 1. |