I am running red hat 7.6 on Citrix hypervisor 8.1. What is the latest version of xen tools for redhat ?

[Steve Seidl]

I am running red hat 7.6 on Citrix hypervisor 8.1. What is the latest version of xen tools for redhat ?

[Alan Lantz]

XenTools for Linux variants doesn't change much. What came with 8.1 should be current.

 

--Alan--

 

[Steve Seidl]

Thanks  Alan. Would happen to know the version that ships with 8.1. I inherited this farm. The version that shows is major: 7; minor: 1; micro: 50; build: 1. Would 8.1 actually show major: 8 as the version. I am just trying to sort this out. Not sure if these server were built with current tools or migrated from somewhere else.

[Tobias Kreidl]

This thread points out how you can determine what XenTools version you are running on a VM and might be pf some use: https://discussions.citrix.com/topic/271970-how-to-get-xen-tools-version-running-on-machine/

 

-=Tobias

[Olivier Lambert]

FYI, "Tools" on Linux are just the small agent reporting IP addresses and basic things. They don't change much and there's no risk to use "old" tools. Those "tools" aren't drivers, because the kernel is detecting Xen device and directly use PV drivers automatically.