xenConsole r0.15 beta review

xenConsole is a curses-based tty/console monitor for Xen 2.0, basically presenting the output from 'xm list' in a full-screen interfa

License: Artistic License File size: 0K Developer: Stig H. Jacobsen

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xenConsole is a curses-based tty/console monitor for Xen 2.0, basically presenting the output from 'xm list' in a full-screen interface with additional domain information from SNMP, colours and somewhat realtime updates.

Here are some key features of "xenConsole":
Xen/domain/host information shown:
Most output from 'xm list'
Load averages for individual domains, if available
Uptime for individual domains, if available
CPU & memory consumption shown as percentages for each domain
Calculated total CPU busy/idle times/percentages
Total Xen host CPU load is indicated in various ways
Continously updates screen automatically
Full screen application, colourized
Easy to use, type 'q' to quit

Requirements:
Perl v5.006 or above
Curses installed
Xen 2.0 installed ('xm' command must work)
Various Perl CPAN modules:
POE #events and "stuff"
Curses::UI #the great looks
Curses::UI::POE (!)
Net::SNMP #do.
Time::HiRes #high-precision timing
Optional CPAN modules:
Sys::CpuLoad #retrieve Dom0 load averages w/o snmp
NOT needed! (yet)
POE::Component::SNMP #retrieving lavd etc. from hosts

What's New in This Release:
Additional data from SNMP is available (swap and memory), a configuration file was added for configurable SNMP communities, and there are multiple fixes and minor improvements.