Index: trunk/packages/sipb-xen-remote-server/files/usr/sbin/sipb-xen-remote-control
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--- trunk/packages/sipb-xen-remote-server/files/usr/sbin/sipb-xen-remote-control	(revision 625)
+++ trunk/packages/sipb-xen-remote-server/files/usr/sbin/sipb-xen-remote-control	(revision 625)
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+"""
+Sends remctl commands about a running VM to the host it's running on.
+"""
+
+from subprocess import PIPE, Popen, call
+import sys
+import yaml
+
+def main(argv):
+    if len(argv) < 3:
+        print >>sys.stderr, "usage: sipb-xen-remote-control <machine> <command>"
+        return 2
+    machine_name = argv[1]
+    command = argv[2]
+
+    p = Popen(['/usr/sbin/sipb-xen-remote-proxy-web', 'listvms'], stdout=PIPE)
+    output = p.communicate()[0]
+    if p.returncode != 0:
+        raise RuntimeError("Command '%s' returned non-zero exit status %d"
+                           % ('sipb-xen-remote-proxy-web', p.returncode)) 
+    vms = yaml.load(output, yaml.CSafeLoader)
+
+    if machine_name not in vms:
+        print >>sys.stderr, "machine '%s' is not on" % machine_name
+        return 2
+    host = vms[machine_name]['host']
+
+    return call(['remctl', host, 'remote', 'control'] + argv[1:])
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    sys.exit(main(sys.argv))
+
+# vim:et:sw=4:ts=4
Index: trunk/packages/sipb-xen-remote-server/files/usr/sbin/sipb-xen-remote-proxy
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--- trunk/packages/sipb-xen-remote-server/files/usr/sbin/sipb-xen-remote-proxy	(revision 624)
+++ trunk/packages/sipb-xen-remote-server/files/usr/sbin/sipb-xen-remote-proxy	(revision 625)
@@ -14,4 +14,9 @@
     web/listvms )
 	shift; sipb-xen-remote-listvms "$@" ;;
+    control/create )
+	remctl black-mesa remote "$TYPE" "$@" ;;
+    control/* )
+	# Everything but create must go where the VM is already running.
+	sipb-xen-remote-control "$@" ;;
     * )
 	remctl black-mesa remote "$TYPE" "$@" ;;