[Libvirt-cim] Re: Need CS state transition related info.

Deepti B Kalakeri wrote: > > Hi, > > I have following query regarding the CS provider state transition. > > 1) > > The following tc 32_start_reboot.py, which tries to use > DefineSystem() to first define the VS and then change the state from > Start to Reboot, fails for KVM with the following error. > > ComputerSystem - 32_start_reboot.py: FAIL > ERROR - Exception: (1, u'CIM_ERR_FAILED: Domain Operation Failed') > ERROR - Unable to Reboot dom test_domain using RequestedStateChange() > InvokeMethod(RequestStateChange): CIM_ERR_FAILED: Domain Operation > Failed > > tc cannot be used to support KVM, because of the following debug > statement > > *Virt_ComputerSystem.c(807): Reboot domain > libvir: error : this function is not supported by the hypervisor: > virDomainReboot* > * > *Is my analysis correct? What version of libvirt is this with? For KVM, we are more concerned with newer version of libvirt. So this might be something we can get fixed in libvirt.

> > 2) > According to the state transition diagram in the DMTF VSP doc (Pg: > 20) implies that a state transition from *Suspend* to *Active(through > reboot) *is valid, > but our provider returns an *exception. *What is the correct state > transition to be considered? > We can use 33_suspend_reboot.py tc to verify the same. This sounds like a bug.Can you capture the exception you're seeing and send it to the external mailing list? I haven't had a chance today to look into it.

Thanks!