On 07/29/11 17:32, bala suru wrote:

Hi, Thanks for the information i'll try this ..

How to create a kvm image from machine which already has the kvm setup and virt-manager ..?

So far I was using the images created for KVM for the VM .. now I want to create a kvm image my self from iso image ...

regards Bala

You're welcome. As for images, use % virsh; and 'vol-create-as', or % qemu-img; command. % virsh -c qemu:///system ; and ' virsh # help vol-create-as ;' for details about this command. There is also % qemu-img;, however do not do things behind libvirt's back or it will backfire on you. I highly recommend to use either some cli tool/scripts eg. for VM definition or virt-manager or some other GUI tool. It makes your life easier and things go faster(and sometimes smoother). http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Management_Tools Regards, Z.

On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 7:06 AM, Zdenek Styblik <stybla@turnovfree.net>wrote:

...

On 07/29/11 13:36, bala suru wrote:

...

Hi, I have deployed some VM on to the KVM-qemu and installed libvirtd ..

I could see the VM running by command virsh list .

but how to login to the VMs other than SSH ..? i tried virsh vncdisplay , but no output ..

regards bala

-- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list

Hello,

if VM is running at localhost eg. your workstation, I do:

% netstat -nlp;

look for '127.0.0.1:590x' as libvirt assigns VNC ports automatically and in incremental order. (Note: this, however, is not a rule. And you can assign whatever port you want by hand.)

~~~ SNIP ~~~ tcp 0 0 localhost:5901 *:* LISTEN - ~~~ SNIP ~~~

Then I just use VNC client like % vncviewer localhost:5901; to connect to VM.

Have you tried to hit a key or move the mouse? Console/screen might be in suspend mode in order to "save" power.

Also, there might be few catches which depend on your setup. 1] are you sure VM has VNC console assigned? Use % virsh; and 'dumpxml <domain>' command to check out.

~~~ SNIP ~~~ <graphics type='vnc' port='5901' autoport='yes'/> ~~~ SNIP ~~~

2] it might be password protected, TLS might be required etc. etc.

If it's at remote host, I recommend to use SSH to tunnel VNC port. You can find how-to at internet. You can also use 'virt-manager' which is included as package in many distributions. Well, at least in Fedora, Debian and, I believe, Ubuntu.

I hope lines above help you a bit.

Regards, Zdenek

-- Zdenek Styblik email: stybla@turnovfree.net jabber: stybla@jabber.turnovfree.net

-- Zdenek Styblik email: stybla@turnovfree.net jabber: stybla@jabber.turnovfree.net