October 2012 - Users - libvirt List Archives

[libvirt-users] some problem with snapshot by libvirt
by xingxing gao 21 Nov '14

21 Nov '14

Hi,all,i am using libvirt to manage my vm,in these days i am testing the libvirt snapshot ,but meet some problem: the snapshot was created from this command: snapshot-create-as win7 --disk-only --diskspec vda,snapshot=external --diskspec hda,snapshot=no but when i tried to revert from the snapshot which created from the above command ,i got error below: virsh # snapshot-revert win7 1338041515 --force error: unsupported configuration: revert to external disk snapshot not supported yet version: virsh # version Compiled against library: libvir 0.9.4 Using library: libvir 0.9.4 Using API: QEMU 0.9.4 Running hypervisor: QEMU 1.0.93

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[libvirt-users] About IBM PowerVM hypervisor support
by Dennis Chen 22 Nov '12

22 Nov '12

Hi, I noticed that libvirt support the following hypervisors currently: * The KVM/QEMU <http://libvirt.org/drvqemu.html> Linux hypervisor * The Xen <http://libvirt.org/drvxen.html> hypervisor on Linux and Solaris hosts. * The LXC <http://libvirt.org/drvlxc.html> Linux container system * The OpenVZ <http://libvirt.org/drvopenvz.html> Linux container system * The User Mode Linux <http://libvirt.org/drvuml.html> paravirtualized kernel * The VirtualBox <http://libvirt.org/drvvbox.html> hypervisor * The VMware ESX and GSX <http://libvirt.org/drvesx.html> hypervisors * The VMware Workstation and Player <http://libvirt.org/drvvmware.html> hypervisors * The Microsoft Hyper-V <http://libvirt.org/drvhyperv.html> hypervisor /"the goal of libvirt: *to provide a common and stable layer sufficient to securely manage domains on a node, possibly remote*."/ My question is, does redhat's libvirt team have the plan to support IBM PowerVM hypervisor? If the answer is NO, what's the reason to make the support for IBM PowerVM hypervisor doesn't make sense... BRs, Dennis

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[libvirt-users] can not create "qcow2" format volume by Java library.
by zhijun liu 06 Nov '12

06 Nov '12

hi，all, when I use Java library to create volume ,specified format "qcow2"，but when I check it use qemu-img info ,it show format is "raw".。 I think it a bug,can you fix it .. thanks very much. the java library version：0.4.8 libvirt version：0.9.8

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[libvirt-users] hotplug
by Douglas Russell 03 Nov '12

03 Nov '12

Another separate thread for a slightly separate issue. For some reason, hotplugging disks does not work for me. I built my guest with ubuntu's vmbuilder. It's Precise, virtual. I have acpiphp in my /etc/modules file: $ lsmod Module Size Used by psmouse 97443 0 serio_raw 13211 0 virtio_balloon 13108 0 acpiphp 24231 0 floppy 70365 0 hotplug_pci seems to be compiled into the kernel: $ grep HOTPLUG_PCI /boot/config-3.2.0-32-virtual CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI_PCIE=y CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI=y CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI_FAKE=m CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI_ACPI=m CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI_ACPI_IBM=m CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI_CPCI=y CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI_CPCI_ZT5550=m CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI_CPCI_GENERIC=m CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI_SHPC=m But when I attach a disk, absolutely nothing happens in the guest. No messages in the logs, no change to /proc/partitions, no new device nodes. When I reboot, the disk appears. Any ideas? Thanks, Douglas

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[libvirt-users] libvirt python api error
by 宣铭艺 01 Nov '12

01 Nov '12

I use the code below: import libvirt auth = [[libvirt.VIR_CRED_AUTHNAME,libvirt.VIR_CRED_NOECHOPROMPT],'root',None] conn = libvirt.openAuth("qemu:///system",auth,0) with open("/root/cflinux.xml") as f: xml=f.read() domain = conn.defineXML(xml) domain.createWithFlags(0) and report the error: libvir: Security Labeling error : internal error cannot load AppArmor profile 'libvirt-f0655289-318d-4aa7-b87a-6ce7cdead4ee' Traceback (most recent call last): File "a.py", line 7, in <module> domain.createWithFlags(0) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/libvirt.py", line 581, in createWithFlags if ret == -1: raise libvirtError ('virDomainCreateWithFlags() failed', dom=self) libvirt.libvirtError: internal error cannot load AppArmor profile 'libvirt-f0655289-318d-4aa7-b87a-6ce7cdead4ee' who can help me fix the error?What may cause the error? Thanks. -- 樱宝宝: http://www.xuanmingyi.com

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[libvirt-users] SCSI/IDE Devices in Guest
by Douglas Russell 01 Nov '12

01 Nov '12

I'm experimenting with how to attach storage to a guest virtual machine (I sent another message to th elist about that as it's slightly different) Looking in the XML files for my virtual machine, I see this: <disk type='file' device='disk'> <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/> <source file='/vm/myvm/tmpeuiVc9.qcow2'/> <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/> <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' unit='0'/> </disk> However, /dev/hda is not a device in the guest. It is /dev/sda. It's not really a problem in it's own right, but it's one of several connected things which don't make sense. Is there some explanation for this? I believe this is linked to some weirdness when I attach some extra storage like so: virsh attach-disk myvm /dev/lvm-group1/mystorage sdb --driver qemu --persistent This adds the following stanza: <disk type='block' device='disk'> <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/> <source dev='/dev/lvm-group1/mystorage'/> <target dev='sdb' bus='scsi'/> <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' unit='1'/> </disk> Looks about right. In the guest though, it pushes /dev/sda (root and swap are here on sda1 and sda2) upto /dev/sdb (sdb1 and sdb2). Somehow it still boots correctly despite fstab referrencing /dev/sda1 and /dev/sda2 for / and swap. The new /dev/sda is this storage I tried to add as sdb. What could be causing this? Thanks, Douglas

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[libvirt-users] Multicast with KVM NAT networking
by james pedia 31 Oct '12

31 Oct '12

I used omping to test multicast between 2 KVM VMs under same physical host, and it is not working in terms of multicast (normal pings/ssh works between these 2 VMs). How to enable multicast for KVM guests running under NAT networking mode under the same physical host? Per some doc from RedHat, it would be very slow using NAT with multicast for KVM. I have to use virbr0/NAT mode since I am using wireless. So although it would be slow, it should still work, but this is not the case for me.

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[libvirt-users] Attaching storage to a virtual machine
by Douglas Russell 31 Oct '12

31 Oct '12

I am slightly lost trying to attach some storage to a functioning virtual machine. If this where a real machine, I would simply be trying to mount a LVM volume. I have found a lot of documentation about adding storage pools, but I'm unsure if that is actually what I should be doing. Is that just for storage of the virtual machines themselves? Once I'd added my LVM volume group to virsh I could see no way of then assigning one volume of that to be offered as a logical volume to one particular virtual machine. I've also seen this: http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/13/html/Virtualization_Guide/sec… Looks like I could use that to assign one of the LVM volumes in my LVM volume group to the VM. If anyone could explain the different function of these two techniques and which sounds applicable I would be most grateful. Thanks, Douglas

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[libvirt-users] error : virPidFileAcquirePath:345 : Failed to acquire pid file '/home/corey/.libvirt/libvirtd.pid': Resource temporarily unavailable
by 何鑫 31 Oct '12

31 Oct '12

Hi all, When I try to start libvirtd, using "libvirtd -d", error notification shown below:error : virPidFileAcquirePath:345 : Failed to acquire pid file '/$HOME/.libvirt/libvirtd.pid': Resource temporarily unavailable Using "libvirtd -v", show: "libvirtd: error: Unable to obtain pidfile. Check /var/log/messages or run without --daemon for more info." The file "libvirtd.pid" only contains "2010" without any other infomation. I have checked that libvirtd has been installed in "/libvirt/sbin" with binary format by self-compiled. So how can I solve the problem? Or how to start libvirtd? Meanwhile, virsh can't search "libvirt-sock", because the libvirtd is not started successfully. Thanks a lot! Corey

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[libvirt-users] overriding shutdown for LXC
by erkan yanar 31 Oct '12

31 Oct '12

Moin Im using lxc@libvirt for LXC-applicationcontainer. Works quite nice for now, beside shutting down the container, which is not implemented. Hooks don't help here, as far as I found out. Is there a way to override/define the shutdown function? Regards Erkan -- über den grenzen muß die freiheit wohl wolkenlos sein

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