September 2012 - Users - libvirt List Archives

[libvirt-users] some problem with snapshot by libvirt
by xingxing gao 22 Nov '14

22 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] Create and revert to snapshot fails silently after device update on running domain
by Jasper Spit 19 Oct '12

19 Oct '12

Hi list, I'm having an issue with snapshot creation. Scenario: qemu 1.1 libvirt 0.9.12 I create a domain, and start it. The domain has 1 IDE cdrom device defined (see below). When started, I want to mount an ISO file to it. So I do updateDeviceFlags in libvirt-python or update-device in virsh (both have the same problem). This works fine, the ISO image becomes available to the domain. Now I create a snapshot on the still running domain using snapshotCreateXML in libvirt-python or snapshot-create in virsh. The command returns immediately without error (a normal snapshot takes several seconds to complete). If I revert to this snapshot this command also returns immediately without error, but the snapshot is not actually reverted to, the domain remains running in the same state as if nothing had happened (I test this by verifying console output and checking if a testfile is present on the domain). If I do not use the update device commands prior to creating a snapshot, all is well. If I remove the source from the cdrom device using update device, the snapshots work properly again. Any idea what causes this? Steps to reproduce using virsh: virsh # start 4d5d722b-864c-657e-0f39-55d1bafc760e Domain 4d5d722b-864c-657e-0f39-55d1bafc760e started virsh # snapshot-create 4d5d722b-864c-657e-0f39-55d1bafc760e Domain snapshot 1348653920 created virsh # snapshot-revert 4d5d722b-864c-657e-0f39-55d1bafc760e 1348653920 All is good, the snapshot is reverted to properly. Now I update the cdrom device: virsh # update-device 4d5d722b-864c-657e-0f39-55d1bafc760e deb.xml Device updated successfully virsh # snapshot-create 4d5d722b-864c-657e-0f39-55d1bafc760e Domain snapshot 1348654116 created Command returns instantly. virsh # snapshot-revert 4d5d722b-864c-657e-0f39-55d1bafc760e 1348654116 No errors, but the snapshot is not reverted to. Now I remove the <source .../> again and do an update-device. virsh # update-device 4d5d722b-864c-657e-0f39-55d1bafc760e deb-off.xml Device updated successfully virsh # snapshot-create 4d5d722b-864c-657e-0f39-55d1bafc760e Domain snapshot 1348654540 created virsh # snapshot-revert 4d5d722b-864c-657e-0f39-55d1bafc760e 1348654540 Snapshot is created and reverted to properly. virsh # dumpxml 4d5d722b-864c-657e-0f39-55d1bafc760e <domain type='kvm' id='135'> <name>4d5d722b-864c-657e-0f39-55d1bafc760e</name> <uuid>4d5d722b-864c-657e-0f39-55d1bafc760e</uuid> <memory unit='KiB'>786432</memory> <currentMemory unit='KiB'>786432</currentMemory> <vcpu placement='static'>1</vcpu> <os> <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-1.1'>hvm</type> <boot dev='hd'/> <boot dev='cdrom'/> </os> <features> <acpi/> <apic/> <pae/> </features> <clock offset='utc'/> <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff> <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot> <on_crash>destroy</on_crash> <devices> <emulator>/usr/bin/kvm</emulator> <disk type='file' device='cdrom'> <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/> <source file='/data/images/debian-live-6.0.4-amd64-standard.iso'/> <target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/> <readonly/> <alias name='ide0-1-0'/> <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='1' target='0' unit='0'/> </disk> <disk type='file' device='disk'> <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/> <source file='/data/domains/2f8baacd-563c-b747-b621-c0ddb4aa84bd'/> <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/> <alias name='virtio-disk0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x05' function='0x0'/> </disk> <controller type='usb' index='0'> <alias name='usb0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x2'/> </controller> <controller type='ide' index='0'> <alias name='ide0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/> </controller> <interface type='bridge'> <mac address='52:54:00:39:86:29'/> <source bridge='br0'/> <target dev='vnet2'/> <model type='virtio'/> <alias name='net0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/> </interface> <input type='tablet' bus='usb'> <alias name='input0'/> </input> <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/> <graphics type='vnc' port='5902' autoport='yes'/> <video> <model type='vga' vram='9216' heads='1'/> <alias name='video0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/> </video> <memballoon model='virtio'> <alias name='balloon0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04' function='0x0'/> </memballoon> </devices> <seclabel type='none'/> </domain> deb.xml: <disk type='file' device='cdrom'> <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/> <source file='/data/images/debian-live-6.0.4-amd64-standard.iso'/> <target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/> </disk> deb-off.xml: <disk type='file' device='cdrom'> <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/> <target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/> </disk> Thanks much, - Jasper

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[libvirt-users] can not connect hypervisor using libvirt-0.9.8 on windows
by xuanmao_001 10 Oct '12

10 Oct '12

Hi, Eric: I compiled libvirt-0.9.8 source code with the msys environment on windows xp. the compiltion was successed. but when I connect the remote host using virsh.exe, it occured error like: error: Failed to connect to the hypervisor error: Unable to set close-on-exec flag: No such file or directory Is there something wrong? give me some help, thanks! xuanmao_001

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[libvirt-users] alias as volume names for multipath storrage pools
by Michael Menge 05 Oct '12

05 Oct '12

Hi, I use virt-manager 0.9.4 and libvirt 0.9.13-0 and have configured a multipath storage pool. In the storage management window of virtmanager, only the short device name "dm-1" is shown as volumename. Is there a way to display the alias name or the path in thes storage window, as example_vm_root oder /dev/mapper/example_vm_root is more informative as dm-1 Regards Michael Menge -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Menge Tel.: (49) 7071/29-70316 Universität Tübingen Fax.: (49) 7071/29-5912 Zentrum für Datenverarbeitung mail: michael.menge(a)zdv.uni-tuebingen.de Wächterstraße 76 72074 Tübingen

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[libvirt-users] High availability for guests
by Renich Bon Ciric 30 Sep '12

30 Sep '12

Hello, What is the recommended way to offer high availability to Guests? For example, let host1, host2 and host3 be libvirt and KVM/Qemu enabled. If I start a guest in host1, how can I guarantee that it will stay online if host1 goes down? GlusterFS, for example, would take care of storage; but what about CPU and RAM? How can this be accomplished? Thank you for any feedback or comment in adavance. -- It's hard to be free... but I love to struggle. Love isn't asked for; it's just given. Respect isn't asked for; it's earned! Renich Bon Ciric http://www.woralelandia.com/ http://www.introbella.com/

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[libvirt-users] Inconsistent iptables forwarding rules for virtual networks?
by Marwan Tanager 27 Sep '12

27 Sep '12

Hi everyone. Those are the iptables forwarding rules associated with the two virtual networks on my machine: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -A FORWARD -d 192.168.100.0/24 -o virbr1 -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT -A FORWARD -s 192.168.100.0/24 -i virbr1 -j ACCEPT -A FORWARD -i virbr1 -o virbr1 -j ACCEPT -A FORWARD -o virbr1 -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-port-unreachable -A FORWARD -i virbr1 -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-port-unreachable -A FORWARD -d 192.168.122.0/24 -o virbr0 -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT -A FORWARD -s 192.168.122.0/24 -i virbr0 -j ACCEPT -A FORWARD -i virbr0 -o virbr0 -j ACCEPT -A FORWARD -o virbr0 -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-port-unreachable -A FORWARD -i virbr0 -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-port-unreachable ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using this setup I can ping from a guest on 192.168.100.0/24 to a guest on 192.168.122.0/24, however the reverse is not possible (I get 'port unreachable' icmp messages). This is caused by the fourth rule, which rejects packets forwarded to virbr1. Moving the fourth rule to the end, obviously eliminates this problem. So, is this default setup intentional for some reason, or should the rules just be rearranged by libvirt, so that any rule on the FORWARD chain which has a REJECT target (which reject forwarding "to" some virtual interface) would go to the end of the chain, and thus, allowing the virtual networks to reach each other by default? Thanks. Marwan

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[libvirt-users] minor swap issue ....
by William A. Mahaffey III 26 Sep '12

26 Sep '12

.... I have a CentOS 5.n VM running on a Fedora 14 server/host, installed using virt-manager, pretty plain vanilla. I use it to compile binaries to run under RHEL/CentOS 5.n OS. I occasionally notice that when the VM gets paged out by the server, it takes several minutes to get it back in :-/ (see below). On the host, logged in to a shell through a terminal window, this A.M.: [wam@Q6600, test, 10:09:08am] 3384 % /sbin/swapon -s ; free -m ; uname -a ; /sbin/hwclock -r ; date Filename Type Size Used Priority /dev/md2 partition 16773116 1967524 -1 total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 7993 7932 61 0 11 7176 -/+ buffers/cache: 744 7249 Swap: 16379 1921 14458 Linux Q6600 2.6.35.14-106.fc14.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Nov 23 13:07:52 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Tue Sep 25 10:09:11 2012 -0.890900 seconds Tue Sep 25 10:09:11 CDT 2012 [wam@Q6600, test, 10:09:11am] 3385 % /sbin/swapon -s ; free -m ; uname -a ; /sbin/hwclock -r ; date Filename Type Size Used Priority /dev/md2 partition 16773116 1415136 -1 total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 7993 7939 54 0 12 6358 -/+ buffers/cache: 1568 6425 Swap: 16379 1381 14998 Linux Q6600 2.6.35.14-106.fc14.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Nov 23 13:07:52 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Tue Sep 25 10:14:09 2012 -0.281487 seconds Tue Sep 25 10:14:09 CDT 2012 [wam@Q6600, test, 10:14:09am] 3385 % on the VM, logged in through a different terminal window: [wam@centos-5, CFD, 10:09:14am] 6507 % [wam@centos-5, CFD, 10:09:14am] 6507 % ( cd ../Utils/ ; make extra ) ; cd . make[1]: Entering directory `/home/wam/dev/CFD/Utils' make[2]: Entering directory `/home/wam/dev/CFD/Utils' /home/wam/dev/CFD/Utils/../lib/R4/SSE2/libutils.a up to date. make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/wam/dev/CFD/Utils' make[2]: Entering directory `/home/wam/dev/CFD/Utils' /home/wam/dev/CFD/Utils/../lib/R8/SSE2/libutils.a up to date. make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/wam/dev/CFD/Utils' make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/wam/dev/CFD/Utils' cd /net/cube/home/wam/V8/Cnx/test/junk/cart/unstaggered/bfc/utils; icc -c -DNDEBUG -DUNDER_SCORE_SYS -DLOSE_GAMMAL -gcc-version=340 -gcc-name=gcc34 -fabi-version=2 -I /net/cube/home/wam/V8/Cnx/test/junk/cart/unstaggered/bfc/include -wd138,167,186,266,279,880,1418,1419,2330,2331 -O3 -ip -opt-prefetch -parallel -opt-multi-version-aggressive -xSSE2 -DP64_BIT test.cpp cd /net/cube/home/wam/V8/Cnx/test/junk/cart/unstaggered/bfc/utils; icc -o /home/wam/bin/checkout -parallel -mkl=parallel -Wl,-s test.o -L /home/wam/dev/CFD/Utils/../lib/R4/SSE2 -Wl,--start-group -lutils -lMemIO -Wl,--end-group && \rm -f test.o Done with extra. [wam@centos-5, CFD, 10:12:36am] 6508 % i.e. it took 3+ min. to get back to the prompt for this command (usually about 5 sec.) .... This isn't a show-stopped by any means, but it is irritating. From the timestamps & data from the host & guest, apparently all of that was used up swapping the guest back in. Is there any way to either prioritize the VM to not get swapped out, or preferentially swapped back in :-) ? TIA for any pointers .... -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.

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[libvirt-users] Xen Paravirtualized Guest and drive order
by Cyril Peponnet 25 Sep '12

25 Sep '12

Hello, When defining a paravirtulized xen guest and use pygrub as a loader, it will seek into the first drive defined in order to fetch the kernel and boot the machine. As the boot tag is not used, and boot order seems to have no effect, I try to define the disk I want the kernel been seeked as first in my xml definition. Unfortunately, after defining the vm, the order is not kept. As I have seen, the order is made by alphabetical order. I mean if I define a disk as xvda and a cdrom as xvdc, the first drive will be the disk xvda. To be able to make the cdrom first I need to define xvda as a target for cdrom and xvdb or xvdc ... for the disk. It is not really usefull... Is there any way to keep the order of drive as defined in the xml config file ? Thanks

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[libvirt-users] Quadratic function-like call delay
by Andrey Korolyov 25 Sep '12

25 Sep '12

Hi, There is a quite annoying thing, don`t sure if I can call it a bug. How to reproduce: - start a bunch of VMs, - stop libvirt, - start libvirt and immediately issue any call, say, 'virsh version', - delay until call completion may be fitted nearly as quadratic function from number of running VMs, qemu-kvm in my case (see link below). After this delay passed, any calls executed without slowdown, so problem is only a 'dead gap' after restarting service. http://xdel.ru/downloads/libvirt.png

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