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by Gk Gk 27 Oct '23

27 Oct '23

Hi All, I am trying to collect memory, disk and network stats for a VM on kvm host. It seems that the statistics are not matching what the OS inside the VM is reporting. Why is this discrepancy ? Is this a known bug of libvirt ? Also I heard that libvirt shows cumulative figures for these measures ever since the VM was created. Also I tested by creating a new vm and comparing the stats without a reboot . Even in this case, the stats dont agree. Can someone help me here please ? Thanks Kumar

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Attach a GPS in preboot mode
by lnj.sam＠gmail.com 04 Feb '23

04 Feb '23

Hello everyone and best wishes for 2023 :) I have an old *Garmin Drive Smart 50 GPS* and I want to be able to attach it when it is in preboot mode to a VM hosted by a *Debian 11 host*. From what I understand, the preboot mode allows us to flash a firmware before the GPS actually starts (used among other things when the GPS is soft bricked). When I connect the GPS to the host it gives: |root@host:~# journalctl -kf|| ||# GPS in MTP storage mode (default when reset)|| ||...|| ||janv. 23 23:02:51 host kernel: usb 2-4: New USB device found, idVendor=091e, idProduct=48db, bcdDevice= 0.01|| ||janv. 23 23:02:51 host kernel: usb 2-4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=5|| ||...|| ||# GPS in mass storage mode|| ||...|| ||janv. 23 23:01:29 host kernel: usb 2-4: New USB device found, idVendor=091e, idProduct=28db, bcdDevice= 5.09|| ||janv. 23 23:01:29 host kernel: usb 2-4: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=5|| ||...|| ||# GPS in preboot mode|| ||...|| ||janv. 23 23:09:05 host kernel: usb 2-4: New USB device found, idVendor=091e, idProduct=0003, bcdDevice= 0.01|| ||janv. 23 23:09:05 host kernel: usb 2-4: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0|| ||janv. 23 23:09:13 host kernel: garmin_gps ttyUSB0: Garmin GPS usb/tty converter now disconnected from ttyUSB0| ... We see that *idVendor*, *idProduct*, *bcdDevice*, *Mfr*, *Product* and *SerialNumber* vary according to the modes.We also see that the GPS is seen as a *ttyUSB0* serial device. I managed to attach the GPS in preboot mode, thanks to a script which waits for the GPS to be detected in this mode (not detailed here so as not to overload, but I can publish it if necessary) and which attaches to a VM in running (*successfully tested on Debian 11 **and**Windows 7 guests*). Here is the code that generates the XML before attaching it : |...|| ||echo "<serial type='dev'> \|| || <source path='"$( \|| || ls -1 /dev/tty* | grep -Ev "tty(|S?[0-9]+)$" \|| || )"'/> \|| || <target type='usb-serial'> \|| || <vendor id='0x"$( \|| || echo 091e \|| || )"'/> \|| || <product id='0x"$( \|| || echo 28db \|| || )"'/> \|| || </target> \|| || </serial>" > serial_device.xml|| ||virsh attach-device vm-bullseye --file serial_device.xml &|| ||...| But once attached, this is what I see in the XML configuration of my VM (from *virt-manager*) : |<serial type="dev">|| || <source path="/dev/ttyUSB1"/>|| || <target type="usb-serial" port="1">|| || <model name="usb-serial"/>|| || </target>|| || <alias name="serial1"/>|| || <address type="usb" bus="0" port="4"/>|| ||</serial>| We see that libvirt has removed the *vendor/product id* from the XML. Also here is what I get from a *Debian 11 guest* : |root@vm-bullseye:~# journalctl -k -f|| ||...|| ||janv. 23 21:26:22 vm-bullseye kernel: usb 3-2: new full-speed USB device number 2 using uhci_hcd|| ||janv. 23 21:26:22 vm-bullseye kernel: usb 3-2: New USB device found, idVendor=0403, idProduct=6001, bcdDevice= 4.00|| ||janv. 23 21:26:22 vm-bullseye kernel: usb 3-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=4|| ||janv. 23 21:26:22 vm-bullseye kernel: usb 3-2: Product: QEMU USB SERIAL|| ||janv. 23 21:26:22 vm-bullseye kernel: usb 3-2: Manufacturer: QEMU|| ||janv. 23 21:26:22 vm-bullseye kernel: usb 3-2: SerialNumber: 1-0000:00:05.7-4|| ||janv. 23 21:26:22 vm-bullseye kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial_generic|| ||janv. 23 21:26:22 vm-bullseye kernel: usbserial: USB Serial support registered for generic|| ||janv. 23 21:26:22 vm-bullseye kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver ftdi_sio|| ||janv. 23 21:26:22 vm-bullseye kernel: usbserial: USB Serial support registered for FTDI USB Serial Device|| ||janv. 23 21:26:22 vm-bullseye kernel: ftdi_sio 3-2:1.0: FTDI USB Serial Device converter detected|| ||janv. 23 21:26:22 vm-bullseye kernel: usb 3-2: Detected FT232BM|| ||janv. 23 21:26:22 vm-bullseye kernel: usb 3-2: FTDI USB Serial Device converter now attached to ttyUSB0|| ||janv. 23 21:26:25 vm-bullseye kernel: usb 3-2: USB disconnect, device number 2|| ||janv. 23 21:26:25 vm-bullseye kernel: ftdi_sio ttyUSB0: FTDI USB Serial Device converter now disconnected from ttyUSB0|| ||janv. 23 21:26:25 vm-bullseye kernel: ftdi_sio 3-2:1.0: device disconnected|| ||...| The guest sees the GPS well but idVendor=*0403*, idProduct=*6001*, bcdDevice=4.00, Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=4 ... do not correspond to anything, and tools that expect GPS in preboot mode do not see it. My questions : Q1 : Is it possible ? Q2 : Am I doing it the right way ? Q3 : Is there a method to pass such a device directly (pass-through) ? Thank you in advance for the time you are going to devote to me :) With Adelphity, lnj

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WinServer2016 guest no mouse in VirtManager
by John McInnes 04 Feb '23

04 Feb '23

Hi! I recently converted several Windows Server VMs from HyperV to libvirt/KVM. The host is running openSUSE Leap 15.3. I used virt-v2v and I installed virtio drivers on all of them and it all went well - except for one VM. The mouse does not work for this VM in VirtualMachineManager. There is no cursor and no response. There are no issues showing in Windows Device Manager. The mouse shows up as a PS/2 mouse. Interestingly if I RDP into this VM using Microsoft Remote Desktop the mouse works fine. Any ideas? ---- John McInnes jmcinnes /\T svt.org

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libvirt error - "cannot set CPU affinity"
by Dipanjan Das 01 Feb '23

01 Feb '23

Hello, I am getting the following error message when trying to run a VM with the emulatorpin cpuset set to a value - "cannot set CPU affinity on process 78: Invalid argument". Note that removing the emulatorpin leads to the VM running successfully. The core that I am setting for the emulatorpin cpuset is present on the system and is not in the isolcpus set of the host. Any suggestions on what could be the problem? Any pointers to how to debug the issue would help greatly too. Some further details if they help - I am using kubevirt (KubeVirt.io <http://kubevirt.io/>) which uses libvirt to manage VM instances in a kubernetes environment. The libvirt version being used is 8.0.0. Thanks, Dipanjan Das

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USB Device Redirection | Change Access For Mount
by Stefanie Leisestreichler 16 Jan '23

16 Jan '23

Hi. I am using kvm/qemu to redirect my mobile phone in a Virtual Machine (via virt-viewer). The mount works automatically but unfortunately the permission to access the files (i.e. photos) is limited to the mounting user only. I want to grant access to other users also. How can I archive this? Thanks, Steffi

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Libvirt dnsmasq oddity
by Charles Curley 16 Jan '23

16 Jan '23

I seem to have hit an oddity in how dnsmasq operates for libvirt. I have two host machines each with several guests. One of those is also the local samba server. Guests on the non-samba server can resolve the samba server's host name correctly, so far without fail. Guests on the samba server sometimes get the correct IP address for the samba server, and other times get an IP address for the samba server of 127.0.1.1. That is the IP address provided in the host's /etc/hosts. Similarly for amanda and hosts. I have a workaround of hard coding the IP address in the fstab entry, but that's tacky. Is there a better way to handle this? One possible way: non-virtual machines use a bind9 server. dnsmasq has an option, --no-hosts, to inhibit reading the hostnames in /etc/hosts. How do I feed that to dnsmasq? Thank you. root@hawk:~# cat /etc/debian_version 11.6 root@hawk:~# lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Debian Description: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) Release: 11 Codename: bullseye root@hawk:~# pre libvirt dnsmasq qemu dnsmasq-base 2.85-1 amd64 gir1.2-libvirt-glib-1.0 3.0.0-1 amd64 ipxe-qemu 1.0.0+git-20190125.36a4c85-5.1 all libvirt0 7.0.0-3 amd64 libvirt-clients 7.0.0-3 amd64 libvirt-daemon 7.0.0-3 amd64 libvirt-daemon-config-network 7.0.0-3 all libvirt-daemon-config-nwfilter 7.0.0-3 all libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc 7.0.0-3 amd64 libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu 7.0.0-3 amd64 libvirt-daemon-driver-vbox 7.0.0-3 amd64 libvirt-daemon-driver-xen 7.0.0-3 amd64 libvirt-daemon-system 7.0.0-3 amd64 libvirt-daemon-system-systemd 7.0.0-3 all libvirt-glib-1.0-0 3.0.0-1 amd64 python3-libvirt 7.0.0-2 amd64 qemu 1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u2 amd64 qemu-system-common 1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u2 amd64 qemu-system-data 1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u2 all qemu-system-gui 1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u2 amd64 qemu-system-x86 1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u2 amd64 qemu-utils 1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u2 amd64 root@hawk:~# -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com https://charlescurley.com/blog/

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virConnectGetDomainCapabilities
by Simon Fairweather 14 Jan '23

14 Jan '23

Hi Is there a php api version for this? Regards Smon

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question about virtio related options: ats=on and iommu=on
by Yalan Zhang 09 Jan '23

09 Jan '23

Hi, I have a question about the virtio related options, could someone please help to confirm? In my understanding, the ats='on' should depend on the "iommu=on", but I'm not sure about it. Please check the details below. Thank you! Details: 1. set vm with intel iommu device, and enable iommu for virtio filesystem device: # virsh dumpxml rhel --xpath //iommu <iommu model="intel"> <driver intremap="on" caching_mode="on" iotlb="on"/> </iommu> Set iommu="on" ats="on" for virtio filesystem device: # virsh dumpxml rhel --xpath //filesystem <filesystem type="mount" accessmode="passthrough"> <driver type="virtiofs" queue="512" iommu="on" ats="on"/> <binary path="/usr/libexec/virtiofsd" xattr="on"> <cache mode="none"/> </binary> <source dir="/path1"/> <target dir="mount_tag1"/> <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x04" slot="0x00" function="0x0"/> </filesystem> 2. failed to start the vm since "iommu_platform=true is not supported by the device" # virsh start rhel error: Failed to start domain 'rhel' error: internal error: qemu unexpectedly closed the monitor: 2023-01-09T03:48:03.198629Z qemu-kvm: -device {"driver":"vhost-user-fs-pci","iommu_platform":true,"ats":true,"id":"fs0","chardev":"chr-vu-fs0","queue-size":512,"tag":"mount_tag1","bus":"pci.4","addr":"0x0"}: iommu_platform=true is not supported by the device 3. update the xml to be with only ats="on", vm can start successfully, which is not expected. # virsh dumpxml rhel --xpath //filesystem <filesystem type="mount" accessmode="passthrough"> <driver type="virtiofs" queue="512" ats="on"/> <binary path="/usr/libexec/virtiofsd" xattr="on"> <cache mode="none"/> </binary> <source dir="/path1"/> <target dir="mount_tag1"/> <alias name="fs0"/> <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x04" slot="0x00" function="0x0"/> </filesystem> the qemu cmd line: -chardev socket,id=chr-vu-fs0,path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain-5-rhel/fs0-fs.sock \ -device '{"driver":"vhost-user-fs-pci","ats":true,"id":"fs0","chardev":"chr-vu-fs0","queue-size":512,"tag":"mount_tag1","bus":"pci.4","addr":"0x0"}' Refer to libvirt.org: QEMU's virtio devices have some attributes related to the virtio transport under the driver element: The iommu attribute enables the use of emulated IOMMU by the device. The attribute ats controls the Address Translation Service support for PCIe devices. This is needed to make use of IOTLB support (see IOMMU devices). Possible values are on or off. In my understanding, the ats='on' should depend on the iommu='on', so if the device does not support iommu, it should not support ats, eigher. I'm not sure if the understanding is correct. Could someone please help to confirm it? Thank you! Yalan

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Public IPv6 Bridges
by André Malm 08 Jan '23

08 Jan '23

I'm having trouble getting IPv6 to work for my KVM/qemu guests. I have two bridges setup, one routed (external, non libvirt) bridge for public dedicated ipv4 + ipv6 which works for both protocols. Then I have a libvirt nat bridge (with the routed bridge as parent) with a nated ipv4 (that works) and I also want a public ipv6. I'm able to transmit udp packets out but I never get any response. Looking at tcpdump there are incoming neighbor solicitations that get unanswered and don't get forwarded to the guest. Do I need to set something special up for this to work? Ubuntu 22.04 / Libvirt 8.0.0 The routed bridge (pubBr) has ipv6 2001:x:x:7d8e:: - My nat bridge config below: <network> <name>natbr</name> <bridge name="natbr" /> <forward mode='nat' dev='pubBr'> <nat> <port start='8000' end='30000'/> </nat> </forward> <ip address="10.1.1.1" netmask="255.255.0.0"> <dhcp> <range start='10.1.1.2' end='10.1.1.255'/> </dhcp> </ip> <ip family="ipv6" address="2001:x:x:7d8e::1" prefix="64"> <dhcp> <host name="test" ip="2001:x:x:7d8e:a01:2ff::"/> </dhcp> </ip> </network> Thanks!

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libvirt_connect_get_nic_models
by Simon Fairweather 02 Jan '23

02 Jan '23

Hi Can you confirm that I source get an array of these when running this api call, currently I just get a return of false root@computenode:/mnt/testpool# qemu -nic model=help Supported NIC models: e1000 e1000-82544gc e1000-82545em e1000e i82550 i82551 i82557a i82557b i82557c i82558a i82558b i82559a i82559b i82559c i82559er i82562 i82801 ne2k_pci pcnet rtl8139 tulip virtio-net-pci virtio-net-pci-non-transitional virtio-net-pci-transitional vmxnet3 function domain_get_nic_models($arch = 'x86_64') { $tmp = libvirt_connect_get_nic_models($this->conn, $arch) ; return ($tmp) ? $tmp : $this->_set_last_error(); }

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