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[libvirt-users] Why a max mem setting?
by Andreas Davour 28 Aug '12

28 Aug '12

Hi I have just started to investigate the possibilities of resizing memory for my kvm virtual machines on the fly. It works just fine with virsh setmem and that's great. Now, what I'm wondering about is the <memory> directive in the xml domain definition. Why would I not just set that to the size of available RAM in the host machine? Am I missing some nuance or finesse to the handling of memory? What would happen if I had three virtual machines with max set to physical max and then used setmem to give one of the virtual machines more than its third? Thank for any feedback. I could maybe just try the latter out, but I have no machine I could crash if that's the result... /andreas

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[libvirt-users] What's the api virConnectBaselineCPU used for?
by Timon Wang 28 Aug '12

28 Aug '12

Could anyone tell me what is virConnectBaselineCPU exactly do. What could I do which this API. It's very nice to give me a simple example. -- Focus on: Network security,Scanner,NodeJS,JAVA,WWW Blog: http://www.nohouse.net

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[libvirt-users] question about using openAuth with Python
by lulin Fan 27 Aug '12

27 Aug '12

Hi guys Is anybody can help me how to use openAuth to connect a remote URI without input the boring password? we assume the password of root for remote machine is "123456". Even I running the example in libvirt library esxlist.py(change uri to a qemu type and assign the username and password). Bellow is my simple test code, unfortunately it still need me to input the password. import libvirt def authcb(ncred, cbdata): for cred in ncred: if cred[0] == libvirt.VIR_CRED_AUTHNAME: cred[4] = "root" elif cred == libvirt.VIR_CRED_PASSPHRASE: cred[4] = "123456" return 0 class connection: def __init__(self, uri): self.uri = uri def open(self): auth = [[libvirt.VIR_CRED_AUTHNAME, libvirt.VIR_CRED_PASSPHRASE], authcb, None] vm_conn = libvirt.openAuth(self.uri, auth, 0); print self.uri if vm_conn == None: print 'Failed to open connection to %s' % self.uri for name in vm_conn.listDefinedDomains(): print name vm = vm_conn.lookupByName(name) if __name__ == '__main__': conn = connection('qemu+ssh://root@192.168.1.203/system') conn.open() Thanks fan

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Re: [libvirt-users] automatically detaching PCI host devices from guest for SRIOV usage.
by Rajesh Kumar Mallah 27 Aug '12

27 Aug '12

Dear Alex , What do you have in the Host ? Does the guests behave as we are expecting them to behave in our setup ? <offtopic> can i get rhel6.2 for trying? </offtopic> Also i have attached the files this time. Regards, Rajesh Kumar Mallah Tel. 91-11-46710500 (Ext:303) Cell +919811255597 Website: http://www.tradeindia.com/ \|/ \|/ \|/ stop printing \|/ \|/ \|/ | | | start planting | | | ----- "Alex Jia" <ajia(a)redhat.com> wrote: | From: "Alex Jia" <ajia(a)redhat.com> | To: "Rajesh Kumar Mallah" <mallah(a)tradeindia.com> | Cc: libvirt-users(a)redhat.com, "vikas pandey" <vikas_pandey(a)tradeindia.com> | Sent: Monday, August 27, 2012 12:55:14 PM | Subject: Re: [libvirt-users] automatically detaching PCI host devices from guest for SRIOV usage. | | Hi Rajesh, | I guess you forgot to attach your attachments in here. | As usual, I tried to directly assign a PF or VF of the Intel82576 | to guest on RHEL6.2, my box is Dell Optiplex 755. | | -- | Regards, | Alex | | | ----- Original Message ----- | From: "Rajesh Kumar Mallah" <mallah(a)tradeindia.com> | To: "Alex Jia" <ajia(a)redhat.com> | Cc: libvirt-users(a)redhat.com, "vikas pandey" | <vikas_pandey(a)tradeindia.com> | Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2012 2:31:20 PM | Subject: Re: [libvirt-users] automatically detaching PCI host devices | from guest for SRIOV usage. | | Dear Alex/List , | | I am attaching a zip file that contains a set of files. | The files that start with case-1 is the case when the PCI | device is detached prior to shutdown. case-2 is otherwise. | | Kindly have a look when you have time and see if there | is any hints. | | BTW can you suggest in what free platform does SRIOV and direct | PCI assignment *really* works so that we could try on that as well. | | Regards, | Rajesh Kumar Mallah | Tel. 91-11-46710500 (Ext:303) | Cell +919811255597 | Website: http://www.tradeindia.com/ | \|/ \|/ \|/ stop printing \|/ \|/ \|/ | | | | start planting | | | | | | ----- "Alex Jia" <ajia(a)redhat.com> wrote: | | | From: "Alex Jia" <ajia(a)redhat.com> | | To: "Rajesh Kumar Mallah" <mallah(a)tradeindia.com> | | Cc: libvirt-users(a)redhat.com, "vikas pandey" | <vikas_pandey(a)tradeindia.com> | | Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 8:21:58 AM | | Subject: Re: [libvirt-users] automatically detaching PCI host | devices from guest for SRIOV usage. | | | | ----- Original Message ----- | | From: "Rajesh Kumar Mallah" <mallah(a)tradeindia.com> | | To: "Alex Jia" <ajia(a)redhat.com> | | Cc: libvirt-users(a)redhat.com, "vikas pandey" | | <vikas_pandey(a)tradeindia.com> | | Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 7:37:05 PM | | Subject: Re: [libvirt-users] automatically detaching PCI host | devices | | from guest for SRIOV usage. | | | | | | | | | | | Could you attach your libvirtd.log? which's version your | libvirt? | | | in addition, if your guest has a desktop, please login and check | if | | | | | the network configuration exists issues. | | | | | | Thanks, | | | Alex | | | | Dear Alex , | | | | What logging level is useful for you ? | | | | Dear Rajesh, | | | | Level 1 (Debug) should be enough, but I guess it probably hasn't | more | | help for us, | | you had better to login the guest then check network when you were | | meeting this issue | | again, for example, to check if network configuration is valid and | try | | to restart | | relevant network services to see if the guest network can work | again | | or something | | like that, In addition, you shut down the guest via running 'halt' | in | | the guest, | | Does it work for you if you use libvirt relevant interface such as | | 'virsh shutdown guest' | | or 'virsh destroy guest'? | | | | | | Regards, | | Alex | | | | | | | | Regards, | | Rajesh Kumar Mallah | | Tel. 91-11-46710500 (Ext:303) | | Cell +919811255597 | | Website: http://www.tradeindia.com/ | | \|/ \|/ \|/ stop printing \|/ \|/ \|/ | | | | | start planting | | |

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Re: [libvirt-users] automatically detaching PCI host devices from guest for SRIOV usage.
by Rajesh Kumar Mallah 27 Aug '12

27 Aug '12

Dear Alex / List , I did some changes which i want you to know. I installed ixgbevf on the host and libvirt does attach and detach the VFs from the host and guests. But the connectivity issue is there. root@debian-squeeze:~# readlink -f /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:04\:10.0/driver /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ixgbevf root@debian-squeeze:~# /usr/local/libvirt/bin/virsh start new-installed Domain new-installed started root@debian-squeeze:~# readlink -f /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:04\:10.0/driver /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub root@debian-squeeze:~# ping 192.168.101.10 PING 192.168.101.10 (192.168.101.10) 56(84) bytes of data. >From 192.168.100.6 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable >From 192.168.100.6 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable >From 192.168.100.6 icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable >From 192.168.100.6 icmp_seq=4 Destination Host Unreachable >From 192.168.100.6 icmp_seq=5 Destination Host Unreachable >From 192.168.100.6 icmp_seq=6 Destination Host Unreachable >From 192.168.100.6 icmp_seq=7 Destination Host Unreachable >From 192.168.100.6 icmp_seq=8 Destination Host Unreachable >From 192.168.100.6 icmp_seq=9 Destination Host Unreachable 64 bytes from 192.168.101.10: icmp_req=10 ttl=64 time=812 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.101.10: icmp_req=11 ttl=64 time=0.351 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.101.10: icmp_req=12 ttl=64 time=0.293 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.101.10: icmp_req=13 ttl=64 time=0.364 ms ^C root@debian-squeeze:~# ssh 192.168.101.10 root(a)192.168.101.10's password: root@new-installed:~# halt The system is going down for system halt NOW!s/0) (Tue Aug 21 18:28:27 2012): root@new-installed:~# Connection to 192.168.101.10 closed by remote host. Connection to 192.168.101.10 closed. root@debian-squeeze:~# root@debian-squeeze:~# root@debian-squeeze:~# root@debian-squeeze:~# root@debian-squeeze:~# readlink -f /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:04\:10.0/driver /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ixgbevf root@debian-squeeze:~# /usr/local/libvirt/bin/virsh start new-installed Domain new-installed started root@debian-squeeze:~# readlink -f /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:04\:10.0/driver /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub root@debian-squeeze:~# ping 192.168.101.10 PING 192.168.101.10 (192.168.101.10) 56(84) bytes of data. >From 192.168.100.6 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable >From 192.168.100.6 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable >From 192.168.100.6 icmp_seq=5 Destination Host Unreachable >From 192.168.100.6 icmp_seq=6 Destination Host Unreachable >From 192.168.100.6 icmp_seq=7 Destination Host Unreachable >From 192.168.100.6 icmp_seq=8 Destination Host Unreachable ^C N ever came! Please suggest if there is any way out. Relevant kernel logs: Aug 21 18:28:34 debian-squeeze kernel: [ 290.068511] ixgbevf 0000:04:10.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002) Aug 21 18:28:34 debian-squeeze kernel: [ 290.069216] ixgbevf 0000:04:10.0: enabling bus mastering Aug 21 18:28:34 debian-squeeze kernel: [ 290.082458] ixgbevf 0000:04:10.0: irq 127 for MSI/MSI-X Aug 21 18:28:34 debian-squeeze kernel: [ 290.082482] ixgbevf 0000:04:10.0: irq 128 for MSI/MSI-X Aug 21 18:28:34 debian-squeeze kernel: [ 290.082503] ixgbevf 0000:04:10.0: irq 129 for MSI/MSI-X Aug 21 18:28:34 debian-squeeze kernel: [ 290.141706] ixgbe 0000:04:00.0: eth0: Set MAC msg received from VF 0 Aug 21 18:28:34 debian-squeeze kernel: [ 290.142548] ixgbe 0000:04:00.0: eth0: Set LPE msg received from vf 0 Aug 21 18:28:34 debian-squeeze kernel: [ 290.150487] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth2: link is not ready Aug 21 18:28:34 debian-squeeze kernel: [ 290.153637] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth2: link becomes ready Aug 21 18:28:45 debian-squeeze ntpdate[40135]: step time server 202.190.183.188 offset -0.004582 sec Aug 21 18:28:46 debian-squeeze snmpd[39480]: IfIndex of an interface changed. Aug 21 18:29:39 debian-squeeze kernel: [ 355.486987] pci-stub 0000:04:10.0: claimed by stub Aug 21 18:29:39 debian-squeeze kernel: [ 355.826741] pci-stub 0000:04:10.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002) Aug 21 18:29:40 debian-squeeze kernel: [ 356.484437] assign device 0:4:10.0 Aug 21 18:29:47 debian-squeeze kernel: [ 363.296117] kvm: 40206: cpu0 unhandled rdmsr: 0xc0010001 Aug 21 18:29:55 debian-squeeze kernel: [ 371.643998] ixgbe 0000:04:00.0: eth0: Set MAC msg received from VF 0 Aug 21 18:29:55 debian-squeeze kernel: [ 371.644661] ixgbe 0000:04:00.0: eth0: Set LPE msg received from vf 0 Aug 21 18:29:55 debian-squeeze kernel: [ 371.663095] pci-stub 0000:04:10.0: irq 127 for MSI/MSI-X Aug 21 18:29:55 debian-squeeze kernel: [ 371.694983] pci-stub 0000:04:10.0: irq 127 for MSI/MSI-X Aug 21 18:29:55 debian-squeeze kernel: [ 371.695009] pci-stub 0000:04:10.0: irq 128 for MSI/MSI-X Aug 21 18:29:55 debian-squeeze kernel: [ 371.758805] pci-stub 0000:04:10.0: irq 127 for MSI/MSI-X Aug 21 18:29:55 debian-squeeze kernel: [ 371.758833] pci-stub 0000:04:10.0: irq 128 for MSI/MSI-X Aug 21 18:29:55 debian-squeeze kernel: [ 371.758856] pci-stub 0000:04:10.0: irq 129 for MSI/MSI-X Regards, Rajesh Kumar Mallah Tel. 91-11-46710500 (Ext:303) Cell +919811255597 Website: http://www.tradeindia.com/ \|/ \|/ \|/ stop printing \|/ \|/ \|/ | | | start planting | | | ----- "Rajesh Kumar Mallah" <mallah(a)tradeindia.com> wrote: | From: "Rajesh Kumar Mallah" <mallah(a)tradeindia.com> | To: "Alex Jia" <ajia(a)redhat.com> | Cc: libvirt-users(a)redhat.com, "vikas pandey" <vikas_pandey(a)tradeindia.com> | Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 11:00:24 AM | Subject: Re: [libvirt-users] automatically detaching PCI host devices from guest for SRIOV usage. | | | Dear Alex , | | Thanks Once again for responding. I tried to replicate your steps. in our case readlink always reveals that the pci device is being | handled by the pci-stub driver (as in our case ixgbevf is absent in the host) | | Below is an annotaded sequence of events. | | Check status : # readlink -f /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:04\:10.0/driver /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub | | Content of the nic.xml: | root@debian-squeeze:/usr/local/libvirt/etc/libvirt/qemu# cat /root/nic.xml <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'> <source> <address domain='0x0000' bus='0x04' slot='0x10' function='0x0'/> </source> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/> </hostdev> # readlink -f /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:04\:10.0/driver /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub | | corrent connectivity is OK | # ping 192.168.101.10 PING 192.168.101.10 (192.168.101.10) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 192.168.101.10: icmp_req=1 ttl=64 time=0.491 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.101.10: icmp_req=2 ttl=64 time=0.384 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.101.10: icmp_req=3 ttl=64 time=0.310 ms ^C --- 192.168.101.10 ping statistics --- 3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 1998ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.310/0.395/0.491/0.074 ms # readlink -f /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:04\:10.0/driver /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub | | Detach and reattach and check connectivity in running guest. | note: the guest has pci hotplug support , the ethernet interfaces | are configured to allow hotplug and IP is statically assigned. | # virsh detach-device new-installed /root/nic.xml Device detached successfully # readlink -f /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:04\:10.0/driver /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub root@debian-squeeze:/usr/local/libvirt/etc/libvirt/qemu# ping 192.168.101.10 PING 192.168.101.10 (192.168.101.10) 56(84) bytes of data. >From 192.168.100.6 icmp_seq=9 Destination Host Unreachable >From 192.168.100.6 icmp_seq=10 Destination Host Unreachable >From 192.168.100.6 icmp_seq=11 Destination Host Unreachable ^C --- 192.168.101.10 ping statistics --- 14 packets transmitted, 0 received, +3 errors, 100% packet loss, time 13096ms pipe 3 # virsh attach-device new-installed /root/nic.xml Device attached successfully # ping 192.168.101.10 PING 192.168.101.10 (192.168.101.10) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 192.168.101.10: icmp_req=1 ttl=64 time=0.507 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.101.10: icmp_req=2 ttl=64 time=0.388 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.101.10: icmp_req=3 ttl=64 time=0.314 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.101.10: icmp_req=4 ttl=64 time=0.315 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.101.10: icmp_req=5 ttl=64 time=0.335 ms ^C --- 192.168.101.10 ping statistics --- 5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 3998ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.314/0.371/0.507/0.076 ms # readlink -f /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:04\:10.0/driver /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub | Above proves that detach-attach cycle was successful. | # virsh detach-device new-installed /root/nic.xml Device detached successfully | | Please note that guest is being shutdown with nic detached. | | # virsh shutdown new-installed Domain new-installed is being shutdown | Guest being started again : | | # virsh start new-installed Domain new-installed started # ping 192.168.101.10 PING 192.168.101.10 (192.168.101.10) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 192.168.101.10: icmp_req=1 ttl=64 time=0.583 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.101.10: icmp_req=2 ttl=64 time=0.402 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.101.10: icmp_req=3 ttl=64 time=0.308 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.101.10: icmp_req=4 ttl=64 time=0.316 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.101.10: icmp_req=5 ttl=64 time=0.318 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.101.10: icmp_req=6 ttl=64 time=0.247 ms ^C --- 192.168.101.10 ping statistics --- 6 packets transmitted, 6 received, 0% packet loss, time 4997ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.247/0.362/0.583/0.109 ms | Please note on starting the guest the PCI device came up | and connectivity was established. The device was also defined | inside the guest XML. | | | Now shutting down the Guest without detaching. | | # virsh shutdown new-installed Domain new-installed is being shutdown # virsh start new-installed Domain new-installed started | | # ping 192.168.101.10 PING 192.168.101.10 (192.168.101.10) 56(84) bytes of data. >From 192.168.100.6 icmp_seq=9 Destination Host Unreachable >From 192.168.100.6 icmp_seq=10 Destination Host Unreachable >From 192.168.100.6 icmp_seq=11 Destination Host Unreachable ^C --- 192.168.101.10 ping statistics --- 14 packets transmitted, 0 received, +3 errors, 100% packet loss, time 13095ms pipe 3 CONNECTION IS LOST | | We are using latest libvirtd (0.9.13) , lastest ixgbe/ixgbevf (from sf) , lastest stable kernel (3.5.1) | | Regards, | Rajesh Kumar Mallah | Tel. 91-11-46710500 (Ext:303) | Cell +919811255597 | Website: http://www.tradeindia.com/ | \|/ \|/ \|/ stop printing \|/ \|/ \|/ | | | | start planting | | | | | | ----- "Alex Jia" <ajia(a)redhat.com> wrote: | | From: "Alex Jia" <ajia(a)redhat.com> | | To: "Rajesh Kumar Mallah" <mallah(a)tradeindia.com> | | Cc: libvirt-users(a)redhat.com | | Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 9:34:24 AM | | Subject: Re: [libvirt-users] automatically detaching PCI host devices from guest for SRIOV usage. | | | | On 08/21/2012 11:22 AM, Rajesh Kumar Mallah wrote: | | | | Dear Alex / List , | | | | Thanks for the response. | | | | The problem is regarding detaching from the guest not host. | | | | I see, if you attach a PCI device into guest with 'managed' mode(managed='yes') then the device is automatically detached from guest and returned to host after guest exiting, for example. | | | | # lspci | grep Eth | | 00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82566DM-2 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 02) | | | | # readlink /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:00\:19.0/driver/ -f | | /sys/bus/pci/drivers/e1000e | | | | # virsh start foo | | Domain foo started | | | | # ping -c 3 xx.xx.xx.xx | | PING xx.xx.xx.xx (xx.xx.xx.xx) 56(84) bytes of data. | | 64 bytes from nx-in-f160.1e100.net (xx.xx.xx.xx): icmp_seq=1 ttl=49 time=87.8 ms | | 64 bytes from nx-in-f160.1e100.net (xx.xx.xx.xx): icmp_seq=2 ttl=49 time=85.2 ms | | 64 bytes from nx-in-f160.1e100.net (xx.xx.xx.xx): icmp_seq=3 ttl=49 time=91.8 ms | | --- xx.xx.xx.xx ping statistics --- | | 3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2093ms | | rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 85.240/88.327/91.881/2.731 ms | | | | # cat hostdev.xml | | <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'> | | <source> | | <address domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x19' function='0x0'/> | | </source> | | </hostdev> | | | | # virsh attach-device foo hostdev.xml | | Device attached successfully | | | | # readlink /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:00\:19.0/driver/ -f | | /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub | | | | # ping -c 3 xx.xx.xx.xx | | connect: Network is unreachable | | | | # virsh destroy foo | | Domain foo destroyed | | | | # readlink /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:00\:19.0/driver/ -f | | /sys/bus/pci/drivers/e1000e | | | | # ping -c 3 xx.xx.xx.xx | | PING xx.xx.xx.xx (xx.xx.xx.xx) 56(84) bytes of data. | | 64 bytes from xx.xx.xx.xx: icmp_seq=1 ttl=49 time=79.7 ms | | 64 bytes from xx.xx.xx.xx: icmp_seq=2 ttl=49 time=83.2 ms | | 64 bytes from xx.xx.xx.xx: icmp_seq=3 ttl=49 time=84.5 ms | | | | --- xx.xx.xx.xx ping statistics --- | | 3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2087ms | | rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 79.714/82.480/84.513/2.040 ms | | | | Notes, need to wait for local network recovery again then check network connectivity. | | | | If your network still is disconnect, it may be a bug IMHO, please show your libvirt | | and qemu-kvm version, or my example is not what you want, please let me know. | | | | Thanks, | | Alex | | | | | | In our case since ixgbevf driver is NOT present in the host hence the virtual | | interfaces never really attach themselves to the host. | | | | Regards, | | Rajesh Kumar Mallah | | Tel. 91-11-46710500 (Ext:303) | | Cell +919811255597 | | Website: http://www.tradeindia.com/ | | \|/ \|/ \|/ stop printing \|/ \|/ \|/ | | | | | start planting | | | | | | | | | ----- "Alex Jia" <ajia(a)redhat.com> wrote: | | | From: "Alex Jia" <ajia(a)redhat.com> | | | To: "Rajesh Kumar Mallah" <mallah(a)tradeindia.com> | | | Cc: libvirt-users(a)redhat.com | | | Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 8:31:21 AM | | | Subject: Re: [libvirt-users] automatically detaching PCI host devices from guest for SRIOV usage. | | | | | | On 08/20/2012 08:34 PM, Rajesh Kumar Mallah wrote: Dear List , We are using intel 82599EB based SRIOV capable 10GbE cards on the host machine.The VFs are being assigned to the guest in pass through mode and are providing the network connectivity as expected. However when we shutdown the guest the connectivity does not comes back via the VFs on the guest in next boot unless the VFs are detached from the *guest* *before* initiating a shutdown of the guests. Dear Rajesh, | | | | | | Please see the following comments. | | | | | | ( the detach is explicitly done via virsh command /usr/local/libvirt/bin/virsh detach-device guest01 ~/nic.xml nic.xml contained <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'> <source> <address domain='0x0000' bus='0x04' slot='0x10' function='0x0'/> </source> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/> </hostdev> ) The question is anyone else facing similar problem and if so what solution was used? Secondly , is there anyway to automate the detaching of the VFs from the guest when the guest is put in the shutdown sequence ? (or for that matter destroyed). | | | When managed is "yes" for a PCI device, it is automatically detached from the host before being passed on to the guest, and automatically reattached to the host after the guest exits such as shutdown a guest. | | | | | | Regards, | | | Alex | | | | | | Regards, Rajesh Kumar Mallah Tel. 91-11-46710500 (Ext:303) Cell +919811255597 Website: http://www.tradeindia.com/ \|/ \|/ \|/ stop printing \|/ \|/ \|/ | | | start planting | | | _______________________________________________ libvirt-users mailing list libvirt-users(a)redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvirt-users | | | | |

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[libvirt-users] remote lxc via libvirt?
by Dan Kegel 27 Aug '12

27 Aug '12

Has support for creating or using lxc containers on remote machines been added to libvirt yet? https://help.ubuntu.com/12.04/serverguide/lxc.html says "Libvirt is a powerful hypervisor management solution with which you can administer Qemu, Xen and LXC virtual machines, both locally and remote." so I assume it's been done and I'm just having trouble seeing it... otoh, I hear libvirt-lxc is going to be rewritten on top of liblxc Real Soon Now, maybe that has some bearing on the question.

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[libvirt-users] Does libvirt abstract each and any vm specific command?
by adrelanos 24 Aug '12

24 Aug '12

Hello, my project still uses VBoxManage but I am inclined to switch to libvirt, if possible, because I like the concept. Some rather unusual commands are used by my project... VBoxManage modifyvm "$VMNAME" --synthcpu on VBoxManage setextradata "$VMNAME" "VBoxInternal/Devices/VMMDev/0/Config/GetHostTimeDisabled" "1" VBoxManage modifyvm "$VMNAME" --natdnsproxy1 on VBoxManage modifyvm "$VMNAME" --natdnshostresolver1 on VBoxManage modifyvm "$VMNAME" --natdnspassdomain1 off I haven't found any mention of synthcpu, GetHostTimeDisabled, etc. on libvirt.org. Does libvirt abstract each any any vm specific command? Or only the most common ones? So, if I say, I really need the commands listed above, I can't use libvirt? Cheers, adrelanos

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[libvirt-users] Understanding 802.1Qbh networking
by Chris Picton 24 Aug '12

24 Aug '12

Hi All I am experimenting with a system comprising Cisco UCS Blades and Nexus 5k switches. I am trying to understand the best way to define network interfaces for my vms, without having to specify exact source device names or PCI addresses, as I want to be able to migrate vms between nodes and not have to worry about namespace or pcispace collisions. At the moment my network definition looks like: <interface type='direct'> <mac address='52:54:00:c0:cb:2a'/> <source dev='eth55' mode='private'/> <virtualport type='802.1Qbh'> <parameters profileid='TestKVMProfile'/> </virtualport> <model type='virtio'/> <driver name='vhost'/> </interface> libvirt added a few extra settings when I added it: <target dev='macvtap0'/> <alias name='net0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/> The issue I have with this config is that I am specifying a source dev (eth55), which I would have to keep manual track of across all vms in my infrastructure. Is there a way to use a high-speed virtual network interface, which is created on the fly for the vm, and supports migration cleanly to another kvm host (ie, does not rely on any specific host resource names). Sorry for any confusion caused from my lack of understanding :) Thanks Chris -- Chris Picton Executive Manager: Systems Cell: 082 339 3135 Email: chris(a)nashua-ecn.com Tel: 087 940 0031 Fax: 087 940 0001 Nashua ECN is a Division of Reunert Limited (Reg. No. 1913/004355/06). The contents of this e-mail, which may include one or more attachments, is strictly confidential, and is intended solely for the use of the named recipient(s). If you have received this e-mail in error, you are not permitted to and must not disclose, distribute, or retain it, and are requested to please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete it thereafter.

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[libvirt-users] Libvirt Seg Fault when compiling either 0.9.13 or 0.10.0-rc1
by Shawn Furrow 23 Aug '12

23 Aug '12

Hi all, I am trying to install a version of Libvirt that will be compatible with qemu-kvm-1.1 but I cannot seem to get Libvirt to compile. During the make portion of the install I get the following error: ... make[4]: Entering directory `/home/shawn/libvirt-0.10.0/docs' Generating 404.html.tmp /bin/bash: line 5: 59204 Segmentation fault /usr/bin/xsltproc --stringparam pagename $name --nonet --html ../docs/site.xsl 404.html.in > 404.html.tmp make[4]: *** [404.html.tmp] Error 1 make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/shawn/libvirt-0.10.0/docs' ... I have tried using "./configure --without-xen" and "./autogen --without-xen" for the configure step and then I run make (and get the seg fault error) This error happens for both 0.9.13 and 0.10.0-rc1 so I'm pretty sure its something on my end just don't know what. I am using Ubuntu 10.04 Server and qemu-kvm-1.1. I have been able to get the qemu-kvm and libvirt-bin distribution packages to work together but now I'm trying to build both of them from source so that I can make some modifications to the source code. Any help is appreciated. Thanks, Shawn -- Virginia Tech Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering B.S. Electrical Engineering B.S. Computer Engineering

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[libvirt-users] libvirt networking
by Dale Amon 23 Aug '12

23 Aug '12

Did something happen in the last day or two that would have screwed up libvirt networking? I just started up a VM that I last ran on Sunday and it has suddenly developed issues with communication with the host machine. Call it VM1 and VMHOST (the libvirt network) and VMHOST_EXT VM1 ping -> Internet works VM1 ssh -> Internet works VM1 ping -> VMHost single ping goes through VM1 ssh -> VMHost works VMHOST_EXT ping -> VM1 works VMHOST_EXT ssh -> VM1 fails The only things that have changed were Ubuntu security updates to VMHOST (It is an Oneiric). The VM1 is intentionally kept unchanging to avoid breaking some software which will not work on newer releases (jaunty). Again, I was using the VM and mounting fs from VMHOST on it as recently as Sunday. Either there is something deep inside Ubuntu that has gotten deeply confused or someone has released an update that breaks things.

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