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by Daniele Milani 02 Jul '12

02 Jul '12

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[libvirt-users] Query:Creating a Guest that requires memory and vCPUs across socket boundary
by sanjay 01 Jul '12

01 Jul '12

Hi! If a KVM-QEMU guest (spawned using libvirt) requires memory and CPU cores that spans across socket boundaries and it wants to avoid memory access across NUMA nodes, what is the best way to proceed ? I came across the following statement during my search “If a guest requires eight virtual CPUs, as each NUMA node only has four physical CPUs, a better utilization may be obtained by running a pair of four virtual CPU guests and splitting the work between them, rather than using a single 8 CPU guest.” Is this statement still valid ? Can one use ‘numatune’ XML tag with ‘auto’ placement to create a guest, where vCPUs and memory is allocated in a efficient manner across sockets based on available memory? If one allocates memory across sockets and passes the topology information to Guest using 'numa' tag, will it help in avoiding the NUMA penalty (ex: <numa>/<cell cpus='0' memory=256000'><cell cpus='1' memory='512000') ? Any advise on this subject will be appreciated. -- Regards, Sanjay

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[libvirt-users] How to start a storage pool using libvirt?
by Ananth 29 Jun '12

29 Jun '12

Hi what is the libvirt API call to start an inactive storage pool created using the python binding storagePoolDefineXML() ? There seems to be a virsh command which is pool-start <pool-name>, but I am not sure what would be the call to start it. Or is there a way to start the pool while it is being defined itself? The autostart will be effective only when libvirtd service is restarted? Thank you -- Regards Ananth

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[libvirt-users] Storage Pools & nodedev-create specific scsi_host#?
by mdecheser＠comcast.net 29 Jun '12

29 Jun '12

Hello everyone, Current host build is RHEL 6.2, soon to be upgrading. I'm in the process of mapping out a KVM/RHEV topology. I have questions about the landscape of storage pools and the instantiation of specific scsi_host IDs using virsh nodedev-create and some magic XML definitions. I'm grouping these questions together because the answer to one may impact the other. High-level goals: - fence off I/O by providing NPIV paths to VMs individually - provide each VM with a pair of paths to the same storage for redundancy Problem 1 - Storage Pools: I've successfully created a storage pool by starting with an initial SCSI host based off one of my virtual HBAs. I see my LUNs. I performed a virsh pool-dumpxml and captured the configuration of the storage pool using just one SCSI host. I then modified the XML file to include a 2nd SCSI host, stopped & deleted the original storage pool, then created & started a new storage pool. In the GUI, I am able to see the same LUNs, listed twice (once for each path). Here's my XML file: <pool type='scsi'> <name>VM1POOL</name> <uuid>f0465f3f-3c9c-766c-3c96-678a99ec81cb</uuid> <capacity>144813588480</capacity> <allocation>144813588480</allocation> <available>0</available> <source> <adapter name='host5'/> </source> <source> <adapter name='host6'/> </source> <target> <path>/dev/disk/by-path</path> <permissions> <mode>0700</mode> <owner>-1</owner> <group>-1</group> </permissions> </target> </pool> Question 1 - Is this the correct approach for presenting a VM with SAN storage in a redundant fashion? Or should I instead use the mpath approach and find some way with the storage pool XML file to restrict which mpath devices are utilized (thereby restricting which LUNs the storage pool sees?). It seems my current approach provides each LUN twice, however a LUN has two different volume identifiers based on its path: UNIT:0:0:13 UNIT:0:1:13 Problem 2 - Specifying scsi_host# in a device XML file As I mentioned, I've successfully created a virtual HBA using virsh nodedev-create and an XML config. Here's a sample config: [root@host ~]# cat vm1vhba1.xml <device> <parent>scsi_host3</parent> <capability type='scsi_host'> <capability type='fc_host'> <wwnn>a97a3b9220010002</wwnn> <wwpn>a97a3b9220010001</wwpn> </capability> <capability type='vport_ops' /> </capability> </device> Pretty straightforward. The parent is physical SCSI host 3. The resulting SCSI host is 5. This is one of the SCSI hosts used in the storage pool above. So, I wanted to test what would happen to my VM if I ran virsh nodedev-destroy scsi_host5. Essentially, testing the redundancy of the paths to the VM. The device was successfully deleted, however a few other things happened, both expected and unexpected. - Since I only associated one of the two LUN units from my storage pool with the VM, I expected this to cause the VM to fail. It did fail, however in a headless fashion. Unexpected. The VM is still up and running in memory. Any effort to write out to the disks results in failures like "read-only filesystem". Expected. - The Storage Pool entered into an inactive state. Unexpected. Efforts to restart the storage pool using virsh pool-start failed because one of the scsi_host devices was not present. Expected. I tried to recreate the device using virsh nodedev-create vm1vhba1.xml, and the device was created successfully but as scsi_host9 (the next available scsi_host beyond the original scsi_host5). So, unless I can recreate this scsi_host5, I won't be able to restart my storage pool and restore I/O to my VM. Question 2: Is there a definition I can use in the XML config to specify the resulting scsi_host #? I've been told that RHEL 6.3 is supposed to provide some methodology of auto-instantiating my virtual HBAs upon the reboot of a host so that the VMs on the will see their storage and can start automatically on boot. I have a feeling that the answer to my question may be brushing up against this functionality. I am also assuming that if it's possible to specify the scsi_host# in my XML config, that I'll be able to restart my storage pool successfully and that will enable my VM to reestablish the connection to their storage. Thanks in advance, MD

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[libvirt-users] Speed of physical NIC?
by Marcel Müller 28 Jun '12

28 Jun '12

Hello everyone, Im trying to use libvirt to calculate some statistics about the current guest utilizations, but I do have some problems in regards of networking. I can do sampling of network speed by using the interfaceStats-API over a predefined period of time. But to calculate the percentage of the used bandwidth I need to know to what kind of network the interface is connected to 100 Mbit/s, 1000 Mbit/s, ? Is there any way to get this information through Libvirt or is there any addition planned for that? Thank you very much in advance, Best Regards, Marcel

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[libvirt-users] Trouble connecting to XenServer HyperVisor with Java bindings
by Nick Mathews 27 Jun '12

27 Jun '12

Hello, I am trying to use the libvirt Java bindings (version 0.4.7) with libvirt version 0.9.12 to connect to a XenServer hypervisor. Virsh is able to connect to my XenServer, but when I try to do the same thing in Java, it won't connect. Here is the debug output: 2012-06-26 19:48:52.259+0000: 26051: info : libvirt version: 0.9.12, package: 1.fc16 (Unknown, 2012-06-26-11:43:53, flynx) 2012-06-26 19:48:52.259+0000: 26051: warning : virLogParseOutputs:993 : Ignoring invalid log output setting. WARNING: no socket to connect to 2012-06-26 19:48:52.275+0000: 26051: debug : virInitialize:414 : register drivers 2012-06-26 19:48:52.277+0000: 26051: debug : virRegisterDriver:775 : driver=0x4dad5a0 name=Test 2012-06-26 19:48:52.277+0000: 26051: debug : virRegisterDriver:799 : registering Test as driver 0 2012-06-26 19:48:52.277+0000: 26051: debug : virRegisterNetworkDriver:592 : registering Test as network driver 0 2012-06-26 19:48:52.277+0000: 26051: debug : virRegisterInterfaceDriver:625 : registering Test as interface driver 0 2012-06-26 19:48:52.277+0000: 26051: debug : virRegisterStorageDriver:658 : registering Test as storage driver 0 2012-06-26 19:48:52.277+0000: 26051: debug : virRegisterDeviceMonitor:691 : registering Test as device driver 0 2012-06-26 19:48:52.277+0000: 26051: debug : virRegisterSecretDriver:724 : registering Test as secret driver 0 2012-06-26 19:48:52.277+0000: 26051: debug : virRegisterNWFilterDriver:757 : registering Test as network filter driver 0 2012-06-26 19:48:52.279+0000: 26051: debug : virRegisterDriver:775 : driver=0x4dae100 name=Xen 2012-06-26 19:48:52.280+0000: 26051: debug : virRegisterDriver:799 : registering Xen as driver 1 2012-06-26 19:48:52.283+0000: 26051: debug : virRegisterDriver:775 : driver=0x4dae960 name=OPENVZ 2012-06-26 19:48:52.283+0000: 26051: debug : virRegisterDriver:799 : registering OPENVZ as driver 2 2012-06-26 19:48:52.283+0000: 26051: debug : virRegisterDriver:775 : driver=0x4daec00 name=VMWARE 2012-06-26 19:48:52.283+0000: 26051: debug : virRegisterDriver:799 : registering VMWARE as driver 3 2012-06-26 19:48:52.283+0000: 26051: debug : virRegisterDriver:775 : driver=0x4dae5a0 name=PHYP 2012-06-26 19:48:52.284+0000: 26051: debug : virRegisterDriver:799 : registering PHYP as driver 4 2012-06-26 19:48:52.284+0000: 26051: debug : virRegisterStorageDriver:658 : registering PHYP as storage driver 1 2012-06-26 19:48:52.285+0000: 26051: debug : virRegisterInterfaceDriver:625 : registering PHYP as interface driver 1 2012-06-26 19:48:52.286+0000: 26051: debug : vboxRegister:137 : VBoxCGlueInit failed, using dummy driver 2012-06-26 19:48:52.286+0000: 26051: debug : virRegisterDriver:775 : driver=0x4daeea0 name=VBOX 2012-06-26 19:48:52.287+0000: 26051: debug : virRegisterDriver:799 : registering VBOX as driver 5 2012-06-26 19:48:52.287+0000: 26051: debug : virRegisterNetworkDriver:592 : registering VBOX as network driver 1 2012-06-26 19:48:52.287+0000: 26051: debug : virRegisterStorageDriver:658 : registering VBOX as storage driver 2 2012-06-26 19:48:52.290+0000: 26051: debug : virRegisterDriver:775 : driver=0x4db0a60 name=ESX 2012-06-26 19:48:52.290+0000: 26051: debug : virRegisterDriver:799 : registering ESX as driver 6 2012-06-26 19:48:52.291+0000: 26051: debug : virRegisterInterfaceDriver:625 : registering ESX as interface driver 2 2012-06-26 19:48:52.292+0000: 26051: debug : virRegisterNetworkDriver:592 : registering ESX as network driver 2 2012-06-26 19:48:52.293+0000: 26051: debug : virRegisterStorageDriver:658 : registering ESX as storage driver 3 2012-06-26 19:48:52.294+0000: 26051: debug : virRegisterDeviceMonitor:691 : registering ESX as device driver 1 2012-06-26 19:48:52.294+0000: 26051: debug : virRegisterSecretDriver:724 : registering ESX as secret driver 1 2012-06-26 19:48:52.294+0000: 26051: debug : virRegisterNWFilterDriver:757 : registering ESX as network filter driver 1 2012-06-26 19:48:52.296+0000: 26051: debug : virRegisterDriver:775 : driver=0x4db0f40 name=Hyper-V 2012-06-26 19:48:52.297+0000: 26051: debug : virRegisterDriver:799 : registering Hyper-V as driver 7 2012-06-26 19:48:52.297+0000: 26051: debug : virRegisterInterfaceDriver:625 : registering Hyper-V as interface driver 3 2012-06-26 19:48:52.298+0000: 26051: debug : virRegisterNetworkDriver:592 : registering Hyper-V as network driver 3 2012-06-26 19:48:52.299+0000: 26051: debug : virRegisterStorageDriver:658 : registering Hyper-V as storage driver 4 2012-06-26 19:48:52.299+0000: 26051: debug : virRegisterDeviceMonitor:691 : registering Hyper-V as device driver 2 2012-06-26 19:48:52.299+0000: 26051: debug : virRegisterSecretDriver:724 : registering Hyper-V as secret driver 2 2012-06-26 19:48:52.300+0000: 26051: debug : virRegisterNWFilterDriver:757 : registering Hyper-V as network filter driver 2 2012-06-26 19:48:52.300+0000: 26051: debug : virRegisterDriver:775 : driver=0x4db07c0 name=XenAPI 2012-06-26 19:48:52.301+0000: 26051: debug : virRegisterDriver:799 : registering XenAPI as driver 8 2012-06-26 19:48:52.305+0000: 26051: debug : virRegisterDriver:775 : driver=0x4dada80 name=remote 2012-06-26 19:48:52.305+0000: 26051: debug : virRegisterDriver:799 : registering remote as driver 9 2012-06-26 19:48:52.305+0000: 26051: debug : virRegisterNetworkDriver:592 : registering remote as network driver 4 2012-06-26 19:48:52.306+0000: 26051: debug : virRegisterInterfaceDriver:625 : registering remote as interface driver 4 2012-06-26 19:48:52.306+0000: 26051: debug : virRegisterStorageDriver:658 : registering remote as storage driver 5 2012-06-26 19:48:52.306+0000: 26051: debug : virRegisterDeviceMonitor:691 : registering remote as device driver 3 2012-06-26 19:48:52.306+0000: 26051: debug : virRegisterSecretDriver:724 : registering remote as secret driver 3 2012-06-26 19:48:52.306+0000: 26051: debug : virRegisterNWFilterDriver:757 : registering remote as network filter driver 3 2012-06-26 19:48:52.395+0000: 26051: debug : virConnectOpenAuth:1455 : name=xenapi://root@192.168.1.6?no_verify=1, auth=0x8beed7c0, flags=0 2012-06-26 19:48:52.643+0000: 26051: debug : virConnectGetConfigFile:1008 : Loading config file '/etc/libvirt/libvirt.conf' 2012-06-26 19:48:52.647+0000: 26051: debug : do_open:1182 : name "xenapi:// root(a)192.168.1.6?no_verify=1" to URI components: scheme xenapi server 192.168.1.6 user root port 0 path (null) 2012-06-26 19:48:52.647+0000: 26051: debug : do_open:1226 : trying driver 0 (Test) ... 2012-06-26 19:48:52.647+0000: 26051: debug : do_open:1232 : driver 0 Test returned DECLINED 2012-06-26 19:48:52.647+0000: 26051: debug : do_open:1226 : trying driver 1 (Xen) ... 2012-06-26 19:48:52.647+0000: 26051: debug : do_open:1232 : driver 1 Xen returned DECLINED 2012-06-26 19:48:52.647+0000: 26051: debug : do_open:1226 : trying driver 2 (OPENVZ) ... 2012-06-26 19:48:52.647+0000: 26051: debug : do_open:1232 : driver 2 OPENVZ returned DECLINED 2012-06-26 19:48:52.647+0000: 26051: debug : do_open:1226 : trying driver 3 (VMWARE) ... 2012-06-26 19:48:52.647+0000: 26051: debug : do_open:1232 : driver 3 VMWARE returned DECLINED 2012-06-26 19:48:52.647+0000: 26051: debug : do_open:1226 : trying driver 4 (PHYP) ... 2012-06-26 19:48:52.647+0000: 26051: debug : do_open:1232 : driver 4 PHYP returned DECLINED 2012-06-26 19:48:52.647+0000: 26051: debug : do_open:1226 : trying driver 5 (VBOX) ... 2012-06-26 19:48:52.647+0000: 26051: debug : do_open:1232 : driver 5 VBOX returned DECLINED 2012-06-26 19:48:52.647+0000: 26051: debug : do_open:1226 : trying driver 6 (ESX) ... 2012-06-26 19:48:52.648+0000: 26051: debug : do_open:1232 : driver 6 ESX returned DECLINED 2012-06-26 19:48:52.648+0000: 26051: debug : do_open:1226 : trying driver 7 (Hyper-V) ... 2012-06-26 19:48:52.648+0000: 26051: debug : do_open:1232 : driver 7 Hyper-V returned DECLINED 2012-06-26 19:48:52.649+0000: 26051: debug : do_open:1226 : trying driver 8 (XenAPI) ... 2012-06-26 19:48:52.649+0000: 26051: debug : virAuthGetConfigFilePath:48 : Determining auth config file path 2012-06-26 19:48:52.651+0000: 26051: debug : virAuthGetConfigFilePath:74 : Checking for readability of '/root/.libvirt/auth.conf' 2012-06-26 19:48:52.652+0000: 26051: debug : virAuthGetConfigFilePath:83 : Checking for readability of '/etc/libvirt/auth.conf' 2012-06-26 19:48:52.653+0000: 26051: debug : virAuthGetConfigFilePath:92 : Using auth file '(null)' 2012-06-26 19:48:53.279+0000: 26051: debug : do_open:1232 : driver 8 XenAPI returned SUCCESS 2012-06-26 19:48:53.279+0000: 26051: debug : do_open:1254 : network driver 0 Test returned DECLINED 2012-06-26 19:48:53.279+0000: 26051: debug : do_open:1254 : network driver 1 VBOX returned DECLINED 2012-06-26 19:48:53.279+0000: 26051: debug : do_open:1254 : network driver 2 ESX returned DECLINED 2012-06-26 19:48:53.279+0000: 26051: debug : do_open:1254 : network driver 3 Hyper-V returned DECLINED 2012-06-26 19:48:53.279+0000: 26051: debug : doRemoteOpen:542 : proceeding with name = xenapi:// 2012-06-26 19:48:53.280+0000: 26051: debug : doRemoteOpen:552 : Connecting with transport 0 2012-06-26 19:48:53.280+0000: 26051: debug : virNetTLSContextLocateCredentials:753 : pkipath=(null) isServer=0 tryUserPkiPath=0 2012-06-26 19:48:53.280+0000: 26051: debug : virNetTLSContextLocateCredentials:825 : Using default TLS CA certificate path 2012-06-26 19:48:53.280+0000: 26051: debug : virNetTLSContextLocateCredentials:831 : Using default TLS CA revocation list path 2012-06-26 19:48:53.280+0000: 26051: debug : virNetTLSContextLocateCredentials:837 : Using default TLS key/certificate path 2012-06-26 19:48:53.306+0000: 26051: debug : virNetClientClose:521 : client=(nil) 2012-06-26 19:48:53.306+0000: 26051: debug : do_open:1254 : network driver 4 remote returned ERROR 2012-06-26 19:48:53.306+0000: 26051: debug : do_open:1269 : interface driver 0 Test returned DECLINED 2012-06-26 19:48:53.306+0000: 26051: debug : do_open:1269 : interface driver 1 PHYP returned DECLINED 2012-06-26 19:48:53.307+0000: 26051: debug : do_open:1269 : interface driver 2 ESX returned DECLINED 2012-06-26 19:48:53.307+0000: 26051: debug : do_open:1269 : interface driver 3 Hyper-V returned DECLINED 2012-06-26 19:48:53.307+0000: 26051: debug : doRemoteOpen:542 : proceeding with name = xenapi:// 2012-06-26 19:48:53.307+0000: 26051: debug : doRemoteOpen:552 : Connecting with transport 0 2012-06-26 19:48:53.307+0000: 26051: debug : virNetTLSContextLocateCredentials:753 : pkipath=(null) isServer=0 tryUserPkiPath=0 2012-06-26 19:48:53.307+0000: 26051: debug : virNetTLSContextLocateCredentials:825 : Using default TLS CA certificate path 2012-06-26 19:48:53.307+0000: 26051: debug : virNetTLSContextLocateCredentials:831 : Using default TLS CA revocation list path 2012-06-26 19:48:53.307+0000: 26051: debug : virNetTLSContextLocateCredentials:837 : Using default TLS key/certificate path 2012-06-26 19:48:53.308+0000: 26051: debug : virNetClientClose:521 : client=(nil) 2012-06-26 19:48:53.308+0000: 26051: debug : do_open:1269 : interface driver 4 remote returned ERROR 2012-06-26 19:48:53.308+0000: 26051: debug : do_open:1285 : storage driver 0 Test returned DECLINED 2012-06-26 19:48:53.308+0000: 26051: debug : do_open:1285 : storage driver 1 PHYP returned DECLINED 2012-06-26 19:48:53.308+0000: 26051: debug : do_open:1285 : storage driver 2 VBOX returned DECLINED 2012-06-26 19:48:53.308+0000: 26051: debug : do_open:1285 : storage driver 3 ESX returned DECLINED 2012-06-26 19:48:53.308+0000: 26051: debug : do_open:1285 : storage driver 4 Hyper-V returned DECLINED 2012-06-26 19:48:53.308+0000: 26051: debug : doRemoteOpen:542 : proceeding with name = xenapi:// 2012-06-26 19:48:53.308+0000: 26051: debug : doRemoteOpen:552 : Connecting with transport 0 2012-06-26 19:48:53.308+0000: 26051: debug : virNetTLSContextLocateCredentials:753 : pkipath=(null) isServer=0 tryUserPkiPath=0 2012-06-26 19:48:53.308+0000: 26051: debug : virNetTLSContextLocateCredentials:825 : Using default TLS CA certificate path 2012-06-26 19:48:53.308+0000: 26051: debug : virNetTLSContextLocateCredentials:831 : Using default TLS CA revocation list path 2012-06-26 19:48:53.308+0000: 26051: debug : virNetTLSContextLocateCredentials:837 : Using default TLS key/certificate path 2012-06-26 19:48:53.309+0000: 26051: debug : virNetClientClose:521 : client=(nil) 2012-06-26 19:48:53.309+0000: 26051: debug : do_open:1285 : storage driver 5 remote returned ERROR 2012-06-26 19:48:53.309+0000: 26051: debug : do_open:1301 : node driver 0 Test returned DECLINED 2012-06-26 19:48:53.309+0000: 26051: debug : do_open:1301 : node driver 1 ESX returned DECLINED 2012-06-26 19:48:53.309+0000: 26051: debug : do_open:1301 : node driver 2 Hyper-V returned DECLINED 2012-06-26 19:48:53.309+0000: 26051: debug : doRemoteOpen:542 : proceeding with name = xenapi:// 2012-06-26 19:48:53.309+0000: 26051: debug : doRemoteOpen:552 : Connecting with transport 0 2012-06-26 19:48:53.309+0000: 26051: debug : virNetTLSContextLocateCredentials:753 : pkipath=(null) isServer=0 tryUserPkiPath=0 2012-06-26 19:48:53.309+0000: 26051: debug : virNetTLSContextLocateCredentials:825 : Using default TLS CA certificate path 2012-06-26 19:48:53.309+0000: 26051: debug : virNetTLSContextLocateCredentials:831 : Using default TLS CA revocation list path 2012-06-26 19:48:53.309+0000: 26051: debug : virNetTLSContextLocateCredentials:837 : Using default TLS key/certificate path 2012-06-26 19:48:53.309+0000: 26051: debug : virNetClientClose:521 : client=(nil) 2012-06-26 19:48:53.310+0000: 26051: debug : do_open:1301 : node driver 3 remote returned ERROR 2012-06-26 19:48:53.310+0000: 26051: debug : do_open:1317 : secret driver 0 Test returned DECLINED 2012-06-26 19:48:53.310+0000: 26051: debug : do_open:1317 : secret driver 1 ESX returned DECLINED 2012-06-26 19:48:53.310+0000: 26051: debug : do_open:1317 : secret driver 2 Hyper-V returned DECLINED 2012-06-26 19:48:53.310+0000: 26051: debug : doRemoteOpen:542 : proceeding with name = xenapi:// 2012-06-26 19:48:53.310+0000: 26051: debug : doRemoteOpen:552 : Connecting with transport 0 2012-06-26 19:48:53.310+0000: 26051: debug : virNetTLSContextLocateCredentials:753 : pkipath=(null) isServer=0 tryUserPkiPath=0 2012-06-26 19:48:53.310+0000: 26051: debug : virNetTLSContextLocateCredentials:825 : Using default TLS CA certificate path 2012-06-26 19:48:53.310+0000: 26051: debug : virNetTLSContextLocateCredentials:831 : Using default TLS CA revocation list path 2012-06-26 19:48:53.311+0000: 26051: debug : virNetTLSContextLocateCredentials:837 : Using default TLS key/certificate path 2012-06-26 19:48:53.311+0000: 26051: debug : virNetClientClose:521 : client=(nil) 2012-06-26 19:48:53.311+0000: 26051: debug : do_open:1317 : secret driver 3 remote returned ERROR 2012-06-26 19:48:53.311+0000: 26051: debug : do_open:1333 : nwfilter driver 0 Test returned DECLINED 2012-06-26 19:48:53.311+0000: 26051: debug : do_open:1333 : nwfilter driver 1 ESX returned DECLINED 2012-06-26 19:48:53.311+0000: 26051: debug : do_open:1333 : nwfilter driver 2 Hyper-V returned DECLINED 2012-06-26 19:48:53.311+0000: 26051: debug : doRemoteOpen:542 : proceeding with name = xenapi:// 2012-06-26 19:48:53.311+0000: 26051: debug : doRemoteOpen:552 : Connecting with transport 0 2012-06-26 19:48:53.311+0000: 26051: debug : virNetTLSContextLocateCredentials:753 : pkipath=(null) isServer=0 tryUserPkiPath=0 2012-06-26 19:48:53.311+0000: 26051: debug : virNetTLSContextLocateCredentials:825 : Using default TLS CA certificate path 2012-06-26 19:48:53.312+0000: 26051: debug : virNetTLSContextLocateCredentials:831 : Using default TLS CA revocation list path 2012-06-26 19:48:53.312+0000: 26051: debug : virNetTLSContextLocateCredentials:837 : Using default TLS key/certificate path 2012-06-26 19:48:53.313+0000: 26051: debug : virNetClientClose:521 : client=(nil) 2012-06-26 19:48:53.313+0000: 26051: debug : do_open:1333 : nwfilter driver 3 remote returned ERROR Unable to connect: Cannot read CA certificate '/etc/pki/CA/cacert.pem': No such file or directory Even though the output mentions not finding a CA certificate, that's not the problem. I have a custom ConnectAuth class so the user can give the password before trying to connect and isn't prompted for it. The problem occurs when trying to create the Connect Object. -- Thanks, Nick Mathews

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[libvirt-users] manipulation extra features which hypervisors support
by Rashid Zamani 27 Jun '12

27 Jun '12

Hello everybody, I am wondering if libvirt community implement features specefic to only one supported hypervisor? I am trying to set the host name and DNS from within the libvirt xml file in user mode network option (SLiRP). Right now I am using the <qemu:commandline>. My concern is if I want to use Xen or other hypervisors, how I should do the same. To be honest, I have not used any other hypervisor, except QEMU yet, I am trying to write a code which can be used for any hypervisor libvirt supports, though. And I am not even sure if it is possible to set DNS address and so on the way they are settable in QEMU. Therefore, I was thinking if there is any standard xml element in <interface> which I may use to solve my problem (setting dns, host name , and so on...) with. On the IRC channel I received a reply that this feature has not been implemented yet, and you are going to support it soon. I am interested to contribute and join the community to imlement this feature if possible. Appreciate pointing me into right direction and thank you in advance. Zamani

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[libvirt-users] Can I update the DNS configuration of an existing network?
by Kees van Reeuwijk 26 Jun '12

26 Jun '12

Hello, As part of a research project on cloud management, I am developing software to create on-demand networks between VMs on different hosts. The deployment of the VMs themselves is done by OpenNebula, but for the management of the networks I have to bypass OpenNebula, and I talk directly with libvirt. One of the features of our network management is that we allow network connections to be created and destroyed at any moment in the life of a VM. This means that we use hotplugging. It also means that we want a VM to discover its network parameters for a particular NIC using DHCP and DNS. I have something that mostly works now: I create an XML for each network, I can hot-plug new NICs in the VM using libvirt, and DHCP on the new interface works. However, DNS does not work properly. I have to create a mapping between the MAC, IP address, and the name of a VM at the moment I create the network XML. Setting the MAC <-> IP mapping at that time is fine, but fixing the mapping between IP address and name at that time is not reasonable. I do not know what name will be used before I add a new machine, and during the lifetime of the network there may even be different names associated with a particular IP address. Is there a way I can change/update the DNS configuration of a network after it has been created? I could simply create a new network XML file and stop/start the network, but I suspect that is too disruptive. Is there a less intrusive way to do this? Another thing I would very much like to do is to talk to libvirt directly from my management software (written in Java), rather than through the command line. I know there is a Java API for libvirt, but I have not been able to find any up-to-date documentation on it. Is the functionality that I need accessible through the Java API? Is there enough documentation of the API for this, and where is it? -- Dr. Ir. Kees van Reeuwijk, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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[libvirt-users] USB Host Controllers
by Michael Hierweck 26 Jun '12

26 Jun '12

Hi, it is possible to define a domain along with several usb host controllers, e.g. <controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-ehci' /> <controller type='usb' index='1' model='ich9-uhci' /> How to distinguish between those controllers/busses when adding input or host devices such as <input type='tablet' bus='usb'/> <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='usb' managed='no'> <source> <vendor id='...'/> <product id='...'/> </source> </hostdev> Without explicit assignment either every device seems to be attached to the uhci controller or the domain refuses to start because the tablet is attached to the ehci controller implicitly, depending on the order of the controller definition (index). Thanks in advance Michael -- EDV-Serviceteam Annika & Michael Hierweck GbR Egerstraße 53, 44225 Dortmund (Germany) http://www.edv-serviceteam.net

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[libvirt-users] Is it possible to in live migration?
by GaoYi 25 Jun '12

25 Jun '12

Hi all, In live migration using shared memory, there would be a following step to input the password after typing: migrate --live vm_name qemu+ssh://Destination_IP/system. . I wonder if it is possible to include the password in the URI so that the password procedure can be avoided? Thanks, Yi

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