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[libvirt-users] network-performance
by Orion Poplawski 02 Feb '11

02 Feb '11

I'm just starting to take a look at guest networking performance and am a little disappointed. I'm comparing two setups: Host: Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V Guest: CentOS 5.5 x86_64 Host: CentOS 5.5 x86_64 kvm running libvirt Guest: CentOS 5.5 x86_64 The guests are essentially identical except that I'm running the Microsoft Linux Integration Components synthetic drivers on the windows hosted VM. The libvirt setup uses bridged networking. Running bonnie++ on a nfs mounted filesystem on each guest I'm seeing the libvirt hosted guest get between 16%-35% of the performance of the Hyper-V guest. Is this expected? Is there anything I can do to increase network performance of the kvm guest? -- Orion Poplawski Technical Manager 303-415-9701 x222 NWRA/CoRA Division FAX: 303-415-9702 3380 Mitchell Lane orion(a)cora.nwra.com Boulder, CO 80301 http://www.cora.nwra.com

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[libvirt-users] Not getting a virsh console
by Nikunj A. Dadhania 02 Feb '11

02 Feb '11

Hi, I am seeing a problem with a earlier working domain configuration. Here is the domain xml file. I am not getting the virsh console now. I am trying this on RHEL 6.0. Here is the list of steps that I am using: [root@krm1 test]# virsh define vmtest.xml Domain vmtest3 defined from vmtest.xml [root@krm1 test]# virsh start vmtest3 Domain vmtest3 started [root@krm1 test]# virsh console vmtest3 Connected to domain vmtest3 Escape character is ^] [root@krm1 test]# virsh dominfo vmtest3 Id: 2 Name: vmtest3 UUID: 2b38ff93-1bc6-c78c-1ed8-ffb936c86dac OS Type: hvm State: running CPU(s): 1 CPU time: 17.3s Max memory: 524288 kB Used memory: 524288 kB Persistent: yes Autostart: disable [root@krm1 test]# The state of the domain shows running. One more thing that i noted was that qemu-kvm is consuming 100% of the cpu. So not sure if the qemu-kvm has started properly. I am not sure how to debug the issue. Would appreciate some help on this. Some more information: I have attached following file /var/log/libvirt/qemu/vmtest3.log Executing the following command on the bash works fine and the VM comes up: /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm -M rhel6.0.0 -enable-kvm -m 512 -smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 -drive file=/home/bharata/cgroup-scalability/test/test.qcow2 -nographic While executing the command in the vmtest3.log, the VM does not come at all. Here is the domain xml: <domain type='kvm'> <name>vmtest3</name> <memory>524288</memory> <vcpu>1</vcpu> <os> <type arch='i686'>hvm</type> <boot dev='hd'/> </os> <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff> <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot> <on_crash>restart</on_crash> <devices> <emulator>/usr/libexec/qemu-kvm</emulator> <disk type='file' device='disk'> <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/> <source file='/home/bharata/cgroup-scalability/test/test.qcow2'/> <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/> </disk> <serial type='pty'> <target port='0'/> </serial> <console type='pty'> <target port='0'/> </console> </devices> </domain> Thanks, Nikunj LC_ALL=C PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm -S -M rhel6.0.0 -cpu qemu32 -enable-kvm -m 512 -smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 -name vmtest3 -uuid 2b38ff93-1bc6-c78c-1ed8-ffb936c86dac -nographic -nodefconfig -nodefaults -chardev socket,id=monitor,path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/vmtest3.monitor,server,nowait -mon chardev=monitor,mode=control -rtc base=utc -no-acpi -boot c -drive file=/home/bharata/cgroup-scalability/test/test.qcow2,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0,boot=on,format=qcow2 -device ide-drive,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-0-0,id=ide0-0-0 -chardev pty,id=serial0 -device isa-serial,chardev=serial0 -usb -device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x2 09:53:22.536: debug : virCgroupNew:493 : New group /libvirt/qemu/vmtest3 09:53:22.536: debug : virCgroupDetect:230 : Detected mount/mapping 0:cpu at /cgroup/cpu in 09:53:22.536: debug : virCgroupDetect:230 : Detected mount/mapping 1:cpuacct at /cgroup/cpuacct in 09:53:22.536: debug : virCgroupDetect:230 : Detected mount/mapping 2:cpuset at /cgroup/cpuset in 09:53:22.536: debug : virCgroupDetect:230 : Detected mount/mapping 3:memory at /cgroup/memory in 09:53:22.536: debug : virCgroupDetect:230 : Detected mount/mapping 4:devices at /cgroup/devices in 09:53:22.536: debug : virCgroupDetect:230 : Detected mount/mapping 5:freezer at /cgroup/freezer in 09:53:22.536: debug : virCgroupMakeGroup:451 : Make group /libvirt/qemu/vmtest3 09:53:22.536: debug : virCgroupMakeGroup:463 : Make controller /cgroup/cpu/libvirt/qemu/vmtest3/ 09:53:22.536: debug : virCgroupMakeGroup:463 : Make controller /cgroup/cpuacct/libvirt/qemu/vmtest3/ 09:53:22.536: debug : virCgroupMakeGroup:463 : Make controller /cgroup/cpuset/libvirt/qemu/vmtest3/ 09:53:22.536: debug : virCgroupMakeGroup:463 : Make controller /cgroup/memory/libvirt/qemu/vmtest3/ 09:53:22.536: debug : virCgroupMakeGroup:463 : Make controller /cgroup/devices/libvirt/qemu/vmtest3/ 09:53:22.536: debug : virCgroupMakeGroup:463 : Make controller /cgroup/freezer/libvirt/qemu/vmtest3/ 09:53:22.536: debug : virCgroupSetValueStr:275 : Set value '/cgroup/cpu/libvirt/qemu/vmtest3/tasks' to '7312' 09:53:22.545: debug : virCgroupSetValueStr:275 : Set value '/cgroup/cpuacct/libvirt/qemu/vmtest3/tasks' to '7312' 09:53:22.554: debug : virCgroupSetValueStr:275 : Set value '/cgroup/cpuset/libvirt/qemu/vmtest3/tasks' to '7312' 09:53:22.562: debug : virCgroupSetValueStr:275 : Set value '/cgroup/memory/libvirt/qemu/vmtest3/tasks' to '7312' 09:53:22.569: debug : virCgroupSetValueStr:275 : Set value '/cgroup/devices/libvirt/qemu/vmtest3/tasks' to '7312' 09:53:22.577: debug : virCgroupSetValueStr:275 : Set value '/cgroup/freezer/libvirt/qemu/vmtest3/tasks' to '7312' 09:53:22.585: debug : qemudInitCpuAffinity:2618 : Setting CPU affinity 09:53:22.586: debug : qemuSecurityDACSetProcessLabel:547 : Dropping privileges of VM to 107:107 char device redirected to /dev/pts/2

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[libvirt-users] (no subject)
by David M. Barlieb 01 Feb '11

01 Feb '11

Hello all, I am looking to use bonded interfaces as a bridge device for my virtual hosts. My goal was to have 4 nics bonded together to create a large pipe for my guests. I then tried to create a bridge device out of it similar to creating a bridge out of a single nic. It unfortunately did not work. Does any one know of a way to bond 2 or more nics than configure the bond as a bridge to the virtual guests. Thanks in advance, Dave B

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[libvirt-users] libvirt bridge configuration
by Taras Lipatov 01 Feb '11

01 Feb '11

Hi Every one, I'm hoping some one can point me in the right direction. We are piloting KVM + Libvirt for migrating off Xen and I'm stuck with the network bridge configuration via libvirt. What we have currently with xen is: 1 server with Wan/lan interfaces and a pool of public ip addresses. Using xen bridge scripts I'd start a xenbr0 and attach eth0 (wan) and go ahead and assign public IP's to images attached to xenbr0. Now with creating virbr0, I need to assign it an ip address? and routing methods? what about creating a transparent bridge via libvirt? I kno I can achieve this using bridge utils, but it would be nice to have everything handled by libvirt. Any help would be appreciated. cheers, Taras

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[libvirt-users] Guest interface info under ESX driver
by Sengor 31 Jan '11

31 Jan '11

Hi, Is there a way to fetch the current IP address of a running guest domain (with VMware Tools installed) running on an ESX host? Ideally this would be doable via the libvirt Python bindings. Thank you. -- sengork

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[libvirt-users] syslog messages after cd-rom removal
by Alexander Topolanek 30 Jan '11

30 Jan '11

Sorry, I know this is not really libvirt related, but I'm searching for a solution sind about an hour and cannot find anything that helps me ... Ok, I used to install a standard debian in a kvm instance, and removed the virtual cd-rom after installation. Now I'm getting this triplet every five minutes in my syslog: Jan 26 19:25:12 srv62 kernel: [ 1324.267675] hdc: task_in_intr: status=0x41 { DriveReady Error } Jan 26 19:25:12 srv62 kernel: [ 1324.267683] hdc: task_in_intr: error=0x04 { AbortedCommand } Jan 26 19:25:12 srv62 kernel: [ 1324.267685] ide: failed opcode was: 0xec and I'm looking how to get rid of the device. thanks for any help Alexander

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[libvirt-users] compilation error
by antoni artigues 28 Jan '11

28 Jan '11

Hello I'm trying to compile libvirt-0.8.6 on RHEL4 with kernel 2.6.9-67 The make command returns: -------------------- util/interface.c: In function `ifaceGetVlanID': util/interface.c:355: error: `GET_VLAN_VID_CMD' undeclared (first use in this function) util/interface.c:355: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once util/interface.c:355: error: for each function it appears in.) make[3]: *** [libvirt_util_la-interface.lo] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/root/InstalledPackages/libvirt-0.8.6/src' make[2]: *** [all] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/InstalledPackages/libvirt-0.8.6/src' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/InstalledPackages/libvirt-0.8.6' make: *** [all] Error 2 -------------------- I have saw that GET_VLAN_VID_CMD should be in if_vlan.h file, but it is not present. What do I have to update in my system to avoid this error? Thanks in advance regards Antoni Artigues

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[libvirt-users] libvirtd + vir-manager + kerberos
by Thomas Schweikle 28 Jan '11

28 Jan '11

Hi! Having two hosts installed with libvirtd, kvm, qemu on (Ubuntu 10.10). Now I have one big problem and one less: I have set up kerberos for both hosts. Created the principal "libvirt/srv1.example.org(a)EXAMPLE.ORG" and "libvirt/srv2.example.org(a)EXAMPLE.ORG", Exported the krb5.keytab, Installed it and tested the servers: srv1.example.org: I can connect using kerberos after acquiring a ticket with kinit. srv2.example.org: I am asked for user and password. Setup seems to be identical. Is there a way to debug, what is going on on this server? I'd like to have both respect kerberos and allow logging in with no password it already authenticated! Here is what I've set up: /etc/sasl2/libvirt.conf listen_tls = 0 listen_tcp = 1 mdns_adv = 0 auth_unix_ro = "none" auth_unix_rw = "none" auth_tcp = "sasl" /etc/sasl2/libvirt.conf mech_list: gssapi keytab: /etc/libvirt/krb5.kqemu sasldb_path: /etc/libvirt/passwd.db I start libvirtd with: KRB5_KTNAME=/etc/libvirt/krb5.kqemu /usr/sbin/libvirtd -d --listen In virt-manager I've set both hosts: qemu+tcp://srv1.example.org qemu+tcp://srv2.example.org Since both configs are identical (I've ran diff on them) I am a bit lost at the moment. I do not have any idea why it works for one host, but not the other. Any ideas? -- Thomas

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[libvirt-users] multi-user libvirt / virsh?
by Tomasz Chmielewski 28 Jan '11

28 Jan '11

I was wondering if libvirt / virsh was designed for multi-user environments. I.e. I was thinking of the "roles", i.e. root would be able to do everything, but regular users would only be able to stop/start/suspend, or use vnc with the virtual machines which belong to them. Is it possible with libvirt / virsh? If not, are there any other options to achieve it? -- Tomasz Chmielewski http://wpkg.org

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[libvirt-users] Allocating Sockets Cores and Threads.
by joe fu 27 Jan '11

27 Jan '11

Hi, Is there any other way I could allocate sockets, cores and threads to my virtual machine? I looked over the virsh man page and I didn't find anything that talks about sockets, threads and cores. I edited the vm xml file and added this... <cpu> <topology sockets='1' cores='2' threads='1'/> </cpu> Saw this in the libvirt documents, http://libvirt.org/formatdomain.html Setting this up shows me a single core in my vm, but I don't see any sockets and threads. Can somebody tell me how to do it in a right way so that I see all sockets, cores and threads allocated in my vm. Thanks joe

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