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[libvirt-users] guest state "in shutdown"
by Lying 30 Oct '17

30 Oct '17

Hello,I just encountered a problem my virtual machine is not a normal shutdown and I get state is "in shutdown" when i check it using "virsh list --all" why i get the error state,and how i should solve it?

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[libvirt-users] guest cost long time to boot
by 柘龙义 26 Oct '17

26 Oct '17

hello, my virtual guest always cost long times to boot, all device load finish ,but still cost 15s to make display light

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Re: [libvirt-users] Need to increase the rx and tx buffer size of my interface
by Ashish Kurian 26 Oct '17

26 Oct '17

Hi Yalan, In the previous email you mentioned "tx_queue_size='512' will not work in the guest with direct type interface, in fact, no matter what you set, it will not work and guest will get the default '256'. " So if I am using macvtap for my interfaces, then the device type will always be direct type. Does it mean that there is no way I can increase the buffer size with the macvtap interfaces? Best Regards, Ashish Kurian On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 9:04 AM, Ashish Kurian <ashishbnv(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Yalan, > > Thank you for your comment on qemu-kvm-rhev > > I am waiting for a response about my previous email with the logs > attached. I do not understand what is the problem. > > > On Oct 26, 2017 8:58 AM, "Yalan Zhang" <yalzhang(a)redhat.com> wrote: > > Hi Ashish, > > Please never mind for qemu-kvm-rhev. > qemu with the code base 2.10.0 will support the tx_queue_size and > rx_queue_size. > > Thank you~ > > > > > > ------- > Best Regards, > Yalan Zhang > IRC: yalzhang > Internal phone: 8389413 > > On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 2:22 PM, Yalan Zhang <yalzhang(a)redhat.com> wrote: > >> Hi Ashish, >> >> Are these packages available for free? How can I install them? >> => You did have vhost backend driver. Do not set <driver name='qemu'...>, >> by default it will use vhost as backend driver. >> >> Is it possible to have my interfaces with an IP address inside the VM to >> be bridged to the physical interfaces on the host? >> => Yes, you can create a linux bridge with physical interface connected, >> and use bridge type interface. Refer to https://libvirt.org/formatd >> omain.html#elementsNICSBridge >> direct type is also ok (but your host and guest have no access to each >> other). >> >> Is it also a possibility that I change the rx and tx buffer on the >> physical interface on the host and it is reflected automatically inside the >> VM as you said it will always receive the default value of the host? >> => No, it do not receive the default value of the host. It's the default >> value related with the virtual device driver on the guest. >> hostdev type interface will passthrough the physical interface or VF of >> the host to guest, it will get the device's parameters for rx and tx buffer. >> >> >> >> ------- >> Best Regards, >> Yalan Zhang >> IRC: yalzhang >> Internal phone: 8389413 >> >> On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 1:30 PM, Ashish Kurian <ashishbnv(a)gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Yalan, >>> >>> Thank you for your response. I do not have the following packages >>> installed >>> >>> vhost backend driver >>> qemu-kvm-rhev package >>> >>> Are these packages available for free? How can I install them? >>> >>> In my KVM VM, I must have an IP address to the interfaces that I am >>> trying to increasing the buffers. That is the reason I was using macvtap >>> (direct type interface). Is it possible to have my interfaces with an IP >>> address inside the VM to be bridged to the physical interfaces on the host? >>> >>> Is it also a possibility that I change the rx and tx buffer on the >>> physical interface on the host and it is reflected automatically inside the >>> VM as you said it will always receive the default value of the host? >>> >>> >>> Best Regards, >>> Ashish Kurian >>> >>> On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 6:45 AM, Yalan Zhang <yalzhang(a)redhat.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Ashish, >>>> >>>> I have tested with your xml in the first mail, and it works for rx_queue_size(see >>>> below). >>>> multiqueue need to work with vhost backend driver. And when you set >>>> "queues=1" it will ignored. >>>> >>>> Please check your qemu-kvm-rhev package, should be newer than >>>> qemu-kvm-rhev-2.9.0-16.el7_4.2 >>>> And the logs? >>>> >>>> tx_queue_size='512' will not work in the guest with direct type >>>> interface, in fact, no matter what you set, it will not work and guest will >>>> get the default '256'. >>>> We only support vhost-user backend to have more than 256. refer to >>>> https://libvirt.org/formatdomain.html#elementsNICSEthernet >>>> >>>> tx_queue_size >>>> The optional tx_queue_size attribute controls the size of virtio ring >>>> for each queue as described above. The default value is hypervisor >>>> dependent and may change across its releases. Moreover, some hypervisors >>>> may pose some restrictions on actual value. For instance, QEMU v2.9 >>>> requires value to be a power of two from [256, 1024] range. In addition to >>>> that, this may work only for a subset of interface types, e.g. >>>> aforementioned QEMU enables this option only for vhostuser type. Since >>>> 3.7.0 (QEMU and KVM only) >>>> multiqueue only supports vhost as backend driver. >>>> >>>> # rpm -q libvirt qemu-kvm-rhev >>>> libvirt-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.x86_64 >>>> qemu-kvm-rhev-2.9.0-16.el7_4.9.x86_64 >>>> >>>> 1. the xml as below >>>> <interface type='direct'> >>>> <mac address='52:54:00:00:b5:99'/> >>>> <source dev='eno1' mode='vepa'/> >>>> <model type='virtio'/> >>>> <driver name='vhost' queues='5' rx_queue_size='512' >>>> tx_queue_size='512'> >>>> <host csum='off' gso='off' tso4='off' tso6='off' ecn='off' >>>> ufo='off' mrg_rxbuf='off'/> >>>> <guest csum='off' tso4='off' tso6='off' ecn='off' ufo='off'/> >>>> </driver> >>>> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' >>>> function='0x0'/> >>>> </interface> >>>> >>>> 2. after start the vm, check the qemu command line: >>>> *-netdev >>>> tap,fds=26:28:29:30:31,id=hostnet0,vhost=on,vhostfds=32:33:34:35:36* >>>> -device virtio-net-pci,csum=off,gso=off,host_tso4=off,host_tso6=off, >>>> host_ecn=off,host_ufo=off,mrg_rxbuf=off,guest_csum=off,guest >>>> _tso4=off,guest_tso6=off,guest_ecn=off,guest_ufo=off, >>>> *mq=on,vectors=12,rx_queue_size=512,tx_queue_size=512*,netdev=hostnet >>>> 0,id=net0,mac=52:54:00:00:b5:99,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 >>>> >>>> 3. check on guest >>>> # ethtool -g eth0 >>>> Ring parameters for eth0: >>>> Pre-set maximums: >>>> RX: *512 ==> rx_queue_size works* >>>> RX Mini: 0 >>>> RX Jumbo: 0 >>>> TX: *256 ===> no change* >>>> Current hardware settings: >>>> RX: *512 **==> rx_queue_size works* >>>> RX Mini: 0 >>>> RX Jumbo: 0 >>>> TX: *256 ===> no change* >>>> >>>> # ethtool -l eth0 >>>> Channel parameters for eth0: >>>> Pre-set maximums: >>>> RX: 0 >>>> TX: 0 >>>> Other: 0 >>>> Combined: *5 ==> queues what we set* >>>> Current hardware settings: >>>> RX: 0 >>>> TX: 0 >>>> Other: 0 >>>> Combined: 1 >>>> >>>> >>>> If change to qemu as driver, >>>> # virsh edit rhel7 >>>> .. >>>> <interface type='direct'> >>>> <mac address='52:54:00:00:b5:99'/> >>>> <source dev='eno1' mode='vepa'/> >>>> <model type='virtio'/> >>>> <driver name='qemu' queues='5' rx_queue_size='512' >>>> tx_queue_size='512'> >>>> <host csum='off' gso='off' tso4='off' tso6='off' ecn='off' >>>> ufo='off' mrg_rxbuf='off'/> >>>> <guest csum='off' tso4='off' tso6='off' ecn='off' ufo='off'/> >>>> </driver> >>>> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' >>>> function='0x0'/> >>>> </interface> >>>> .. >>>> Domain rhel7 XML configuration edited. ==> the xml can validate and save >>>> >>>> # virsh start rhel7 >>>> Domain rhel7 started >>>> >>>> >>>> # virsh dumpxml rhel7 | grep /interface -B9 >>>> <source dev='eno1' mode='vepa'/> >>>> <target dev='macvtap0'/> >>>> <model type='virtio'/> >>>> *<driver name='qemu' queues='5' rx_queue_size='512' >>>> tx_queue_size='512'>* >>>> <host csum='off' gso='off' tso4='off' tso6='off' ecn='off' >>>> ufo='off' mrg_rxbuf='off'/> >>>> <guest csum='off' tso4='off' tso6='off' ecn='off' ufo='off'/> >>>> </driver> >>>> <alias name='net0'/> >>>> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' >>>> function='0x0'/> >>>> </interface> >>>> >>>> >>>> * -netdev tap,fds=26:28:29:30:31*,id=hostnet0 -device >>>> virtio-net-pci,csum=off,gso=off,host_tso4=off,host_tso6=off, >>>> host_ecn=off,host_ufo=off,mrg_rxbuf=off,guest_csum=off,guest >>>> _tso4=off,guest_tso6=off,guest_ecn=off,guest_ufo=off, >>>> *rx_queue_size=512,tx_queue_size=512*,netdev=hostnet0,id=net0,mac=52: >>>> 54:00:00:b5:99,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 >>>> >>>> *"mq=on,vectors=12" is missing*, indicates there is no multiqueue >>>> >>>> and check on guest >>>> >>>> # ethtool -l eth0 >>>> Channel parameters for eth0: >>>> Pre-set maximums: >>>> RX: 0 >>>> TX: 0 >>>> Other: 0 >>>> Combined: 1 ==> no multiqueue >>>> Current hardware settings: >>>> RX: 0 >>>> TX: 0 >>>> Other: 0 >>>> Combined: 1 >>>> >>>> # ethtool -g eth0 >>>> Ring parameters for eth0: >>>> Pre-set maximums: >>>> RX: *512* >>>> RX Mini: 0 >>>> RX Jumbo: 0 >>>> TX: 256 >>>> Current hardware settings: >>>> RX: *512* >>>> RX Mini: 0 >>>> RX Jumbo: 0 >>>> TX: 256 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ------- >>>> Best Regards, >>>> Yalan Zhang >>>> IRC: yalzhang >>>> Internal phone: 8389413 >>>> >>>> On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 2:33 AM, Ashish Kurian <ashishbnv(a)gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Michal, >>>>> >>>>> An update to what I have already said : when I try adding <driver >>>>> name='qemu' txmode='iothread' ioeventfd='on' event_idx='off' queues='1' >>>>> rx_queue_size='512' tx_queue_size='512'> although it showed me the error as >>>>> mentioned, when I checked the xml again I saw that <driver >>>>> name='qemu' txmode='iothread' ioeventfd='on' event_idx='off' > is added to >>>>> the interface. >>>>> >>>>> The missing parameters are : queues='1' rx_queue_size='512' >>>>> tx_queue_size='512' >>>>> >>>>> Best Regards, >>>>> Ashish Kurian >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 5:07 PM, Ashish Kurian <ashishbnv(a)gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi Michal, >>>>>> >>>>>> What I found was that when I restarted the machine and did a virsh >>>>>> edit command to see the xml config, I see that it is was not actually >>>>>> changed. This suggests why I saw 256 again after restarting. >>>>>> >>>>>> So now I tried again to edit the xml via virsh edit command and used >>>>>> the following to set the parameters. >>>>>> >>>>>> <driver name='qemu' txmode='iothread' ioeventfd='on' event_idx='off' >>>>>> queues='1' rx_queue_size='512' tx_queue_size='512'> >>>>>> </driver> >>>>>> >>>>>> It was not accepted and I got the error saying : >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> error: XML document failed to validate against schema: Unable to >>>>>> validate doc against /usr/share/libvirt/schemas/domain.rng >>>>>> Extra element devices in interleave >>>>>> Element domain failed to validate content >>>>>> >>>>>> What does this imply? I have two more other interfaces and do I have >>>>>> to the same to them also? >>>>>> >>>>>> Btw, there are now logs generated now in the domain log or libvirtd >>>>>> log >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Best Regards, >>>>>> Ashish Kurian >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 2:50 PM, Michal Privoznik < >>>>>> mprivozn(a)redhat.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> On 10/25/2017 01:53 PM, Ashish Kurian wrote: >>>>>>> > Dear Users/Developers, >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > I am using a KVM Ubuntu VM as a degrader to apply specific delays >>>>>>> to >>>>>>> > incoming packets. As the delay for my packets can be higher than >>>>>>> 7.5 >>>>>>> > seconds, there is not enough buffer on my interface to buffer all >>>>>>> the >>>>>>> > packets. Therefore those overflowing packets are dropped in the >>>>>>> machine and >>>>>>> > not forwarded. >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > When I tried to use the command ethtool -G ens8 rx 512 to >>>>>>> increase the >>>>>>> > buffer size, I get the following error. >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > Cannot set device ring parameters: Operation not permitted >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > I have kept the VM xml files as specified in the link : >>>>>>> > https://libvirt.org/formatdomain.html. The value that I kept in >>>>>>> my xml file >>>>>>> > is as follows. >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > <interface type='direct'> >>>>>>> > <mac address='52:54:00:72:f9:eb'/> >>>>>>> > <source dev='enp7s0f0' mode='vepa'/> >>>>>>> > <model type='virtio'/> >>>>>>> > <driver name='vhost' queues='5' rx_queue_size='512' >>>>>>> > tx_queue_size='512'> >>>>>>> > <host csum='off' gso='off' tso4='off' tso6='off' ecn='off' >>>>>>> ufo='off' >>>>>>> > mrg_rxbuf='off'/> >>>>>>> > <guest csum='off' tso4='off' tso6='off' ecn='off' ufo='off'/> >>>>>>> > </driver> >>>>>>> > <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x08' >>>>>>> > function='0x0'/> >>>>>>> > </interface> >>>>>>> > <interface type='direct'> >>>>>>> > <mac address='52:54:00:00:b5:99'/> >>>>>>> > <source dev='enp7s0f1' mode='vepa'/> >>>>>>> > <model type='virtio'/> >>>>>>> > <driver name='vhost' queues='5' rx_queue_size='512' >>>>>>> > tx_queue_size='512'> >>>>>>> > <host csum='off' gso='off' tso4='off' tso6='off' ecn='off' >>>>>>> ufo='off' >>>>>>> > mrg_rxbuf='off'/> >>>>>>> > <guest csum='off' tso4='off' tso6='off' ecn='off' ufo='off'/> >>>>>>> > </driver> >>>>>>> > <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x09' >>>>>>> > function='0x0'/> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> So what does the qemu command line look like? You can find it in >>>>>>> either >>>>>>> libvirtd log or domain log. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> http://wiki.libvirt.org/page/DebugLogs >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Michal >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> libvirt-users mailing list >>>>> libvirt-users(a)redhat.com >>>>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvirt-users >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> > >

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[libvirt-users] question about how to set rng device on vm
by Yalan Zhang 26 Oct '17

26 Oct '17

Hi Amos, I'm a libvirt QE, and I can not understand the setting on libvirt.org for rng device. Could you please help to explain a little? (The xml in https://libvirt.org/formatdomain.html#elementsRng) <devices> <rng model='virtio'> <rate period="2000" bytes="1234"/> <backend model='random'>/dev/random</backend>  <backend model='egd' type='udp'> *<source mode='bind' service='1234'/>* * <source mode='connect' host='1.2.3.4' service='1234'/>* </backend> </rng> </devices> How did it work with source mode='bind' and source mode='connect' together? which process on guest or host will act as server part, which for client part? One detail example: start a vm with below device, and no egd running on host: <rng model='virtio'> <backend model='egd' type='udp'> <source mode='bind' service='1234'/> <source mode='connect' host='127.0.0.1' service='1234'/> </backend> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x09' function='0x0'/> </rng> qemu command line: -chardev udp,id=charrng0,host=127.0.0.1,port=1234,localaddr=,localport=1234 -object rng-egd,id=objrng0,chardev=charrng0 -device virtio-rng-pci,rng=objrng0,id=rng0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x9 In my understanding the purpose of the rng device on guest is to provide guest a hardware RNG device /dev/hwrng which obtain seeds from the host. The source can be /dev/random on host, then the xml will be: <rng model='virtio'> <backend model='random'>/dev/random</backend> </rng> can be hardware on host: <rng model='virtio'> <backend model='random'>/dev/hwrng</backend> </rng> can be edg daemon running on host: <rng model='virtio'> <backend model='egd' type='tcp'> <source mode='connect' host='127.0.0.1' service='1234'/> </backend> </rng> (on host, there should be a egd daemon running on tcp 127.0.0.1:1234 # egd.pl --debug-client --nofork localhost:1234) Thank you very much and look forward for your response! ------- Best Regards, Yalan Zhang IRC: yalzhang Internal phone: 8389413

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Re: [libvirt-users] terminating on signal 15 from pid 2146 (/usr/sbin/libvirtd)
by Matwey V. Kornilov 26 Oct '17

26 Oct '17

2017-10-20 17:14 GMT+03:00 Matwey V. Kornilov <matwey.kornilov(a)gmail.com>: > 2017-10-20 15:16 GMT+03:00 Martin Kletzander <mkletzan(a)redhat.com>: >> On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 03:07:19PM +0300, Matwey V. Kornilov wrote: >>> >>> 2017-10-20 14:59 GMT+03:00 Martin Kletzander <mkletzan(a)redhat.com>: >>>> >>>> On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 09:11:00PM +0300, Matwey V. Kornilov wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> I use libvirt 3.3.0 and qemu 2.9.0 >>>>> >>>>> My domain XML spec is the following: >>>>> >>>>> <domain type='qemu'> >>>>> <name>s390_generic</name> >>>>> <uuid>82b4d16e-b636-447e-9fda-41d44616bce8</uuid> >>>>> <memory unit='KiB'>1048576</memory> >>>>> <currentMemory unit='KiB'>1048576</currentMemory> >>>>> <vcpu placement='static'>1</vcpu> >>>>> <os> >>>>> <type arch='s390x' machine='s390-ccw-virtio-2.9'>hvm</type> >>>>> <boot dev='hd'/> >>>>> </os> >>>>> <clock offset='utc'/> >>>>> <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff> >>>>> <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot> >>>>> <on_crash>destroy</on_crash> >>>>> <devices> >>>>> <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-s390x</emulator> >>>>> <disk type='block' device='disk'> >>>>> <driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='none' io='native'/> >>>>> <source dev='/dev/lvm_pda/libvirt_s390'/> >>>>> <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/> >>>>> <address type='ccw' cssid='0xfe' ssid='0x0' devno='0x0000'/> >>>>> </disk> >>>>> <disk type='file' device='cdrom'> >>>>> <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/> >>>>> <target dev='sda' bus='scsi'/> >>>>> <readonly/> >>>>> <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/> >>>>> </disk> >>>>> <controller type='scsi' index='0' model='virtio-scsi'> >>>>> <address type='ccw' cssid='0xfe' ssid='0x0' devno='0x0002'/> >>>>> </controller> >>>>> <interface type='bridge'> >>>>> <mac address='52:54:00:e8:61:7e'/> >>>>> <source bridge='br0'/> >>>>> <model type='virtio'/> >>>>> <address type='ccw' cssid='0xfe' ssid='0x0' devno='0x0001'/> >>>>> </interface> >>>>> <console type='pty'> >>>>> <target type='sclp' port='0'/> >>>>> </console> >>>>> <memballoon model='virtio'> >>>>> <address type='ccw' cssid='0xfe' ssid='0x0' devno='0x0003'/> >>>>> </memballoon> >>>>> <panic model='s390'/> >>>>> </devices> >>>>> </domain> >>>>> >>>>> The issue is that when I try to start it, it starts and shutdowns >>>>> immediately: >>>>> >>>>> virsh # start s390_generic >>>>> Domain s390_generic started >>>>> >>>>> virsh # >>>>> >>>>> In the domain log file I see the following: >>>>> >>>>> 2017-10-19 18:10:21.633+0000: starting up libvirt version: 3.3.0, qemu >>>>> version: 2.9.0(openSUSE Leap 42.3), hostname: oak.local >>>>> LC_ALL=C >>>>> PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin >>>>> QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none /usr/bin/qemu-system-s390x -name >>>>> guest=s390_generic,debug-threads=on -S -object >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,file=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain-7-s390_generic/master-key.aes >>>>> -machine s390-ccw-virtio-2.9,accel=tcg,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off -m >>>>> 1024 -realtime mlock=off -smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 -uuid >>>>> 82b4d16e-b636-447e-9fda-41d44616bce8 -display none -no-user-config >>>>> -nodefaults -chardev >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> socket,id=charmonitor,path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain-7-s390_generic/monitor.sock,server,nowait >>>>> -mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control -rtc base=utc >>>>> -no-shutdown -boot strict=on -device >>>>> virtio-scsi-ccw,id=scsi0,devno=fe.0.0002 -drive >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> file=/dev/lvm_pda/libvirt_s390,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0,cache=none,aio=native >>>>> -device >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> virtio-blk-ccw,scsi=off,devno=fe.0.0000,drive=drive-virtio-disk0,id=virtio-disk0,bootindex=1 >>>>> -drive if=none,id=drive-scsi0-0-0-0,readonly=on -device >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> scsi-cd,bus=scsi0.0,channel=0,scsi-id=0,lun=0,drive=drive-scsi0-0-0-0,id=scsi0-0-0-0 >>>>> -netdev tap,fd=26,id=hostnet0 -device >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> virtio-net-ccw,netdev=hostnet0,id=net0,mac=52:54:00:e8:61:7e,devno=fe.0.0001 >>>>> -chardev pty,id=charconsole0 -device >>>>> sclpconsole,chardev=charconsole0,id=console0 -device >>>>> virtio-balloon-ccw,id=balloon0,devno=fe.0.0003 -msg timestamp=on >>>>> 2017-10-19T18:10:21.701184Z qemu-system-s390x: -chardev >>>>> pty,id=charconsole0: char device redirected to /dev/pts/5 (label >>>>> charconsole0) >>>>> 2017-10-19T18:10:21.721299Z qemu-system-s390x: terminating on signal 15 >>>>> from pid 2146 (/usr/sbin/libvirtd) >>>>> 2017-10-19 18:10:21.985+0000: shutting down, reason=shutdown >>>>> >>>> >>>> You don't have much logging enabled, so there's not that much info. >>>> What's >>>> in >>>> the libvirtd.log? what is the status reason for the domain? I.e. output >>>> of >>>> `virsh domstate --reason` ? >>> >>> >>> How could I increase log level? There is nothing in libvirtd.log. >>> >> >> https://wiki.libvirt.org/page/DebugLogs > > Too much info for me... > > -- > With best regards, > Matwey V. Kornilov -- With best regards, Matwey V. Kornilov

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[libvirt-users] How to assign to PCI slot 0
by Fortman, Andrew 26 Oct '17

26 Oct '17

Hi, I'm new to this group so bear with me. So I need to passthrough a pci device on a particular bus and slot to get Linux to recognize it correctly. I need pci bus 6, slot 0. However whenever I try to use this slot inside of virsh edit it complains: error: XML error: Invalid PCI address 0000:06:00.0. slot must be >= 1 Failed. Try again? [y,n,i,f,?]: Is there a way to work around this ? Like can I disable the strict XML checking or even run the qemu commands manually? Thanks, Andy

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[libvirt-users] virsh does no longer respond to commands
by Dominik Psenner 26 Oct '17

26 Oct '17

Hi, after a recent live backup done with a snapshot, blockcommit failed and a subsequent (manual) blockjob abort got stuck. Now we are unable to do basic operations on the virtual machine like if it was frozen and when issuing another command we see the following: $ virsh shutdown $domain error: Failed to shutdown domain $domain error: Timed out during operation: cannot acquire state change lock (held by remoteDispatchDomainBlockJobAbort) $ virsh blockcommit $domain --active --pivot error: Timed out during operation: cannot acquire state change lock (held by remoteDispatchDomainBlockJobAbort) $ virsh blockjob $domain --abort error: Timed out during operation: cannot acquire state change lock (held by remoteDispatchDomainBlockJobAbort) Houston, we've got a problem. We have roughly 16 hours to fix this. Any help is appreciated! -- Dominik Psenner

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[libvirt-users] Need to increase the rx and tx buffer size of my interface
by Ashish Kurian 26 Oct '17

26 Oct '17

Dear Users/Developers, I am using a KVM Ubuntu VM as a degrader to apply specific delays to incoming packets. As the delay for my packets can be higher than 7.5 seconds, there is not enough buffer on my interface to buffer all the packets. Therefore those overflowing packets are dropped in the machine and not forwarded. When I tried to use the command ethtool -G ens8 rx 512 to increase the buffer size, I get the following error. Cannot set device ring parameters: Operation not permitted I have kept the VM xml files as specified in the link : https://libvirt.org/formatdomain.html. The value that I kept in my xml file is as follows. <interface type='direct'> <mac address='52:54:00:72:f9:eb'/> <source dev='enp7s0f0' mode='vepa'/> <model type='virtio'/> <driver name='vhost' queues='5' rx_queue_size='512' tx_queue_size='512'> <host csum='off' gso='off' tso4='off' tso6='off' ecn='off' ufo='off' mrg_rxbuf='off'/> <guest csum='off' tso4='off' tso6='off' ecn='off' ufo='off'/> </driver> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x08' function='0x0'/> </interface> <interface type='direct'> <mac address='52:54:00:00:b5:99'/> <source dev='enp7s0f1' mode='vepa'/> <model type='virtio'/> <driver name='vhost' queues='5' rx_queue_size='512' tx_queue_size='512'> <host csum='off' gso='off' tso4='off' tso6='off' ecn='off' ufo='off' mrg_rxbuf='off'/> <guest csum='off' tso4='off' tso6='off' ecn='off' ufo='off'/> </driver> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x09' function='0x0'/> After I saved the xml and redefined the machine and started it up, I checked to see if the buffers are increased. I still see that the buffers are as follows. Ring parameters for ens9: Pre-set maximums: RX: 4096 RX Mini: 0 RX Jumbo: 0 TX: 4096 Current hardware settings: RX: *256* RX Mini: 0 RX Jumbo: 0 TX: *256* How can I increase the buffer on my KVM VM? Best Regards, Ashish Kurian

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[libvirt-users] virsh + remote VirtualBox
by Konstantin Suvorov 25 Oct '17

25 Oct '17

Hello, I have the following setup: 1. MacOS host with VirtualBox installed 2. Ubuntu 16.04 host with libvirt installed What I try to do: Manage VMs executed inside VirtualBox on host 1 with libvirt tools from host 2. I have vboxwebsrv up and running on my MacOS host. I can successfully manage VMs remotely (e.g. with phpvirtualbox). But libvirt (virsh in particular) doesn't work. Reading debug logs, manuals and numerous internet threads leads me to a conclusion, that libvirt does not support remote connection to VirtualBox directly and only via libvirtd daemon installed on the same remote host as VirtualBox. Is this correct? If my assumption is correct, why is that so? Why libvirt can't manage remote VirtualBox directly? Regards, Konstantin.

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[libvirt-users] domain CPU topology
by llilulu 24 Oct '17

24 Oct '17

Hi When I create a domain from xml file, the vcpu number point in <vcpu/>, I not point <cpu><topology> in xml file, when allocate more than 2 vpcus, some(windows) system can't use all vcpu. But I point <cpu><topology sockets='1' cores='num' threads='1'/></cpu>. num is <vcpu>'num'</vcpu>. then whindows can use all vcpus. I want to know when no ponit <cpu><topology> ,what default cpu topology. if point cpu topology, what rule guide cpu topology, I find VMware Workstation can point cpu num,and core of per cpu. all cores is cpu*core.

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