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[libvirt-users] Virtualbox HOWTO?
by Dr. Boris Neubert 04 May '14

04 May '14

Hi, I have the latest libvirt from the git repo successfully compiled and up and running under CentOS 6.5. I can connect to the daemon (started with /usr/local/sbin/libvirtd -d --listen) both locally and remotely. I cannot see my virtualbox virtual machines. They run as the user "virtualbox". I connect with virsh -c vbox+tcp://virtualbox@vmserver/session and all list --all gets me is Id Name State ---------------------------------------------------- I probably miss something elementary, especially because I am not asked for a password for the virtualbox user and did not configure any machines beforehand. But I did not find how do to the trick in the documentation. Anybody out there with a working Virtualbox setup can help me out? Thanks and kind regards, Boris

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[libvirt-users] newbee questions
by John Smith 04 May '14

04 May '14

Hi, Im very new to virtualization on Linux, wanting to kick the tires some, and am wondering where best to go next. Right now, ive done the 'all in one install' of ovirt 3.4 on a single fedora 19 machine. Its a desktop with a wifi network interface, and im trying to set up the kvm hypervisor in combination with macvtap. Any pointers to docs on what best to do next is appreciated. Im currently trying to make sense of this: http://www.ovirt.org/Quick_Start_Guide Also, as far as I can tell, there seems to be an issue with the detection of my wireless wifi network interface 'wlp2s0' as it doesnt seem to show up anywhere in the interface. I can attach the 'ovirtmgmt' network to my standard wired ethernet interface 'p2p2', but that device is not in use on the machine and it is disconnected from the network. Reading about linux virt and issues with bridging with wifi NIC's on the web made me, perhaps incorrectly here, assume that a wifi nic might be an issue, so thats where the idea to use macvtap came from. Manual setup of macvtap seems to work, as i can do this without issues on a root prompt on the same machine: ip link add link wlp2s0 name macvtap0 type macvtap ip link set macvtap0 address 1a:46:0b:ca:bc:7b up ip link show macvtap0 But the wifi interface 'wlp2s0' does not seem to show up in the ovirt web gui interface. Im sorry if I sound confusing here, but that may be just because im really still confused about ovirt. ;) So any pointers on what to read up on or do next is appreciated, Thanks, Regards, John Smith.

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[libvirt-users] Corrupt image?
by mattias 02 May '14

02 May '14

I took a gzipped qcow2 image And do a gunzip on it But what? [root@mjw vm]# fdisk w.qcow2 -l Disk w.qcow2: 0 MB, 0 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 0 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00000000 [root@mjw vm]# The disc should not be 0 mb!!! The disc worked before i gzipped it

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[libvirt-users] virsh update-device: need to clear network filters
by Oleg Bondarev 01 May '14

01 May '14

Hi, Can anyone please help with the following: I have a running instance with interface <interface type='bridge'> <mac address='fa:16:3e:ba:a4:67'/> <source bridge='br100/> <target dev='vnet0'/> <model type='virtio'/> <filterref filter='nova-instance-instance-00000001-fa163ebaa467'/> <alias name='net0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/> </interface> what I need is to clear network interface on the instance. I tried virsh update-device with following xml: <interface type='bridge'> <mac address='fa:16:3e:ba:a4:67'/> <source bridge='br100/> <model type='virtio'/> </interface> but this results in the following error: $ sudo virsh update-device 13 xml.xml --persistent --live --config error: Failed to update device from xml.xml error: End of file while reading data: Input/output error error: Failed to reconnect to the hypervisor and libvirt is restarted. Is it possible to clear nw filter at all? Thanks, Oleg

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[libvirt-users] Some odd quriks of libvirt and xen on fedora 20.
by Alvin Starr 01 May '14

01 May '14

for pv systems the vnc console display is on the correct port with the following call do qeum-dm libxl: debug: libxl_dm.c:1213:libxl__spawn_local_dm: -domain-name libxl: debug: libxl_dm.c:1213:libxl__spawn_local_dm: paravirt libxl: debug: libxl_dm.c:1213:libxl__spawn_local_dm: -vnc libxl: debug: libxl_dm.c:1213:libxl__spawn_local_dm: 127.0.0.1:1 but for hv systems xl is being passed libxl: debug: libxl_dm.c:1213:libxl__spawn_local_dm: -domain-name libxl: debug: libxl_dm.c:1213:libxl__spawn_local_dm: fullvirt libxl: debug: libxl_dm.c:1213:libxl__spawn_local_dm: -vnc libxl: debug: libxl_dm.c:1213:libxl__spawn_local_dm: 127.0.0.1:0 libxl: debug: libxl_dm.c:1213:libxl__spawn_local_dm: -vncunused libxl: debug: libxl_dm.c:1213:libxl__spawn_local_dm: -serial libxl: debug: libxl_dm.c:1213:libxl__spawn_local_dm: pty libxl: debug: libxl_dm.c:1213:libxl__spawn_local_dm: -videoram libxl: debug: libxl_dm.c:1213:libxl__spawn_local_dm: 8 Where would I look to correct this? -- Alvin Starr || voice: (905)513-7688 Netvel Inc. || Cell: (416)806-0133 alvin(a)netvel.net ||

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[libvirt-users] About virsh console on Windows guest
by Yoann Dandine 30 Apr '14

30 Apr '14

Hello, Then everything is in the title, i would like to get the guest's serial console, the Windows one, Linux works perfectly at the moment. I don't find enough informations about that, so I'm asking myself : "Is that stupid or inconsistent ?". I know we can go trough 2 ssh access it but that's not really nice to do. My searches resulted in the use of EMS, I'm still trying this way but it seems it doesn't work. Any suggestions ? Kind regards Yoann Dandine.

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[libvirt-users] [LXC] Libvirtd without root
by Jan Olszak 30 Apr '14

30 Apr '14

Hi there! Can libvirtd (lxc driver) run as a non-root user, but with the right CAPs? Thanks, Jan

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[libvirt-users] How can I have more than one console/terminal windows when connecting to lxc
by WANG Cheng D 30 Apr '14

30 Apr '14

Dear all, I use virsh command to start a container and connect to it. When I use virsh -c lxc:/// console mycontainer, I only have one console. I wonder how to open multiple terminal windows for the same container. Thank you in advance Cheng Wang

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Re: [libvirt-users] libvirt-users Digest, Vol 52, Issue 39
by Taimur Al Said 28 Apr '14

28 Apr '14

On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 5:00 PM, <libvirt-users-request(a)redhat.com> wrote: > Send libvirt-users mailing list submissions to > libvirt-users(a)redhat.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvirt-users > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > libvirt-users-request(a)redhat.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > libvirt-users-owner(a)redhat.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of libvirt-users digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Ability of a VM to detect Libvirt events. (Taimur Al Said) > 2. Re: Ability of a VM to detect Libvirt events. (Brian Rak) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2014 22:46:30 +0100 > From: Taimur Al Said <alsaidts(a)gmail.com> > To: libvirt-users(a)redhat.com > Subject: [libvirt-users] Ability of a VM to detect Libvirt events. > Message-ID: > <CACwu6qRADOyJ6EB_OD= > YZgbogNqQLQPxOJfRXshGcqosgDmPKg(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi there, > > Let's assume a libvirt event occurred on a VM, i.e an event like pause VM > or reboot VM or any other libvirt event. Can the VM determine that such > event was originated by libvirt? ---or in a more general term by the > hypervisor? If yes, how can this be done in theory? > > Thanks in advance, > > Regards, > Taimur > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvirt-users/attachments/20140426/4699d43e… > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2014 18:46:42 -0400 > From: Brian Rak <brak(a)gameservers.com> > To: libvirt-users(a)redhat.com > Subject: Re: [libvirt-users] Ability of a VM to detect Libvirt events. > Message-ID: <535C3752.5070609(a)gameservers.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; Format="flowed" > > How are you thinking that a VM would be paused/rebooted via something > other then the hypervisor? > > On 4/26/2014 5:46 PM, Taimur Al Said wrote: > > Hi there, > > > > Let's assume a libvirt event occurred on a VM, i.e an event like pause > > VM or reboot VM or any other libvirt event. Can the VM determine that > > such event was originated by libvirt? ---or in a more general term by > > the hypervisor? If yes, how can this be done in theory? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Regards, > > Taimur > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > libvirt-users mailing list > > libvirt-users(a)redhat.com > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvirt-users > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvirt-users/attachments/20140426/d18e0d87… > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > libvirt-users mailing list > libvirt-users(a)redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvirt-users > > End of libvirt-users Digest, Vol 52, Issue 39 > ********************************************* > Thanks, I guess my query was clear. However, I'll make it clearer. I know that the such events are caused by the hypervisor. Either directly or using tools such as Libvirt. The question is: can such events be detectable from the VM level? In another word, can the VM tell if it was being paused/rebooted/migrated/etc? Best regards, Taimur

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[libvirt-users] Fwd: [s3-bug-review] [RHEL7] [Virtual disks] Met error messages while the guest OS booting up on a nbd device.
by Chenli Hu 28 Apr '14

28 Apr '14

Hi, all We met an issue while doing the nbd related test, will you please help to review if this issue is a bug? Thank you! ================================================= Subject: [s3-bug-review] [RHEL7] [Virtual disks] Met error messages while the guest OS booting up on a nbd device. Description: Start a guest with only one nbd device and with a linux OS installed on the nbd device, "virsh create" return successfully, but meet error messages while the guest OS booting up. Version: libvirt-client-1.1.1-29.el7.x86_64 qemu-kvm-1.5.3-60.el7.x86_64 kernel-3.10.0-121.el7.x86_64 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. start nbd server on the server host. #nbd-server 10809 /var/lib/libvirt/images/r7g-qcow2.img 2. create a domain with xml as bellow. # virsh create r7g-nbd.xml Domain r7g-qcow2 created from r7g-nbd.xml # virsh dumpxml r7g-qcow2| grep disk -A 7 <disk type='network' device='disk'> <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/> <source protocol='nbd'> <host name='10.66.106.34' port='10809'/> </source> <target dev='sda' bus='scsi'/> <alias name='scsi0-0-0-0'/> <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/> </disk> # ps -ef| grep qemu-kvm| grep nbd qemu 15724 1 99 09:58 ? 00:00:47 /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm -name r7g-qcow2 ...... -drive file=nbd:10.66.106.34:10809,if=none,id=drive-scsi0-0-0-0,format=qcow2 -device scsi-hd,bus=scsi0.0,channel=0,scsi-id=0,lun=0,drive=drive-scsi0-0-0-0,id=scsi0-0-0-0,bootindex=1 ...... 3. login to the guest, the console output error messages and fail to booting up. Actual results： As described. Expected results: The guest can boot up successfully. Additional info: Attached screen-shot and log files. Regards, chhu

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