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[libvirt-users] Using source installed open vswitch with libvirt(or virsh).
by 황진환 31 May '13

31 May '13

P{font-size:10pt; line-height:16; margin-left:0; margin-top:0; margin-right:0; margin-bottom:0; font-family:gulim;} (English is not my first language Sorry for my poor English )   OS :  Linux nc233 2632-220171el6x86_64 #1 SMP Tue May 15 17:16:46 CDT 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux CentOS release 63 (Final) open vswitch : 11190 virsh : 100 ibvirtd (libvirt) : 100   I have tried to see what the virsh setting can do to open vswitch(ovs) until now I had installed open vswitch from a source, not by using rpm or rpm build of the source (I had tried to do 'ovs rpm build' described at INSTALLRHEL included in ovs, But i failed to do it)   What i tried is this(http://blogscottloweorg/2012/11/07/using-vlans-with-ovs-and-libvirt/)  I installed and started up ovs and it looked like properly working I could create and delete bridges and ports with 'ovs-vsctl'    1 what i created before running 'virsh net-define'  -------------------------------------------- # ovs-vsctl show 76d9d6aa-cfce-4868-bf99-7d16bcfe38eb     Bridge "br0"         Port "br0"             Interface "br0"                 type: internal         Port "eth1"             Interface "eth1" --------------------------------------------     2 And then runned 'virsh net-define netxml' 'netxml' i used -------------------------------------------- <network>     <name>ovs-network</name>     <forward mode='bridge'/>     <bridge name='br0'/>     <virtualport type='openvswitch'/>     <portgroup name='vlan-01' default='yes'>     </portgroup>     <portgroup name='vlan-02'>         <vlan>         <tag id='2'/>         </vlan>     </portgroup>     <portgroup name='vlan-03'>         <vlan>         <tag id='3'/>         </vlan>     </portgroup>     <portgroup name='vlan-all'>         <vlan trunk='yes'>         <tag id='2'/>         <tag id='3'/>         </vlan>     </portgroup> </network> --------------------------------------------     3 vmxml which was used for 'virsh define vmxml' -------------------------------------------- <domain type="kvm">     <name>vm</name>     <memory>1048576</memory>     <vcpu>1</vcpu>     <os>         <type arch="x86_64" machine="pc">hvm</type>                 <boot dev="hd"/>     </os>     <features>         <acpi/>         <apic/>         <pae/>     </features>     <clock mode="localtime">         <timer name="rtc" tickpolicy="catchup" wallclock="guest"/>         <timer name="hpet" present="no"/>     </clock>     <devices>                  <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64</emulator>                  <disk device="disk" type="file">                          <driver cache="writeback" io="threads" name="qemu" type="qcow2"/>             <source file="/root/img/vmimg"/>             <target bus="virtio" dev="vda"/>         </disk>         <interface type="network">             <mac address="d2:0d:45:a3:92:ea"/>             <source network='ovs-network' portgroup='vlan-02'/>         </interface>         <console type="pty">             <target port="0"/>         </console>         <input bus="usb" type="tablet"/>         <input bus="ps2" type="mouse"/>         <graphics autoport="yes" keymap="en-us" listen="0000"             port="-1" type="vnc"/>     </devices> </domain> --------------------------------------------     4 runned 'virsh start vm', and failed (messages had not been printed in english at my server, so i googled and tried to choose simillar sentecne which were shown in libvirt related threads please consider it) ----------------------------------------- #virsh start vm error : Failled to start domain vm error : Unable to add port vnet0 to OVS bridge br0 -----------------------------------------     At that time, /var/log/libvirt/libvirtdlog  (these are also translated) ----------------------------------------- 2013-05-23 04:32:14588+0000: 11455: error : virNetDevGetMTU:343 : Cannot get interface MTU on 'ovsbr0': No such device  2013-05-23 04:32:14678+0000: 11455: error : virExecWithHook:419 : Cannot find 'ovs-vsctl' in path: No such file or directory 2013-05-23 04:32:14679+0000: 11455: error : virNetDevOpenvswitchRemovePort:173 : Unable to delete port (null) from OVS: command does not allowed -----------------------------------------     I think above errors comes from install location of OVS as written in libvirtdlog How can i solve that by hands? (I'm also trying to solve the problem by installing ovs, using rpm build) There are not only fedora or ubuntu linux, so the solution may exist Are there a way to get libvirt to recognize ovs-vsctl? (As i mentioned above, ovs-vsctl and ovs are properly working)   Thank you for reading

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[libvirt-users] /dev/tty only on a new container
by Sebastien Douche 31 May '13

31 May '13

Hi folks :), I migrated the host from the Debian Squeeze to Ubuntu 12.10. Old containers work but I can't use the ssh command, /dev/tty is missing. On a new container, /dev/tty is here. The libvirt configuration is the same. Any ideas? Thanks. -- Sebastien Douche <sdouche(a)gmail.com> Twitter: @sdouche / G+: +sdouche

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[libvirt-users] iSCSI-based Storage Pool and virsh attach-device problems/questions
by Ken Stanley 31 May '13

31 May '13

Hello all, I am attempting to use the 'virsh attach-device' command to add storage to a guest from a pre-defined iSCSI-based storage pool. My desire is to attach a volume from the storage pool and have the storage pool recognize that the volume is in use and either flag it as such, or remove it from the pool so that subsequent queries to the pool will only return available storage volumes. The end goal is to have an automated system use the libvirt API assign storage volumes to new and existing guests on demand. I guess my first question is: Is this possible? Does libvirt give any indication that a storage volume within a pool is available or already in use? I would prefer to avoid having to externally manage this sort of thing if I can. I am using Debian Wheezy for the Dom0 and iSCSI SAN (identical setup), along with libvirt 1.0.5-2 from the experimental branch. I have Xen 4.1.4-3+deb7u1 installed, along with its accompanying packages. All of this is currently running under VirtualBox, but that is only for my testing/development purposes. I am able to get the Dom0 to recognize the SAN, and add the storage pool. When I attempt to use 'virsh attach-device', I get the following error: "error: Failed to attach device from device.xml \ error: POST operation failed: xend_post: error from xen daemon: (xend.err 'Block device must have physical details specified')". I have tracked this specific error down to the Xen python blkif.py, located under /usr/lib/xen-4.1/lib/python/xen/xend/server/blkif.py for my installation. After reading through the source, I found that under the getDeviceDetails def there is a non-existent configuration called 'uname' that is undefined. Looking deeper into the code, under the getDeviceConfiguration def, I see that the code is trying to read from the backend configuration, and expecting to see a 'type' and 'params' to use for setting the aforementioned 'uname' value. This is where I hit the wall, so to speak. After reading through the XML documentation for libvirt (http://libvirt.org/formatdomain.html#elementsDisks) I see nothing that I can further add to my XML description that would make sense for adding a volume from a storage pool. For kicks and giggles, I've tried using the disk type 'carom', which gets me past the failing python condition, but then gives me the following error when trying to do anything – in this case, just a simple dumpxml on the domain – with the guest through virsh: "error: internal error domain information incomplete, vbd has no src". Subsequently, if I try to call 'detach-device', I get the same error, leaving me with no other alternative but to destroy/undefine, and recreate the domain using define/start. I am able to ssh into the guest after the call to 'attach-device', but no device is present nor registered (as seen with dmesg). If I reboot the guest libvirt reports that the guest is "idle", but I cannot console into it due to the error mentioned in the previous paragraph. I can, however, use 'xm console <guest>' and gain access that way. Any and all advice that you can give would be greatly appreciated. I will do everything that I can to assist as far as trying all suggestions and following directions. :) Storage Pool XML: <pool type="iscsi"> <name>virtimages</name> <source> <host name="hv02.kstanley.vm"/> <device path="iqn.2013-05.vm.kstanley.hv02:vdisks"/> </source> <target> <path>/dev/disk/by-path</path> </target> </pool> Device XML: <disk type="volume" device="disk"> <source pool="virtimages" volume="unit:0:0:1"/> <target dev="xvdb" bus="virtio"/> </disk> Regards, Ken Stanley

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[libvirt-users] Does Set Block IO tune take effect in the same session.
by vikrant verma 31 May '13

31 May '13

Hello All, I am using virDomainSetBlockIoTune() API to set the IO tune parameter for a running guest VM. I observed that after setting the value succesfully i ned to Shutdown and start the VM inorder to take the set value in effect. Is there any way with which these values come in effect in the same session of the VM without Shutting down and starting the VM. Please help regards, Vikrant

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[libvirt-users] Enable bios useserial=yes from command line
by Knightmare 31 May '13

31 May '13

Hi Guys, I'm currently learning KVM and have set up an Ubuntu 12.04.2 VM running KVM. I am using the following command to provision a VM: virt-install --connect qemu:///system --ram "$ramsize" -n "$vmname" --boot network,hd,menu=on --os-variant="$variant" --disk path=/var/lib/libvirt/images/"$vmname".qcow2,device=disk,bus=virtio,format=qcow2 --mac= --cpu host --vcpus="$numcpus" --graphics none --noautoconsole --import But cannot seem to find a way to enable bios useserial=yes without issuing a virsh edit $vmname I've tried --extraargs= but that appears to be for kernel command lines, which is not what I want to achieve here. I'm looking for a way to enable serial BIOS from the point the VM is created. The current solution I am using is to do virsh destroy $vmname ; virsh edit $vm_name ; virsh start $vm_name which is not great, but gets the job done. My versions are as follows: Ubuntu 12.04.2 x86_64 kernel 3.2.0-39-generic libvirt 0.9.8-2ubuntu17.8 qemu-kvm 1.0+noroms-0ubuntu14.8 Thanks, Robert

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[libvirt-users] Question, how to coorelate snapshot ID's to the files that they represent?
by vonNieda, Adam (USMS) 30 May '13

30 May '13

Hi folks, first post :) I'm running Redhat 6 x64 with ibvirt-0.10.2-18 and qemu-img-rhev-0.12.1.2-2.355 My question is, if I do something like the following.. [root@testbox ~]# virsh snapshot-list STIGtest Name Creation Time State ------------------------------------------------------------ 1369421485 2013-05-24 13:51:25 -0500 disk-snapshot 1369768781 2013-05-28 14:19:41 -0500 disk-snapshot 1369920434 2013-05-30 08:27:14 -0500 disk-snapshot 1369920574 2013-05-30 08:29:34 -0500 disk-snapshot 1369920859 2013-05-30 08:34:19 -0500 disk-snapshot 1369920888 2013-05-30 08:34:48 -0500 disk-snapshot 1369921298 2013-05-30 08:41:38 -0500 disk-snapshot Is there another command I can issue to get the OS snapshot file that one of those snapshot names represents? Thanks very much! -Adam -- Adam vonNieda JMIS technical support Capgemini Government Solutions JPATS Kansas City Desk 816-467-1935

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[libvirt-users] Virsh with CPU features on XML file not working!
by Antonio Colín 30 May '13

30 May '13

Hello, Does anyone have masked their CPU flags with Libvirt?? It's because I have done so with Libvirt and Virsh compare / baseline. But when I boot the DomU I see the same flags as if I hadn't declare de <cpu> tag containing the features just as is described in: http://libvirt.org/formatdomain.html#elementsCPU I posted here my XML file definition: http://pastebin.com/ze5wvSZt I would be really grateful if someone shared your domain XML definition with me or tell me the syntax. I've been struggling for hours, just you know, following the documentation available but there is no functionality for me yet. Thank you a lot! Antonio Colín.

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[libvirt-users] “Unable to connect to libvirt” (xen, xl toolstack, and virt-manager)
by Gizmo Chicken 30 May '13

30 May '13

I get “Unable to connect to libvirt” when using virt-manager in combination with the XL toolstack and Xen 4.2.1. (No problems when using virt-manager in combination with the XM toolstack.) More details of the situation can be found in a bug-report that I filed on launchpad. Please see: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvirt/+bug/1180281 Judging from the information that I provided in the above referenced bug-report (some of which is copied below), does this appear to be an actual bug? Or have I failed to configure something properly? Thanks for any help with this! Best regards, GizmoChicken P.S. Here is more of the error that I get when attempting to start virt-manager: Unable to connect to libvirt. unable to connect to 'localhost:8000': Connection refused Verify that: - A Xen host kernel was booted - The Xen service has been started Libvirt URI is: xen:/// Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/connection.py", line 1027, in _open_thread self.vmm = self._try_open() File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/connection.py", line 1009, in _try_open flags) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/libvirt.py", line 102, in openAuth if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virConnectOpenAuth() failed') libvirtError: unable to connect to 'localhost:8000': Connection refused And here the output from var/log/libvirt/libvirtd.log 2013-05-18 05:44:47.614+0000: 1304: info : libvirt version: 1.0.5 2013-05-18 05:44:47.614+0000: 1304: error : xenHypervisorDoV2Sys:1006 : Unable to issue hypervisor ioctl 3166208: Permission denied 2013-05-18 05:44:47.615+0000: 1304: error : xenHypervisorDoV2Sys:1006 : Unable to issue hypervisor ioctl 3166208: Permission denied 2013-05-18 05:44:47.617+0000: 1304: error : xenHypervisorDoV2Sys:1006 : Unable to issue hypervisor ioctl 3166208: Permission denied 2013-05-18 05:44:47.618+0000: 1304: error : xenHypervisorDoV2Sys:1006 : Unable to issue hypervisor ioctl 3166208: Permission denied 2013-05-18 05:44:47.618+0000: 1304: error : xenHypervisorDoV2Sys:1006 : Unable to issue hypervisor ioctl 3166208: Permission denied 2013-05-18 05:44:47.619+0000: 1304: error : xenHypervisorDoV2Sys:1006 : Unable to issue hypervisor ioctl 3166208: Permission denied 2013-05-18 05:44:47.635+0000: 1304: error : do_connect:103 : internal error failed to connect to xend 2013-05-18 05:44:47.636+0000: 1304: error : xenDaemonOpen_tcp:700 : unable to connect to 'localhost:8000': Connection refused 2013-05-18 05:45:13.647+0000: 1289: error : virNetSocketReadWire:1362 : Cannot recv data: Connection reset by peer

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[libvirt-users] Trouble running LXC through libvirt
by Shashank Sahni 29 May '13

29 May '13

Hi everyone, I followed the instructions here to create ubuntu lxc containers. https://help.ubuntu.com/12.04/serverguide/lxc.html#lxc-admin I then copied the rootfs to /var/lib/libvirt/images/precise and booted it as an "operating system container" through virt-manager. Here are the incidents. - It immediately showed on console "init: unable to create /dev/kmsg" but after a while it booted. - I had modified the image to allow static password for user ubuntu and I logged in. But to my surprise I wasn't able to use sudo. The error was "sudo: setuid is not set" I've tried this image on lxc and it works like a charm. But there seems to be some issue with libvirt. Some help would be greatly appreciated. -- Shashank Sahni

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[libvirt-users] Help needed regarding "virsh cpu-stats test_vm"
by Anusha Rayani 29 May '13

29 May '13

Hi, We are implementing feature called CPU separation in the platform. So, guest VMs will have dedicated cores allocated using cgroups (cgroups hierachy related VMs managed by libvirt). virsh cpu-stats command is not working in our platform : virsh # cpu-stats test_vm error: Failed to virDomainGetCPUStats() error: Requested operation is not valid: cgroup CPUACCT controller is not mounted It should show info like this. $ virsh cpu-stats test_vm CPU0: cpu_time 0.025812184 seconds vcpu_time 0.025812184 seconds CPU1: cpu_time 4.893484927 seconds vcpu_time 4.893484927 seconds Total: cpu_time 4.924620941 seconds user_time 1.060000000 seconds system_time 3.050000000 seconds We are suspecting some issue in virsh when it is trying to find to where that cgroups is mounted in a system (default in ubuntu is /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuset/libvirt/, but in our platform uses /dev/cgroup_xxx). Find /proc/cgroups and /proc/mounts log below: ================================== # cat /proc/cgroups #subsys_name hierarchy num_cgroups enabled cpuset 0 1 1 ns 0 1 1 cpu 1 3 1 cpuacct 0 1 1 memory 2 1 1 freezer 0 1 1 net_cls 0 1 1 blkio 0 1 1 # cat /proc/mounts cpu /dev/cgroup_cpu cgroup rw,relatime,cpu 0 0 memory /dev/cgroup_mem cgroup rw,relatime,memory 0 0 Can you please help us in this regard to enable this command in our platform, Thanks in advance !!! Regards, Anusha

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