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[libvirt-users] libvirt doesn't boot kVM, hangs, qemu on 100% CPU
by Igor Galić 23 Feb '12

23 Feb '12

Hi folks, it's been adventurous. Yesterday night I've started debugging this particular issue of why my KVMs don't boot on Ubuntu 11.10. A first hint was apparmor, which seemed to deny access to the LVM partitions I had assigned as disks. After correctly configuring apparmor, or even disabling it the issue was still the same. After a wild goose chase, I decided to update everything, I now have * libvirt 0.9.8 (built from Ubuntu 12.04 sources) * qemu 1.0 (built from Ubuntu 12.04 sources) * SeaBIOS (built from git master: pre-1.6.4-20120221_203841) I even installed sgabios to see what's going on without having to connect with virt-manager every time. So what's going on? What am I trying to do? I'm trying to boot an Ubuntu amd64 VM, which looks pretty much the same as the Ubuntu host, except that I uninstalled libvirt and qemu-kvm, which felt out of place. This I'm trying to accomplish by booting it with the host's kernel and initrd (os/kernel and os/initrd). So much for the starting conditions. You can find my configuration here: http://sprunge.us/gCVj (I'm attaching it just in case the pastebin goes stale). The first thing that is slightly irritating is that it doesn't validate: """ Relax-NG validity error : Extra element kernel in interleave web.xml:9: element kernel: Relax-NG validity error : Element os failed to validate content web.xml:8: element type: Relax-NG validity error : Error validating value web.xml:8: element type: Relax-NG validity error : Element type failed to validate content web.xml:1: element domain: Relax-NG validity error : Invalid sequence in interleave web.xml:1: element domain: Relax-NG validity error : Element domain failed to validate content web.xml fails to validate """ Interestingly, even if I remove some of the elements that `virt-xml-validate` complains about via `virsh edit`, next time I `edit`, or `dumpxml` it'll be back in place. With sgabios in place, I can fortunately just c/p to show you what a boot looks like: """ SeaBIOS (version pre-1.6.4-20120221_203841-bacon) iPXE (http://ipxe.org) 00:03.0 C100 PCI2.10 PnP PMM+001C9B80+00189B80 C100 iPXE (http://ipxe.org) 00:04.0 C200 PCI2.10 PnP PMM 001C9B80 00189B80 C200 Booting from ROM... """ And that's it. And that's wrong. But I can't seem to figure out how and why. I'll be hugely in debt for your help and welcome any suggestions, ready to provide as much information as you need to solve this issue. So long, i -- Igor Galić Tel: +43 (0) 664 886 22 883 Mail: i.galic(a)brainsware.org URL: http://brainsware.org/ GPG: 6880 4155 74BD FD7C B515 2EA5 4B1D 9E08 A097 C9AE

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[libvirt-users] [libvirt] a question about sanlock
by Alex Jia 22 Feb '12

22 Feb '12

Hi Daniel, I got a question about lock manager, if I enable 'sanlock' in qemu.conf and uncomment 'auto_disk_leases = 1' in qemu-sanlock.conf then restart libvirtd service, libvirtd will be dead, I know I should also uncomment 'host_id = 1' in qemu-sanlock.conf, because I enable 'auto_disk_leases'. The question is the libvirtd must die due to a error users configuration? or could we give some warning information instead of libvirtd die? Thanks & Regards, Alex

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[libvirt-users] libvirt -user'question
by 冰淇淋 22 Feb '12

22 Feb '12

hi,: I am a new user of libvirt ,I asked a question about using libvirt to connect to esxi server. I got the answer is https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2012-February/msg00860.html So,I try to make the change on the mailing list you just added. - * Add a dummy expect header to stop CURL from waiting for a response code + * Add an empty expect header to stop CURL from waiting for a response code - curl->headers = curl_slist_append(curl->headers, "Expect: nothing"); + curl->headers = curl_slist_append(curl->headers, "Expect:"); and I did the follow steps in my computer: 1../configure --with-esx 2.make 3.make install 4../autogen.sh --prefix=$HOME/usr 5.make 6.make install I complete installing the libvirt and run the command :virsh --version ,get the right answer 0.9.7 and I run the command :virsh -c esx://me@exampe.com/?tansport=http the error before I mentioned related to http did disappeared ,but and I still get a error like:error: internal error XPath evaluation of response for call to 'RetrieveServiceContent' failed I don't understand what does this error mean,or is my steps wrong ?so I hope you can help me to figure out the promble. thanks a lot and so sorry for trouble you too much .waiting for you reply on line. ps: I have another question about libvirt , I saw this :%if %{with_esx}%if 0%{?fedora} >= 9 || 0%{?rhel} >= 6 in /libvirt0.9.7/livirt.spec,I want to know if libvirt esx driver only can be useful on fedora>=9||rhel>=6,and the other OS like centos 6.0 or redhat ,will disable the use of esx driver of libvirt. thanks again. best regards! ------------------ 原始邮件 ------------------ 发件人: "Matthias Bolte"<matthias.bolte(a)googlemail.com>; 发送时间: 2012年2月21日(星期二) 凌晨5:44 收件人: "冰淇淋"<453193368(a)qq.com>; 抄送: "libvirt-users"<libvirt-users(a)redhat.com>; 主题: Re: [libvirt-users] the probelm in using libvirt to connect esx server 2012/2/20 冰淇淋 <453193368(a)qq.com>: > hi, > I am a new user of libvirt ,i really appreciate libvirt，and want to use it > in my work.I want to use it to conncet to a ESXi server.when I try to > connect to the server ,I use the command :virsh -c > esx://name@exmaple.com,And I get an > > 1.error :error: internal error curl_easy_perform() returned an error: > Couldn't connect to server (7) : couldn't connect to host > so I think maybe the firewall shutdown the 443 for https,so I used > command:virsh -c esx://name@example.com/?transport=http And I still get an > error like: > error: internal error HTTP response code 417 for call to > 'RetrieveServiceContent' > error: failed to connect to the hypervisor HTTP error code 417 is related to the Expect header. The error indicates that the server or a proxy in between doesn't handle the Expect header. I assume that the ESXi sever itself is not the problem, because it works for me here. Maybe there is a HTTP proxy between your computer and the ESXi server that returns this 417 error code. This problem is probably related to libvirt sending a dummy Expect header instead of sending no Expect at all. If you're building libvirt from source you can try this patch that I just send to the mailing list for review https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2012-February/msg00860.html It fixes the Expect header problem and might fix your connection problem. -- Matthias Bolte http://photron.blogspot.com </:includetail>

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[libvirt-users] the probelm in using libvirt to connect esx server
by 冰淇淋 21 Feb '12

21 Feb '12

hi, I am a new user of libvirt ,i really appreciate libvirt，and want to use it in my work.I want to use it to conncet to a ESXi server.when I try to connect to the server ,I use the command :virsh -c esx://name@exmaple.com,And I get an 1.error :error: internal error curl_easy_perform() returned an error: Couldn't connect to server (7) : couldn't connect to host so I think maybe the firewall shutdown the 443 for https,so I used command:virsh -c esx://name@example.com/?transport=http And I still get an error like: error: internal error HTTP response code 417 for call to 'RetrieveServiceContent' error: failed to connect to the hypervisor so ,I still can't find the way to connet the server,if you kown how to handle this problem ,i hope you can help me thanks a lot. i will wait for you letter day and night. Best regards

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[libvirt-users] Error deleting a volume
by Bo Bo 18 Feb '12

18 Feb '12

Hello group. This is my first post here so first of all I'd like to greet everybody reading this group. Secondly, I have a problem with libvirt used from a perl script. I would like to undefine a domain and afterwards delete the volume that had been attached to the domain as a disk. The volume is a qcow2 file and is placed in a 'dir' type pool. I succeed in undefining the domain but trying to delete a volume using $vol->delete() crashes the libvirtd. The script catches an exception: libvirt error code: 38, message: server closed connection and the init process echoes an entry to the log: init: libvirt-bin main process (6999) killed by ABRT signal When I try to list volumes afterwards using virsh, I see that not only the volume, but also the pool are missing. Moreover the pool that holds a backing storage for the qcow2 file is also missing. It seems that the delete operation actualy succeeds because the file gets deleted from disk as well. Fortunately the backing storage file is still present on the disk although its pool in virsh disappears. Has anybody come across a similar problem before? Any help is highly appreciated. Best regards Bogdan Katynski

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[libvirt-users] Detecting Co-residency of VMs on KVM
by Shikhar Agarwal 16 Feb '12

16 Feb '12

I am doing an experiment which involves detecting co-resident VMs (testing if 2 VMs are on the same physical machine) on KVM. I have tried using cache covert channel, but this test does not work if the VMs are on different processors within the same host as the caches are not shared then. If I use the tools netperf and iperf to differentiate using network channels, I am not getting clear results. This is because the network is really good (10 Gbps). I believe there are better and more reliable ways for the same. Please suggest some of these. The idea is to find some resource (like memory, disk, etc) that is shared by the VMs and try to run some benchmarks that thrash this resource. Another idea is to take advantage of some optimization that kvm might be doing internally. Please help me. Thank you Shikhar Agarwal Undergraduate Senior IIT-Delhi

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[libvirt-users] Detach devices using Libvirt+Xen
by Daniel Espling 16 Feb '12

16 Feb '12

Hi! We're struggling to get device detaching to work reliably using Xen. We can reliably use the same code to manage devices using Libvirt+KVM without any problems. We've tested this on Xen with both CD-ROM and USB devices without success. See below for detailed descriptions. Thankful for any help! Regards, Daniel Espling --- For CD-ROM, we can mount them using attach-device but cannot remove them using the correspoding call to detach-device: cdrom7.xml contains: <disk type='file' device='cdrom'> <driver name='file' type='raw'/> <source file='/opt/diskimages/test7.iso'/> <target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/> <readonly/> </disk> eject.xml contains: <disk type='block' device='cdrom'> <driver name='file'/> <target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/> <readonly/> </disk> cdrom8.xml is identical to cdrom7.xml apart from the .iso file used. # virsh attach-device deb cdrom7.xml Device attached successfully # virsh detach-device deb cdrom7.xml error: no such device in deb # virsh attach-device deb eject.xml error: Failed to attach device from eject.xml error: POST operation failed: xend_post: error from xen daemon: (xend.err 'Device 5632 not connected') # virsh update-device deb cdrom8.xml --persistent error: Failed to update device from cdrom8.xml error: POST operation failed: xend_post: error from xen daemon: (xend.err 'Device 5632 not connected') dumpxml shows the cdrom device attached exactly as it's defined in the xml. Using virsh we're able to use "virsh detach-disk deb hdc" to unmount the CD-ROM, but we need to be able to do this using the python API. We cannot find a corresponding call to detach-disk and we therefore have to rely on detach-device instead, right? Are there any flags we can use for detachDeviceFlags() to replicate the functionality of detach-disk? ---- Similarly for USB devices, we can mount them OK but not remove them using the corresponding call to detach-device. Calling detach-disk works, but again we need to find the corresponding call for this function using the python API. One thing we've found with mounting USB devices is that they seem to be mounted on the SCSI bus instead of the USB one as specified: Example: usb7.xml contains: <disk type='file' device='disk'> <driver name='file' type='raw'/> <source file='/opt/diskimages/test7.iso'/> <target dev='sda' bus='usb'/> <readonly/> </disk> dumpxml shows: <disk type='file' device='disk'> <driver name='file'/> <source file='/opt/diskimages/test7.iso'/> <target dev='sda' bus='scsi'/> <readonly/> </disk> # virsh attach-device deb usb7.xml Device attached successfully Test attaching again (expected to fail): # virsh attach-device deb usb7.xml error: Failed to attach device from usb7.xml error: Requested operation is not valid: target 'sda' already exists `-testgrid7.leeds.ac.uk /opt/recontext # virsh detach-device deb usb7.xml error: no such device in deb ---- Relevant info: Compiled against library: libvir 0.9.9 Using library: libvir 0.9.9 Using API: Xen 0.9.9 Running hypervisor: Xen 4.0.0 Running CentOS 5.5 (final) Linux 2.6.32.24 #3 SMP Fri Oct 29 16:22:02 BST 2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

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[libvirt-users] qcow2 performance
by Stefan G. Weichinger 15 Feb '12

15 Feb '12

Greets, I have to research performance-issues of a W2003-VM within KVM. Right now it's a qcow2-image-file w/ default settings within libvirt (configured by vmm ...) My question: what caching to use? writeback/writethrough/etc ... what to use for data integrity while not getting ultraslow performance? Found https://www.linuxfoundation.jp/jp_uploads/JLS2009/jls09_hellwig.pdf Is there any other list/doc what to use and why? Thanks, Stefan

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Re: [libvirt-users] [libvirt] Fail to import available VM image
by Laine Stump 15 Feb '12

15 Feb '12

On 02/14/2012 11:01 AM, Jun Koi wrote: > On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 11:47 PM, Alex Jia <ajia(a)redhat.com> wrote: >> Hi Jun, >> I assume you haven't changed libvirt default URI, it may be a issue, >> I want to know whether it works for you if you explicitly specify >> --connect qemu:///system with virt-install? I think a root reason >> probably is your disk image location, the log said it can't find >> storage volume, if you put img.winp under the /var/lib/libvirt/images, >> then give a disk absolute path to virt-install, Does it work for you? > ok, i change the command a bit, and it went further. > here is how i did: > > (1) compiled everything from source, then install (make install) to my Ubuntu > > (2) start libvirtd on commandline > # libvirtd -d > > (3) import my KVM image to libvirt > > $ virt-install --connect qemu:///system -n winxp -r 800 --accelerate > --vnc -v --noautoconsole --import -f /home/jun/img/img.winxp > > it failed, and the log is like below: > > .... > [Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:51:49 virt-install 3831] DEBUG (cli:326) > Requesting libvirt URI qemu:///system > [Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:51:51 virt-install 3831] DEBUG (cli:328) Received > libvirt URI qemu:///system > [Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:51:52 virt-install 3831] DEBUG (virt-install:259) > Requesting virt method 'hvm', hv type 'default'. > [Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:51:52 virt-install 3831] DEBUG (virt-install:469) > Received virt method 'hvm' > [Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:51:52 virt-install 3831] DEBUG (virt-install:470) > Hypervisor name is 'kvm' > [Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:51:52 virt-install 3831] ERROR (cli:439) Error in > network device parameters: Virtual network 'default' has not been > started. > [Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:51:52 virt-install 3831] DEBUG (cli:440) > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/virtinst/cli.py", line > 884, in get_networks > dev = parse_network(guest, netstr, mac=mac) > File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/virtinst/cli.py", line > 1642, in parse_network > bridge=opts.get("bridge")) > File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/virtinst/VirtualNetworkInterface.py", > line 153, in __init__ > self.network = network > File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/virtinst/XMLBuilderDomain.py", > line 309, in new_setter > fset(self, val, *args, **kwargs) > File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/virtinst/VirtualNetworkInterface.py", > line 257, in set_network > "started.") % newnet) > ValueError: Virtual network 'default' has not been started. A very common cause of this problem is that a systemwide instance of dnsmasq is already (erroneously) listening on the bridge created by libvirt for the default network. I took your email as an oppurtunity to write an entry in the new Troubleshooting section of the libvirt wiki. It will explain to you how to solve your problem (*if* this is your problem, of course :-). http://wiki.libvirt.org/page/Virtual_network_%27default%27_has_not_been_sta… If that ends up not being your problem, please reply to this message, but sending the reply to libvirt-users(a)redhat.com (I also Cc'ed this message there) rather than to libvir-list(a)redhat.com. (The former is the official list for user questions about libvirt, whil libvir-list is intended for for people discussing the code.) > i guess perhaps just starting "libvirtd -d" on commandline is not > enough. do i need a script to configure and start libvirtd properly > for me? > and it seems i must configure the virtual network somehow? The "default" network should already be there as part of the stock install.

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[libvirt-users] QEMU hook on restore
by Székelyi Szabolcs 14 Feb '12

14 Feb '12

Hi, I'm using libvirt 0.8.3. It looks like to me that when a QEMU domain is restored from save, the hook is called with the "stopped end -" arguments. I've also noticed that the domain description passed to the hook script doesn't contain the network device the host will be attached to (XPath: /domain/devices/interface/target/@dev). Are these a bugs or a features? Thanks, -- cc

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[libvirt-users] libvirtd restore error?
by lee 13 Feb '12

13 Feb '12

Hi qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.160.el6_1.2.x86_64 qemu-kvm-tools-0.12.1.2-2.160.el6_1.2.x86_64 libvirt-java-javadoc-0.4.7-1.el6.noarch libvirt-client-0.8.7-18.el6.x86_64 fence-virtd-libvirt-qpid-0.2.1-8.el6.x86_64 ocaml-libvirt-0.6.1.0-6.2.el6.x86_64 libvirt-devel-0.8.7-18.el6.x86_64 libvirt-python-0.8.7-18.el6.x86_64 libvirt-java-0.4.7-1.el6.noarch libvirt-cim-0.5.11-3.el6.x86_64 libvirt-java-devel-0.4.7-1.el6.noarch libvirt-client-0.8.7-18.el6.i686 libvirt-qpid-0.2.22-6.el6.x86_64 fence-virtd-libvirt-0.2.1-8.el6.x86_64 libvirt-0.8.7-18.el6.x86_64 ocaml-libvirt-devel-0.6.1.0-6.2.el6.x86_64 get this error when I try to restore a vm that was 'save'. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/engine.py", line 909, in run_domain vm.startup() File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/domain.py", line 1321, in startup self._backend.create() File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 330, in create if ret == -1: raise libvirtError ('virDomainCreate() failed', dom=self) libvirtError: cannot send monitor command '{"execute":"qmp_capabilities"}': Connection reset by peer the solution was to delete the /var/lib/libvirt/qemu/save directory. Anyone any idea of why? Lee

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[libvirt-users] virt-manager thru window's remote desktop
by Hisao Taguchi 13 Feb '12

13 Feb '12

Hi, I am trying to operate the remote KVM host's virt-manager thru Terminal Server Client. This KVM hosts is CentOS6.0 and running KVM guest and xrdp is installed from "epel" repo. And I'm using fedora 14's Terminal Server Client. After I started Virtual Machine Manager and try to connect to the hypervisor, following error happened. Is there any way to resolve this error? I know that when I use VNC server , this error does not happened, but I want to use Terminal Server rather than VNC, because this doesn't need extra software for windows client PCs. -- Error snip -- Virtual Machine Manager Connection Failure Unable to open a connection to the libvirt management daemon. Libvirt URI is: qemu:///system Verify that: - The 'libvirtd' daemon has been started Details Unable to open connection to hypervisor URI 'qemu:///system': authentication failed Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/connection.py", line 992, in_try_open None],flags) File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/libvirt.py",line 111,in openAuth if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virConnectOpenAuth() failed') libvirtError: authentication failed -- end -- Hisao

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[libvirt-users] java binding
by Maurizio Paone 12 Feb '12

12 Feb '12

Hi all, I'm trying to use the libvirt event system in order to notify the VM status (VM boot, reboot, crash, etc.). I must use the java binding, so I exposed some calls not present in "Libvirt-java" jna interface: virEventRunDefaultImpl() virEventRegisterDefaultImpl() (and several costant). In my java source I tried to intercept the event, using the "Connection.domainEventRegisterAny( ... )" call , but the "answer" was: "this function is not supported by the connection driver: no event support". No errors issued on the virEventRunDefaultImpl and virEventRegisterDefaultImpl (moreover, both the calls return "0" ). I do not know the libvirt internals, so my question is : it is possible to call the libvirt events calls using java binding? Can you tell me the issues involved in this task? I'm thinking to build a native library and use jni or use jython as alternatives. Thanks, Maurizio

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[libvirt-users] Unable to collect VM metrics for ESX using libvirt
by sethu subbiah 11 Feb '12

11 Feb '12

Hi, I am trying to connect to a server running esx and collect system metrics like cpu usage, network and disk iops. I am able to establish the connection successfully and obtain VM information such as ids, domain names, config xml etc. But I am unable to collect statistics. I am using the python interface and if I do , conn=libvirt.openAuth(uri, auth, 0) dom-conn.lookupByID(id) // Where id is the domain id of the vms netstats=dom.interfaceStats(interface) gives an error libvirt.libvirtError: this function is not supported by the connection driver: virDomainInterfaceStats The same goes for block stats. For the cpu, I used, cpu=dom.info()[4] but, that always returns 0 (I thought it was cumulative and returns a huge value) I have used similar scripts with xen and kvm and it worked well. Can someone tell me what mistake I am doing or if the driver doesnt support these functions, is there any other way of getting the stats ?? Thank you. - Regards, Sethuraman Subbiah Graduate Student - NC state University M.S in Computer Science

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[libvirt-users] virsh migrate results in error: Timed out during operation: cannot acquire state change lock
by Nuno Sousa 11 Feb '12

11 Feb '12

Hi all, Hi have one computer hosting several VM, this particular server is in need of maintenance and has to be shutdown. In order to avoid disrupting the services provided by the VM I intended to migrate the VM to another computer. Computer 1 and 2 do not share any storage. So it is necessary to migrate not only the memory but also any data on the hard-drive. Both computers are running debian squeeze. Virsh is version 0.8.3. I issue this command on server one: sudo LIBVIRT_DEBUG=1 virsh migrate --live --copy-storage-all i00cn1011 qemu+ssh://user@computer2/session > debug.log 2>&1 On virt-manager on computer 1, the VM appears for a few moments as paused, and then disappears. On computer 1 I receive the error: Timed out during operation: cannot acquire state change lock Does anyone know what the problem may be and how to solve it? Next I send all the data returned by virsh. Thanks everyone. user@computer1:~$ cat debug.log 13:52:07.911: debug : virInitialize:339 : register drivers 13:52:07.911: debug : virRegisterDriver:927 : registering Test as driver 0 13:52:07.911: debug : virRegisterNetworkDriver:733 : registering Test as network driver 0 13:52:07.911: debug : virRegisterInterfaceDriver:764 : registering Test as interface driver 0 13:52:07.911: debug : virRegisterStorageDriver:795 : registering Test as storage driver 0 13:52:07.911: debug : virRegisterDeviceMonitor:826 : registering Test as device driver 0 13:52:07.911: debug : virRegisterSecretDriver:857 : registering Test as secret driver 0 13:52:07.911: debug : virRegisterNWFilterDriver:888 : registering Test as network filter driver 0 13:52:07.911: debug : virRegisterDriver:927 : registering Xen as driver 1 13:52:07.911: debug : virRegisterDriver:927 : registering OPENVZ as driver 2 13:52:07.911: debug : vboxRegister:122 : VBoxCGlueInit failed, using dummy driver 13:52:07.911: debug : virRegisterDriver:927 : registering VBOX as driver 3 13:52:07.911: debug : virRegisterNetworkDriver:733 : registering VBOX as network driver 1 13:52:07.911: debug : virRegisterStorageDriver:795 : registering VBOX as storage driver 1 13:52:07.911: debug : virRegisterDriver:927 : registering remote as driver 4 13:52:07.911: debug : virRegisterNetworkDriver:733 : registering remote as network driver 2 13:52:07.911: debug : virRegisterInterfaceDriver:764 : registering remote as interface driver 1 13:52:07.911: debug : virRegisterStorageDriver:795 : registering remote as storage driver 2 13:52:07.911: debug : virRegisterDeviceMonitor:826 : registering remote as device driver 1 13:52:07.911: debug : virRegisterSecretDriver:857 : registering remote as secret driver 1 13:52:07.911: debug : virRegisterNWFilterDriver:888 : registering remote as network filter driver 1 13:52:07.911: debug : virConnectOpenAuth:1498 : name=(null), auth=0x7f3c96c6c7a0, flags=0 13:52:07.911: debug : do_open:1206 : no name, allowing driver auto-select 13:52:07.911: debug : do_open:1243 : trying driver 0 (Test) ... 13:52:07.911: debug : do_open:1249 : driver 0 Test returned DECLINED 13:52:07.911: debug : do_open:1243 : trying driver 1 (Xen) ... 13:52:07.911: debug : do_open:1249 : driver 1 Xen returned DECLINED 13:52:07.911: debug : do_open:1243 : trying driver 2 (OPENVZ) ... 13:52:07.911: debug : do_open:1249 : driver 2 OPENVZ returned DECLINED 13:52:07.911: debug : do_open:1243 : trying driver 3 (VBOX) ... 13:52:07.911: debug : do_open:1249 : driver 3 VBOX returned DECLINED 13:52:07.911: debug : do_open:1243 : trying driver 4 (remote) ... 13:52:07.911: debug : remoteOpen:1120 : Auto-probe remote URI 13:52:07.911: debug : doRemoteOpen:564 : proceeding with name = 13:52:07.911: debug : remoteIO:9886 : Do proc=66 serial=0 length=28 wait=(nil) 13:52:07.911: debug : remoteIO:9961 : We have the buck 66 0x7f3c96d01010 0x7f3c96d01010 13:52:07.912: debug : remoteIODecodeMessageLength:9314 : Got length, now need 64 total (60 more) 13:52:07.912: debug : remoteIOEventLoop:9812 : Giving up the buck 66 0x7f3c96d01010 (nil) 13:52:07.912: debug : remoteIO:9990 : All done with our call 66 (nil) 0x7f3c96d01010 13:52:07.912: debug : remoteIO:9886 : Do proc=1 serial=1 length=40 wait=(nil) 13:52:07.912: debug : remoteIO:9961 : We have the buck 1 0xe671b0 0xe671b0 13:52:07.912: debug : remoteIODecodeMessageLength:9314 : Got length, now need 56 total (52 more) 13:52:07.912: debug : remoteIOEventLoop:9812 : Giving up the buck 1 0xe671b0 (nil) 13:52:07.912: debug : remoteIO:9990 : All done with our call 1 (nil) 0xe671b0 13:52:07.912: debug : remoteIO:9886 : Do proc=110 serial=2 length=28 wait=(nil) 13:52:07.912: debug : remoteIO:9961 : We have the buck 110 0xe671b0 0xe671b0 13:52:07.913: debug : remoteIODecodeMessageLength:9314 : Got length, now need 76 total (72 more) 13:52:07.913: debug : remoteIOEventLoop:9812 : Giving up the buck 110 0xe671b0 (nil) 13:52:07.913: debug : remoteIO:9990 : All done with our call 110 (nil) 0xe671b0 13:52:07.913: debug : doRemoteOpen:922 : Auto-probed URI is qemu:///system 13:52:07.913: debug : doRemoteOpen:941 : Adding Handler for remote events 13:52:07.913: debug : doRemoteOpen:948 : virEventAddHandle failed: No addHandleImpl defined. continuing without events. 13:52:07.913: debug : do_open:1249 : driver 4 remote returned SUCCESS 13:52:07.913: debug : do_open:1269 : network driver 0 Test returned DECLINED 13:52:07.913: debug : do_open:1269 : network driver 1 VBOX returned DECLINED 13:52:07.913: debug : do_open:1269 : network driver 2 remote returned SUCCESS 13:52:07.913: debug : do_open:1288 : interface driver 0 Test returned DECLINED 13:52:07.913: debug : do_open:1288 : interface driver 1 remote returned SUCCESS 13:52:07.913: debug : do_open:1308 : storage driver 0 Test returned DECLINED 13:52:07.913: debug : do_open:1308 : storage driver 1 VBOX returned DECLINED 13:52:07.913: debug : do_open:1308 : storage driver 2 remote returned SUCCESS 13:52:07.913: debug : do_open:1328 : node driver 0 Test returned DECLINED 13:52:07.913: debug : do_open:1328 : node driver 1 remote returned SUCCESS 13:52:07.913: debug : do_open:1355 : secret driver 0 Test returned DECLINED 13:52:07.913: debug : do_open:1355 : secret driver 1 remote returned SUCCESS 13:52:07.913: debug : do_open:1375 : nwfilter driver 0 Test returned DECLINED 13:52:07.913: debug : do_open:1375 : nwfilter driver 1 remote returned SUCCESS 13:52:07.913: debug : virDomainLookupByName:2154 : conn=0xe61390, name=i00cn1011 13:52:07.913: debug : remoteIO:9886 : Do proc=23 serial=3 length=44 wait=(nil) 13:52:07.913: debug : remoteIO:9961 : We have the buck 23 0xe671b0 0xe671b0 13:52:07.913: debug : remoteIODecodeMessageLength:9314 : Got length, now need 92 total (88 more) 13:52:07.913: debug : remoteIOEventLoop:9812 : Giving up the buck 23 0xe671b0 (nil) 13:52:07.913: debug : remoteIO:9990 : All done with our call 23 (nil) 0xe671b0 13:52:07.913: debug : virGetDomain:382 : New hash entry 0xe5da00 13:52:07.913: debug : virConnectOpenAuth:1498 : name=qemu+ssh://user@computer2/session, auth=0x7f3c96c6c7a0, flags=0 13:52:07.913: debug : do_open:1204 : name "qemu+ssh://user@computer2/session" to URI components: scheme qemu+ssh opaque (null) authority (null) server computer2 user user port 0 path /session 13:52:07.913: debug : do_open:1243 : trying driver 0 (Test) ... 13:52:07.913: debug : do_open:1249 : driver 0 Test returned DECLINED 13:52:07.913: debug : do_open:1243 : trying driver 1 (Xen) ... 13:52:07.913: debug : do_open:1249 : driver 1 Xen returned DECLINED 13:52:07.913: debug : do_open:1243 : trying driver 2 (OPENVZ) ... 13:52:07.913: debug : do_open:1249 : driver 2 OPENVZ returned DECLINED 13:52:07.913: debug : do_open:1243 : trying driver 3 (VBOX) ... 13:52:07.913: debug : do_open:1249 : driver 3 VBOX returned DECLINED 13:52:07.913: debug : do_open:1243 : trying driver 4 (remote) ... 13:52:07.913: debug : doRemoteOpen:564 : proceeding with name = qemu:///session 13:52:07.914: debug : virExecWithHook:712 : ssh -l user computer2 sh -c 'nc -q 2>&1 | grep -q "requires an argument";if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then CMD="nc -q 0 -U /var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock";else CMD="nc -U /var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock";fi;eval "$CMD";' 13:52:07.914: debug : remoteIO:9886 : Do proc=66 serial=0 length=28 wait=(nil) 13:52:07.914: debug : remoteIO:9961 : We have the buck 66 0xeaabd0 0xeaabd0 13:52:08.006: debug : remoteIODecodeMessageLength:9314 : Got length, now need 36 total (32 more) 13:52:08.006: debug : remoteIOEventLoop:9812 : Giving up the buck 66 0xeaabd0 (nil) 13:52:08.006: debug : remoteIO:9990 : All done with our call 66 (nil) 0xeaabd0 13:52:08.006: debug : remoteIO:9886 : Do proc=1 serial=1 length=56 wait=(nil) 13:52:08.006: debug : remoteIO:9961 : We have the buck 1 0xeaabd0 0xeaabd0 13:52:08.007: debug : remoteIODecodeMessageLength:9314 : Got length, now need 28 total (24 more) 13:52:08.007: debug : remoteIOEventLoop:9812 : Giving up the buck 1 0xeaabd0 (nil) 13:52:08.007: debug : remoteIO:9990 : All done with our call 1 (nil) 0xeaabd0 13:52:08.007: debug : doRemoteOpen:941 : Adding Handler for remote events 13:52:08.007: debug : doRemoteOpen:948 : virEventAddHandle failed: No addHandleImpl defined. continuing without events. 13:52:08.007: debug : do_open:1249 : driver 4 remote returned SUCCESS 13:52:08.007: debug : do_open:1269 : network driver 0 Test returned DECLINED 13:52:08.007: debug : do_open:1269 : network driver 1 VBOX returned DECLINED 13:52:08.007: debug : do_open:1269 : network driver 2 remote returned SUCCESS 13:52:08.007: debug : do_open:1288 : interface driver 0 Test returned DECLINED 13:52:08.007: debug : do_open:1288 : interface driver 1 remote returned SUCCESS 13:52:08.007: debug : do_open:1308 : storage driver 0 Test returned DECLINED 13:52:08.007: debug : do_open:1308 : storage driver 1 VBOX returned DECLINED 13:52:08.007: debug : do_open:1308 : storage driver 2 remote returned SUCCESS 13:52:08.007: debug : do_open:1328 : node driver 0 Test returned DECLINED 13:52:08.007: debug : do_open:1328 : node driver 1 remote returned SUCCESS 13:52:08.007: debug : do_open:1355 : secret driver 0 Test returned DECLINED 13:52:08.007: debug : do_open:1355 : secret driver 1 remote returned SUCCESS 13:52:08.007: debug : do_open:1375 : nwfilter driver 0 Test returned DECLINED 13:52:08.007: debug : do_open:1375 : nwfilter driver 1 remote returned SUCCESS 13:52:08.007: debug : virDomainMigrate:3517 : domain=0xe5da00, dconn=0xe62b00, flags=65, dname=(null), uri=(null), bandwidth=0 13:52:08.008: debug : remoteIO:9886 : Do proc=60 serial=4 length=32 wait=(nil) 13:52:08.008: debug : remoteIO:9961 : We have the buck 60 0xeaac10 0xeaac10 13:52:08.008: debug : remoteIODecodeMessageLength:9314 : Got length, now need 60 total (56 more) 13:52:08.008: debug : remoteIOEventLoop:9812 : Giving up the buck 60 0xeaac10 (nil) 13:52:08.008: debug : remoteIO:9990 : All done with our call 60 (nil) 0xeaac10 13:52:08.008: debug : remoteIO:9886 : Do proc=60 serial=5 length=32 wait=(nil) 13:52:08.008: debug : remoteIO:9961 : We have the buck 60 0xeaac10 0xeaac10 13:52:08.008: debug : remoteIODecodeMessageLength:9314 : Got length, now need 60 total (56 more) 13:52:08.008: debug : remoteIOEventLoop:9812 : Giving up the buck 60 0xeaac10 (nil) 13:52:08.008: debug : remoteIO:9990 : All done with our call 60 (nil) 0xeaac10 13:52:08.008: debug : remoteIO:9886 : Do proc=60 serial=2 length=32 wait=(nil) 13:52:08.008: debug : remoteIO:9961 : We have the buck 60 0xeaac10 0xeaac10 13:52:08.009: debug : remoteIODecodeMessageLength:9314 : Got length, now need 32 total (28 more) 13:52:08.009: debug : remoteIOEventLoop:9812 : Giving up the buck 60 0xeaac10 (nil) 13:52:08.009: debug : remoteIO:9990 : All done with our call 60 (nil) 0xeaac10 13:52:08.009: debug : remoteIO:9886 : Do proc=14 serial=6 length=68 wait=(nil) 13:52:08.009: debug : remoteIO:9961 : We have the buck 14 0xeaac10 0xeaac10 13:52:08.009: debug : remoteIODecodeMessageLength:9314 : Got length, now need 2540 total (2536 more) 13:52:08.009: debug : remoteIOEventLoop:9812 : Giving up the buck 14 0xeaac10 (nil) 13:52:08.010: debug : remoteIO:9990 : All done with our call 14 (nil) 0xeaac10 13:52:08.010: debug : virDomainGetInfo:3017 : domain=0xe5da00, info=0x7fff102893e0 13:52:08.010: debug : remoteIO:9886 : Do proc=16 serial=7 length=64 wait=(nil) 13:52:08.010: debug : remoteIO:9961 : We have the buck 16 0xeaac10 0xeaac10 13:52:08.010: debug : remoteIODecodeMessageLength:9314 : Got length, now need 88 total (84 more) 13:52:08.010: debug : remoteIOEventLoop:9812 : Giving up the buck 16 0xeaac10 (nil) 13:52:08.010: debug : remoteIO:9990 : All done with our call 16 (nil) 0xeaac10 13:52:08.010: debug : remoteIO:9886 : Do proc=108 serial=3 length=2536 wait=(nil) 13:52:08.010: debug : remoteIO:9961 : We have the buck 108 0xeaac10 0xeaac10 13:52:08.291: debug : remoteIODecodeMessageLength:9314 : Got length, now need 68 total (64 more) 13:52:08.291: debug : remoteIOEventLoop:9812 : Giving up the buck 108 0xeaac10 (nil) 13:52:08.291: debug : remoteIO:9990 : All done with our call 108 (nil) 0xeaac10 13:52:08.291: debug : remoteIO:9886 : Do proc=62 serial=8 length=120 wait=(nil) 13:52:08.291: debug : remoteIO:9961 : We have the buck 62 0xeaac10 0xeaac10 13:52:38.000: debug : remoteIODecodeMessageLength:9314 : Got length, now need 208 total (204 more) 13:52:38.000: debug : remoteIOEventLoop:9812 : Giving up the buck 62 0xeaac10 (nil) 13:52:38.000: debug : remoteIO:9990 : All done with our call 62 (nil) 0xeaac10 13:52:38.000: debug : remoteIO:9886 : Do proc=109 serial=4 length=92 wait=(nil) 13:52:38.000: debug : remoteIO:9961 : We have the buck 109 0xeaac10 0xeaac10 13:52:38.211: debug : remoteIODecodeMessageLength:9314 : Got length, now need 120 total (116 more) 13:52:38.211: debug : remoteIOEventLoop:9812 : Giving up the buck 109 0xeaac10 (nil) 13:52:38.211: debug : remoteIO:9990 : All done with our call 109 (nil) 0xeaac10 13:52:38.211: debug : virConnectClose:1524 : conn=0xe62b00 13:52:38.211: debug : virUnrefConnect:294 : unref connection 0xe62b00 1 13:52:38.211: debug : remoteIO:9886 : Do proc=2 serial=5 length=28 wait=(nil) 13:52:38.211: debug : remoteIO:9961 : We have the buck 2 0xeaac10 0xeaac10 13:52:38.212: debug : remoteIODecodeMessageLength:9314 : Got length, now need 28 total (24 more) 13:52:38.212: debug : remoteIOEventLoop:9812 : Giving up the buck 2 0xeaac10 (nil) 13:52:38.212: debug : remoteIO:9990 : All done with our call 2 (nil) 0xeaac10 13:52:38.212: debug : virReleaseConnect:249 : release connection 0xe62b00 13:52:38.212: debug : virDomainFree:2242 : domain=0xe5da00 13:52:38.212: debug : virUnrefDomain:463 : unref domain 0xe5da00 i00cn1011 1 13:52:38.212: debug : virReleaseDomain:416 : release domain 0xe5da00 i00cn1011 4dd247bc-533a-db0d-f1e5-f1310169e62f 13:52:38.213: debug : virReleaseDomain:433 : unref connection 0xe61390 2 error: Timed out during operation: cannot acquire state change lock 13:52:38.213: debug : virConnectClose:1524 : conn=0xe61390 13:52:38.213: debug : virUnrefConnect:294 : unref connection 0xe61390 1 13:52:38.213: debug : remoteIO:9886 : Do proc=2 serial=9 length=28 wait=(nil) 13:52:38.213: debug : remoteIO:9961 : We have the buck 2 0xe671b0 0xe671b0 13:52:38.213: debug : remoteIODecodeMessageLength:9314 : Got length, now need 56 total (52 more) 13:52:38.213: debug : remoteIOEventLoop:9812 : Giving up the buck 2 0xe671b0 (nil) 13:52:38.213: debug : remoteIO:9990 : All done with our call 2 (nil) 0xe671b0 13:52:38.213: debug : virReleaseConnect:249 : release connection 0xe61390

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Re: [libvirt-users] want to access the page file of VM from host on Xen platform
by Eric Blake 10 Feb '12

10 Feb '12

[re-adding the list, so others may benefit from the answers] On 02/09/2012 02:00 PM, Irfan Ahmed wrote: > thanks Eric. Just for clarification, if the page is swaped out from RAM to HDD, will virDomainMemoryPeek functionalso retrive the block of size 'size' from that too or it is only restricted to the pages exist in RAM. virDomainMemoryPeek is limited to reading what is in the guest's RAM. As I said earlier, if you are interested in reading what is in the guest's disk, you might find libguestfs to be a more powerful tool. > > > Is there any example program that uses virDomainMemoryPeek function. Alas, no one has yet wired up virsh to call virDomainMemoryPeek (patches welcome), and I don't personally have any example programs that use it. Rich Jones might have some better ideas (as both author of libguestfs, and as the implementer of virDomainMemoryPeek). -- Eric Blake eblake(a)redhat.com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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[libvirt-users] want to access the page file of VM from host on Xen platform
by Irfan Ahmed 10 Feb '12

10 Feb '12

Is there a way to access swap memory or page file of a virtual machine from host. I am using Xen and want to access the page file contents of my windows XP SP2 virtual machine from dom0. Please do tell me if there is already a tool that could provide this functionality. Any help is appreciated. Thanks and regards, Irfan

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[libvirt-users] bad IO on VM
by Akendo 10 Feb '12

10 Feb '12

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I have to create some VM. I using KVM for it, manage by libvirtd. The problem of my is that the IO is very bad. I'm nut sure, but I using currently vmdk. Could this be the problem? My settings for the VM is: vitrio driver vmdk no cache It's so bad that the Oracle DB can't work efficient. http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=sDyvcJmB so far akendo -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJPM5NGAAoJEARqOhiQNM7ZQKMIAIVo9+SYmSrJAIooB0xObSEz ERmMANdkaA7tLGBWaSvKTh5Gg0d3NdP9P1aCIS38OXBBKxqy2NRcksgMikJmlaVp DitLHsSKKLNpBZpGe9xBvqrNCbJVdFLmWIjYk+WEBWXlxHFYob9FuSdejQ53JKKI mfLbcfhWb/6mEfcgkWVAWh9PumuRKZ8YLwWOfj/qJhkhnJOfsusai8Ns+TfMpO7s M72d2RYknpyXiNEJSwUIDlEl0OHqStG3T4+Tpx8Wmoqfs+cm4Hklca1GFGV/Wao2 aPYdkLYvMamAMyN8tB2I0c9MXXUQ8mxgruJReHM9NUYoX4iIwIazElPcZBp4FWI= =MDJL -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[libvirt-users] serial console with virt-install
by Felix Blanke 08 Feb '12

08 Feb '12

Hello, sorry for bother you again. I'm new to kvm and libvirt, that's why my next question is maybe some sort of noob question :) I have a headless server (no X at all, just ssh) and want to run some virtual machines on it. I have kvm etc. all set up. When doing something like virt-install --connect qemu:///system -n template -r 1024 --disk path=/data/vm/template.qcow2,format=qcow2 -c /data/vm/livedvd-amd64-multilib-2012.iso --os-type linux -v --network=bridge:br0 --virt-type kvm --arch x86_64 --graphics none the vm starts Starting install... Creating domain... Connected to domain template Escape character is ^] That's it, no more output. I see two threads running, each takes up 100% cpu. I tried to help myself via google and read a lot hints like "you need to setup your guest to get a serial console...", but that's not possible when running a fresh vm. All I want to do is getting some sort of console from the vm to start the installation with the given .iso file. Could someone lead me into the right direct? A link to an explanation would be more then enough :) Thanks for your help. Kind regards, Felix Blanke

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[libvirt-users] virt-install: "ERROR Host does not support any virtualization options"
by Felix Blanke 08 Feb '12

08 Feb '12

Hello, I have a problem with virt-install. I want to use it to create my vm and manage them. But whenever I execute the virt-install cmd I get the error msg mentioned in the subject. Here are some more informations: hp ~ # virt-install --virt-type kvm --arch x86_64 --debug Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:57:29 DEBUG Launched with command line: /usr/bin/virt-install --virt-type kvm --arch x86_64 --debug Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:57:29 DEBUG Requesting libvirt URI default Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:57:29 DEBUG Received libvirt URI qemu:///system Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:57:29 DEBUG Requesting virt method 'default', hv type 'kvm'. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:57:29 ERROR Host does not support any virtualization options for arch 'x86_64' Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:57:29 DEBUG Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/virt-install-2.7", line 272, in get_virt_type machine=options.machine) File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/virtinst/CapabilitiesParser.py", line 732, in guest_lookup {'virttype' : osstr, 'arch' : archstr}) ValueError: Host does not support any virtualization options for arch 'x86_64' hp ~ # virsh --connect qemu:///system Welcome to virsh, the virtualization interactive terminal. Type: 'help' for help with commands 'quit' to quit virsh # capabilities <capabilities> <host> <uuid>604c8a12-cb5b-d911-985d-5404a67ef15d</uuid> <cpu> <arch>x86_64</arch> <model>Westmere</model> <vendor>Intel</vendor> <topology sockets='1' cores='4' threads='2'/> <feature name='rdtscp'/> <feature name='x2apic'/> <feature name='xtpr'/> <feature name='tm2'/> <feature name='est'/> <feature name='vmx'/> <feature name='ds_cpl'/> <feature name='monitor'/> <feature name='pbe'/> <feature name='tm'/> <feature name='ht'/> <feature name='ss'/> <feature name='acpi'/> <feature name='ds'/> <feature name='vme'/> </cpu> <migration_features> <live/> <uri_transports> <uri_transport>tcp</uri_transport> </uri_transports> </migration_features> </host> </capabilities> I have no clue what is going on. I have kvm compiled into my kernel. Normal "kvm" commands are working. Intel VT is enabled in the bios. Any thoughts on this one? Kind regards, Felix Blanke

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[libvirt-users] Creating network bridge without IP address
by Zoltan Lippai 08 Feb '12

08 Feb '12

Hi everyone! I have the following setup: domain0 |-domU1 |-domU2 |-domU3 I am running this with libvirt on a XEN server. Right now the server is connected to our office network, but later it will be in a hosted environment. I need domU1 and domU3 to have a public IP, and all of the domUs and the dom0 should have an internal IP address to communicate with each other. So this is what I would like to achieve: domain0 192.168.122.1 |-domU1 192.168.122.2 192.168.1.45 (later this will be changed to the public IP) |-domU2 192.168.122.3 |-domU3 192.168.122.4 192.168.1.46 (this will also be changed to a public IP) On domain0 I have the following network interfaces: br0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 54:04:a6:66:c4:be inet addr:192.168.1.44 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 virbr0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 52:54:00:fe:88:0c inet addr:192.168.122.1 Bcast:192.168.122.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 This way everything is working fine, except that I don't want domain0 to have a public IP (which is 192.168.1.44 in this case) So is it possible somehow to setup br0 on domain0 without it having an IP address? Thank you, Zoltan Lippai

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[libvirt-users] virsh & vmxnet3 (VMware) VM
by Florent Paillot 08 Feb '12

08 Feb '12

Hi, I try to install a VMware VM via virsh with a vmxnet3 network card. Virsh sends me an error : "Insufficient video RAM. The maximum resolution of the virtual machine will be limited to 1176x885. To use the configured maximum resolution of 2560x1600, increase the amount of video RAM allocated to this virtual machine by setting svga.vramSize="16384000" in the virtual machine's configuration file." If I edit the VM settings (via vsphere) and set the Video card memory size to "Auto-dectect video setting" I get the error message : " The task was canceled by a user" when I try to start the VM. If I compare a .vmx generated by vsphere and .vmx generated by virsh I see more lines in the vsphere generated .vmx Is it normal ? Thanks .

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Re: [libvirt-users] qcow2 performance
by Trey Dockendorf 07 Feb '12

07 Feb '12

On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 2:07 AM, Stefan G. Weichinger <lists(a)xunil.at> wrote: > Am 06.02.2012 03:24, schrieb Trey Dockendorf: >> I wouldn't consider this definitive, but I wrote an article doing >> tests on qcow2 with the variables being preallocation and caching. >> Essentially preallocation + no-cache is the fastest. Article here, >> http://itscblog.tamu.edu/improve-disk-io-performance-in-kvm/. As of >> virt-manager-0.9.0 the only way to generate the qcow2 with >> preallocation is via command line. Details of how are in the article. > > Additional question: > > Doesn't pre-allocation lose its meaning as soon as the image-file is > fully allocated (I mean as soon as it is as big as its maximum size was > defined at start)? > > > Sending response back to list incase someone finds it useful. Preallocation works so that when you create a 100GB image it takes up 100GB from the start. This helps performance because without preallocation the disk would only take up space of whatever is stored on it. So each time you add files the filesystem as to grow the image. With qcow2 the preallocation is just metadata. I've found that ls -lh will show the size correctly but something like "df -h" won't reflect the size of those images, nor will "du -h". - Trey

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[libvirt-users] Network questions
by paul.worner＠thomsonreuters.com 06 Feb '12

06 Feb '12

Hi all, When creating a new network: 1) Is there a way to disable automatic spawning of dnsmasq on network creation? I read that leaving out the <DHCP> section should accomplish this, but that is not what I am seeing. 2) Is there a way to disable automatic installation of iptables rules? 3) For that matter, what is the purpose of the default iptables rule set? Doesn't line 3 let all traffic pass anyway? Thanks, Paul Running libvirt 0.9.2 on Ubuntu 11.10 server. Here's the libvirt network config: RAW CONFIG <network> <name>test</name> <bridge name="virbr%d" stp="off" delay="0"/> <forward mode="route"/> <ip address="192.168.0.1" netmask="255.255.255.0"> </ip> </network> COMMAND virsh net-create test.xml RESULTS virsh net-dumpxml test <network> <name>test</name> <uuid>2eff5e7f-847a-1fbf-ec82-01a46ef0f6c2</uuid> <forward mode='route'/> <bridge name='virbr3' stp='off' delay='0' /> <mac address='52:54:00:47:E6:15'/> <ip address='192.168.0.1' netmask='255.255.255.0'> </ip> </network ps aux | grep dns nobody 4391 0.0 0.0 21616 916 ? S 09:45 0:00 dnsmasq --strict-order --bind-interfaces --pid-file=/var/run/libvirt/network/test.pid --conf-file= --except-interface lo --listen-address 192.168.0.1 iptables -L --line-numbers Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT) num target prot opt source destination 1 ACCEPT all -- anywhere 192.168.0.0/24 2 ACCEPT all -- 192.168.0.0/24 anywhere 3 ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere 4 REJECT all -- anywhere anywhere reject-with icmp-port-unreachable 5 REJECT all -- anywhere anywhere reject-with icmp-port-unreachable

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[libvirt-users] Performance issues with KVM
by Jatin Kumar 05 Feb '12

05 Feb '12

Hello, We are using libvirt over KVM. If we run a single virtual machine on a host then the performance is very good but if more than one vm (with 1:1 provisioning) runs on same host the performance is very poor (specially in case of parallel programming). libvirt version: 0.9.2 qemu-kvm-0.14.1 We are using virtio module also. What could be the possible reasons for this behavior. Please tell me if you need more info. -- Jatin

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