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[libvirt-users] tmpfs mounts for lxc container
by Chris Haumesser 08 Dec '11

08 Dec '11

I intend to share a single read-only filesystem root among a number of LXC containers. With lxc-tools, I can specify tmpfs bind mounts within the container, for directories that need to be writable, like /var/run and /var/lock. Is there a simple way to do this with libvirt, or do I need to mount the tmpfs in the host first, and specify it as a filesystem in the xml? Cheers, -C-

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[libvirt-users] lxc errors on 0.9.7
by Chris Haumesser 08 Dec '11

08 Dec '11

I'm testing 0.9.7 now with lxc, and get the following error when trying to start a container: 2011-12-07 22:49:26.293: 1997: error : lxcControllerRun:1158 : unsupported configuration: Expected exactly one TTY fd My configuration is very simply: hw 38320e75-1ba0-d85a-6138-532a3a66f13d 102400 102400 1 exe /bin/bash destroy restart destroy /usr/lib/libvirt/libvirt_lxc If I try to add any different type of console, I get an error that only pty consoles are supported. What am I missing? -C-

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[libvirt-users] Custom firewall rules
by Hansa 08 Dec '11

08 Dec '11

Hi, Normally Im using webmin to manage my firewall. Webmin fw however breaks the iptable rules invoked by libvirt. Is there a fw tool (beside iptables console command) which can be used without breaking libvirts rules? -Hansa

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[libvirt-users] libvirt and LXC
by Ivars Strazdiņš 05 Dec '11

05 Dec '11

Hi there, I'm fairly new to libvirt and LXC, please forgive my ignorance. I was looking for a graphical tool to manage LXC containers and noticed that libvirt has support for LXC. Actually, I expected libvirt to be able to display and manage LXC hosts much like KVM. But it does not happen this way. The only thing I can see with virsh/virt-manager is storage pool with LXC containers, but not much else. No information on running/stopped containers or networking. libvirt is 0.9.7 on both LXC server and client I use to connect to the server. I use lxc+ssh for connection. Am I missing something obvious here? Some configuration file? libvirt documentation does not mention any. Kind regards, Ivars

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[libvirt-users] virt-manager / libvirtd connection options
by Shaun Glass 05 Dec '11

05 Dec '11

Good Day, I had previously posted an issue last week where I had qemu/kvm running on RHEL 6.1 and could not create any vm's when connecting from virt-manager running on another machine. Seems virt-manager checks the host it is running on for the capability of creating vm's as opposed to the machine it has connected to. Nobody could give me an answer to why that happens or how to fix. I have in the meantime setup convirture on the RHEL 6.1 machine but would prefer to use virt-manager. Can anyone offer any suggestions to what is the best way to connect from a remote client to the RHEL 6.1 machine running qemu/kvm. The method I was trying to use was ssh with publickey login. Regards

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Re: [libvirt-users] Can I configure cores instead of CPU's
by Todd And Margo Chester 05 Dec '11

05 Dec '11

> On 3/12/2011 9:53 AM, Todd And Margo Chester wrote: >>> -------- Original message -------- >>> Subject: Re: [libvirt-users] Can I configure cores instead of CPU's >>> From: Todd And Margo Chester<toddandmargo(a)gmail.com> >>> To: "libvirt-users(a)redhat.com"<libvirt-users(a)redhat.com> >>> CC: >>> >>> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> Scientific Linux 6.1 x64 >>> qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.160.el6_1.2.x86_64 >>> >>> My XP-Pro guest will only let me use two CPUs. >>> Is there a way I can tell Virt-Manager to use >>> one CPU with six cores instead of four separate >>> CPUs? >>> >>> I can manually insert things with >>> virsh edit KVM-WinXP >>> >>> Currently, I have: >>> <vcpu>6</vcpu> >>> >>> I found an example of a run string: >>> >>> -smp 2,sockets=2,cores=1,threads=1 >>> >>> But I will be darned if I can figure out the virsh xml syntax. >>> >>> Many thanks, >>> -T >> On 12/02/2011 05:32 PM, Frank Hauptle wrote: >> > Yes under advanced in cpu in virt manager are socket /core >> > settings. i use a fedora virt manager to connect to sl61 >> > libvirt. more options that way. >> >> >> I configured my processor in virt-mamager: >> >> CPU's: Current Allocation: 2 >> Manual set CPU Topology: >> Sockets: 1 >> Cores: 6 >> Threads: 1 >> >> or from my XML file >> >> <vcpu>1</vcpu> >> <cpu> >> <topology sockets='1' cores='6' threads='1'/> >> </cpu> >> >> I still get two CPUs in my guest XP-Pro. >> >> What am I doing wrong? >> >> -T On 12/03/2011 07:40 PM, Frank Hauptle wrote: >I'm not even sure XP could differentiate > between a core and a socket as multicore CPU's were not common to x86 in > 2000 when XP was released. > > If you want to see if it really worked, download a knoppix CD and mount > the ISO in the CDrom of that > VM, then set it to boot from the CDROM. > > When knoppix boots up, open a terminal and type: > > cat /proc/cpuinfo > > See what it gives you. > > I think the hardware info GUI app in knoppix will give you more info too. > > cheers > > > Frank Hi Frank, Don't have knoppix, but do have FC16-Live-CD. The rules for CPU count in XP-Pro are as follows: the physically chip that you install on your motherboard is referred to by M$ as a CPU. XP-Pro will only allow up to two CPUs. Each physical CPU may have as many processors on it as will fit. M$ calls these processors "cores". XP-Pro does not limit cores as long as they do not span more than two CPU's. My host machine has one CPU and four cores (eight if you consider the hyperthreading). KVM is presenting my XP-Pro guest multiple CPUs, not cores. XP will not use more than two CPUs by design. What I am after is a way to have KVM present my guest one CPU with four cores. Not four independent CPUs. I have attached /proc/cpuinfo from Fedora Core 16 guest, along with my /proc/cpuinfo from my host. What am I doing wrong? Many thanks, -T ---->> cat /proc/cpuinfo from FC16 Guest: processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 13 model name : QEMU Virtual CPU version (cpu64-rhel6) stepping : 3 cpu MHz : 3067.098 cache size : 4096 KB fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 4 wp : yes flags : fpu de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx lm nopl pni cx16 hypervisor lahf_lm bogomips : 6134.19 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: processor : 1 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 13 model name : QEMU Virtual CPU version (cpu64-rhel6) stepping : 3 cpu MHz : 3067.098 cache size : 4096 KB fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 4 wp : yes flags : fpu de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx lm nopl pni cx16 hypervisor lahf_lm bogomips : 6134.19 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: processor : 2 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 13 model name : QEMU Virtual CPU version (cpu64-rhel6) stepping : 3 cpu MHz : 3067.098 cache size : 4096 KB fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 4 wp : yes flags : fpu de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx lm nopl pni cx16 hypervisor lahf_lm bogomips : 6134.19 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: processor : 3 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 13 model name : QEMU Virtual CPU version (cpu64-rhel6) stepping : 3 cpu MHz : 3067.098 cache size : 4096 KB fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 4 wp : yes flags : fpu de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx lm nopl pni cx16 hypervisor lahf_lm bogomips : 6134.19 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ---->> cat /proc/cpuinfo from Local Host (i7-960) processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 26 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz stepping : 5 cpu MHz : 1600.000 cache size : 8192 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 8 core id : 0 cpu cores : 4 apicid : 0 initial apicid : 0 fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 11 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt lahf_lm ida tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid bogomips : 6134.19 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: processor : 1 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 26 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz stepping : 5 cpu MHz : 1600.000 cache size : 8192 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 8 core id : 1 cpu cores : 4 apicid : 2 initial apicid : 2 fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 11 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt lahf_lm ida tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid bogomips : 6132.39 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: processor : 2 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 26 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz stepping : 5 cpu MHz : 1600.000 cache size : 8192 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 8 core id : 2 cpu cores : 4 apicid : 4 initial apicid : 4 fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 11 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt lahf_lm ida tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid bogomips : 6132.40 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: processor : 3 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 26 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz stepping : 5 cpu MHz : 1600.000 cache size : 8192 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 8 core id : 3 cpu cores : 4 apicid : 6 initial apicid : 6 fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 11 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt lahf_lm ida tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid bogomips : 6132.39 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: processor : 4 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 26 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz stepping : 5 cpu MHz : 1600.000 cache size : 8192 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 8 core id : 0 cpu cores : 4 apicid : 1 initial apicid : 1 fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 11 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt lahf_lm ida tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid bogomips : 6132.38 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: processor : 5 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 26 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz stepping : 5 cpu MHz : 1600.000 cache size : 8192 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 8 core id : 1 cpu cores : 4 apicid : 3 initial apicid : 3 fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 11 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt lahf_lm ida tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid bogomips : 6132.39 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: processor : 6 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 26 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz stepping : 5 cpu MHz : 1600.000 cache size : 8192 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 8 core id : 2 cpu cores : 4 apicid : 5 initial apicid : 5 fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 11 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt lahf_lm ida tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid bogomips : 6132.39 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: processor : 7 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 26 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz stepping : 5 cpu MHz : 1600.000 cache size : 8192 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 8 core id : 3 cpu cores : 4 apicid : 7 initial apicid : 7 fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 11 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt lahf_lm ida tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid bogomips : 6132.39 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management:

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Re: [libvirt-users] Can I configure cores instead of CPU's
by Todd And Margo Chester 04 Dec '11

04 Dec '11

> On 3/12/2011 9:53 AM, Todd And Margo Chester wrote: >>> -------- Original message -------- >>> Subject: Re: [libvirt-users] Can I configure cores instead of CPU's >>> From: Todd And Margo Chester<toddandmargo(a)gmail.com> >>> To: "libvirt-users(a)redhat.com"<libvirt-users(a)redhat.com> >>> CC: >>> >>> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> Scientific Linux 6.1 x64 >>> qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.160.el6_1.2.x86_64 >>> >>> My XP-Pro guest will only let me use two CPUs. >>> Is there a way I can tell Virt-Manager to use >>> one CPU with six cores instead of four separate >>> CPUs? >>> >>> I can manually insert things with >>> virsh edit KVM-WinXP >>> >>> Currently, I have: >>> <vcpu>6</vcpu> >>> >>> I found an example of a run string: >>> >>> -smp 2,sockets=2,cores=1,threads=1 >>> >>> But I will be darned if I can figure out the virsh xml syntax. >>> >>> Many thanks, >>> -T >> On 12/02/2011 05:32 PM, Frank Hauptle wrote: >> > Yes under advanced in cpu in virt manager are socket /core >> > settings. i use a fedora virt manager to connect to sl61 >> > libvirt. more options that way. >> >> >> I configured my processor in virt-mamager: >> >> CPU's: Current Allocation: 2 >> Manual set CPU Topology: >> Sockets: 1 >> Cores: 6 >> Threads: 1 >> >> or from my XML file >> >> <vcpu>1</vcpu> >> <cpu> >> <topology sockets='1' cores='6' threads='1'/> >> </cpu> >> >> I still get two CPUs in my guest XP-Pro. >> >> What am I doing wrong? >> >> -T On 12/03/2011 07:40 PM, Frank Hauptle wrote: > I'm not even sure XP could differentiate > between a core and a socket as multicore CPU's were not common to x86 in > 2000 when XP was released. > > If you want to see if it really worked, download a knoppix CD and mount > the ISO in the CDrom of that > VM, then set it to boot from the CDROM. > > When knoppix boots up, open a terminal and type: > > cat /proc/cpuinfo > > See what it gives you. > > I think the hardware info GUI app in knoppix will give you more info too. > > cheers > > > Frank Hi Frank, I have FC16 live CD as a guest. /proc/cpuinfo said I had four cpu's. Given a bit of time I can give you the full report if that would help. My host CPU is an i7-960 (four real cores, eight hyperthreaded cores.) -T

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Re: [libvirt-users] Can I configure cores instead of CPU's
by Todd And Margo Chester 03 Dec '11

03 Dec '11

> -------- Original message -------- > Subject: Re: [libvirt-users] Can I configure cores instead of CPU's > From: Todd And Margo Chester <toddandmargo(a)gmail.com> > To: "libvirt-users(a)redhat.com" <libvirt-users(a)redhat.com> > CC: > > > Hi All, > > Scientific Linux 6.1 x64 > qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.160.el6_1.2.x86_64 > > My XP-Pro guest will only let me use two CPUs. > Is there a way I can tell Virt-Manager to use > one CPU with six cores instead of four separate > CPUs? > > I can manually insert things with > virsh edit KVM-WinXP > > Currently, I have: > <vcpu>6</vcpu> > > I found an example of a run string: > > -smp 2,sockets=2,cores=1,threads=1 > > But I will be darned if I can figure out the virsh xml syntax. > > Many thanks, > -T On 12/02/2011 05:32 PM, Frank Hauptle wrote: > Yes under advanced in cpu in virt manager are socket /core > settings. i use a fedora virt manager to connect to sl61 > libvirt. more options that way. I configured my processor in virt-mamager: CPU's: Current Allocation: 2 Manual set CPU Topology: Sockets: 1 Cores: 6 Threads: 1 or from my XML file <vcpu>1</vcpu> <cpu> <topology sockets='1' cores='6' threads='1'/> </cpu> I still get two CPUs in my guest XP-Pro. What am I doing wrong? -T

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Re: [libvirt-users] Can I configure cores instead of CPU's
by Todd And Margo Chester 03 Dec '11

03 Dec '11

Hi All, Scientific Linux 6.1 x64 qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.160.el6_1.2.x86_64 My XP-Pro guest will only let me use two CPUs. Is there a way I can tell Virt-Manager to use one CPU with six cores instead of four separate CPUs? I can manually insert things with virsh edit KVM-WinXP Currently, I have: <vcpu>6</vcpu> I found an example of a run string: -smp 2,sockets=2,cores=1,threads=1 But I will be darned if I can figure out the virsh xml syntax. Many thanks, -T

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[libvirt-users] How to use virt-install and http to install openbsd VM in KVM?
by Li, David 30 Nov '11

30 Nov '11

Hi, Not quite sure if this is the right forum for this question. My requirement is to http boot openbsd in KVM. This works fine with RHEL6 guest install but not with OpenBSD. I loop mounted the openbsd installer on the http server. My Http server directory looks like: [root@uefiserver vm-openbsd]# ll total 5 drwxr-xr-x 3 root kmem 2048 Aug 17 09:35 5.0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root kmem 2048 Aug 17 09:35 etc -r--r--r-- 1 root root 82 Aug 17 09:35 TRANS.TBL My browser can see this directory no problem. And KVM output: [root@lid-hs22-2 ~]# virt-install --hvm --connect qemu:///system --network=bridge:br0 --location=http://10.10.36.134/vm-openbsd/ --name=vm5-openbsd --ram=2048 --vcpus=2 --os-type=unix --file=/var/lib/libvirt/images/vm5-openbsd.img --file-size=20 ERROR Error creating cdrom disk: Could not find an installable distribution at 'http://10.10.36.134/vm-openbsd/' The location must be the root directory of an install tree. [root@lid-hs22-2 ~]# IS this supported? Did I use the right semantics? Thanks. - David

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[libvirt-users] need help with sanlock plugin
by Upendra Moturi 30 Nov '11

30 Nov '11

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[libvirt-users] permission denied when setting up VMchannel with libvirt
by 罗卫梁 29 Nov '11

29 Nov '11

Hi, I am trying to set up vmchannel between the host and guest os. However, "sudo virsh start vm1" always gave me this error: ************************************************************* error: Failed to start domain vm1 error: internal error Process exited while reading console log output: char device redirected to /dev/pts/5 bind(unix:/tmp/foo): Permission denied chardev: opening backend "socket" failed ************************************************************* Related xml is: ************************************************************* <channel type='unix'> <source mode='bind' path='/tmp/foo'/> <target type='virtio' name='channel.port.0'/> <address type='virtio-serial' controller='0' bus='0' port='1'/> </channel> ************************************************************* I can succeed while I manually run the guest os by: ************************************************************* sudo kvm -device virtio-serial \ -chardev socket,path=/tmp/foo,server,nowait,id=foo \ -device virtserialport,chardev=foo,name=org.fedoraproject.port.0\ /path/to/vm1.img ************************************************************* I also noticed that libvirt is able to create socke /var/lib/libvirt/qemu/vm1.monitor every time. I can't win even I change the unix socket path to "/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/foo" Any information will be appreciated! Thanks, Will

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[libvirt-users] virt-manager / ssh (publickey)
by Shaun Glass 29 Nov '11

29 Nov '11

Good day All, I have experienced the following ... I have a rhel 6.1 server running qemu-kvm. I have setup my desktop for a publickey login (root user) to said server so that I may manage the server (qemu-kvm) via the desktop with virt-manager. However, I connect just fine, but cannot create vm's. I get : "No hypervisor options where found for this connection" My laptop does run qemu-kvm via virt-manager and so I decided to setup a publickey login as before and guess what ... I can create vm's. It seems virt-manager bases the creation of vm's based on the hardware / software of the machine it is launched from and not the machine it is connecting to. Is there a workaround / config change etc that can be done so that virt-manager uses the hardware / software configuration of the system it is connecting to ? Regards Shaun Glass

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[libvirt-users] VM Manager for Android
by KaBuTe 28 Nov '11

28 Nov '11

To whom it may concern, I send this email to this list to report that I've released a small application for Android that uses libvirt over SSH. It is still under development and it has little features (Start/Destroy/Info) but I'll add more soon. You can check it here: https://market.android.com/details?id=vm.manager ------------------------------------ Diego Pérez kabute(a)kabute.org

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[libvirt-users] Failed to start a "virtual machine " service on RHCS in CentOS 6
by xuteng 25 Nov '11

25 Nov '11

Hi， All: I have two physical machines as KVM hosts (clusterA.RHCS and clusterB.RHCS) , an iscsi target set into GFS. All I want is a HA Cluster which could migrate all the virtual machines on a node to another when the first node failed into some error status. So I created a cluster "cluster" using RHCS ,added the two hosts into the cluster . created a fence device . for every virtual machine on clusterA , create a service ,added a resouce which type is "virtual machine" , and set it's properties. But when I start the service ,I got these errors in /var/log/message : [root@clusterA ~]# tail -f /var/log/messages Nov 24 16:19:29 clusterA libvirtd: Could not find keytab file: /etc/libvirt/krb5.tab: Permission denied Nov 24 16:19:30 clusterA modclusterd: startup succeeded Nov 24 16:19:48 clusterA rgmanager[6754]: Executing /etc/init.d/httpd status Nov 24 16:19:56 clusterA modcluster: Starting service: wuguang-xp on node Nov 24 16:19:56 clusterA rgmanager[2198]: Stopping service vm:wuguang-xp Nov 24 16:19:56 clusterA rgmanager[6850]: Using /etc/libvirt/qemu/wuguang-xp.xml instead of searching /etc/libvirt/qemu Nov 24 16:19:56 clusterA rgmanager[6906]: xend/libvirtd is dead; cannot stop wuguang-xp Nov 24 16:19:56 clusterA rgmanager[2198]: stop on vm "wuguang-xp" returned 1 (generic error) Nov 24 16:19:56 clusterA rgmanager[2198]: Marking vm:wuguang-xp as 'disabled', but some resources may still be allocated! Nov 24 16:19:56 clusterA rgmanager[2198]: Service vm:wuguang-xp is disabled But I set the libvirt tcp authority to "none" , here is my libvirtd.conf: listen_tls = 0 listen_tcp = 1 tcp_port = "16509" auth_tcp = "none" my cluster.conf is : <?xml version="1.0"?> <cluster config_version="83" name="cluster"> <fence_daemon clean_start="0" post_fail_delay="0" post_join_delay="3"/> <clusternodes> <clusternode name="clusterA.RHCS" nodeid="1" votes="1"> <fence> <method name="fence1"> <device name="fence1"/> </method> </fence> </clusternode> <clusternode name="clusterB.RHCS" nodeid="2" votes="1"> <fence> <method name="fence2"> <device name="fence2"/> </method> </fence> </clusternode> </clusternodes> <cman expected_votes="1" two_node="1"/> <fencedevices> <fencedevice agent="fence_scsi" name="fence1" nodename="clusterA.RHCS"/> <fencedevice agent="fence_scsi" name="fence2" nodename="clusterB.RHCS"/> </fencedevices> <rm> <failoverdomains> <failoverdomain name="FD" nofailback="0" ordered="1" restricted="1"> <failoverdomainnode name="clusterA.RHCS" priority="1"/> <failoverdomainnode name="clusterB.RHCS" priority="2"/> </failoverdomain> </failoverdomains> <resources> <ip address="192.168.6.250/24" monitor_link="on" sleeptime="10"/> <script file="/etc/init.d/httpd" name="www_script"/> <clusterfs device="/dev/dm-0" force_unmount="on" fsid="56449" fstype="gfs2" mountpoint="/var/lib/libvirt/images/iscsi" name="gfs2" self_fence="on"/> </resources> <service autostart="1" domain="FD" exclusive="0" name="www_service" recovery="relocate"> <ip ref="192.168.6.250/24"/> <script ref="www_script"/> <clusterfs ref="gfs2"/> </service> <vm autostart="1" domain="FD" exclusive="0" migrate="live" name="wuguang-xp" path="/etc/libvirt/qemu" recovery="relocate" xmlfile="/etc/libvirt/qemu/wuguang-xp.xml"/> </rm> </cluster> What's wrong with my configuration of RHCS or libvirt? Thanks in advance wade xuteng via foxmail

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[libvirt-users] Difference between "Max Memory" and "Used Memory"
by Jérôme Gallard 23 Nov '11

23 Nov '11

Hello, I am new on this mailing list, so If I do something wrong, don't hesitate to tell me :-) I am using the following version of libvirt : Compiled against library: libvir 0.8.8 Using library: libvir 0.8.8 Using API: QEMU 0.8.8 Running hypervisor: QEMU 0.14.0 I would like to understand the difference between "Max Memory" and "Used Memory" returned by a "virsh dominfo" command. In my configuration both values are equal. This surprises me because my VM is not using all its memory. Perhaps I miss something ? Thank you very much for your help. Regards, Jérôme

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[libvirt-users] libvirt and linux-vserver
by Christian Parpart 22 Nov '11

22 Nov '11

Hi, I was just googling around for linux-vserver support in libvirt, however, only found sad ppl complaining about the fact, that there is still no linux-vserver support in libbirt. Despite the fact, that there was some kind of lag in review by more than one person, why isn't it still in? so... merely two years after? I think once the patched would have been applied, ppl would start using it, and then also report bugs in case there were some not yet found by the author nor the single reviewer :) Best regards, Christian Parpart.

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[libvirt-users] Ruby libvirt gem: state reasons
by Ken Coar 17 Nov '11

17 Nov '11

Does anyone know of a way to use the Ruby bindings to find out the 'reason' value for the state of the VM? Such as obtaining VIR_DOMAIN_RUNNING_BOOTED for a running domain? -- #ken B-)} Ken Coar, Sanagendamgagwedweinini IT Engineering Tower, Red Hat/RDU "Millennium hand and shrimp!"

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[libvirt-users] Defined VM goes missing in multi-threaded environment.
by Sharad Mishra 17 Nov '11

17 Nov '11

In a multi-threaded environment where multiple threads are trying to get list of all VMs on host, we have seen that at times this list is missing couple of VMs. The code used is fairly simple, it makes three libvirt calls. 1. Call virConnectNumOfDefinedDomains() to get number of defined domains. 2. Call virConnectNumOfDomains() to get a list of active domains. 3. If there are defined domains, then call virConnectListDefinedDomains (conn, (char **)names, n_names), where n_names is the count returned from #1. The count returned from #3 is less than the one returned from #1. I have bumped up the connection count in libvirtd.conf to 100, and using 20 threads. On average I get one missing defined VM every 5 runs of this test. I have 25 running VMs and 8 defined VMs on this host. # rpm -aq | grep libvirt libvirt-python-0.8.7-18.el6_1.1.x86_64 libvirt-0.8.7-18.el6_1.1.x86_64 libvirt-cim-0.5.14-1.el6.x86_64 libvirt-client-0.8.7-18.el6_1.1.x86_64 Its RHEL 6.1 running 2.6.32-131.17.1.el6.x86_64 Regards, Sharad Mishra

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[libvirt-users] [libvirt-user] questions about disk driver virtio and charmonitor
by Chang Liu 17 Nov '11

17 Nov '11

hi all, I have two questions about libvirt. At first, how can I write a XML file that libvirt could give me a command that include this: if=virtio. -drive file=/dev/vg.vmms/lvm-v097218.sqa.cm4,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0,format=raw -device ide-drive,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-0-0,id=ide0-0-0 event I have let the <target dev=vda bus=virtio> the XML file also make the command not include virtio, it's like this: -drive file=/dev/vg.vmms/lvm-v097226.sqa.cm4,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0,format=raw,cache=none -device virtio-blk-pci,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4,drive=drive-virtio-disk0,id=virtio-disk0 and my question is, this is command args could enable virtio? or there is some other XML format could let the if=virtio. Second when I boot the vm in the second step after use the kickstart install it. Once in a while, it occurs an error that: monitor socket did not show up.: No such file or > Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/lingjiao.lc/vmms/backserv/bin/../lib/virtmgr.py<http://lingjiao.lc/vmms/backserv/lib/virtmgr.py>", line 1007, in request_vm dom.create() File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 325, in create if ret == -1: raise libvirtError ('virDomainCreate() failed', dom=self) libvirtError: monitor socket did not show up.: No such file or directory But if I reinstall it, it will be ok. If I install hundreds of VMs once, I think this is a headache. Could anybody help me, how can I disable the charmonitor or solve these problem. Thanks. ________________________________ This email (including any attachments) is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you received this email in error, please delete it immediately and do not copy it or use it for any purpose or disclose its contents to any other person. Thank you. 本电邮(包括任何附件)可能含有机密资料并受法律保护。如您不是正确的收件人，请您立即删除本邮件。请不要将本电邮进行复制并用作任何其他用途、或透露本邮件之内容。谢谢。

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[libvirt-users] libvirt uninstall @ install problem??
by 张光鹏 17 Nov '11

17 Nov '11

Hi: I have a rhel6.1 system, before I installed libvirt0.9.6.tar.gz, it already have installed libvirt-0.8.7-xxx.rpm. Can someone tell me how to uninstall the libvirt-0.8.7XXX.rpm ,and then i can install libvirt0.9.6.tar.gz and use it . Thanks! zhanggp(a)neusoft.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Confidentiality Notice: The information contained in this e-mail and any accompanying attachment(s) is intended only for the use of the intended recipient and may be confidential and/or privileged of Neusoft Corporation, its subsidiaries and/or its affiliates. If any reader of this communication is not the intended recipient, unauthorized use, forwarding, printing, storing, disclosure or copying is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful.If you have received this communication in error,please immediately notify the sender by return e-mail, and delete the original message and all copies from your system. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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[libvirt-users] consider bios upgrade...
by jurgen.depicker＠let.be 17 Nov '11

17 Nov '11

Dear all, I didn't get any reply, so I send this mail again. On one of my windows Vms (KVM), I get from time to time a 'windows recovered from a serious error' message, and if I click the wonderfully useful (ahum) support link, I reach this page: http://wer.microsoft.com/responses/Response.aspx/1445/en/5.1.2600.2.0001010… I quote the first part of it here: "Consider BIOS upgrade Microsoft is unable to determine the exact cause of this error. However, this problem was most likely caused by an error in your computer’s random access memory (RAM). RAM is the main internal storage area the computer uses to run programs and store data. During the crash analysis, we noticed the basic input/output system (BIOS) version on this computer does not match the specifications for the central processing unit (CPU), also known as a processor, that is installed on your computer. This can occur when a newer processor is installed on an older system board or older BIOS. Using a BIOS that does not support the installed processor can result in Windows system crashes. Contact your computer manufacturer or motherboard manufacturer for an updated version of BIOS for your computer's processor." Now I'm not sure what this is all about: how can I possibly upgrade my VM's BIOS, or should I do something else? Can it have something to do with the processor specs in the VM's XML definition? Thanks for looking into this, Jürgen

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[libvirt-users] Checking if the VM has been created
by Preethi Ramesh 16 Nov '11

16 Nov '11

I'm a Libvirt newbie and I'd really appreciate it if someone could answer my doubts. I'm using Libvirt's Java API. My doubts: 1.Currently, I'm able to create a VM on Ubuntu 11.04 using Libvirt functions domainCreateLinux() and domainDefineXML(). Apart fromt the boolean return status of these operations and running the virsh list command, is there any way to SSH in (login) to the newly created VMs and run applications on them? I tried running virsh console but nothing comes up. Also I tried fixing the XML file to accommodate the console operation( link <http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1159220>) but that was unsuccessful too. 2. If yes, how can I get the IP of the VM created? 3. Is there any function to create image files(in any format qcow or qcow2) using Libvirt API? Right now, I'm using a shell script which creates the image from it's iso. Thanks in advance P Ramesh

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[libvirt-users] Speaking of DNSmasq ....
by William A. Mahaffey III 16 Nov '11

16 Nov '11

.... I am getting a bit tired of those pesky DNSmasq entries in my syslog file, they fill it up about weekly, wash other stuff out of view on a tail. Is there any way to suppress them. or else increase their lease time so that they happen less frequently ? Having a finite lease time for a VM seems nonsensical, it can't go anywhere or disconnect (obviously) .... I tried restarting DNSmasq, but it said 'Socket busy' or some such & didn't restart. Someone on another list said that DNSmasq was/is in fact started by libvirt/KVM/QEMU, & I poked around in the various /etc/sysconfig files, but couldn't find anything related to DNSmasq, whatever options it is started with seem to be hardwired or compiled into one of the pertinent executables .... FC 14, 64 bit, terminally patched up, libvirt 0.8.3-10.fc14 64-bit, qemu-KVM 2:0.13.0-1.fc14 64-bit .... TIA .... -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.

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[libvirt-users] virsh Attach-disk function
by Jatin Kumar 15 Nov '11

15 Nov '11

Hello, I have to use attach-disk function for providing additional storage to the guest domain but i couldn't found proper documentation anywhere which i can follow. ---- For linux (Ubuntu 11.10 server edition, 64bit) guest i tried qemu-img create -f qcow2 disk.qcow2 size virsh attach-disk guest_name --driver file disk.qcow2 sdc Both of the above commands are working fine but when i try to format the drive from inside linux then its size reduces to few KB. Before formatting qemu-img info reports correct info(as expected, correct virtual size) but after formatting the even qemu-img info reports its actual size(few KB) not virtual size. ----- For windows (Windows 2008 Server R2) guest, i tried qemu-img create -f raw disk.img size virsh attach-disk guest_name --driver file disk.img vdb virsh shows that the disk is attached successfully, but i cannot find any disk attached from inside the guest (in storage management). I tried rebooting the guest but same problem. Is there anything that i am doing wrong or missing. -- Jatin Kumar

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