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[libvirt-users] virInitialize dumps core intermittently.
by Sharad Mishra 12 Aug '11

12 Aug '11

Hi, I have a host with 6 VMs set to autostart. When this host reboots, it starts libvirtd, pegasus cimom and libvirt-cim. It also restarts the VMs. Intermittently we noticed a core during start up that points to the last call made by libvirt-cim to "virInitialize". I am thinking that it is a timing issue where virInitialize is called while libvirt is trying to autostart the VMs. Is this a known issue? Thanks, Sharad Mishra

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[libvirt-users] iscsi w/ libvirt
by Stefan G. Weichinger 11 Aug '11

11 Aug '11

"Playing" with a NAS capable of iscsi ... trying to make use of it within the virtual machine manager. Could someone point me at or provide me an example/screenshot of adding iscsi to my KVM-host? I think I still don't get it. Should I add an iscsi-LUN as a storage-pool? Or as single disk to a VM? Could someone pls point me at some docs to make me understand? Thanks a lot, Stefan

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[libvirt-users] the naming convention libvirt names a block based storage volume
by Yih-Herng Chuang 10 Aug '11

10 Aug '11

Seems like different libvirt versions generate a storage volume name in different format. We would like to learn how libvirt names a storage volume under a block based storage pool. So that we may properly extract the LUN identifier out of the volume name for now and in the future. On host A loaded with libvirt 0.8.7 # virsh vol-list SanPool1 Name Path ----------------------------------------- unit:0:0:11 /dev/disk/by-id/wwn-0x600a0b800013071a000035ec4e32b832 On host B loaded with libvirt 0.8.1 # virsh vol-list SanPool1 Name Path ----------------------------------------- 1.0.0.0 /dev/disk/by-id/wwn-0x60080e500017e1d40000d0b74d873b13 Regards, --Yih Yih-Herng Chuang IBM Center for Microsoft Technologies 3600 Carillon Point, Kirkland WA 98033 (DID) (425) 803-7285 (TIE) 977-7285 YihHerng(a)us.ibm.com

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[libvirt-users] virt-manager - how to add /dev/mapper as a storage pool
by Marc Haber 09 Aug '11

09 Aug '11

Hi, I would like to be able to configure VMs running off dm-crypt devices that were unlocked in the host. Unlocked dm-crypt devices show up in /dev/mapper/devicename, with devicename being the second parameter given to cryptsetup luksOpen. The LVM storage pool type insists on searching in /dev/vgname and cannot be tricked into reading /dev/mapper by giving it a fake VG named mapper; the LVM storage pool type "dir" mishandles /dev/mapper/control ("illegal seek"). Is there a workaround to be able to use such devices in virt-manager without having to define a single storage pool for every device used? Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 3221 2323190

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[libvirt-users] XML file location
by Jeff 08 Aug '11

08 Aug '11

Can anyone tell me how to change the default directory which stores the guest XML files? I want to keep them with the guest image files on a shared NFS filesystem. Thanks, Jeff

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[libvirt-users] Create volume wit libvirt API for Python
by Anatoliy Guskov 06 Aug '11

06 Aug '11

Please help! How create volume with libvirt API for python? conn = libvirt.open(qemu:///system) vol = libvirt.virStoragePool(conn) conf_file = 'disk.xml' f = open(conf_file) xml = f.read() pool = "default" vol.createXML(pool,xml) xml file disk.xml: <volume> <name>name.img</name> <key>/var/lib/libvirt/images/name.img</key> <source> </source> <capacity>21474836480</capacity> <allocation>21474840576</allocation> <target> <path>/var/lib/libvirt/images/name.img</path> <format type='raw'/> </target> </volume> This script not work :-( Thanks for help!

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[libvirt-users] Reg: Packaging format for LIBIVRT
by Alphonse Hansel Anthony 04 Aug '11

04 Aug '11

Hi, I am looking for an available Open Source Packaging model for Libvirt, similar to OVF/OVA supported by Vmware. The OVA model uses the manifest to define the resource requirements for the virtual appliance and the XML schema follows OVF. Are there similar specification to include libvirt XML in a package along with disk images/ISO... etc? Any pointers in this regard would be useful. Thanks, Alphonse

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[libvirt-users] Using libvirt with a preexisting network infrastructure
by Vegard Vesterheim 04 Aug '11

04 Aug '11

I have a server running Ubuntu natty (libvirt 0.8.8) with separate ethernet interfaces. I have created an unnumbered bridge for each interface, these are connected to an already established network infrastructure, with preexisting DHCP and DNS services. I would like to handle *establishment* of these bridges outside libvirt (via /etc/network/interfaces), but still have them defined as networks within libvirt. So, libvirt shall not *configure* the bridges, just be aware of their existence and connect each VM to its configured bridge. This way I can use virt-manager/libvirt to connect my virtual hosts to the correct network. The libvirt commands net-start, net-destroy would become no-ops. It seems that libvirt is geared towards handling all network configuration itself, but I do not need help from libvirt for establishing the bridges, DHCP and DNS. I know that I can edit the <interface> element in the VM XML-files after creation, to assign a virtual host to a bridge, like this: <interface type='bridge'> <source bridge='br22'/> .... </interface> This works, but I would like to do this with libvirt mechanisms. Is this possible? - Vegard V -

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[libvirt-users] Custom storage pools/volumes
by Mohammed Naser 04 Aug '11

04 Aug '11

Hello everyone, We're currently working with using libvirt as an abstract API to make our dealings with other hypervisors far easier and faster, however, we have our own storage API that connects/disconnects and makes LUNs available over iSCSI with iSER. We would have loved to use a storage pool however our system implements a one target per LUN/VDI, therefore, we'd have to create a pool for each server. We really would like to utilize the virStorageVolDownload / virStorageVolUpload API calls, however, it seems that those would only work if the storage volume is within a pool. Is there a way we could possibly define a storage volume without a pool or will we have to create a storage pool for each individual volume? Thank you, Mohammed Naser http://vexxhost.com

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[libvirt-users] ANNOUNCE: libvirt Perl bindings Sys::Virt 0.9.4 release
by Daniel P. Berrange 04 Aug '11

04 Aug '11

I am happy to announce a new release[1] of the libvirt Perl bindings, Sys::Virt 0.9.4 is available for download: http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/D/DA/DANBERR/Sys-Virt-0.9.4.tar.gz Changes in this release - Add all new APIs in libvirt 0.9.4 - Requires libvirt >= 0.9.4 - Add missing VIR_DUMP_* and VIR_MIGRATE_* constants from previous releases The permanent link for the Sys::Virt package, where all historic releases can be found, is http://search.cpan.org/dist/Sys-Virt/ Thanks to everyone who contributed to this release through testing, bug reporting, patch submission, etc. Regards, Daniel -- |: http://berrange.com -o- http://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange/ :| |: http://libvirt.org -o- http://virt-manager.org :| |: http://autobuild.org -o- http://search.cpan.org/~danberr/ :| |: http://entangle-photo.org -o- http://live.gnome.org/gtk-vnc :|

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Re: [libvirt-users] Associating a statefile with an image
by Eric Blake 03 Aug '11

03 Aug '11

[re-adding the list] On 08/02/2011 03:18 PM, sethuraman subbiah wrote: >> Libvirt shoots for monthly releases; the current schedule is feature freeze this weekend, then a release around the first of August. >> >> The new API will allow you do to either: >> >> virsh dumpxml --inactive --dom> file.xml >> edit file.xml >> virsh save dom dom.save --xml file.xml >> virsh restore file.save >> >> or: >> >> virsh dumpxml --inactive --dom> file.xml Using --inactive here only works if you haven't made any changes to the inactive configuration that differs from the currently running domain. I'd amend this step to 'virsh dumpxml dom > file.xml' for both of these examples. >> virsh save dom dom.save >> edit file.xml >> virsh restore file.save --xml file.xml These two examples will be supported in 0.9.4. Additionally, I added: virsh save-file-dumpxml dom.save > file.xml virsh save-file-define dom.save file.xml virsh save-file-edit dom.save to do things inline, and to make it so you don't have to remember to 'virsh dumpxml dom' prior to 'virsh save'. > > I found that the latest libvirt (libvirt 0.9.4) is out. That's amazing, considering it hasn't been released yet :) Maybe you are referring to 0.9.4-rc2 instead? But at any rate, the official 0.9.4 will probably be released tomorrow with even more bug fixes above 0.9.4-rc2. > I tried installing in my Centos 5.6 machine. After a successful installation, when I start virsh , I get : > > virsh: /lib/libvirt.so.0: version `LIBVIRT_PRIVATE_0.8.2' not found (required by virsh) > > Is it possible to get the latest version of libvirt 0.9.4 work on Centos 5.6 ? Thanks a lot for your help. Yes, it should be possible, although I haven't tried it myself on centos (but I have tried on RHEL 5.7). Are you sure you installed your self-built libvirt.so correctly? We take great pains to ensure that libvirt.so is backwards compatible (no symbols are ever removed). -- Eric Blake eblake(a)redhat.com +1-801-349-2682 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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Re: [libvirt-users] centos6.0 unable to install guests w/ kickstart via virt-install
by JDF. Franklin 02 Aug '11

02 Aug '11

Looks like you're missing some backslashes toward the bottom, so virt-install wouldn't see anything past "os-variant". Here's mine (adding the ttyS0 allows looking at it on the cli with "virsh console" as well): virt-install \ --name=myhost \ --connect qemu:///system \ --disk path=/data/virt/guest$$,size=20,bus=virtio \ --vcpus=2 --ram=1024 \ --graphics vnc,keymap=en-us \ --autostart \ --location=http://example.org/ks/el6/x86_64/ \ -x "console=ttyS0,115200 ks=http://example.org/ks/myhost.cfg" \ --network bridge=br0 \ --os-type=linux \ --os-variant=virtio26

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[libvirt-users] Snapshot error "command savevm not found"
by Trey Dockendorf 02 Aug '11

02 Aug '11

Attempting to take snapshots of VM using virsh with the following command, # virsh -c qemu:///system snapshot-create CentOS6-x86-001 Results in the following error, error: internal error unable to execute QEMU command 'savevm': The command savevm has not been found The VM's virtual disks are qcow2. Below is the XML file for this vm ------------ <domain type='kvm' id='6'> <name>CentOS6-x86-001</name> <uuid>050fb9d8-0b9a-48b9-a432-16eec57a9e8f</uuid> <memory>1024000</memory> <currentMemory>1024000</currentMemory> <vcpu>1</vcpu> <os> <type arch='x86_64' machine='rhel6.0.0'>hvm</type> <boot dev='hd'/> </os> <features> <acpi/> <apic/> <pae/> </features> <clock offset='utc'/> <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff> <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot> <on_crash>restart</on_crash> <devices> <emulator>/usr/libexec/qemu-kvm</emulator> <disk type='file' device='disk'> <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2' cache='none'/> <source file='/vmstore/CentOS6-x86-001/CentOS6-x86-001_sys.qcow2'/> <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/> <alias name='virtio-disk0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04' function='0x0'/> </disk> <disk type='file' device='cdrom'> <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/> <target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/> <readonly/> <alias name='ide0-1-0'/> <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='1' unit='0'/> </disk> <disk type='file' device='disk'> <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/> <source file='/vmstore/CentOS6-x86-001/CentOS6-x86-001_var.img'/> <target dev='vdb' bus='virtio'/> <alias name='virtio-disk1'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x06' function='0x0'/> </disk> <controller type='ide' index='0'> <alias name='ide0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/> </controller> <interface type='bridge'> <mac address='52:54:00:4d:74:c7'/> <source bridge='br0'/> <target dev='vnet0'/> <model type='virtio'/> <alias name='net0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/> </interface> <serial type='pty'> <source path='/dev/pts/1'/> <target port='0'/> <alias name='serial0'/> </serial> <console type='pty' tty='/dev/pts/1'> <source path='/dev/pts/1'/> <target port='0'/> <alias name='serial0'/> </console> <input type='tablet' bus='usb'> <alias name='input0'/> </input> <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/> <graphics type='vnc' port='5900' autoport='yes'/> <video> <model type='cirrus' vram='9216' heads='1'/> <alias name='video0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/> </video> <memballoon model='virtio'> <alias name='balloon0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x05' function='0x0'/> </memballoon> </devices> <seclabel type='dynamic' model='selinux'> <label>system_u:system_r:svirt_t:s0:c292,c580</label> <imagelabel>system_u:object_r:svirt_image_t:s0:c292,c580</imagelabel> </seclabel> </domain> ------------ This is my first attempt at snapshots with KVM after migrating from ESXi, so if there's a better method please let me know. Thanks - Trey

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[libvirt-users] Guests ignoring config changes
by Michael Jinks 01 Aug '11

01 Aug '11

I have a libvirt/kvm setup on a Gentoo system which I've been using happily for a couple of years. Recently, after a round of updates, I started encountering all sorts of strange behavior, which I'll mostly skip for now... My current issue is that guest domains appear to be ignoring changes made with 'virsh edit <domain>'. Two examples: My primary desktop VM is crashing on boot, so I'm trying to boot it with an install/rescue CD. In my client definition file I have: <os> <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-0.13'>hvm</type> <boot dev='cdrom'/> <boot dev='hd'/> </os> ...and the cdrom defined elsewhere in the file points to a real ISO file, which I know is bootable. But when I start the guest, it ignores the CD and boots from the (buggy) system image on the hd device. This still happens if I remove the "<boot dev='hd'/>" line altogether. Second example: I created another VM, definition copied from the one above, so that I wouldn't be playing around with anything important. On first boot it complains: error: internal error process exited while connecting to monitor: char device redirected to /dev/pts/3 inet_listen_opts: bind(ipv4,127.0.0.1,5911): Address already in use inet_listen_opts: FAILED ...Oops, forgot to fix my VNC port. So I edited the VM using "virsh edit", found the VNC line, changed "port=5911" to "port=5912". Saved, verified that my change appears in the XML file on disk, tried again to start the guest, and got the same complaint about port 5911 being in use. "virsh dumpxml" shows the corrrected port number, but for some reason the change isn't making it through to the guest. I've tried restarting libvirtd, with no effect, so I'm guessing there must be some cache of VM configuration data that isn't being updated when I edit my guest definitions? What am I doing wrong? Thanks, --Michael

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[libvirt-users] Q on stupid video tricks
by Whit Blauvelt 01 Aug '11

01 Aug '11

Hi, The good news is that if you use Virt-Manager running in a VM viewed through Virt-Manager, that VM can drill another level through to view VMs. The badish news is if that's a GUI desktop, the video for the VM-in-VM view ends up (at least for me) with some serious artifacts - particularly distortions largely involving vertical lines down through it. Okay, this is an odd case that hardly counts as a problem, since who would be crazy enough to do it? Still, since that's me, I'm wondering if there's any setting to tweak that would bring that video into better focus? Thanks, Whit

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[libvirt-users] Migration hangs on Gentoo with KVM
by Jonathan Stoppani 01 Aug '11

01 Aug '11

Hi there, I'm trying to migrate a domain between two Gentoo hosts using KVM as hypervisor, but the migration hangs. I tried both live or offline migration modes without success. Details below. Anyone has an idea of what could be wrong with my setup? The migration is the only thing not working. Host A (initially running the VM) ================================= # uname -a Linux pion 2.6.39-gentoo-r3 #12 SMP Fri Jul 29 23:57:49 MST 2011 x86_64 AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 6174 AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux # kvm --version QEMU emulator version 0.14.1 (qemu-kvm-0.14.1), Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Fabrice Bellard # libvirtd --version libvirtd (libvirt) 0.9.3 # cat /etc/libvirt/libvirtd.conf http://dpaste.com/hold/583874/ # cat /etc/libvirt/qemu.conf http://dpaste.com/hold/583873/ # /etc/init.d/libvirtd start # cat /var/log/libvirt/libvirtd.log http://pastebin.com/V615fgbK # virsh create descriptions/domain.xml # cat descriptions/domain.xml http://dpaste.com/583880/ # cat /var/log/libvirt/libvirtd.log http://pastebin.com/0PSDAZhN (startup log removed) # cat /var/log/libvirt/qemu/nd-50f05b3-0.log http://dpaste.com/583877/ # virsh migrate nd-50f05b3-0 qemu+ssh://host-b/system Password: --> Never exits # cat /var/log/libvirt/libvirtd.log http://pastebin.com/EqHBHx8R (startup and domain creation log removed) # virsh list Id Name State ---------------------------------- 1 nd-50f05b3-0 paused Host B (destination host) ========================= # uname -a Linux lenny 2.6.39-gentoo-r3 #6 SMP Fri Jul 29 18:58:08 MST 2011 x86_64 Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU 3040 @ 1.86GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux # kvm --version QEMU emulator version 0.14.1 (qemu-kvm-0.14.1), Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Fabrice Bellard # libvirtd --version libvirtd (libvirt) 0.9.3 # cat /etc/libvirt/libvirtd.conf http://dpaste.com/hold/583874/ (same as host A) # cat /etc/libvirt/ http://dpaste.com/hold/583873/ (same as host A) # /etc/init.d/libvirtd start # cat /var/log/libvirt/libvirtd.log http://pastebin.com/WnyqubU6 --> Start migration # cat /var/log/libvirt/libvirtd.log http://pastebin.com/E45JtvGd (startup log removed) # virsh list Id Name State ---------------------------------- 1 nd-50f05b3-0 paused Additional notes ================ * The process seams to deadlock somewhere, CPU usage is near to 0% * The disk images are available on both hosts at the same location (I'm using a COW2 image based on another COW2 image, both are available) * The shared FS is mounted through fuse-sshfs * I just noticed that my clocks are skewed. I will rerun the whole test with a correctly setup ntp server, but I had the same problem last week with perfectly synchronized clocks, so I doubt this will make a difference. Thanks very much, Jonathan

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[libvirt-users] Is there a good way to "slot" libvirtd versions?
by Whit Blauvelt 01 Aug '11

01 Aug '11

Hi, Is there a reasonable way to alternately use several versions of libvirtd on the same system? I ask because there are features of 0.9.X I want to experiment with, yet also need to use the systems where I'm doing that to connect via virt-manager and virsh to non-experimental systems running 0.8.8 and 0.8.3 on Ubuntu - which the compiled-from-tar 0.9.x has an incompatibility with. As far as I can see with library dependencies there's no simple way to run different editions of the libvirtd stack alternately on the same system. But I could easily be missing a trick. Anyone have this working? Thanks, Whit

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[libvirt-users] centos6.0 unable to install guests w/ kickstart via virt-install
by Charles 01 Aug '11

01 Aug '11

How does one use virt-install and kickstart ? I've seen others have success but I've had no joy thus far. BTW, my interactive virt-installs for centos6 guests work just fine AND I can do unattended kickstarts for vms by booting from centos6 install dvd and typing the kickstart commands from the boot: prompt. However, kickstart commands in --extra-args when used w/ virt-install just don't seem to work for me. It looks like the kickstart file is just getting ignored .. virt-install -n d2 \ -r 1024 \ --vcpus=2 \ -l http://mirror.cogentco.com/pub/linux/centos/6/os/x86_64/ \ --accelerate -v \ --disk path=/data/vm/d2.img,size=10 \ --os-type=linux \ --os-variant=rhel6 --network=bridge:br0 -x "ks=http://10.1.10.2/id400ks.cfg ip=10.1.10.2 netmask=255.255.255.0 gateway=10.1.10.1 dns=8.8.8.8" The above will boot from the mirror and then launch into the interactive graphical installer as though the kickstart file isn't even there. kickstart file is here http://pastebin.com/ZChtv2C5 I also tried 'virsh edit domain' and set cmdline to <cmdline>ks=http://10.1.10.2/id400ks.cfg</cmdline> and that didn't work. vm would'nt start. details ... uname -a Linux myhost 2.6.32-71.29.1.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Jun 27 19:49:27 BST 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux [root vm]# rpm -qa | grep libvir libvirt-0.8.1-27.el6_0.6.x86_64 libvirt-client-0.8.1-27.el6_0.6.x86_64 libvirt-python-0.8.1-27.el6_0.6.x86_64 [root vm]# rpm -qa | grep kvm qemu-kvm-tools-0.12.1.2-2.113.el6_0.8.x86_64 qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.113.el6_0.8.x86_64 any hlp apprec. C.

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[libvirt-users] UID/GID for qemu & kvm
by Jeff 29 Jul '11

29 Jul '11

We use AD infrastructure for user/group management, and GID 107 is already in use. Can I create an AD entry for the kvm and qemu groups with different GIDs, as well as the qemu user/UID? From looking at the libvirt package, it appears it does a getent to see if these exist and, if not, creates them locally, so I assume adding them to AD is ok - and that the GID/UID specified in the package isn't explicitly necessary. Just looking for verification. - Jeff

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[libvirt-users] ANNOUNCE: ruby-libvirt 0.4.0
by Chris Lalancette 29 Jul '11

29 Jul '11

All, I'm pleased to announce the release of ruby-libvirt 0.4.0. ruby-libvirt is a ruby wrapper around the libvirt API. Version 0.4.0 brings new APIs, more documentation, and bugfixes: * Updated Domain class, implementing dom.memory_parameters=, dom.memory_parameters, dom.updated?, dom.migrate2, dom.migrate_to_uri2, dom.migrate_set_max_speed, dom.qemu_monitor_command, dom.blkio_parameters, dom.blkio_parameters=, dom.state, dom.open_console, dom.screenshot, and dom.inject_nmi * Implementation of the Stream class, which covers the libvirt virStream APIs * Add the ability to build against non-system libvirt libraries * Updated Error object, which now includes the libvirt code, component and level of the error, as well as all of the error constants from libvirt.h * Updated Connect class, implementing conn.sys_info, conn.stream, conn.interface_change_begin, conn.interface_change_commit, and conn.interface_change_rollback * Updated StorageVol class, implementing vol.download and vol.upload * Various bugfixes Version 0.4.0 is available from http://libvirt.org/ruby: Tarball: http://libvirt.org/ruby/download/ruby-libvirt-0.4.0.tgz Gem: http://libvirt.org/ruby/download/ruby-libvirt-0.4.0.gem It is also available from rubygems.org; to get the latest version, run: $ gem install ruby-libvirt As usual, if you run into questions, problems, or bugs, please feel free to mail me (clalance(a)redhat.com) and/or the libvirt mailing list. -- Chris Lalancette

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[libvirt-users] management tools for kvm
by David M. Barlieb 29 Jul '11

29 Jul '11

I have been installing kvm guests on a number of hosts and have been managing them through a single virt manager on one of the hosts. I am looking for a tool that will allow me to manage them from a windows workstation, possibly using a web interface. Everything I've looked at and read about seems to require a linux workstation to install on, like oVirt or ConVirt. I am looking for a product that can run on a windows workstation using either firefox or ie. dave

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[libvirt-users] Seg fault in 0.9.4-rc1
by Whit Blauvelt 28 Jul '11

28 Jul '11

Hi, Using virt-manager, asking to migrate a kvm domain from the same box virt-manager is running on to another consistently results in libvirtd faulting on the local box. Migration in the other direction, from the second box to the box virt-manager is on, works fine. A libvirtd log made with debug=1 is at http://transpect.com/debug/libvirtd_segfault.log It was doing the same thing with a recent 0.9.3 git version too. This is with virt-manager 0.9.0. Whit

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[libvirt-users] qemu:///session vs qemu:///system
by Peter Thomassen 28 Jul '11

28 Jul '11

Hi, I am running several QEMU VMs on a host machine. There's different persons being responsible for different VMs. I would like to find a way to allow everybody to manage just the VMs they are assigned to (i.e. insert some ISO file, stop the machine and so on) without allowing them to disturb the other VMs. Also, I would like to allow these persons to set up new VMs (there's plenty of unallocated storage) without having to ask me (root) to do it for them, but without allowing them to delete other VMs. (Just setting user rights on the filesystem is not enough, as I use LVM volumes which are not assigned to a user in the typical sense, are they?) I know that most of this could probably be achieved by using qemu:///session instead of qemu:///system. However, I read that there's networking issue in this case (which issues precisely?), and I am also not sure if there's other disadvantages like less efficient handling in some situations by the kernel, or whatever. Is anybody there who could clarify this for me? Thank you, Peter

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[libvirt-users] small webGUI?
by Stefan G. Weichinger 28 Jul '11

28 Jul '11

Greetings, at a customer we run a single VM for a specific application. Unfortunately this VM does not start automatically with the host although I checked the relevant box within virtual machine manager. I assume upgrading libvirt might help (we run 0.8.7-r1 right now, gentoo linux). Aside from that it would be good to have a simple WebGUI for the users to let them press START just in case. They run Windows on their machines so I can't give them VMM ... Could you point me at the most simple GUI to do that? I'd prefer something very lightweight without too much requirements (for example I'd like to avoid installing mysql for that ;-) ). Thank you, Stefan

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[libvirt-users] with current libvirt git virsh expects vbox, refuses kvm define
by Whit Blauvelt 28 Jul '11

28 Jul '11

Okay, just installed libvirt from today's git on two Ubuntu systems. The first one went fine (except for continuation of the problem that virsh and virt-manager cannot connect to 0.8.3 systems that's been there in the 0.9.x libvirts) ... but on the second, after install, "virsh list --all" presents nothing. And: # virsh define tu1004.xml error: Failed to define domain from tu1004.xml error: internal error unexpected domain type kvm, expecting vbox These are _exactly_ the same xml files as are still working on the first system. And in both cases the new libvirt was built with defaults. Long ago the second system did have VirtualBox on it, so that may have been found while it was setting up config, but that's no good reason for KVM to fail here, right? Must be a thing with the git. Ran the 0.9.3 release built on this system previously without this problem. Whit

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