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[libvirt-users] error: internal error: missing backend for pool type 11 (zfs)
by Nick Gilmour 04 Oct '17

04 Oct '17

Hi all, I'm trying to setup virt-manager with ZFS als storage on my Arch box. I have created a pool named virt-pool and tried to use it as storage. First with virt-manager and then in the terminal with virsh but I'm always getting the following errors: *virsh # pool-define-as --name zfsvirtpool --source-name virt-pool --type zfserror: Failed to define pool zfsvirtpoolerror: internal error: missing backend for pool type 11 (zfs)* But ZFS seems to be working fine: # zpool status pool: virt-pool state: ONLINE scan: none requested config: NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM virt-pool ONLINE 0 0 0 x ONLINE 0 0 0 errors: No known data errors libvirt and VMM also. These are the installed versions: Virtual Machine Manager v.1.4.3 virsh v.3.7.0 libvirtd (libvirt) 3.7.0 I have found that there was a bug last year which is supposed to be fixed: *https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=827245 <https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=827245>* So why I'm getting this error. Is something wrong with my setup? Regards, Nick

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[libvirt-users] virDomainSaveImageDefineXML
by llilulu 02 Oct '17

02 Oct '17

Hi: When I make snapshot use virDomainSave,before I resume the snapshot , I use virDomainSaveImageDefineXML change the domain info, like disk path. but I can't change the <devices> , for example detach a disk or interface, Can't tell me what can I change use virDomainSaveImageDefineXML before resume snapshot.

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[libvirt-users] domain xml <video> doubt
by llilulu 27 Sep '17

27 Sep '17

Hi My libvirt is 3.4.0,When I create a kvm domain, I use default <video> (type=cirrus, I not set video) create guest(debian9.1.0), but when finish install the guest and reboot, the guest will block in "started update utmp about system runlevel changes", I search on Internet, and find is graphics card problem, I change the <video> type=vga, the problem disppear。The domain xml docs say， I can set type=qxl, ...， but qemu -vga args has other type support, (qemu --help, -vga [std|cirrus|qxl....), I want to know how I use other <video> type in my domain xml. Thanks very!!!

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[libvirt-users] Rollback to running VM
by Jackson, Gary L. 26 Sep '17

26 Sep '17

I would like to make a snapshot of a running VM, let it continue to run after the shapshot, and then at some later time roll back the VM to that previous running state. Can I do that with libvirt? If so, how? I understand that this will cause all kinds of havoc with things like ongoing TCP connections, and I accept that risk. -- Gary Jackson

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[libvirt-users] How could I set a VNC server's screen size?
by 刘磊 22 Sep '17

22 Sep '17

Dear Libvirt, How could I set a VNC server’s screen size? I access my virtual machine via NoVNC from web browser, but the desktop’s size is different based on OS. For example, A RHEL5’s screen is about half of RHEL7’s. But it has same graphics configuration. I read the online doc, but I don’t find any to set this. So could you help me? Thanks for your reply. Best Regards, Clark Liu

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[libvirt-users] How automatically set group.devices.allow for libvirt-lxc container after start ?
by mxs kolo 21 Sep '17

21 Sep '17

Hi. I need to use /dev/ppp inside the lxc container, for very ancient software. Problem solved this way: 1) virsh edit container name and add section: <features> <capabilities policy='default'> <mknod state='on'/> </capabilities> </features> 2) start container 3) attach or ssh container, be root: #mknod /dev/ppp c 108 0 4) inside container (or from hardware node, no difference) run: # echo "c 108:0 rwm" > /sys/fs/cgroup/devices/machine.slice/machine-lxc\\x2d${PID}\\x2d${CONTAINER_NAEM}scope/devices.allow 5) Now pppd work inside lxc: #pppd call reuters debug nodetach using channel 1 Using interface ppp0 Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/2 sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <mru 1000> <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x567d90ae>] ... But such method has several drawbacks. 1) I do not want to give cap_mknod, no need extra holes. With cap_mknod you can make /de/block_device and using device.allow to give it the rights rwm. 2) libvirt-lxc has some analog of lxc/lxd options lxc.group.devices.allow ? lxc.cgroup.devices.allow = c 108:0 rwm And yes, I need run "mknod" and "echo" each time after container restart and before start pppd daemon inside. p.s. It would be nice specify any device in the xml domain config, for example: <devices> <device type='char' maj='108' min='0' allow='rwm' name="/dev/ppp"/> </devices> At start libvirt executes mknod and then writes the necessary rights to cgroups device.allow. b.r. Maxim Kozin

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[libvirt-users] Re : Libvirt Java Bindings
by Kartik Vaishnav 20 Sep '17

20 Sep '17

I am developing a Java Application using Libvirt. I found that the Java Bindings are not in active development. I need to obtain the IP Address of the Domain. In C, it may relate to virDomainInterfaceAddresses. Is there any way to implement it in Java.

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[libvirt-users] How can i limit CPU allowance to 25% of a single core
by Shashwat shagun 19 Sep '17

19 Sep '17

Hi, How do Hard limit a CPU allowance to 25% of a single core in KVM? Regards, Shashwat Shagun

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[libvirt-users] How to configure dnsmasq using libvirt?
by Don Zickus 18 Sep '17

18 Sep '17

Hi, I am working on a project, beaker, where they use anisble scripts to setup an environment with 4 virtual machines. One acts as a server to the other 3. We noticed after the network was setup, the domainname is not properly reported with using the 'hostname' command. We believe that dnsmasq was not correctly configured. Is there a recommended way to setup dnsmasq using libvirt and ansible? Thanks! Cheers, Don ps - please cc me as I am not subscribed to the list

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[libvirt-users] Question: How do i set data transfer quota
by Shashwat shagun 16 Sep '17

16 Sep '17

Hi, I want to limit my user's internet data transfer of his VPS. Is this possible? P.S I’m not talking about the internet speed. I’m talking about data usage limit Regards, Shashwat Shagun me(a)shashwat.tech

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[libvirt-users] Compile libvirt on OSX 10.12
by Homie Pawlowski 15 Sep '17

15 Sep '17

I'm having issues with compiling libvirt on OSX 10.12  ~/Development/github/libvirt/ [master] make /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/make all-recursive Making all in . Making all in gnulib/lib /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/make all-am make[3]: Nothing to be done for `all-am'. Making all in include/libvirt make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'. Making all in src /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/make all-am CC util/libvirt_util_la-virthread.lo util/virthread.c:272:17: error: 'syscall' is deprecated: first deprecated in macOS 10.12 - syscall(2) is unsupported; please switch to a supported interface. For SYS_kdebug_trace use kdebug_signpost(). [-Werror,-Wdeprecated-declarations] pid_t tid = syscall(SYS_gettid); ^ /usr/include/unistd.h:733:6: note: 'syscall' has been explicitly marked deprecated here int syscall(int, ...); ^ 1 error generated. make[3]: *** [util/libvirt_util_la-virthread.lo] Error 1 make[2]: *** [all] Error 2 make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 Anyone have any suggestion on how to do so? Thanks, -- HOMERO PAWLOWSKI CLOUD CONSULTANT Red Hat <https://www.redhat.com/> 140 Broadway 24th Floor New York, NY 10005 hpawlows(a)redhat.com <https://red.ht/sig>

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[libvirt-users] DHCP logging settings
by Shannon 13 Sep '17

13 Sep '17

I find that libvirt clogs up syslog with trivial DHCP notifications. I know how to configure alternate logging with dnsmasq directly via 'log-facility' and/or 'quiet-dhcp' options but the XML format used by libvirt appears to have no equivalent options. Is there a way to reduce syslog spam from libvirt without switching to a system-wide dnsmasq service?

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[libvirt-users] network configuration for guest specific dns-servers
by David Ayers 13 Sep '17

13 Sep '17

Hello, similar to how one can configure guest specific IP addresses via mac addresses: <ip address="192.168.122.1" netmask="255.255.255.0" localPtr="yes"> <dhcp> <range start="192.168.122.100" end="192.168.122.254"/> <host mac="00:16:3e:77:e2:ed" name="foo.example.com" ip="192.168.122.10"/> <host mac="00:16:3e:3e:a9:1a" name="bar.example.com" ip="192.168.122.11"/> </dhcp> </ip> We would like to configure guest specific dns-servers as would be done with the --dhcp-option of dnsmasq. I was expecting to be able to do something like: <host mac="00:16:3e:77:e2:ed" name="foo.example.com" ip="192.168.122.10" dhcp-option="dns-server,127.0.0.1" /> but it seems that this isn't the correct approach, as virsh net-edit default removes that attribute definition. Could someone point me to the correct documentation? Thank you! David Ayers -- David Ayers - Team Austria Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) [] (http://www.fsfe.org) Join the Fellowship of FSFE! [][][] (https://fsfe.org/join) Your donation powers our work! || (http://fsfe.org/donate)

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[libvirt-users] external snapshot is missing object secrets
by Markus Schade 13 Sep '17

13 Sep '17

Hello, I have virtual machines running with a ceph storage backend. When creating an external qcow2 snapshot with a libvirt version without support for the new object secret passing, the backing file info would list the ceph secret in plain,e.g. # virsh snapshot-create-as vm-123 --no-metadata --disk-only --diskspec sda,file=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/snapshot/vm-123-wrapper.qcow2 # qemu-img info /var/lib/libvirt/qemu/snapshot/vm-123-wrapper.qcow2 ... backing file: rbd:vms_pool0/disk-123:id=libvirt:key=SECRET:auth_supported=cephx\;none:mon_host=192.168.1.1\:6789\;192.168.1.11\:6789\;192.168.1.21\:6789 While this is problematic from a security perspective (and one of the reasons for the new method), it enabled starting the virtual machine again in case it died or got powered off. With the newer libvirt object secret passing the backing file of the qcow image only references the secret id. # qemu-img info /var/lib/libvirt/qemu/snapshot/vm-123-wrapper.qcow2 ... backing file: json:{"driver": "raw", "file": {"password-secret": "scsi0-0-0-0-secret0", "pool": "vms_pool", "image": "disk-123", "driver": "rbd", "user": "libvirt", "=keyvalue-pairs": "[\"auth_supported\", \"cephx;none\", \"mon_host\", \"192.168.1.1:6789;192.168.1.11:6789;192.168.1.21:6789\"]"}} This is fine as long as the virtual machine is running and with qemu-2.10 it is even possible to block-commit this external snapshot (Yeah!). However, should the VM die or be powered off, it is now longer possible to start the domain or at least recover the data: Could not open backing file: No secret with id 'scsi0-0-0-0-secret0' I guess this problems happens with any disk type that is accessed with object secrets, which is why I would consider this a bug. The question is, should/can this be fixed in libvirt or qemu? I think libvirt should create the snapshot file with the object secret stored in a persistent file (and reference this file in the backing file definition) Best regards, Markus

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[libvirt-users] Regarding Libvirt Java Bindings
by Kartik Vaishnav 12 Sep '17

12 Sep '17

I am developing a Java Application using Libvirt. I found that the Java Bindings are not in active development. I need to obtain the IP Address of the Domain. In C, it may relate to virDomainInterfaceAddresses. Is there any way to implement it in Java.

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[libvirt-users] Failed building wheel for libvirt-python
by Silvia Fichera 07 Sep '17

07 Sep '17

Hi all, I'm installing Openstack using devstack netwon branch in my PC with Ubuntu 16.04 and I have this error. Could someone of you help me please? Thanks Collecting libvirt-python===2.1.0 (from -c /opt/stack/requirements/upper-constraints.txt (line 169)) Using cached libvirt-python-2.1.0.tar.gz Building wheels for collected packages: libvirt-python Running setup.py bdist_wheel for libvirt-python ... error Complete output from command /usr/bin/python -u -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='/tmp/pip-build-g9ai0P/libvirt-python/setup.py';f=getattr(tokenize, 'open', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('\r\n', '\n');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, 'exec'))" bdist_wheel -d /tmp/tmpsHlvcmpip-wheel- --python-tag cp27: running bdist_wheel running build /usr/bin/pkg-config --print-errors --atleast-version=0.9.11 libvirt /usr/bin/python generator.py libvirt /usr/share/libvirt/api/libvirt-api.xml Found 415 functions in /usr/share/libvirt/api/libvirt-api.xml Found 0 functions in libvirt-override-api.xml Generated 344 wrapper functions Missing type converters: virConnectNodeDeviceEventGenericCallback:1 ERROR: failed virConnectNodeDeviceEventRegisterAny error: command '/usr/bin/python' failed with exit status 1 ---------------------------------------- Failed building wheel for libvirt-python Running setup.py clean for libvirt-python Failed to build libvirt-python Installing collected packages: libvirt-python Running setup.py install for libvirt-python ... error Complete output from command /usr/bin/python -u -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='/tmp/pip-build-g9ai0P/libvirt-python/setup.py';f=getattr(tokenize, 'open', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('\r\n', '\n');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, 'exec'))" install --record /tmp/pip-0i4vHi-record/install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile: running install running build /usr/bin/pkg-config --print-errors --atleast-version=0.9.11 libvirt /usr/bin/python generator.py libvirt /usr/share/libvirt/api/libvirt-api.xml Found 415 functions in /usr/share/libvirt/api/libvirt-api.xml Found 0 functions in libvirt-override-api.xml Generated 344 wrapper functions Missing type converters: virConnectNodeDeviceEventGenericCallback:1 ERROR: failed virConnectNodeDeviceEventRegisterAny error: command '/usr/bin/python' failed with exit status 1 ---------------------------------------- Command "/usr/bin/python -u -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='/tmp/pip-build-g9ai0P/libvirt-python/setup.py';f=getattr(tokenize, 'open', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('\r\n', '\n');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, 'exec'))" install --record /tmp/pip-0i4vHi-record/install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile" failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip-build-g9ai0P/libvirt-python/ +inc/python:pip_install:1 exit_trap +./stack.sh:exit_trap:494 local r=1 ++./stack.sh:exit_trap:495 jobs -p +./stack.sh:exit_trap:495 jobs= +./stack.sh:exit_trap:498 [[ -n '' ]] +./stack.sh:exit_trap:504 kill_spinner +./stack.sh:kill_spinner:390 '[' '!' -z '' ']' +./stack.sh:exit_trap:506 [[ 1 -ne 0 ]] +./stack.sh:exit_trap:507 echo 'Error on exit' Error on exit +./stack.sh:exit_trap:508 generate-subunit 1504797369 129 fail +./stack.sh:exit_trap:509 [[ -z /opt/stack/logs ]] +./stack.sh:exit_trap:512 /home/onossona/devstack/tools/worlddump.py -d /opt/stack/logs World dumping... see /opt/stack/logs/worlddump-2017-09-07-151818.txt for details +./stack.sh:exit_trap:518 exit 1 -- Silvia Fichera

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[libvirt-users] snapshot anomaly
by Doug Hughes 30 Aug '17

30 Aug '17

I'm not sure how this snapshot got created, but, I cannot delete it, and its presence prevents me from creating other snapshots. I don't know if it was created by a command gone amok or something else. # virsh snapshot-list serv1r2 Name Creation Time State ------------------------------------------------------------ snap 2017-01-30 17:01:11 -0500 shutoff # virsh snapshot-delete serv1r2 snap --disk-only error: command 'snapshot-delete' doesn't support option --disk-only # virsh snapshot-dumpxml serv1r2 snap <domainsnapshot> <name>snap</name> <state>shutoff</state> <creationTime>1485813671</creationTime> <memory snapshot='no'/> <disks> <disk name='vda' snapshot='external' type='file'> <driver type='qcow2'/> <source file='/*var/lib/libvirt/images/serv1r2-savesnap.qcow2'/*> </disk> <disk name='fda' snapshot='no'/> <disk name='hda' snapshot='no'/> </disks> # ls -l /var/lib/libvirt/images/serv1r2-savesnap.qcow2 ls: cannot access /var/lib/libvirt/images/serv1r2-savesnap.qcow2: No such file or directory # virsh snapshot-create-as --domain serv1r2 snap --diskspec vda,file=/var/lib/libvirt/flashimages/serv1r2-snap.qcow2 --disk-only --atomic --no-metadata --quiesce error: internal error: unexpected domain snapshot snap already exists # virsh snapshot-revert serv1r2 snap error: unsupported configuration: revert to external snapshot not supported yet Any idea for breaking out of this box? -- Doug Hughes Keystone NAP Fairless Hills, PA 1.844.KEYBLOCK (539.2562)

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[libvirt-users] duplicated notifications for suspend and resume
by Naud, AntoineX 28 Aug '17

28 Aug '17

Hello, I am using domain event notifications from libvirt-event API in my application and it seems to work fine, except for 'suspend' and 'resume' events where I keep receiving duplicated notifications. Similarly, the example provided with libvirt (in examples/object-events/event-test) also produces twice as much notifications for 'suspend' and 'resume' than for other events. Here is the sequence of virsh commands and the output of event-test: Virsh start Fed25 Virsh suspend Fed25 Virsh resume Fed25 Virsh shutdown Fed25 [~/libvirt-3.4.0/examples/object-events] ./event-test qemu:///system Registering event callbacks myNodeDeviceEventCallback EVENT: Node device net_vnet0_fe_54_00_a0_ba_61 Created 0 myDomainEventCallback1 EVENT: Domain Fed25(1) Resumed Unpaused myDomainEventCallback2 EVENT: Domain Fed25(1) Resumed Unpaused myDomainEventCallback1 EVENT: Domain Fed25(1) Started Booted myDomainEventCallback2 EVENT: Domain Fed25(1) Started Booted myDomainEventCallback1 EVENT: Domain Fed25(1) Suspended Paused myDomainEventCallback2 EVENT: Domain Fed25(1) Suspended Paused myDomainEventCallback1 EVENT: Domain Fed25(1) Suspended Paused myDomainEventCallback2 EVENT: Domain Fed25(1) Suspended Paused myDomainEventCallback1 EVENT: Domain Fed25(1) Resumed Unpaused myDomainEventCallback2 EVENT: Domain Fed25(1) Resumed Unpaused myDomainEventCallback1 EVENT: Domain Fed25(1) Resumed Unpaused myDomainEventCallback2 EVENT: Domain Fed25(1) Resumed Unpaused myDomainEventCallback1 EVENT: Domain Fed25(1) Shutdown Finished myDomainEventCallback2 EVENT: Domain Fed25(1) Shutdown Finished myNodeDeviceEventCallback EVENT: Node device net_vnet0_fe_54_00_a0_ba_61 Deleted 0 Note that the 2 lines printed for each event are ok since 2 callbacks are registered in the example. Has anybody else faced this issue? I am using libvirt-3.6.0 on Ubuntu 16.04. Best regards, Antoine -------------------------------------------------------------- Intel Research and Development Ireland Limited Registered in Ireland Registered Office: Collinstown Industrial Park, Leixlip, County Kildare Registered Number: 308263 This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential material for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any review or distribution by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete all copies.

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[libvirt-users] libvirt event
by llilulu 28 Aug '17

28 Aug '17

libvirt version: 3.4.0 When use libvirt event in program, if I create more than one thread loop call virEventRunDefaultImp(), Is this invocation correct. If correct ,what happen when event occur.is many thread process event? If I invocation virEventRegisterDefault before any hypervisor connect, and invocation virEventRunDefaultImp.Then I connect a hypervisor(qemu) and register some event on this connection. I connect another hypervisor(lxc), before lxc connection, I reinvocation virEventRegisterDefault and virEventRunDefaultImp, Is this operate correct?What happen after that? Thanks

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[libvirt-users] dump in virEventPollRunOnce
by llilulu 28 Aug '17

28 Aug '17

libvirt version: 3.4.0 architecture: x86_64 ubuntu16.04-server hypervisor: kvm,qemu My program use libvirt event , the program is a module(.so) file in cloud application, when unload the module, program will dump in virEventPoolRunOnce call. program frame virInitialize virEventAddTimeOut virEventRunDefaultImpl virConnectXXX virConnectDomainEventRegisterAny ... virConnectDomainEventDeregisterAny ... when unload the module will dump , the gdb bt commad output is [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] Using host libthread_db library "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1". Core was generated by `/usr/local/lssa/bin/lssa -f'. Program terminated with signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. ---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit--- #0 0x00007f9a3e9fc2f2 in ?? () [Current thread is 1 (Thread 0x7f9a39349700 (LWP 2897))] (gdb) bt #0 0x00007f9a3e9fc2f2 in ?? () #1 0x00007f9a3e1728bd in virEventPollRunOnce () from /usr/lib/libvirt.so.0 #2 0x00007f9a3e171391 in virEventRunDefaultImpl () from /usr/lib/libvirt.so.0 #3 0x00007f9a3e9fbc16 in ?? () #4 0x0000000000000000 in ?? () (gdb) Thanks

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[libvirt-users] vm in qcow2 runs on host A but not on host B
by Marko Weber 25 Aug '17

25 Aug '17

hello, a vm in format qcow2 on host A (Intel Xeon CPU E5-1650 v4) do not start on host B ( Intel Core i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz ) i get on host B by starting the vm "trap errors" Opcode. anyone here has an idea how to solve this? kind regards marko -- zbfmail - Mittendrin statt nur Datei! OpenDKIM, SPF, DSPAM, Greylisting, POSTSCREEN, AMAVIS, Mailgateways Mailfiltering, SMTP Service, Spam Abwehr, MX-Backup, Mailserver Backup Redundante Mailgateways, HA Mailserver, Secure Mailserver

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[libvirt-users] NTP traffic blocked
by Sinan Polat 24 Aug '17

24 Aug '17

I have multiple VM's on the same KVM host. One of the VM's is running NTP. All VM's can reach eachother, no firewall in between. But the problem is, the VM's cannot communicate over port 123/udp to the NTP VM. Network: 172.24.100.0/22 KVM: 172.24.101.50 VM ntp: 172.24.102.10 VM foo: 172.24.102.20 1. On the NTP server, listen for any incoming packets from VM foo on port 123: [ntp ~]# tcpdump -i any host 172.24.102.20 and port 123 -n 2. Execute the following on server foo. Since server ntp is listening with tcpdump, packets should be visible in tcpdump. [foo ~]# ntpdate 172.24.102.10 This is failing: ntpdate[30443]: no server suitable for synchronization found No packets are coming in to the ntp server, tcpdump is just blank. Weird. To troubleshoot further, start over and do the following: [ntp ~]# tcpdump -i any host 172.24.102.20 and port 123 -n ## Listen for packets filtering host 172.24.102.20 and port 123 [foo ~]# tcpdump -i any host 172.24.102.10 and port 123 -n ## Listen for packets filtering host 172.24.102.10 and port 123 While both tcpdumps are running, execute the following: [foo ~]# ntpdate 172.24.102.10 Now, on the tcpdump of VM foo, you will see outgoing packets: 19:45:26.644630 IP 172.24.102.20.ntp > 172.24.102.10.ntp: NTPv4, Client, length 48 As you can see, packets are exiting the server, but there is no response. And the tcpdump of the ntp server is still empty, it doesn't receive the packets (so, it won't reply). But why? Lets troubleshoot further and run ntpdate in debugging mode: [foo ~]# ntpdate -dv 172.24.102.10 22 Aug 19:51:23 ntpdate[30465]: ntpdate 4.2.6p5(a)1.2349-o Wed Mar 1 09:00:52 UTC 2017 (1) Looking for host 172.24.102.10 and service ntp host found : some-host.com transmit(172.24.102.10) receive(172.24.102.10) transmit(172.24.102.10) receive(172.24.102.10) server 172.24.102.10, port 123 22 Aug 19:51:29 ntpdate[30465]: step time server 172.24.102.10 offset 1.414813 sec Wow it worked!? But it only works with the "-d" option. What is the difference between normal and debgging mode? Lets have a closer look; without the "-d" option, the src and dest ports are 123. When using the "-d" option, the src port is not 123 (it is a random high port number). On the KVM host and on the VM's there is no firewall active, even if there was a firewall, in tcpdump the packets should have been shown. Anyone who can help? Thanks! Sinan

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[libvirt-users] virConnectClose
by llilulu 23 Aug '17

23 Aug '17

libvirt version: 3.4.0 When invoke virConnectDomainEventRegisteAny register event on a hypervisor connection, before virConnecClose, should I invoke virConnectDomainEventDeregisterAny. If a hypervisor connection close unexpected, call virConnectDomainEventDeregisterAny will return error? Can tell me more detail about event? This libvirt doc not more description. Thanks

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[libvirt-users] Increasing video memory available to Windows
by Alex 14 Aug '17

14 Aug '17

Hi, I have a fedora25 system with a Windows10 host and would like to use it for photoshop. However, it complains the video memory is too low. I'm using the QXL driver and it appears to be limited to 256MB? I've installed the Red Hat QXL driver in Windows. I have 4GB of memory allocated overall, and could allocate more if necessary. How do I increase the available video memory? Photoshop reports that it's detected less than 512MB and isn't operating properly. When I view "Adapter Properties" is reports there is 2047 MB of available graphics memory and 2047 MB Shared System Memory. Attempts to modify with "virsh edit" the vram and other video-related variables for the host have failed. Included below is my qemu XML configuration. Any idea greatly appreciated. <domain type='kvm'> <name>alex-win10</name> <uuid>337f9410-3286-4ef5-a3e8-8271e38ea1e5</uuid> <memory unit='KiB'>4194304</memory> <currentMemory unit='KiB'>4194304</currentMemory> <vcpu placement='static'>2</vcpu> <os> <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-i440fx-2.4'>hvm</type> </os> <features> <acpi/> <apic/> <hyperv> <relaxed state='on'/> <vapic state='on'/> <spinlocks state='on' retries='8191'/> </hyperv> <vmport state='off'/> </features> <cpu mode='host-model'> <model fallback='allow'/> </cpu> <clock offset='localtime'> <timer name='rtc' tickpolicy='catchup'/> <timer name='pit' tickpolicy='delay'/> <timer name='hpet' present='no'/> <timer name='hypervclock' present='yes'/> </clock> <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff> <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot> <on_crash>restart</on_crash> <pm> <suspend-to-mem enabled='no'/> <suspend-to-disk enabled='no'/> </pm> <devices> <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-kvm</emulator> <disk type='file' device='disk'> <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/> <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/alex-win10.qcow2'/> <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/> <boot order='2'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' function='0x0'/> </disk> <disk type='block' device='cdrom'> <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/> <source dev='/dev/sr0'/> <target dev='hdb' bus='ide'/> <readonly/> <boot order='1'/> <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='1'/> </disk> <disk type='file' device='cdrom'> <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/> <target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/> <readonly/> <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='1' target='0' unit='0'/> </disk> <controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-ehci1'> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x06' function='0x7'/> </controller> <controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-uhci1'> <master startport='0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x06' function='0x0' multifunction='on'/> </controller> <controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-uhci2'> <master startport='2'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x06' function='0x1'/> </controller> <controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-uhci3'> <master startport='4'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x06' function='0x2'/> </controller> <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/> <controller type='ide' index='0'> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/> </controller> <controller type='virtio-serial' index='0'> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x05' function='0x0'/> </controller> <controller type='scsi' index='0'> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x09' function='0x0'/> </controller> <interface type='bridge'> <mac address='52:54:00:52:6b:61'/> <source bridge='br0'/> <model type='rtl8139'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/> </interface> <serial type='pty'> <target port='0'/> </serial> <console type='pty'> <target type='serial' port='0'/> </console> <channel type='spicevmc'> <target type='virtio' name='com.redhat.spice.0'/> <address type='virtio-serial' controller='0' bus='0' port='1'/> </channel> <input type='tablet' bus='usb'> <address type='usb' bus='0' port='1'/> </input> <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/> <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/> <graphics type='spice' autoport='yes'> <listen type='address'/> <image compression='off'/> </graphics> <sound model='ich6'> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04' function='0x0'/> </sound> <video> <model type='qxl' ram='65536' vram='65536' vgamem='536870912' heads='1' primary='yes'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/> </video> <redirdev bus='usb' type='spicevmc'> <address type='usb' bus='0' port='2'/> </redirdev> <redirdev bus='usb' type='spicevmc'> <address type='usb' bus='0' port='3'/> </redirdev> <memballoon model='virtio'> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x08' function='0x0'/> </memballoon> </devices> </domain>

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[libvirt-users] virsh blockcommit fails regularily (was: virtual drive performance)
by Dominik Psenner 14 Aug '17

14 Aug '17

Hi, a small update on this. We have migrated the virtualized host to use the virtio drivers and now the drive performance is improved so that we can see a constant transfer rate. Before it used to be the same rate but regularly dropped to a few bytes/sec for a few seconds and then was fast again. However we still observe that the following fails regularily: $ virsh snapshot-create-as --domain domain --name backup --no-metadata --atomic --disk-only --diskspec hda,snapshot=external $ virsh blockcommit domain hda --active --pivot error: failed to pivot job for disk hda error: block copy still active: disk 'hda' not ready for pivot yet Could not merge changes for disk hda of domain. VM may be in invalid state. Then running the following in the morning succeeds and successfully pivotes the snapshot into the base image while the vm is live: $ virsh blockjob domain hda --abort $ virsh blockcommit domain hda --active --pivot Successfully pivoted We run the backup process every day once and it failed on the following days: 2017-07-07 2017-07-20 2017-07-27 2017-08-12 2017-08-14 Looking at this it roughly happens once a week and the guest from then on writes into the snapshot backlog. That snapshot backlog file grows about 8gb every day and thus the issue always needs immediate attention. Any ideas what could cause this issue? Is this a bug (race condition) of `virsh blockcommit` that sometimes fails because it is invoked at the wrong time? Cheers, Dominik 2017-07-07 9:21 GMT+02:00 Dominik Psenner <dpsenner(a)gmail.com>: > Of course the cronjob fails when trying to virsh blockcommit and not when > creating the snapshot, sorry for the noise. > > 2017-07-07 9:15 GMT+02:00 Dominik Psenner <dpsenner(a)gmail.com>: > >> Hi, >> >> different day, same issue.. cronjob runs and fails: >> >> $ virsh snapshot-create-as --domain domain --name backup --no-metadata >> --atomic --disk-only --diskspec hda,snapshot=external >> error: failed to pivot job for disk hda >> error: block copy still active: disk 'hda' not ready for pivot yet >> Could not merge changes for disk hda of domain. VM may be in invalid >> state. >> >> Then running the following in the morning succeeds and successfully >> pivotes the snapshot into the base image while the vm is live: >> >> $ virsh blockjob domain hda --abort >> $ virsh blockcommit domain hda --active --pivot >> Successfully pivoted >> >> This need of manual interventions is becoming a tiring job.. >> >> I someone else seeing the same issue or has an idea what the cause could >> be? >> Can I trust the output and is the base image really up to the latest >> state? >> >> Cheers >> >> 2017-07-02 10:30 GMT+02:00 Dominik Psenner <dpsenner(a)gmail.com>: >> >>> Just a little catch-up. This time I was able to resolve the issue by >>> doing: >>> >>> virsh blockjob domain hda --abort >>> virsh blockcommit domain hda --active --pivot >>> >>> Last time I had to shut down the virtual machine and do this while being >>> offline. >>> >>> Thanks Wang for your valuable input. As far as the memory goes, there's >>> plenty of head room: >>> >>> $ free -h >>> total used free shared buff/cache >>> available >>> Mem: 7.8G 1.8G 407M 9.7M >>> 5.5G 5.5G >>> Swap: 8.0G 619M 7.4G >>> >>> 2017-07-02 10:26 GMT+02:00 王李明 <wanglm(a)certusnet.com.cn>: >>> >>>> mybe this is because you physic host memory is small >>>> >>>> then this will Causing instability of the virtual machine >>>> >>>> But I'm just guessing >>>> >>>> You can try to increase your memory >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Wang Liming >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> *发件人:* libvirt-users-bounces(a)redhat.com [mailto:libvirt-users-bounces@ >>>> redhat.com] *代表 *Dominik Psenner >>>> *发送时间:* 2017年7月2日 16:22 >>>> *收件人:* libvirt-users(a)redhat.com >>>> *主题:* Re: [libvirt-users] virtual drive performance >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Hi again, >>>> >>>> just today an issue I've thought to be resolved popped up again. We >>>> backup the machine by doing: >>>> >>>> virsh snapshot-create-as --domain domain --name backup --no-metadata >>>> --atomic --disk-only --diskspec hda,snapshot=external >>>> >>>> # backup hda.qcow2 >>>> >>>> virsh blockcommit domain hda --active --pivot >>>> >>>> Every now and then this process fails with the following error message: >>>> >>>> error: failed to pivot job for disk hda >>>> error: block copy still active: disk 'hda' not ready for pivot yet >>>> Could not merge changes for disk hda of domain. VM may be in invalid >>>> state. >>>> >>>> I expect live backups are a great asset and should work. Is this a bug >>>> that may relates also to the virtual drive performance issues we observe? >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> 2017-07-02 10:10 GMT+02:00 Dominik Psenner <dpsenner(a)gmail.com>: >>>> >>>> Hi >>>> >>>> a small update on this. I just migrated the vm from the site to my >>>> laptop and fired it up. The exact same xml configuration (except file paths >>>> and such) starts up and bursts with 50Mb/s to 115Mb/s in the guest. This >>>> allows only one reasonable answer: the cpu on my laptop is somehow better >>>> suited to emulate IO than the CPU built into the host on site. The host >>>> there is a HP proliant microserver gen8 with xeon processor. But the >>>> processor there is also never capped at 100% when the guest copies files. >>>> >>>> I just ran another test by copying a 3Gb large file on the guest. What >>>> I can observe on my computer is that the copy process is not at a constant >>>> rate but rather starts with 90Mb/s, then drops down to 30Mb/s, goes up to >>>> 70Mb/s, drops down to 1Mb/s, goes up to 75Mb/s, drops to 1Mb/s, goes up to >>>> 55Mb/s and the pattern continues. Please note that the drive is still >>>> configured as: >>>> >>>> <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2' cache='none' io='threads'/> >>>> >>>> and I would expect a constant rate that is either high or low since >>>> there is no caching involved and the underlying hard drive is a samsung ssd >>>> evo 850. To have an idea how fast that drive is on my laptop: >>>> >>>> $ dd if=/dev/zero of=testfile bs=1M count=1000 oflag=direct >>>> 1000+0 records in >>>> 1000+0 records out >>>> 1048576000 bytes (1.0 GB, 1000 MiB) copied, 2.47301 s, 424 MB/s >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I can further observe that the smaller the saved chunks are the slower >>>> the overall performance is: >>>> >>>> dd if=/dev/zero of=testfile bs=512K count=1000 oflag=direct >>>> 1000+0 records in >>>> 1000+0 records out >>>> 524288000 bytes (524 MB, 500 MiB) copied, 1.34874 s, 389 MB/s >>>> >>>> $ dd if=/dev/zero of=testfile bs=5K count=1000 oflag=direct >>>> 1000+0 records in >>>> 1000+0 records out >>>> 5120000 bytes (5.1 MB, 4.9 MiB) copied, 0.105109 s, 48.7 MB/s >>>> >>>> $ dd if=/dev/zero of=testfile bs=1K count=10000 oflag=direct >>>> 10000+0 records in >>>> 10000+0 records out >>>> 10240000 bytes (10 MB, 9.8 MiB) copied, 0.668438 s, 15.3 MB/s >>>> >>>> $ dd if=/dev/zero of=testfile bs=512 count=20000 oflag=direct >>>> 20000+0 records in >>>> 20000+0 records out >>>> 10240000 bytes (10 MB, 9.8 MiB) copied, 1.10964 s, 9.2 MB/s >>>> >>>> Could this be a limiting factor? Does qemu/kvm do many many writes of >>>> just a few bytes? >>>> >>>> >>>> Ideas, anyone? >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> 2017-06-21 20:46 GMT+02:00 Dan <srwx4096(a)gmail.com>: >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 04:24:32PM +0200, Gianluca Cecchi wrote: >>>> > On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 3:38 PM, Dominik Psenner <dpsenner(a)gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> > >>>> > > >>>> > > to the following: >>>> > > >>>> > > <disk type='file' device='disk'> >>>> > > <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2' cache='none'/> >>>> > > <source file='/var/data/virtuals/machines/windows-server-2016- >>>> > > x64/image.qcow2'/> >>>> > > <backingStore/> >>>> > > <target dev='hda' bus='scsi'/> >>>> > > <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/> >>>> > > </disk> >>>> > > >>>> > > Do you see any gotchas in this configuration that could prevent the >>>> > > virtualized guest to power on and boot up? >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > When I configure like this, from a linux guest point of view I get >>>> this >>>> > Symbios Logic SCSI Controller: >>>> > 00:08.0 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c895a >>>> > >>>> > But htis is true only if you add the SCSI controller too, not only >>>> the disk >>>> > definition. >>>> > In my case >>>> > >>>> > <controller type='scsi' index='0'> >>>> > <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x08' >>>> > function='0x0'/> >>>> > </controller> >>>> > >>>> > Note the slot='0x08' that is reflected into the first field of lspci >>>> inside >>>> > my linux guest. >>>> > So between your controllers you have to add the SCSI one >>>> > >>>> > In my case (Fedora 25 with virt-manager-1.4.1-2.fc25.noarch, >>>> > qemu-kvm-2.7.1-6.fc25.x86_64, libvirt-2.2.1-2.fc25.x86_64) with "Disk >>>> bus" >>>> > set as SCSI in virt-manager, the xml defintiion for the guest is >>>> > automatically updated with the controller if not existent yet. >>>> > And the disk definition sections is like this: >>>> > >>>> > <disk type='file' device='disk'> >>>> > <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/> >>>> > <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/slaxsmall.qcow2'/> >>>> > <target dev='sda' bus='scsi'/> >>>> > <boot order='1'/> >>>> > <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' >>>> unit='0'/> >>>> > </disk> >>>> > >>>> > So I think you should set dev='sda' and not 'hda' in your xml for it >>>> > >>>> >>>> I am actually very curious to know if that would make a difference. I >>>> don't have a such windows vm images ready to test at present. >>>> >>>> Dan >>>> > I don't kknow if w2016 contains the symbios logic drivers already >>>> > installed, so that a "simple" reboot could imply an automatic >>>> > reconfiguration of the guest.... >>>> > Note also that in Windows when the hw configuration is considered >>>> heavily >>>> > changed, you could be asked to register again (I don't think that the >>>> IDE >>>> > --> SCSI should imply it...) >>>> > >>>> > Gianluca >>>> >>>> > _______________________________________________ >>>> > libvirt-users mailing list >>>> > libvirt-users(a)redhat.com >>>> > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvirt-users >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> Dominik Psenner >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> Dominik Psenner >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Dominik Psenner >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Dominik Psenner >> > > > > -- > Dominik Psenner > -- Dominik Psenner

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