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Re: [libvirt-users] a small problem about *Disk* type pool
by shyu 12 Jun '14

12 Jun '14

CC to libvirt-users mail list Thank you Eric ----- Original Message ----- | From: "Eric Blake" <eblake(a)redhat.com> | To: "shyu" <shyu(a)redhat.com> | Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2014 6:07:13 AM | Subject: Re: a small problem about *Disk* type pool | | On 06/10/2014 09:23 PM, shyu wrote: | > Hi Eric, | > | > There is a small problem about *Disk* type pool. | | This sort of question might be better on the libvirt-users mailing list, | as it will reach a wider audience. | | > | > On libvirt.org, the valid pool format type include "lvm2", which was | > introduce by commit c47884a. While "POOL_DISK_LVM2 can not be created by | > "parted mklabel" but is only returned from auto-detection on disk | > pools", should this word be added to the org in case of misleading | > building a "lvm2" type pool? | | Yes, it might make sense to document that libvirt can't currently create | lvm partitions automatically (but such support might be added in the | future, if parted is enhanced, or if libvirt is taught to use lvm tools | to do it). | | > | > And, since lvm2 can't be create by parted mklabel, while when build disk | > type pool, libvirt call "parted", so how POOL_DISK_LVM2 was created ? | | This particular enum value is used when reading a disk that was | partitioned externally by some other tool, and already had an lvm | partition on it (just because libvirt can't create it does not make it | any less useful for libvirt to report that it exists). | | -- | Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266 | Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org | | -- Regards shyu

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[libvirt-users] support for distributed portgroups in esxi
by vivek hari 10 Jun '14

10 Jun '14

Hi, I tried to create a VM in ESXi 5.5 and to assign the interface to a Distributed switch portgroup. But i failed to achieve it. When i define a VM with distributed portgroup , i cannot see that distributed portgroup getting assigned to the VM network interface. My libvirt version is 0.10.2 I wish to know whether the libvirt supports assigning interface to a distributed port group ? If so how to proceed with it. Thanks, Vivek

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[libvirt-users] TCP connection works for only remote host
by usha basavaraju 10 Jun '14

10 Jun '14

tcp connection working only for remote host . for localhost raising the following error >>> con=libvirt.open("qemu+tcp:///system") libvirt: XML-RPC error : unable to connect to server at 'localhost:16509': Connection refused Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "/home/fluent/cvt/convirt-enterprise/tg2env/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 239, in open if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virConnectOpen() failed') libvirt.libvirtError: unable to connect to server at 'localhost:16509': Connection refused >>> Is there any other params to be set for local host connection..? please help

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[libvirt-users] transient domain in virsh list as shut off
by Edoardo Comar 08 Jun '14

08 Jun '14

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Re: [libvirt-users] Cannot obtain CPU freq during vbox machine creation
by Tomasz Kowal 07 Jun '14

07 Jun '14

Thanks for your help. My teacher advised me to use the "load_kld cpufreq" command and it resolved the problem. Tomasz Kowal

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[libvirt-users] Cannot obtain CPU freq during vbox machine creation
by Tomasz Kowal 07 Jun '14

07 Jun '14

Dear libvirt experts, I can not instantiate even a simple machine when using the 'vbox' hypervisor: s14% virt-install --connect=vbox:///session --virt-type vbox --name vtest --memory 500 ERROR cannot obtain CPU freq: No such file or directory s14% virsh -c vbox:///session błąd: cannot obtain CPU freq: No such file or directory (1) How to fix this error? The VirtualBox driver seems to be installed: s14% virsh -V Narzędzie wiersza poleceń virsh biblioteki libvirt 1.2.5 Proszę zobaczyć stronę WWW pod adresem http://libvirt.org/ Compiled with support for: Hypervisors: QEMU/KVM UML VMWare PHYP VirtualBox ESX Test Networking: Remote Bridging Storage: Dir SCSI Miscellaneous: Daemon Secrets Debug Readline Modular s14% uname -a FreeBSD s14 9.3-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 9.3-PRERELEASE #0: Fri May 16 06:45:56 CEST 2 014 . Yours faithfully, Tomasz Kowal

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[libvirt-users] Libvirt Python Bindings - Remote Connection using openAuth.
by Sijo Jose 06 Jun '14

06 Jun '14

Hi, I am using libvirt with python binding, and I want to connect to a remote host. I was able to connect after making ssh certificate, but It is not applicable for my project. So I want to use openAuth() method, but I could not succeed connecting to a remote host using it. Here is my code ------------------------ import libvirt USER = "root" PASS = "mypasswd" def authcb(credentials, user_data): for credential in credentials: if credential[0] == libvirt.VIR_CRED_AUTHNAME: credential[4] = USER elif credential[0] == libvirt.VIR_CRED_PASSPHRASE: credential[4] = PASS return 0 auth = [[libvirt.VIR_CRED_AUTHNAME, libvirt.VIR_CRED_PASSPHRASE], authcb, None] conn = libvirt.openAuth("qemu+ssh://192.168.1.21/system", auth, 0) print conn.getHostname() ------------------------------- *If there is something wrong, how am I supposed to use it.* If its not the right place to get libvirt-python related help, from where can I get it. Regards Sijo

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[libvirt-users] Updating domain XML issue
by Brian Rak 05 Jun '14

05 Jun '14

I'm trying to unmount a guest cdrom using libvirt_domain_update_device (via php-libvirt). The guest cdrom is currently mounted via Ceph, via this XML: <disk type='network' device='cdrom'> <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/> <auth username='cdroms'> <secret type='ceph' uuid='XXXX'/> </auth> <source protocol='rbd' name='cdrom/test'/> <target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/> <readonly/> <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='1' target='0' unit='0'/> </disk> In order to unmount it, I'm trying to use this XML: <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' target='0' unit='0'/> </disk> However, I'm getting an error from libvirt: 'internal error: invalid secret type 'ceph''. I suspect this is because it's still trying to use the authentication information from the old cdrom definition. How do I convince it to not do this? I've tried specifiying an empty <auth/> block, but that generates it's own error ('missing username for auth')

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[libvirt-users] Problem connecting to hypervisor
by Vikas Kokare 03 Jun '14

03 Jun '14

I am trying to establish a connection (using virsh command) to a couple of hypervisor hosts, both on SLES 11.3 environments. The host from where i am making both the connections is a SLES 10.4 instance. *kvmh911351246:~ # virsh -c qemu+ssh://9.113.51.247:22/system <http://9.113.51.247:22/system>libvir: XML-RPC error : authentication requirederror: failed to connect to the hypervisor* The SSH authentication to hypervisor host 9.113.51.247 has already been established. *kvmh911351246:~ # ssh root(a)9.113.51.247 <root(a)9.113.51.247>Last login: Tue Jun 3 11:31:56 2014 from scm-kvmh2-rhel6 SLES11-51-247:~ #* Hence the cause of the authentication failure is not clear. The second connection to another SLES 11.3 host looks like *virsh # connect qemu+ssh://9.121.58.19:22/system <http://9.121.58.19:22/system> bash: socat: command not foundlibvir: Remote error : socket closed unexpectedlyerror: Failed to connect to the hypervisor* where the cause of the error is entirely different. The libvirt packages available on these environments are *9.113.51.247 (SLES 11.3)* *libvirt-cim-0.5.12-0.7.16libvirt-1.0.5.1-0.7.10libvirt-python-1.0.5.1-0.7.10libvirt-client-32bit-1.0.5.1-0.7.10 libvirt-lock-sanlock-1.0.5.1-0.7.10libvirt-client-1.0.5.1-0.7.10* *9.121.58.19 (SLES 11.3)* *libvirt-cim-0.5.12-0.7.16libvirt-client-1.0.5.1-0.7.10libvirt-python-1.0.5.1-0.7.10 libvirt-1.0.5.1-0.7.10* *9.113.51.246 ( SLES 10.4)* *libvirt-python-0.3.3-18.22.1libvirt-devel-0.3.3-18.22.1libvirt-0.3.3-18.22.1* How can these connection failures be debugged? Is there a way to know more information about them?

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[libvirt-users] Live snapshots of a single block device
by Andrew Martin 03 Jun '14

03 Jun '14

Hello, I am working on a script to automatically create live snapshots of running VMs using qemu-kvm 1.4.0 and libvirt 1.0.2. If a VM has multiple disks, I'd like to back them up individually with separate calls to snapshot-create-as, so I can more easily manage the disk images. The code I have now is essentially as follows: virsh snapshot-create-as --domain "vmname" --name "snapshotname" --description "snapshot description" --disk-only --atomic --no-metadata --diskspec "vda" I run this command for each block device (e.g vda, vdb, etc). However, after running the above command (to only backup vda), I see that a snapshot has also been created for vdb. I tried running it with --print-xml, which gives this output: <domainsnapshot> <name>05-22-14_17-09-25</name> <description>05-22-14_17-09-25</description> <disks> <disk name='vda'/> </disks> </domainsnapshot> What am I doing wrong - how can I tell snapshot-create-as to create an external snapshot for a specific block device only (not all block devices)? Also, while looking at the manpage, does the --live option do anything different if used with the above command? Thanks, Andrew Martin

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