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Re: [libvirt-users] Internal error reported by libvirt while creating a VM
by Andrea Bolognani 02 Oct '19

02 Oct '19

On Tue, 2019-10-01 at 17:55 -0400, Ajay Kumar wrote: > Hi Andrea, > > Thank you for your response. Sure I don't CC to libvirt developers. Please keep the list in the loop, though! I've re-added it. > I am getting an error while creating a Win10 virtual machine using VMM or virt-manager GUI. > I could configure the windows 10 quest using its XML file only ofter creating a VM using virt-manager GUI in the following the path /etc/libvirt/qemu. > > The modified QEMU emulator is running correctly > @ubuntu-kvm3:/usr/local/bin$ ls > ivshmem-client qemu-ga qemu-io qemu-pr-helper virsh virt-host-validate virt-pki-validate vmi-dump-memory vmi-process-list vmi-win-offsets > ivshmem-server qemu-img qemu-nbd qemu-system-x86_64 virt-admin virt-login-shell virt-xml-validate vmi-module-list vmi-win-guid This only proves that you've installed it, not that it works. And as I said, the modified binary probably works fine on its own but libvirt might not be able to drive it, at least without tweaks. > @ubuntu-kvm3:/etc/libvirt/qemu$ ls > networks Just for the record, you're not supposed to modify files in /etc/libvirt/qemu directly; use virsh instead. > I couldn't see guest XML file here(because the VM creation was not done). > attached snap displaying error while creating a VM. If you run $ virt-manager --debug from the command line you will get a lot of output, including the XML that's passed to libvirt. Please attempt the installation again, capture that output in a plain text file and send it to the list as an attachment. Also run $ /usr/local/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 -machine help and attach the output of that command, too. That should help us figure out what's wrong. -- Andrea Bolognani / Red Hat / Virtualization

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[libvirt-users] Internal error reported by libvirt while creating a VM
by Ajay Kumar 01 Oct '19

01 Oct '19

Hi, am Ajay Kumar. I am trying to create a virtual machine on the remote host (where libvirt 5.8.0) was installed using a virtual machine manager which are running on the local ubuntu machine. *The specification of my remote host are:* *Hypervisor: *KVM *QEMU version:* QEMU emulator version 2.4.0.1, Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Fabrice Bellard The below error is propagating when I am trying to install KVM-VMI ( https://github.com/KVM-VMI/kvm-vmi/tree/kvmi) with modified QEMU, and there is a modified QEMU involved, in /usr/local/bin/qemu-system-x86_64. The below particular error propagating when I am trying to create a virtual machine using VMM gui (virt-manager). Unable to complete install: 'internal error: process exited while connecting to monitor: (process:7400): GLib-WARNING **: 18:19:45.044: ../../../../glib/gmem.c:489: custom memory allocation vtable not supported 2019-09-30T18:19:45.046714Z qemu-system-x86_64: -msg timestamp=on: Unsupported machine type Use -machine help to list supported machines!' Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/asyncjob.py", line 89, in cb_wrapper callback(asyncjob, *args, **kwargs) File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/create.py", line 2553, in _do_async_install guest.start_install(meter=meter) File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtinst/guest.py", line 498, in start_install doboot, transient) File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtinst/guest.py", line 434, in _create_guest domain = self.conn.createXML(install_xml or final_xml, 0) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/libvirt.py", line 3603, in createXML if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virDomainCreateXML() failed', conn=self) libvirtError: internal error: process exited while connecting to monitor: (process:7400): GLib-WARNING **: 18:19:45.044: ../../../../glib/gmem.c:489: custom memory allocation vtable not supported 2019-09-30T18:19:45.046714Z qemu-system-x86_64: -msg timestamp=on: Unsupported machine type Use -machine help to list supported machines! -- *With Best Regards:* Ajay

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[libvirt-users] virsh -c lxc:/// setvcpus and <vcpu> configuration fails
by info＠layer7.net 24 Sep '19

24 Sep '19

Hi folks! i created a server with this XML file: <domain type='lxc'> <name>lxctest1</name> <uuid>227bd347-dd1d-4bfd-81e1-01052e91ffe2</uuid> <metadata> <libosinfo:libosinfo xmlns:libosinfo="http://libosinfo.org/xmlns/libvirt/domain/1.0"> <libosinfo:os id="http://centos.org/centos/6.9"/> </libosinfo:libosinfo> </metadata> <memory unit='KiB'>1024000</memory> <currentMemory unit='KiB'>1024000</currentMemory> <vcpu>2</vcpu> <numatune> <memory mode='strict' placement='auto'/> </numatune> <resource> <partition>/machine</partition> </resource> <os> <type arch='x86_64'>exe</type> <init>/sbin/init</init> </os> <idmap> <uid start='0' target='200000' count='65535'/> <gid start='0' target='200000' count='65535'/> </idmap> <features> <privnet/> </features> <clock offset='utc'/> <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff> <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot> <on_crash>destroy</on_crash> <devices> <emulator>/usr/libexec/libvirt_lxc</emulator> <filesystem type='mount' accessmode='mapped'> <source dir='/mnt'/> <target dir='/'/> </filesystem> <interface type='network'> <mac address='00:16:3e:3e:3e:bb'/> <source network='Public Network'/> </interface> <console type='pty'> <target type='lxc' port='0'/> </console> </devices> </domain> I would expect it to have 2 cpu cores and 1 GB RAM. The RAM config works. The CPU config does not: [root@lxctest1 ~]# lscpu Architecture: x86_64 CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit, 64-bit Byte Order: Little Endian CPU(s): 24 On-line CPU(s) list: 0-23 Thread(s) per core: 2 Core(s) per socket: 6 Socket(s): 2 NUMA node(s): 2 Vendor ID: GenuineIntel CPU family: 6 Model: 62 Model name: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2620 v2 @ 2.10GHz Stepping: 4 CPU MHz: 2399.950 BogoMIPS: 4205.88 Virtualization: VT-x L1d cache: 32K L1i cache: 32K L2 cache: 256K L3 cache: 15360K NUMA node0 CPU(s): 0,2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20,22 NUMA node1 CPU(s): 1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17,19,21,23 It gives me all CPU's from the host. I also tried it with <cpu> <topology sockets='1' cores='2' threads='1'/> </cpu> That didnt help too. I tried to modify the vcpus through virsh: #virsh -c lxc:/// setvcpus lxctest1 2 error: this function is not supported by the connection driver: virDomainSetVcpus Which didnt work too. This happens on: Centos 7 Kernel: 5.1.15-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64 #virsh -V Virsh command line tool of libvirt 4.5.0 See web site at https://libvirt.org/ Compiled with support for: Hypervisors: QEMU/KVM LXC ESX Test Networking: Remote Network Bridging Interface netcf Nwfilter VirtualPort Storage: Dir Disk Filesystem SCSI Multipath iSCSI LVM RBD Gluster ZFS Miscellaneous: Daemon Nodedev SELinux Secrets Debug DTrace Readline and also on Fedora 30 Kernel: 5.2.9-200.fc30.x86_64 # virsh -V Virsh command line tool of libvirt 5.1.0 See web site at https://libvirt.org/ Compiled with support for: Hypervisors: QEMU/KVM LXC LibXL OpenVZ VMware PHYP VirtualBox ESX Hyper-V Test Networking: Remote Network Bridging Interface netcf Nwfilter VirtualPort Storage: Dir Disk Filesystem SCSI Multipath iSCSI LVM RBD Sheepdog Gluster ZFS Miscellaneous: Daemon Nodedev SELinux Secrets Debug DTrace Readline ----------- Can anyone please tell me what i am doing wrong here ? Thank you ! Greetings Oliver

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[libvirt-users] experience with balloon memory ?
by Lentes, Bernd 24 Sep '19

24 Sep '19

Hi ML, i'm thinking about using balloon memory for our domains. We have about 15 domains running concurrently, and i think it might be nice if a domain requires more RAM it grabs it, and if it don't need it anymore, it releases it. But i have no experience with it. So i have some questions: - is live migration possible with balloon ? - is it stable ? - the domain needs an appropriate driver i think ? - are there drivers for Windows 7 and 10 ? - are there drivers for Linux, which kernel version do i need ? - does someone have experience with it ? Is there a kind of "best practise" ? Thanks. Bernd -- Bernd Lentes Systemadministration Institut für Entwicklungsgenetik Gebäude 35.34 - Raum 208 HelmholtzZentrum münchen bernd.lentes(a)helmholtz-muenchen.de phone: +49 89 3187 1241 phone: +49 89 3187 3827 fax: +49 89 3187 2294 http://www.helmholtz-muenchen.de/idg Perfekt ist wer keine Fehler macht Also sind Tote perfekt Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen Deutsches Forschungszentrum fuer Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH) Ingolstaedter Landstr. 1 85764 Neuherberg www.helmholtz-muenchen.de Aufsichtsratsvorsitzende: MinDir'in Prof. Dr. Veronika von Messling Geschaeftsfuehrung: Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h.c. Matthias Tschoep, Kerstin Guenther Registergericht: Amtsgericht Muenchen HRB 6466 USt-IdNr: DE 129521671

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[libvirt-users] Privacy Extension not working in VM
by Thomas Luening 24 Sep '19

24 Sep '19

Hello @ all With the rebuilding of my Server from Debian 9 to Debian 10, I also switch from Virtual Box to Libvirt/KVM. Due to new requirements for the VMs, now I have an actual problem, which unfortunately I can not solve. The problem has already been discussed in the German Debian-Forum ... unfortunately also without success. The facts: - ISP = Dual Stack with daily separation - Host and VM = Debian 10 - The VMs are via macvtap-device regular LAN-Clients - IPv4 = DHCP and NAT by DSL-Router - IPv6 = GUA via RA and SLAAC (2003::/3) - IPv4 works fine in the VM - IPv6 (NDP, RA, SLAAC) works basically also fine in the VM The existing problem in the VM: - MAC-Based GUA (2000::/3) is ok, both inbound and outbound - Outbound traffic via the second GUA (PE-Based) is filtered apparently, but not via packetfiltering, I don't know where. There are no error messages. On the part of the kernel in the VM and the IPv6-stack, everything looks completely ok, no error messages, except that Outbound-Traffic by the PE-Address is quietly blocked. The MAC- Based IPv6 works unchanged and without error as before. My questions: 1. Is there a special setting for the VM, to allow the use of Privacy Extensions for IPv6 unlimited? 2. Or is that possibly even a known and at the moment unsolved problem? 3. Or is this a intended limitation of virtualization? Can anyone help me with a solution or a hint? Thank you. BR, Tom

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[libvirt-users] Certificate checking on TLS migrations to an IP address
by Milan Zamazal 23 Sep '19

23 Sep '19

Hi, I'm trying to add TLS migrations to oVirt, but I've hit a problem with certificate checking. oVirt uses the destination host IP address, rather than the host name, in the migration URI passed to virDomainMigrateToURI3. One reason for doing that is that a separate migration network may be used for migrations, while the host name resolves to the management network interface. But it causes a problem with certificate checking. The destination IP address is checked against the name, which is a host name, given in the destination certificate. That means there is mismatch and the migration fails. I don't think it'd be a very good idea to avoid the problem by putting IP addresses into server certificates. Is there any way to make TLS migrations working under these circumstances? For instance, SPICE remote-viewer allows the client to specify the certificate subject to expect on the host when connecting to it using an IP address. Can (or could) libvirt do something similar? Or is there any other mechanism to handle this problem? Thanks, Milan

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[libvirt-users] VM cloning with memory state
by Benny Zlotnik 23 Sep '19

23 Sep '19

Hi, We are trying to implement VM cloning with snapshots for ovirt. For the most part, everything seems to work fine. However, when saved-state comes into play it gets complicated. As it seems impossible to restore a saved state file for a different VM due to a mismatch in UUID and name, I was wondering if it is possible to somehow work around this? Is it a sensible thing to do? (these are essentially the same VMs in terms of configuration and disk content) Is there a better approach to cloning a VM entirely (with snapshots and memory)? Thanks!

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[libvirt-users] Live-Migration not possible: error: operation failed: guest CPU doesn't match specification
by Lentes, Bernd 18 Sep '19

18 Sep '19

Hi, i have atwo node HA-cluster with pacemaker, corosync, libvirt and KVM. Recently i configured a new VirtualDomain which runs fine, but live Migration does not succeed. This is the error: VirtualDomain(vm_snipanalysis)[14322]: 2019/09/18_16:56:54 ERROR: snipanalysis: live migration to ha-idg-2 failed: 1 Sep 18 16:56:54 [6970] ha-idg-1 lrmd: notice: operation_finished: vm_snipanalysis_migrate_to_0:14322:stderr [ error: operation failed: guest CPU doesn't match specification: missing features: fma,movbe,xsave,avx,f16c,rdrand,fsgsbase,bmi1,avx2,smep,bmi2,erms,invpcid,md-clear,xsaveopt,abm ] The two servers are from HP, they are similar, but not identical. Their CPU's are different: One is "Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2630 v3 @ 2.40GHz", following /proc/cpuinfo, the other is "Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X5675 @ 3.07GHz". Which guest CPU should i choose for having the guest running smoothly on each host ? Bernd -- Bernd Lentes Systemadministration Institut für Entwicklungsgenetik Gebäude 35.34 - Raum 208 HelmholtzZentrum münchen bernd.lentes(a)helmholtz-muenchen.de phone: +49 89 3187 1241 phone: +49 89 3187 3827 fax: +49 89 3187 2294 http://www.helmholtz-muenchen.de/idg Perfekt ist wer keine Fehler macht Also sind Tote perfekt Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen Deutsches Forschungszentrum fuer Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH) Ingolstaedter Landstr. 1 85764 Neuherberg www.helmholtz-muenchen.de Aufsichtsratsvorsitzende: MinDir'in Prof. Dr. Veronika von Messling Geschaeftsfuehrung: Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h.c. Matthias Tschoep, Kerstin Guenther Registergericht: Amtsgericht Muenchen HRB 6466 USt-IdNr: DE 129521671

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[libvirt-users] About vhost-user-blk support
by Su Hua 12 Sep '19

12 Sep '19

Hi, everyone, ask a question, which version can fully support the device type of qemu hw/block/vhost-user-blk.c? If so, what should the format of the xml file look like? Regards Su

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[libvirt-users] Disk backup for live and offline domains
by Tim Schumacher 11 Sep '19

11 Sep '19

Hi, I followed the instructions on the wiki https://wiki.libvirt.org/page/Live-disk-backup-with-active-blockcommit for a live disk backup. Unfortunately this is not working when the domain is offline because the active blockcommit throws error: Requested operation is not valid: domain is not running For my use case it should be possible for the domain to shut down while the backup is in progress. I'm looking for a way to shorten the backing chain after the backup finishes and the domain is offline. Is there a way to let libvirt decide wether to shorten the backing chain using blockcommit or some alternative way which works on offline domains? As I'm writing this I might as well ask about the current state of "incremental backups". It seems like dirty bitmaps can keep track of which blocks changed and just copy those to the backup. Is there some libvirt command-line frontend for that or is it planned for the future? Thanks. - Tim

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