Re: [libvirt-users] How to device port on the controller

Hi, Actually, the serial is not there :) root@ubuntu:/sys/class/block/vdi# fdisk -l Disk /dev/vda: 7516 MB, 7516192768 bytes 4 heads, 32 sectors/track, 114688 cylinders Units = cylinders of 128 * 512 = 65536 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x000bb520 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/vda1 * 17 114688 7339008 83 Linux Disk /dev/vdi: 1073 MB, 1073741824 bytes 16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2080 cylinders Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x525f45d3 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/vdi1 1 2080 1048288+ 83 Linux root@ubuntu:/sys/class/block/vdi# ls -al total 0 drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 0 2013-04-08 21:51 . drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 0 2013-04-08 21:51 .. -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2013-04-08 21:51 alignment_offset lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 2013-04-08 21:51 bdi -> ../../../../../virtual/bdi/252:128 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2013-04-08 21:51 capability -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2013-04-09 13:09 dev lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 2013-04-08 21:51 device -> ../../../virtio9 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2013-04-08 21:51 ext_range drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 2013-04-08 21:51 holders -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2013-04-08 21:51 inflight drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 2013-04-08 21:51 power drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 0 2013-04-08 21:51 queue -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2013-04-08 21:51 range -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2013-04-08 21:51 removable -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2013-04-08 21:51 ro -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2013-04-08 21:51 size drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 2013-04-08 21:51 slaves -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2013-04-08 21:51 stat lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 2013-04-08 21:51 subsystem -> ../../../../../../class/block drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 2013-04-08 21:51 trace -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2013-04-08 21:51 uevent drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 0 2013-04-08 21:51 vdi1 (root@h2)-(/var/log/libvirt/qemu)# virsh dumpxml vps_99 <domain type='kvm' id='231'> <name>vps_99</name> <uuid>8d19d3a4-f1b4-1030-ac57-0050560018a2</uuid> <memory>1048576</memory> <currentMemory>1048576</currentMemory> <vcpu>2</vcpu> <os> <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-0.12'>hvm</type> <boot dev='hd'/> </os> <features> <acpi/> <apic/> <pae/> </features> <clock offset='utc'/> <on_poweroff>restart</on_poweroff> <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot> <on_crash>restart</on_crash> <devices> <emulator>/usr/bin/kvm</emulator> <disk type='block' device='disk'> <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/> <source dev='/dev/nbd1'/> <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/> </disk> <disk type='block' device='disk'> <driver name='phy' type='raw'/> <source dev='/dev/nbd2'/> <target dev='vdb' bus='virtio'/> <serial>my-fake-serial</serial> </disk> <interface type='bridge'> <mac address='00:50:56:00:1b:24'/> <source bridge='br0'/> <target dev='vnet3'/> <model type='virtio'/> </interface> <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/> <graphics type='vnc' port='5999' autoport='no' keymap='en-us'/> <video> <model type='cirrus' vram='9216' heads='1'/> </video> </devices> <seclabel type='dynamic' model='apparmor'> <label>libvirt-8d19d3a4-f1b4-1030-ac57-0050560018a2</label> <imagelabel>libvirt-8d19d3a4-f1b4-1030-ac57-0050560018a2</imagelabel> </seclabel> </domain> Btw, as you can see in the XML, libvirt and/or KVM is completely ignoring my target="vdb" and attaches the drive to "/dev/vdi" inside the virtual server. (root@h2)-(/)# virsh --version 0.7.5 (root@h2)-(/)# kvm --version QEMU PC emulator version 0.12.3 (qemu-kvm-0.12.3), Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Fabrice Bellard The log-file only shows the command used to start the virtual server. It does not contain any of the commands I used to attache the additional disk. Regards, Daniele 2013/4/9 Martin Kletzander <mkletzan(a)redhat.com&gt;