Hallo, I am using virsh with squeeze and xen-4.2+linux-3.8 (compiled) Problem: "virsh list -all" shows VMs only in shutdown state. (see: test3 virsh list shutdown) virsh start/shutdown works correctly. I suspect that version of libvirt is to old. Is their some workaround without updating system? regards Heiko details: - test1 start vm root@e2:/tmp# virsh start vm1_test1 Domain vm1_test1 started root@e2:/tmp# xm list Name ID Mem VCPUs State Time(s) Domain-0 0 64487 8 r----- 6834.7 vm1_test1 6 96 1 -b---- 2.3 root@e2:/tmp# virsh list Id Name State ---------------------------------- root@e2:/tmp# virsh list --all Id Name State ---------------------------------- root@e2:/tmp# -> vm running, but "virsh list" show nothing - test2 debug virsh list root@e2:/tmp# LIBVIRT_DEBUG=1 virsh list | egrep -v "do_open|virRegister" 14:36:38.540: debug : virInitialize:340 : register drivers 14:36:38.541: debug : xenHypervisorInit:2010 : Using new hypervisor call: 40002 14:36:38.542: debug : xenHypervisorInit:2123 : Failed to find any Xen hypervisor method 14:36:38.542: debug : vboxRegister:122 : VBoxCGlueInit failed, using dummy driver 14:36:38.543: debug : virConnectOpenAuth:1499 : name=(null), auth=0x7f46145b2700, flags=0 14:36:38.543: debug : xenUnifiedOpen:326 : Trying hypervisor sub-driver 14:36:38.543: debug : xenUnifiedOpen:329 : Activated hypervisor sub-driver 14:36:38.543: debug : xenUnifiedOpen:337 : Trying XenD sub-driver 14:36:38.546: debug : xenUnifiedOpen:340 : Activated XenD sub-driver 14:36:38.546: debug : xenUnifiedOpen:353 : Trying XS sub-driver 14:36:38.547: debug : xenStoreOpen:345 : Failed to add event handle, disabling events 14:36:38.547: debug : xenUnifiedOpen:356 : Activated XS sub-driver 14:36:38.551: debug : xenUnifiedOpen:392 : Trying Xen inotify sub-driver 14:36:38.551: debug : xenInotifyXendDomainsDirLookup:139 : Looking for dom with uuid: d868acf8-56b7-b260-4c85-c2e1e2a67e9b 14:36:38.576: debug : virGetDomain:382 : New hash entry 0x65b0a0 14:36:38.576: debug : virDomainFree:2243 : domain=0x65b0a0 14:36:38.576: debug : virUnrefDomain:463 : unref domain 0x65b0a0 vm1_test1 1 14:36:38.576: debug : virReleaseDomain:416 : release domain 0x65b0a0 vm1_test1 d868acf8-56b7-b260-4c85-c2e1e2a67e9b 14:36:38.576: debug : virReleaseDomain:433 : unref connection 0x634ad0 2 14:36:38.576: debug : xenInotifyOpen:441 : Adding a watch on /var/lib/xend/domains 14:36:38.576: debug : xenInotifyOpen:453 : Building initial config cache 14:36:38.576: debug : xenInotifyOpen:460 : Registering with event loop 14:36:38.576: debug : xenInotifyOpen:464 : Failed to add inotify handle, disabling events 14:36:38.576: debug : xenUnifiedOpen:395 : Activated Xen inotify sub-driver 14:36:38.576: debug : doRemoteOpen:565 : proceeding with name = xen:/// 14:36:38.576: debug : remoteIO:9888 : Do proc=66 serial=0 length=28 wait=(nil) 14:36:38.576: debug : remoteIO:9963 : We have the buck 66 0x7f461474d010 0x7f461474d010 14:36:38.577: debug : remoteIODecodeMessageLength:9316 : Got length, now need 64 total (60 more) 14:36:38.577: debug : remoteIOEventLoop:9814 : Giving up the buck 66 0x7f461474d010 (nil) 14:36:38.577: debug : remoteIO:9992 : All done with our call 66 (nil) 0x7f461474d010 14:36:38.577: debug : remoteIO:9888 : Do proc=1 serial=1 length=48 wait=(nil) 14:36:38.577: debug : remoteIO:9963 : We have the buck 1 0x65e2d0 0x65e2d0 14:36:38.608: debug : remoteIODecodeMessageLength:9316 : Got length, now need 56 total (52 more) 14:36:38.608: debug : remoteIOEventLoop:9814 : Giving up the buck 1 0x65e2d0 (nil) 14:36:38.608: debug : remoteIO:9992 : All done with our call 1 (nil) 0x65e2d0 14:36:38.608: debug : doRemoteOpen:942 : Adding Handler for remote events 14:36:38.608: debug : doRemoteOpen:949 : virEventAddHandle failed: No addHandleImpl defined. continuing without events. 14:36:38.609: debug : doRemoteOpen:565 : proceeding with name = xen:/// 14:36:38.609: debug : remoteIO:9888 : Do proc=66 serial=0 length=28 wait=(nil) 14:36:38.609: debug : remoteIO:9963 : We have the buck 66 0x69e3b0 0x69e3b0 14:36:38.609: debug : remoteIODecodeMessageLength:9316 : Got length, now need 64 total (60 more) 14:36:38.609: debug : remoteIOEventLoop:9814 : Giving up the buck 66 0x69e3b0 (nil) 14:36:38.609: debug : remoteIO:9992 : All done with our call 66 (nil) 0x69e3b0 14:36:38.610: debug : remoteIO:9888 : Do proc=1 serial=1 length=48 wait=(nil) 14:36:38.610: debug : remoteIO:9963 : We have the buck 1 0x69e3b0 0x69e3b0 14:36:38.643: debug : remoteIODecodeMessageLength:9316 : Got length, now need 56 total (52 more) 14:36:38.643: debug : remoteIOEventLoop:9814 : Giving up the buck 1 0x69e3b0 (nil) 14:36:38.643: debug : remoteIO:9992 : All done with our call 1 (nil) 0x69e3b0 14:36:38.643: debug : doRemoteOpen:942 : Adding Handler for remote events 14:36:38.643: debug : doRemoteOpen:949 : virEventAddHandle failed: No addHandleImpl defined. continuing without events. 14:36:38.643: debug : doRemoteOpen:565 : proceeding with name = xen:/// 14:36:38.643: debug : remoteIO:9888 : Do proc=66 serial=0 length=28 wait=(nil) 14:36:38.643: debug : remoteIO:9963 : We have the buck 66 0x6de490 0x6de490 14:36:38.645: debug : remoteIO:9888 : Do proc=1 serial=1 length=48 wait=(nil) 14:36:38.645: debug : remoteIO:9963 : We have the buck 1 0x6de490 0x6de490 14:36:38.677: debug : remoteIODecodeMessageLength:9316 : Got length, now need 56 total (52 more) 14:36:38.677: debug : remoteIOEventLoop:9814 : Giving up the buck 1 0x6de490 (nil) 14:36:38.677: debug : remoteIO:9992 : All done with our call 1 (nil) 0x6de490 14:36:38.677: debug : doRemoteOpen:942 : Adding Handler for remote events 14:36:38.677: debug : doRemoteOpen:949 : virEventAddHandle failed: No addHandleImpl defined. continuing without events. 14:36:38.677: debug : virConnectNumOfDomains:1894 : conn=0x634ad0 Id Name State ---------------------------------- 14:36:38.678: debug : virConnectClose:1525 : conn=0x634ad0 14:36:38.678: debug : virUnrefConnect:294 : unref connection 0x634ad0 1 14:36:38.678: debug : remoteIO:9888 : Do proc=2 serial=2 length=28 wait=(nil) 14:36:38.678: debug : remoteIO:9963 : We have the buck 2 0x6de490 0x6de490 14:36:38.678: debug : remoteIODecodeMessageLength:9316 : Got length, now need 56 total (52 more) 14:36:38.678: debug : remoteIOEventLoop:9814 : Giving up the buck 2 0x6de490 (nil) 14:36:38.678: debug : remoteIO:9992 : All done with our call 2 (nil) 0x6de490 14:36:38.678: debug : remoteIO:9888 : Do proc=2 serial=2 length=28 wait=(nil) 14:36:38.678: debug : remoteIO:9963 : We have the buck 2 0x65e2d0 0x65e2d0 14:36:38.679: debug : remoteIODecodeMessageLength:9316 : Got length, now need 56 total (52 more) 14:36:38.679: debug : remoteIOEventLoop:9814 : Giving up the buck 2 0x65e2d0 (nil) 14:36:38.679: debug : remoteIO:9992 : All done with our call 2 (nil) 0x65e2d0 14:36:38.679: debug : remoteIO:9888 : Do proc=2 serial=2 length=28 wait=(nil) 14:36:38.679: debug : remoteIO:9963 : We have the buck 2 0x65e2d0 0x65e2d0 14:36:38.680: debug : remoteIODecodeMessageLength:9316 : Got length, now need 56 total (52 more) 14:36:38.680: debug : remoteIOEventLoop:9814 : Giving up the buck 2 0x65e2d0 (nil) 14:36:38.680: debug : remoteIO:9992 : All done with our call 2 (nil) 0x65e2d0 14:36:38.682: debug : virReleaseConnect:249 : release connection 0x634ad0 -> entry "unref domain 0x65b0a0 vm1_test1 1" found but not displayed - test3 virsh list shutdown # virsh shutdown vm1_test1 Domain vm1_test1 is being shutdown root@e2:/tmp# virsh list Id Name State ---------------------------------- root@e2:/tmp# virsh list --all Id Name State ---------------------------------- - vm1_test1 shut off -> "virsh list" show vm if shutdown only - version # apt-cache policy libvirt0 libvirt0: Installed: 0.8.3-5+squeeze2 Candidate: 0.8.3-5+squeeze2 Version table: *** 0.8.3-5+squeeze2 0 # uname -a Linux e2 3.8.0-xen0 #1 SMP Fri Mar 1 14:01:33 CET 2013 x86_64 GNU/Linux # xm info | grep ^xen_m xen_major : 4 xen_minor : 2