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#1
Senior Member
Registered: Feb 2003
Location: CT
Distribution: Debian PPC/i386/AMD64 5.0(Lenny), Vista, XP , WIN7, Server 03/08
Posts: 1,164
Rep:
Debian Win 2008 xen HVM starts but doesn't do anything, pulling hair out!
Hey there trying to get a new production machine up, for disaster and recovery purposes we have chosen to virtualize our new Windows Server 2008 SBS server in xen. I have used xen before but that's been a few years and I didn't have any trouble getting the VM up and running once I got the virtual drives issue I had worked out. But I didn't experience anyhting like this. What happens is that I start the machine and xen reports the machine started but then it doesn't do anything. Running xm list reveals that the machine is up but it is not doing anything there is no status for it. I also do not get a VNC console seesion to come up either.
Here is my config:
Code:
import os, re
arch = os.uname()[4]
if re.search('64', arch):
arch_libdir = 'lib64'
else:
arch_libdir = 'lib'
kernel = '/usr/lib/xen-3.2-1/boot/hvmloader'
builder = 'hvm'
memory = 4608
shadow_memory = 48
name = 'xen2008SBS'
vif = [ 'type=ioemu, bridge=xenbr0' ]
pae = 1
acpi = 1
apic = 1
disk = [ 'file:/vms/2008SBS.img,sda,w','phy:/dev/dvdrw,scd0:cdrom,r' ]
#pci= ['04:08.0']
device_model = '/usr/ + arch_libdir + /xen/bin/qemu-dm'
boot="dc"
vnc = 1
sdl = 0
vncconsole=1
vncdisplay=2
vncpasswd=''
usb = 1
usbtablet = 1
serial = 'pty'
on_poweroff = 'destroy'
on_reboot = 'restart'
on_crash = 'restart'
This is the output when I start the machine, it takes no time at all to start.
Code:
vmbeta:~# xm create /home/administrator/xen2008SBS.cfg
Using config file "/home/administrator/xen2008SBS.cfg".
Started domain xen2008SBS
xm list output
Code:
vmbeta:~# xm list
Name ID Mem VCPUs State Time(s)
Domain-0 0 3378 4 r----- 495.2
xen2008SBS 4 4608 1 ------ 0.0
startup log output.
Code:
connected to /var/run/xenstored/socket_ro
/ : ""
/local/domain/5 : ""
/local/domain/5/vm : "/vm/c9bf421d-18d5-bd76-263f-4f94fe117d32"
/vm/c9bf421d-18d5-bd76-263f-4f94fe117d32/image/ostype : "hvm"
/vm/c9bf421d-18d5-bd76-263f-4f94fe117d32/image/kernel : "/usr/lib/xen-3.2-1/boot/hvmloader"
/vm/c9bf421d-18d5-bd76-263f-4f94fe117d32/image/cmdline : ""
/vm/c9bf421d-18d5-bd76-263f-4f94fe117d32/image/ramdisk : ""
/vm/c9bf421d-18d5-bd76-263f-4f94fe117d32/image/dmargs : "-domain-name xen2008SBS -vnc 127.0.0.1:2 -vncunused -vcpus 1 -boot dc -serial pty -acpi -usb -net nic,vlan$
/vm/c9bf421d-18d5-bd76-263f-4f94fe117d32/image/device-model : "/usr/ + arch_libdir + /xen/bin/qemu-dm"
/vm/c9bf421d-18d5-bd76-263f-4f94fe117d32/rtc/timeoffset : "0"
@introduceDomain : "<null>"
/local/domain/0/backend/vfb/5/0 : ""
/local/domain/5/device/vfb/0 : ""
/local/domain/5/device/vfb/0/state : "1"
/local/domain/5/device/vfb/0/backend-id : "0"
/local/domain/5/device/vfb/0/backend : "/local/domain/0/backend/vfb/5/0"
/local/domain/0/backend/vfb/5/0/vncunused : "1"
/local/domain/0/backend/vfb/5/0/domain : "xen2008SBS"
/local/domain/0/backend/vfb/5/0/frontend : "/local/domain/5/device/vfb/0"
/local/domain/0/backend/vfb/5/0/uuid : "d6c59887-aa75-1f99-fe5a-c80f291bb42c"
/local/domain/0/backend/vfb/5/0/vncdisplay : "2"
/local/domain/0/backend/vfb/5/0/state : "1"
/local/domain/0/backend/vfb/5/0/online : "1"
/local/domain/0/backend/vfb/5/0/frontend-id : "5"
/local/domain/0/backend/vfb/5/0/type : "vnc"
/local/domain/0/backend/vbd/5/2048 : ""
/local/domain/5/device/vbd/2048 : ""
/local/domain/5/device/vbd/2048/backend-id : "0"
/local/domain/5/device/vbd/2048/virtual-device : "2048"
/local/domain/5/device/vbd/2048/device-type : "disk"
/local/domain/5/device/vbd/2048/state : "1"
/local/domain/5/device/vbd/2048/backend : "/local/domain/0/backend/vbd/5/2048"
/local/domain/0/backend/vbd/5/2048/domain : "xen2008SBS"
/local/domain/0/backend/vbd/5/2048/frontend : "/local/domain/5/device/vbd/2048"
/local/domain/0/backend/vbd/5/2048/uuid : "b6664e5d-3225-8c4b-ec7c-06ef18527d0d"
/local/domain/0/backend/vbd/5/2048/dev : "sda"
/local/domain/0/backend/vbd/5/2048/state : "2"
/local/domain/0/backend/vbd/5/2048/params : "/vms/2008SBS.img"
/local/domain/0/backend/vbd/5/2048/mode : "w"
/local/domain/0/backend/vbd/5/2048/online : "1"
/local/domain/0/backend/vbd/5/2048/frontend-id : "5"
/local/domain/0/backend/vbd/5/2048/type : "file"
/local/domain/0/backend/vbd/5/2048/state : "2"
/local/domain/0/backend/vbd/5/2816 : ""
/local/domain/5/device/vbd/2816 : ""
/local/domain/5/device/vbd/2816/backend-id : "0"
/local/domain/5/device/vbd/2816/virtual-device : "2816"
/local/domain/5/device/vbd/2816/device-type : "cdrom"
/local/domain/5/device/vbd/2816/state : "1"
/local/domain/5/device/vbd/2816/backend : "/local/domain/0/backend/vbd/5/2816"
/local/domain/0/backend/vbd/5/2816/domain : "xen2008SBS"
/local/domain/0/backend/vbd/5/2816/frontend : "/local/domain/5/device/vbd/2816"
/local/domain/0/backend/vbd/5/2816/uuid : "bea06c21-d0b7-c1ff-fc02-8c14f1a7b30a"
/local/domain/0/backend/vbd/5/2816/dev : "scd0"
/local/domain/0/backend/vbd/5/2816/state : "2"
/local/domain/0/backend/vbd/5/2816/params : "/dev/dvdrw"
/local/domain/0/backend/vbd/5/2816/mode : "r"
/local/domain/0/backend/vbd/5/2816/online : "1"
/local/domain/0/backend/vbd/5/2816/frontend-id : "5"
/local/domain/0/backend/vbd/5/2816/type : "phy"
/local/domain/0/backend/vbd/5/2816/state : "2"
/local/domain/5/device-misc/vif/nextDeviceID : "1"
/vm/c9bf421d-18d5-bd76-263f-4f94fe117d32/device/vif/0/bridge : "xenbr0"
/vm/c9bf421d-18d5-bd76-263f-4f94fe117d32/device/vif/0/mac : "00:16:3e:32:03:96"
/vm/c9bf421d-18d5-bd76-263f-4f94fe117d32/device/vif/0/type : "ioemu"
/vm/c9bf421d-18d5-bd76-263f-4f94fe117d32/device/vif/0/uuid : "4b4ffd9f-31f4-f7cb-81e1-5964d4542edb"
/vm/c9bf421d-18d5-bd76-263f-4f94fe117d32/device/vif/0/script : "vif-bridge"
/local/domain/0/backend/vif/5/0 : ""
/local/domain/5/device/vif/0 : ""
/local/domain/5/device/vif/0/state : "1"
/local/domain/5/device/vif/0/backend-id : "0"
/local/domain/5/device/vif/0/backend : "/local/domain/0/backend/vif/5/0"
/local/domain/0/backend/vif/5/0/bridge : "xenbr0"
/local/domain/0/backend/vif/5/0/domain : "xen2008SBS"
/local/domain/0/backend/vif/5/0/handle : "0"
/local/domain/0/backend/vif/5/0/uuid : "4b4ffd9f-31f4-f7cb-81e1-5964d4542edb"
/local/domain/0/backend/vif/5/0/script : "/etc/xen/scripts/vif-bridge"
/local/domain/0/backend/vif/5/0/state : "1"
/local/domain/0/backend/vif/5/0/frontend : "/local/domain/5/device/vif/0"
/local/domain/0/backend/vif/5/0/mac : "00:16:3e:32:03:96"
/local/domain/0/backend/vif/5/0/online : "1"
/local/domain/0/backend/vif/5/0/frontend-id : "5"
/local/domain/0/backend/vif/5/0/type : "ioemu"
/local/domain/5/image/device-model-pid : "6397"
/vm/c9bf421d-18d5-bd76-263f-4f94fe117d32/on_xend_stop : "ignore"
/vm/c9bf421d-18d5-bd76-263f-4f94fe117d32/shadow_memory : "48"
/vm/c9bf421d-18d5-bd76-263f-4f94fe117d32/uuid : "c9bf421d-18d5-bd76-263f-4f94fe117d32"
/vm/c9bf421d-18d5-bd76-263f-4f94fe117d32/on_reboot : "restart"
/vm/c9bf421d-18d5-bd76-263f-4f94fe117d32/start_time : "1276193905.14"
/vm/c9bf421d-18d5-bd76-263f-4f94fe117d32/on_poweroff : "destroy"
/vm/c9bf421d-18d5-bd76-263f-4f94fe117d32/on_xend_start : "ignore"
/vm/c9bf421d-18d5-bd76-263f-4f94fe117d32/on_crash : "restart"
/vm/c9bf421d-18d5-bd76-263f-4f94fe117d32/xend/restart_count : "0"
/vm/c9bf421d-18d5-bd76-263f-4f94fe117d32/vcpus : "1"
/vm/c9bf421d-18d5-bd76-263f-4f94fe117d32/vcpu_avail : "1"
/vm/c9bf421d-18d5-bd76-263f-4f94fe117d32/image : "(hvm (kernel /usr/lib/xen-3.2-1/boot/hvmloader) (acpi 1) (apic 1) (boot dc) (device_model '/usr/ + arch_li$
/vm/c9bf421d-18d5-bd76-263f-4f94fe117d32/name : "xen2008SBS"
/vm/c9bf421d-18d5-bd76-263f-4f94fe117d32/uuid : "c9bf421d-18d5-bd76-263f-4f94fe117d32"
/local/domain/0/backend/vif/5/0/feature-sg : "1"
/local/domain/0/backend/vif/5/0/feature-gso-tcpv4 : "1"
/local/domain/0/backend/vif/5/0/feature-rx-copy : "1"
/local/domain/0/backend/vif/5/0/feature-rx-flip : "0"
/local/domain/0/backend/vif/5/0/state : "2"
/local/domain/5/console/port : "3"
/local/domain/5/control/platform-feature-multiprocessor-suspend : "1"
/local/domain/5/name : "xen2008SBS"
/local/domain/5/console/limit : "1048576"
/local/domain/5/vm : "/vm/c9bf421d-18d5-bd76-263f-4f94fe117d32"
/local/domain/5/domid : "5"
/local/domain/5/image/suspend-cancel : "1"
/local/domain/5/cpu/0/availability : "online"
/local/domain/5/memory/target : "4718592"
/local/domain/5/store/ring-ref : "983038"
/local/domain/5/console/type : "ioemu"
/local/domain/5/store/port : "2"
/local/domain/5/device-misc/console/nextDeviceID : "1"
/local/domain/0/backend/console/5/0 : ""
/local/domain/5/device/console/0 : ""
/local/domain/5/device/console/0/state : "1"
/local/domain/5/device/console/0/backend-id : "0"
/local/domain/5/device/console/0/backend : "/local/domain/0/backend/console/5/0"
/local/domain/0/backend/console/5/0/domain : "xen2008SBS"
/local/domain/0/backend/console/5/0/protocol : "vt100"
/local/domain/0/backend/console/5/0/uuid : "b00acfa3-6c51-984d-58a0-bdb89f65ff49"
/local/domain/0/backend/console/5/0/frontend : "/local/domain/5/device/console/0"
/local/domain/0/backend/console/5/0/state : "1"
/local/domain/0/backend/console/5/0/location : "3"
/local/domain/0/backend/console/5/0/online : "1"
/local/domain/0/backend/console/5/0/frontend-id : "5"
/local/domain/0/backend/vif/5/0/hotplug-status : "connected"
/local/domain/0/backend/vbd/5/2048/node : "/dev/loop0"
/local/domain/0/backend/vbd/5/2048/physical-device : "7:0"
/local/domain/0/backend/vbd/5/2048/hotplug-status : "connected"
/local/domain/0/backend/vbd/5/2816/physical-device : "b:0"
/local/domain/0/backend/vbd/5/2816/hotplug-status : "connected"
Any ideas? Thanks in advance for the help.
#2
Senior Member
Registered: Feb 2003
Location: CT
Distribution: Debian PPC/i386/AMD64 5.0(Lenny), Vista, XP , WIN7, Server 03/08
Posts: 1,164
Original Poster
Rep:
Well after exhaustive research I found two people with similar issues with xen and Debian Lenny. They were issues related to the network bridge being eth0 instead of xenbr0, This however, I can almost assuredly say is not my issue though, while the bridge did turn out to be eth0 which I verified with "brctl show" I made the appropriate adjustments and still no go. I also completely disable networking in the VM configuration and I still had the same issue. Still searching for the solution.
#3
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Registered: Feb 2003
Location: CT
Distribution: Debian PPC/i386/AMD64 5.0(Lenny), Vista, XP , WIN7, Server 03/08
Posts: 1,164
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I have made progress, sort of. I started a new machine config from scratch and made sure i placed this one in /etc/xen/ it starts and is listed as running, however, I cannot connect to VNC, but the VNC server is listening for connections. Additionally the HVM uses 100% of its VCPUs all the time while monitoring it in xentop. Here is the output of my qemu-dm log, which I didn't have with the first VM I created.
Code:
vmbeta:~# nano /var/log/xen/qemu-dm-15.log
GNU nano 2.0.7 File: /var/log/xen/qemu-dm-15.log
shift keysym 0040 keycode 3
shift keysym 0023 keycode 4
shift keysym 0024 keycode 5
shift keysym 0025 keycode 6
shift keysym 005e keycode 7
shift keysym 0026 keycode 8
shift keysym 002a keycode 9
shift keysym 0028 keycode 10
shift keysym 0029 keycode 11
shift keysym 005f keycode 12
shift keysym 002b keycode 13
shift keysym 007b keycode 26
shift keysym 007d keycode 27
shift keysym 003a keycode 39
shift keysym 0022 keycode 40
shift keysym 007e keycode 41
shift keysym 007c keycode 43
shift keysym 003c keycode 51
shift keysym 003e keycode 52
shift keysym 003f keycode 53
xs_read(): vncpasswd get error. /vm/daed7f85-08de-eb3f-f10a-f10e96bd6801/vncpasswd.
vncviewer execlp failed
qemu_map_cache_init nr_buckets = 10000 size 3145728
shared page at pfn effff
buffered io page at pfn efffd
Time offset set 0
Register xen platform.
Done register platform.
I/O request not ready: 0, ptr: 0, port: 0, data: 0, count: 0, size: 0
I/O request not ready: 0, ptr: 0, port: 0, data: 0, count: 0, size: 0
I/O request not ready: 0, ptr: 0, port: 0, data: 0, count: 0, size: 0
I/O request not ready: 0, ptr: 0, port: 0, data: 0, count: 0, size: 0
I guess this has something to do with either the qemu model, my drive config for the VM, or because I tried installing the 2.6.32 kernel from Debian backports and now linux-base doesn't want to finish configuring linux-base.
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