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Re: [Xen-API] xen-api on debian not updating xenstore?



Dave,

 

Thanks, adding that key allowed me to create and start a VM successfully. That gets me over that hurdle.

 

Of course, when I reboot the server that key disappears. I don’t see a xenopsd service on my system anywhere… should that get installed as part of xcp-xapi? I noticed a couple other wrinkles like I don’t see any entries in the xenstore for the dom0 console and I am unable to connect to the dom0 console via xencenter. Maybe this is all related?

 

Thanks again,

 

/John

 

From: Dave Scott [mailto:Dave.Scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 8:54 AM
To: John Weber; xen-api@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: xen-api on debian not updating xenstore?

 

Hi,

 

I managed to reproduce a problem with the same symptom as yours.

 

Try this workaround: log into your debian dom0 and type:

 

$ sudo xenstore-write /local/domain/0/vm hello

 

When xapi adds a device it performs a sanity-check that the backend domain exists. It does this by reading the “vm” key from /local/domain/backend-domid. In the case of domain 0, this key isn’t being written. Normally xapi will create all the /local/domain/0 entries:

 

let domain0_setup () =

  with_xc_and_xs (fun xc xs ->

    let already_setup = try ignore(xs.Xs.read "/local/domain/0/name"); true with _ -> false in

    if not already_setup then begin

             (* Write an initial neutral target in for domain 0 *)

             let di = Xenctrl.domain_getinfo xc 0 in

             let memory_actual_kib = Xenctrl.pages_to_kib (Int64.of_nativeint di.Xenctrl.total_memory_pages) in

             (* Find domain 0's UUID *)

             let uuid = Xapi_inventory.lookup Xapi_inventory._control_domain_uuid in

             (* setup xenstore domain 0 for blktap, xentop (CA-24231) *)

             xs.Xs.writev "/local/domain/0" [ "name", "Domain-0"; "domid", "0"; "vm", "/vm/" ^ uuid ];

 

I think some other entity is writing the “name” key but not the “vm” key.

 

In the latest unstable xapi, most of the xenstore interaction has been delegated to a new service called “xenopsd”. We should move this code into xenopsd and make it more robust at the same time.

 

Cheers,

Dave

 

From: xen-api-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xen-api-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Weber
Sent: 09 May 2012 18:58
To: xen-api@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Xen-API] xen-api on debian not updating xenstore?

 

I’ve been working on getting xen-api working on Debian Wheezy. I followed the installation instructions and have gotten to the point where I can connect to the server with XenCenter and attempt to create a VM. I create a VM from the Debian Squeeze template (or any other for that matter), but I can’t get it to start. The error in the log is:

 

Internal error: the device disappeared from xenstore (frontend (domid=1|kind=vbd|devid=51712); backend (domid=0|kind=vbd|devid=51712))

 

Poking around a bit I noticed that my xenstore looks suspiciously empty:

 

root@debian:/home/jweber# xenstore-ls

tool = ""

xenstored = ""

local = ""

domain = ""

  0 = ""

   name = "Domain-0"

   memory = ""

    dynamic-min = "1168384"

    dynamic-max = "1168384"

mh = ""

boot-time = ""

  management-mac-address = "00:04:4b:05:56:14"

 

Seems pretty clear that I messed something up during the install, but I couldn’t find any obvious errors in the log files pointing me in the right direction. I’ve tried reinstalling a couple times now eventually arriving at the same blocking point. Any words of wisdom from the experts would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks,

/John

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