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Re: [Xen-API] VNC access to HVM Windows guest


  • To: Xen API mailing list <xen-api@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • From: Dawid Kowalski <dkadds2@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 18:02:09 +0100
  • Delivery-date: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 17:02:25 +0000
  • List-id: User and development list for XCP and XAPI <xen-api.lists.xen.org>

Hi All,

Whilst I'm still looking for proper approach to the problem (getting the qemu or xen to listen on selected port), I've manged to get tcp connection to unix socket thanks to socat tool.

The example workaround looks like this run in a screen session or nohup, etc. socat -d -d TCP4-LISTEN:5910,bind=10.99.99.1,reuseaddr,fork unix:/var/run/nonpersistent/xenopsd/xenlight/vnc/3ae49d0d-d255-b3ef-2bf4-80214a00f2c8

If any of you have idea how to force xenapi to force qemu to open tcp socket, that would be great.

Thanks,
Dawid

On 2015-12-10 13:33, Dawid Kowalski wrote:
Hi All,

Would you please be so kind and advise how to properly set parameters for Windows 7 HVM?
Seems like i can start it, however can't get access to console via VNC.

All docs available online use different toolstack and I'm not sure how to properly translate it to xapi settings.


Starting VM brings up qemu with following parameters
/usr/bin/qemu-system-i386 -xen-domid 33 -chardev socket,id=libxl-cmd,path=/var/run/xen/qmp-libxl-33,server,nowait -mon chardev=libxl-cmd,mode=control -nodefaults -name video -vnc unix:/var/run/nonpersistent/xenopsd/xenlight/vnc/3ae49d0d-d255-b3ef-2bf4-80214a00f2c8,to=99 -display none -k en-us -serial pty -device cirrus-vga -global vga.vram_size_mb=16 -boot order=dc -usb -usbdevice tablet -device rtl8139,id=nic0,netdev=net0,mac=bb:bb:bb:81:bd:33 -netdev type=tap,id=net0,ifname=vif33.0-emu,script=no,downscript=no -machine xenfv -m 16368 -drive file=/dev/xen/blktap-2/tapdev5,if=ide,index=0,media=disk,format=raw,cache=writeback -drive file=/dev/sm/backend/0e141376-6525-ff18-ffee-862446f5a617/0902f522-0e10-42c1-a438-fa5e7a17ba4c,if=ide,index=1,readonly=on,media=cdrom,format=raw,cache=writeback,id=ide-832

The important part is probably
video -vnc unix:/var/run/nonpersistent/xenopsd/xenlight/vnc/3ae49d0d-d255-b3ef-2bf4-80214a00f2c8,to=99 -display none

And platform settings are showing VNC:
platform (MRW): timeoffset: 0; sdl: 0; vnc: 1; videoram: 16; vga: std; nx: true; acpi: 1; apic: true; pae: true; viridian: true; device_id: 0002

Yet, I can't find system listening on any port.

The question is how to enable VNC on a specific port or next available port as it is by default for PVMs?

uuid ( RO) : 3ae49d0d-d255-b3ef-2bf4-80214a00f2c8
                    name-label ( RW): video
              name-description ( RW): Installed via xe CLI
                  user-version ( RW): 1
                 is-a-template ( RW): false
                 is-a-snapshot ( RO): false
                   snapshot-of ( RO): <not in database>
                     snapshots ( RO):
                 snapshot-time ( RO): 19700101T00:00:00Z
                 snapshot-info ( RO):
                        parent ( RO): <not in database>
                      children ( RO):
             is-control-domain ( RO): false
                   power-state ( RO): halted
                 memory-actual ( RO): 8151224320
                 memory-target ( RO): 0
               memory-overhead ( RO): 137363456
             memory-static-max ( RW): 17179869184
            memory-dynamic-max ( RW): 17179869184
            memory-dynamic-min ( RW): 268435456
             memory-static-min ( RW): 134217728
              suspend-VDI-uuid ( RW): <not in database>
suspend-SR-uuid ( RW): 467d7c1a-fa33-0f44-4421-a8f261099153
                  VCPUs-params (MRW):
                     VCPUs-max ( RW): 1
              VCPUs-at-startup ( RW): 1
        actions-after-shutdown ( RW): Destroy
          actions-after-reboot ( RW): Restart
           actions-after-crash ( RW): Restart
                 console-uuids (SRO):
platform (MRW): timeoffset: 0; sdl: 0; vnc: 1; videoram: 16; vga: std; nx: true; acpi: 1; apic: true; pae: true; viridian: true; device_id: 0002 allowed-operations (SRO): changing_dynamic_range; changing_shadow_memory; changing_static_range; make_into_template; destroy; export; start_on; start; clone; copy; snapshot
            current-operations (SRO):
            blocked-operations (MRW):
           allowed-VBD-devices (SRO): 0; 2; 3
           allowed-VIF-devices (SRO): 1; 2; 3
possible-hosts ( RO): 0d83e699-df0b-40db-9934-b5cbc9e5eafe
               HVM-boot-policy ( RW): BIOS order
               HVM-boot-params (MRW): order: dc
         HVM-shadow-multiplier ( RW): 1.000
                     PV-kernel ( RW):
                    PV-ramdisk ( RW):
                       PV-args ( RW):
                PV-legacy-args ( RW):
                 PV-bootloader ( RW):
            PV-bootloader-args ( RW):
last-boot-CPU-flags ( RO): vendor: GenuineIntel; features: 00000000-00000000-00000000-00000000 last-boot-record ( RO): '('struct' ('uuid' '3ae49d0d-d255-b3ef-2bf4-80214a00f2c8') ('allowed_operations' ('array')) ('current_operations' ('struct' ('OpaqueRef:d2ae69ab-771c-eeeb-ab57-2c620729e0b4' 'start'))) ('power_state' 'Halted') ('name_label' 'video') ('name_description' 'Installed via xe CLI') ('user_version' '1') ('is_a_template' ('boolean' '0')) ('suspend_VDI' 'OpaqueRef:NULL') ('resident_on' 'OpaqueRef:NULL') ('affinity' 'OpaqueRef:NULL') ('memory_overhead' '137363456') ('memory_target' '0') ('memory_static_max' '17179869184') ('memory_dynamic_max' '17179869184') ('memory_dynamic_min' '268435456') ('memory_static_min' '134217728') ('VCPUs_params' ('struct')) ('VCPUs_max' '1') ('VCPUs_at_startup' '1') ('actions_after_shutdown' 'destroy') ('actions_after_reboot' 'restart') ('actions_after_crash' 'restart') ('consoles' ('array')) ('VIFs' ('array' 'OpaqueRef:c560f5b6-898f-bd04-185d-7dcd84df84f8')) ('VBDs' ('array' 'OpaqueRef:c4bf94b4-aae2-c460-aca9-d9ac626e89eb' 'OpaqueRef:1ae68818-38ed-f2f1-803c-ced439a41f8b')) ('crash_dumps' ('array')) ('VTPMs' ('array')) ('PV_bootloader' '') ('PV_kernel' '') ('PV_ramdisk' '') ('PV_args' '') ('PV_bootloader_args' '') ('PV_legacy_args' '') ('HVM_boot_policy' 'BIOS order') ('HVM_boot_params' ('struct' ('order' 'dc'))) ('HVM_shadow_multiplier' ('double' '1')) ('platform' ('struct' ('sdl' '0') ('vnc' '1') ('videoram' '16') ('timeoffset' '0') ('vga' 'std') ('nx' 'true') ('acpi' '1') ('apic' 'true') ('pae' 'true') ('viridian' 'true') ('device_id' '0002'))) ('PCI_bus' '') ('other_config' ('struct' ('vgpu_pci' '') ('base_template_name' 'Windows 7 (64-bit)') ('mac_seed' '4bcfee66-be47-72c7-c9b4-4a15b478e0d6') ('install-methods' 'cdrom'))) ('domid' '-1') ('domarch' '') ('last_boot_CPU_flags' ('struct' ('vendor' 'GenuineIntel') ('features' '00000000-00000000-00000000-00000000'))) ('is_control_domain' ('boolean' '0')) ('metrics' 'OpaqueRef:5cab581a-3cae-61d9-0f5c-be0c240d7e3c') ('guest_metrics' 'OpaqueRef:NULL') ('last_booted_record' '') ('recommendations' '<restrictions><restriction field=\"memory-static-max\" max=\"137438953472\" /><restriction field=\"vcpus-max\" max=\"16\" /><restriction property=\"number-of-vbds\" max=\"7\" /><restriction property=\"number-of-vifs\" max=\"7\" /></restrictions>') ('xenstore_data' ('struct' ('vm-data' '') ('vm-data/dm' 'mypn.eu') ('vm-data/ns' '1.1.1.1') ('vm-data/nm' '255.255.255.0') ('vm-data/gw' '10.99.99.1') ('vm-data/ip' '10.99.99.9'))) ('ha_always_run' ('boolean' '0')) ('ha_restart_priority' '') ('is_a_snapshot' ('boolean' '0')) ('snapshot_of' 'OpaqueRef:NULL') ('snapshots' ('array')) ('snapshot_time' ('dateTime.iso8601' '19700101T00:00:00Z')) ('transportable_snapshot_id' '') ('blobs' ('struct')) ('tags' ('array')) ('blocked_operations' ('struct')) ('snapshot_info' ('struct')) ('snapshot_metadata' '') ('parent' 'OpaqueRef:NULL') ('children' ('array')) ('bios_strings' ('struct')) ('protection_policy' 'OpaqueRef:NULL') ('is_snapshot_from_vmpp' ('boolean' '0')) ('appliance' 'OpaqueRef:NULL') ('start_delay' '0') ('shutdown_delay' '0') ('order' '0') ('VGPUs' ('array')) ('attached_PCIs' ('array')) ('suspend_SR' 'OpaqueRef:5a8661f9-9111-23bb-c163-addc3ef7427c') ('version' '0') ('generation_id' '8412189938873372947:7481581773609000478'))'
                   resident-on ( RO): <not in database>
                      affinity ( RW): <not in database>
other-config (MRW): vgpu_pci: ; base_template_name: Windows 7 (64-bit); mac_seed: 4bcfee66-be47-72c7-c9b4-4a15b478e0d6; install-methods: cdrom
                        dom-id ( RO): -1
recommendations ( RO): <restrictions><restriction field="memory-static-max" max="137438953472" /><restriction field="vcpus-max" max="16" /><restriction property="number-of-vbds" max="7" /><restriction property="number-of-vifs" max="7" /></restrictions> xenstore-data (MRW): vm-data: ; vm-data/dm: mypn.eu; vm-data/ns: 1.1.1.1; vm-data/nm: 255.255.255.0; vm-data/gw: 10.99.99.1; vm-data/ip: 10.99.99.9
    ha-always-run ( RW) [DEPRECATED]: false
           ha-restart-priority ( RW):
                         blobs ( RO):
                    start-time ( RO): 19700101T00:00:00Z
                  install-time ( RO): 20151209T23:29:15Z
                  VCPUs-number ( RO): 0
             VCPUs-utilisation (MRO):
                    os-version (MRO): <not in database>
            PV-drivers-version (MRO): <not in database>
         PV-drivers-up-to-date ( RO): <not in database>
                        memory (MRO): <not in database>
                         disks (MRO): <not in database>
                      networks (MRO): <not in database>
                         other (MRO): <not in database>
                          live ( RO): <not in database>
    guest-metrics-last-updated ( RO): <not in database>
      cooperative ( RO) [DEPRECATED]: true
                          tags (SRW):
                     appliance ( RW): <not in database>
                   start-delay ( RW): 0
                shutdown-delay ( RW): 0
                         order ( RW): 0
                       version ( RO): 0
generation-id ( RO): 8412189938873372947:7481581773609000478


Thanks in advance,
Dawid



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