RE: [Xen-users] Question: Solaris 10 10/09 HVM on 64-bit Centos 5.4 Dom0 vs Suse 11.3

[Boris Derzhavets <bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx>]

Mr. Earls,

You wrote :-
   When running as root, it then allows me to create new VMs, but only using a network    install (http,ftp,nfs), not using either local media or a network pxfe boot.

Via my experience with Sasha Gunters's src.rpms for RHEL  and even xen-3.4.3-X-fc13.src.rpm on F12 behave same way. I mean after install libvirt related stuff on Fedora 12, virt-manager appears to be affected exactly you wrote.

 You may double check it :-
1. Install clean CentOS 5.4
2. Enable www.gitco's  repo 3.4.2
3. yum groupinstall Virtualization

That's why it was suggested to run virt-install for creating HVM S10U8.
Virt-manager may be used for managing any kind of DomUs , but only virt-install
utility stays completely functional in regards of setups. Issue was fixed only on F13 (Libvirt 0.8.2)

View :-
http://wiki.xen.org/xenwiki/Xen4.0

 Tutorials to install Xen 4.0
    *  Xen 4.0 on Fedora 13: http://bderzhavets.wordpress.com/2010/05/18/set-up-libvirt-0-7-7xen-4-0-on-top-fedora-13-rc2/

Thank you.

Boris.
BTW , zfs-24 support patch by Mark Johnson  may be back ported to 3.4.3 gitco's
src.rpm . Gitco's Xen 3.4.3 rpms rebuilt and installed having active repo 3.4.3
to run  OSOL 134 as PV Guest on CentOS xen-kernel.
Patch URL:-
http://old.nabble.com/-PATCHâRESUBMITâsync-up-zfs-boot-support-in-pygrub-p28236835.html

--- On Thu, 8/26/10, Johnson Earls <jearls@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: Johnson Earls <jearls@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Question: Solaris 10 10/09 HVM on 64-bit Centos 5.4 Dom0 vs Suse 11.3
To: "Boris Derzhavets" <bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thursday, August 26, 2010, 1:27 PM

Mr. Derzhavets,

After installing to Xen 3.4.2, I am seeing the "virt-manager" GUI not working properly.  Before re-installing, virt-manager would ask for root password before executing, to give itself proper privileges for creating new VMs and such; now it no longer does, and cannot create new VMs.  When running as root, it then allows me to create new VMs, but only using a network install (http,ftp,nfs), not using either local media or a network pxfe boot.

Is this normal, or did I do something wrong when installing to 3.4.2?

Thank you very much for your assistance,
- Johnson
jearls@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

From: Boris Derzhavets [mailto:bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2010 9:00 AM
To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Johnson Earls
Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Question: Solaris 10 10/09 HVM on 64-bit Centos 5.4 Dom0 vs Suse 11.3

Setup Xen 3.4.2 & Libvirt 0.6.3 on CentOS 5.3 (2.6.18-194.11.1.el5xen)
1.
# cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
# wget http://www.gitco.de/repo/GITCO-XEN3.4.2_x86_64.repo
2.
# yum groupremove Virtualization
# yum groupinstall Virtualization

Then reboot with entry:-

title Xen 3.4.2 on CentOS (2.6.18-194.11.1.el5xen)
        root (hd2,7)
        kernel /xen.gz-3.4.2
        module /vmlinuz-2.6.18-194.11.1.el5xen ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
        module /initrd-2.6.18-194.11.1.el5xen.img

Make sure :-
[root@Server53 ~]# xm info
host                   : Server53
release                : 2.6.18-194.11.1.el5xen
version                : #1 SMP Tue Aug 10 19:41:55 EDT 2010
machine                : x86_64
nr_cpus                : 2
nr_nodes               : 1
cores_per_socket       : 2
threads_per_core       : 1
cpu_mhz                : 2999
hw_caps                : bfebfbff:20100800:00000000:00000140:0008e3fd:00000000:00000001:00000000
virt_caps              : hvm
total_memory           : 8191
free_memory            : 6
node_to_cpu            : node0:0-1
node_to_memory         : node0:6
xen_major              : 3
xen_minor              : 4
xen_extra              : .2
xen_caps               : xen-3.0-x86_64 xen-3.0-x86_32p hvm-3.0-x86_32 hvm-3.0-x86_32p hvm-3.0-x86_64
xen_scheduler          : credit
xen_pagesize           : 4096
platform_params        : virt_start=0xffff800000000000
xen_changeset          : unavailable
cc_compiler            : gcc version 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-44)
cc_compile_by          : root
cc_compile_domain      : gitco.tld
cc_compile_date        : Wed Nov 11 21:16:28 CET 2009
xend_config_format     : 4

[root@Server53 ~]# brctl show
bridge name     bridge id               STP enabled     interfaces
eth0            8000.00221563f99f       no                 vif1.0
                                                                                 tap1.0
                                                                                 peth0
virbr0          8000.000000000000    yes

Installation :-
# virt-install -n S10U8HVM -r 1024 --hvm --vnc -f /dev/sdc6 -c \
> /root/sol-10-u8-ga-x86-dvd.iso --debug

Boris.

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