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On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 5:01 AM, <ciaran@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I'm just trying to use xenconsole.

Have you tried xl console?

I've disabled vnc in the vm by adding other_config:disable_pv_vnc=1, so just trying to connect to the text console.

Why not just use the vnc console at first to get things setup?

I've actually started trying to add openxenmanager but had a problem compiling with python, it could not find the gtkvnc module, I chatted to the developer and they said they've never tried compiling/installing it on a dom0 before, only ever from a vm. But that's my "catch 22", I need either openxenmanager/xvp appliance so that I can connect to a (any) vm I've created, but it seems I need a vm in order to compile the tools I need to connect with!!!!

I thought the xvp appliance import would be the solution, but not able to connect with xenconsole as per previous error. Will read those docs right now and see if they shed any light, I'm sure its something simple that I haven't done (haven't done ANY "tweaking" of XCP hosts....), so if anyone has any ideas, they would be very much appreciated!

On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 1:09 PM, Ciaran Kendellen
<ciaran@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Having installed 2x XCP hosts and added them to a resource pool, configured
> shared storage and generally got ready for operations, I'm currently
> struggling to see anything meaningful of my VM's!!!
>
> I started installing centos form template, but couldn't connect to the
> instance that (successfully) created to complete installation, so, on the
> suggestion of a user here, I've imported the xvp appliance, but can't connect
> to the console to complete the config.
>

What are you using to connect to the console?

XCP works a little different from the base Xen hypervisor. I would
recommend to use openxenmanager to connect to the console of the xvp
appliance to get it set up.

Some other information that may be helpful to you:
http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/Xen_Cloud_Platform:_Access_to_VM_console
http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XCP_Projects

> I'm getting :
>
> xenconsole: could not read tty from store: no such file or directory
>
> Now, a cursory google of the above message generally seems to tell me
> xenconsoled is not running, but I've tried running it again, and verified its
> running by :
>
> [root@xen01 ~]# ps ax | grep xenconsoled
> 6448 ? Sl 0:00 /usr/sbin/xenconsoled
>
> But still no joy!
>
> Anybody got any ideas on what I should try next? I've checked what I've found
> to be the usual suspects and just can not make my way past this first vital
> step, so I can actually connect to the VMs I create and can complete
> installations etc.
>
> If it helps, the params of the appliance I'm trying to connect to follows.
>
> Many thanks!
>
> Ciaran.
>
>
> name-label ( RW): xvpappliance
> name-description ( RW): Xen VNC Proxy Appliance
> 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): running
> memory-actual ( RO): 268435456
> memory-target ( RO): <expensive field>
> memory-overhead ( RO): 4194304
> memory-static-max ( RW): 268435456
> memory-dynamic-max ( RW): 268435456
> memory-dynamic-min ( RW): 268435456
> memory-static-min ( RW): 16777216
> suspend-VDI-uuid ( RO): <not in database>
> 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): 1b361d75-5acf-2016-805f-37cca4dab44e
> platform (MRW): nx: false; acpi: true; apic: true; pae:
> true; viridian: true
> allowed-operations (SRO): changing_dynamic_range; pool_migrate;
> changing_VCPUs_live; suspend; hard_reboot; hard_shutdown; clean_reboot;
> clean_shutdown; pause; checkpoint; snapshot
> current-operations (SRO):
> blocked-operations (MRW):
> allowed-VBD-devices (SRO): <expensive field>
> allowed-VIF-devices (SRO): <expensive field>
> possible-hosts ( RO): <expensive field>
> HVM-boot-policy ( RW):
> HVM-boot-params (MRW): order:
> HVM-shadow-multiplier ( RW): 1.000
> PV-kernel ( RW):
> PV-ramdisk ( RW):
> PV-args ( RW):
> PV-legacy-args ( RW):
> PV-bootloader ( RW): pygrub
> PV-bootloader-args ( RW):
> last-boot-CPU-flags ( RO):
> last-boot-record ( RO): <expensive field>
> resident-on ( RO): a8fa813f-ffd5-4083-8b7f-c5edde895412
> affinity ( RW): <not in database>
> other-config (MRW): last_shutdown_time: 20110426T12:57:37Z;
> last_shutdown_action: Restart; last_shutdown_initiator: external;
> last_shutdown_reason: rebooted; disable_pv_vnc: 1; import_task:
> OpaqueRef:bac73e23-0444-63c0-4f61-49eed83da26f; mac_seed: 86439420-4d5f-1605-
> b433-4e66d52c439f; linux_template: true; install-repository:
> http://192.168.12.3/dvd; machine-address-size: 36; rhel5: true; install-
> methods: cdrom,nfs,http,ftp
> dom-id ( RO): 3
> recommendations ( RO): <restrictions><restriction field="memory-
> static-max" max="34359738368" /><restriction field="vcpus-max" max="8"
> /><restriction property="number-of-vbds" max="7" /><restriction
> property="number-of-vifs" max="7" /></restrictions>
> xenstore-data (MRW):
> ha-always-run ( RW): false
> ha-restart-priority ( RW):
> blobs ( RO):
> start-time ( RO): 20110426T12:58:06Z
> install-time ( RO): 19700101T00:00:00Z
> VCPUs-number ( RO): 1
> VCPUs-utilisation (MRO): <expensive field>
> os-version (MRO): name: CentOS release 5.5 (Final)
> (xvpappliance 1.9.1-1); uname: 2.6.18-194.32.1.el5xen; distro: centos; major:
> 5; minor: 5
> PV-drivers-version (MRO): major: 5; minor: 5; micro: 0; build:
> 25727
> PV-drivers-up-to-date ( RO): true
> memory (MRO):
> disks (MRO):
> networks (MRO):
> other (MRO): platform-feature-multiprocessor-suspend:
> 1
> live ( RO): true
> guest-metrics-last-updated ( RO): 20110426T12:59:49Z
> cooperative ( RO): <expensive field>
> protection-policy ( RW): <not in database>
> is-snapshot-from-vmpp ( RO): false
> tags (SRW):
>
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Re: [Xen-users] xenconsole help.