xenguest-install problem with 08/28 build

[Mark Wisner]

I am seeing the following failure while doing a xenguest-install.

****************************************************
What is the name of your virtual machine? vm1
 How much RAM should be allocated (in megabytes)? 512
 What would you like to use as the disk (path)? /var/xen/vm1/hda
 How large would you like the disk to be (in gigabytes)? 5
 What is the install location? 
http://porkchop.redhat.com/nightly/rawhide-latest/tree-i386/
 
Starting install...
libvir: Xen Daemon error : GET operation failed: No such domain vm1
libvir: Xen Daemon error : POST operation failed: No such domain vm1
Failed to get devices for domain vm1
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/xenguest-install", line 237, in ?
    main()
  File "/usr/sbin/xenguest-install", line 229, in main
    r = guest.start_install(True)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/xeninst/ParaVirtGuest.py", line 
183, in start_install
    self.domain = conn.createLinux(cxml, 0)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 249, in 
createLinux
    if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virDomainCreateLinux() failed')
libvirt.libvirtError: virDomainCreateLinux() failed
***********************************************************

I did a clean  install with the 08/28 build.

Kernel is 2.6.17-1.2586.fc6xen.

I am running on an IBM x335 with 1.5 GB or Ram and a 32GB SCSI drive.

I also see a failure while running virt-manager but that could be a user 
problem. I am still investigating it.


Mark K. Wisner
Advisory Software Engineer
IBM Linux Technology Center
3039 Cornwallis Rd
RTP, NC 27709
Tel. [phone]
Cell 919-649-5813

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 10:39:14AM -0400, Mark Wisner wrote:
>  I am seeing the following failure while doing a xenguest-install.
>  
>  ****************************************************
>  What is the name of your virtual machine? vm1
>   How much RAM should be allocated (in megabytes)? 512
>   What would you like to use as the disk (path)? /var/xen/vm1/hda
>   How large would you like the disk to be (in gigabytes)? 5
>   What is the install location? 
>  http://porkchop.redhat.com/nightly/rawhide-latest/tree-i386/
>   
>  Starting install...
>  libvir: Xen Daemon error : GET operation failed: No such domain vm1
>  libvir: Xen Daemon error : POST operation failed: No such domain vm1
>  Failed to get devices for domain vm1
>  Traceback (most recent call last):
>    File "/usr/sbin/xenguest-install", line 237, in ?
>      main()
>    File "/usr/sbin/xenguest-install", line 229, in main
>      r = guest.start_install(True)
>    File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/xeninst/ParaVirtGuest.py", line 
>  183, in start_install
>      self.domain = conn.createLinux(cxml, 0)
>    File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 249, in 
>  createLinux
>      if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virDomainCreateLinux() failed')
>  libvirt.libvirtError: virDomainCreateLinux() failed
>  *********************************************************** 
So the domain failed to start, which suggests the kernel failed to boot
successfully. If you check in /var/log/xend.log you may well find some
more useful debug information about the problem. Oh, /var/log/xend-debug.log
too, and maybe 'xm dmesg' for the HyperVisor logs.

Regards,
Dan.
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[Daniel Veillard]

On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 10:39:14AM -0400, Mark Wisner wrote:
>  I am seeing the following failure while doing a xenguest-install.
>  
>  ****************************************************
>  What is the name of your virtual machine? vm1
>   How much RAM should be allocated (in megabytes)? 512
>   What would you like to use as the disk (path)? /var/xen/vm1/hda
>   How large would you like the disk to be (in gigabytes)? 5
>   What is the install location? 
>  http://porkchop.redhat.com/nightly/rawhide-latest/tree-i386/
>   
>  Starting install...
>  libvir: Xen Daemon error : GET operation failed: No such domain vm1
>  libvir: Xen Daemon error : POST operation failed: No such domain vm1
>  Failed to get devices for domain vm1 
Sounds like problem that libvirt hit a few weeks ago.

>  I did a clean  install with the 08/28 build.
>  
>  Kernel is 2.6.17-1.2586.fc6xen.
>  
>  I am running on an IBM x335 with 1.5 GB or Ram and a 32GB SCSI drive.
>  
>  I also see a failure while running virt-manager but that could be a user 
>  problem. I am still investigating it. 
  Well you need to update libvirt if you update the kernel and xen.
The Xen guys seems to love breaking libvirt by changing hypervisor calls
without warnings. Make sure you updated it !

Daniel

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[David F Barrera]

I am also seeing the same issue.


Mark Wisner wrote:
>  I am seeing the following failure while doing a xenguest-install.
>
>  ****************************************************
>  What is the name of your virtual machine? vm1
>  How much RAM should be allocated (in megabytes)? 512
>  What would you like to use as the disk (path)? /var/xen/vm1/hda
>  How large would you like the disk to be (in gigabytes)? 5
>  What is the install location? 
>  http://porkchop.redhat.com/nightly/rawhide-latest/tree-i386/
>
>  Starting install...
>  libvir: Xen Daemon error : GET operation failed: No such domain vm1
>  libvir: Xen Daemon error : POST operation failed: No such domain vm1
>  Failed to get devices for domain vm1
>  Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/sbin/xenguest-install", line 237, in ?
>     main()
>   File "/usr/sbin/xenguest-install", line 229, in main
>     r = guest.start_install(True)
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/xeninst/ParaVirtGuest.py", 
>  line 183, in start_install
>     self.domain = conn.createLinux(cxml, 0)
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 249, in 
>  createLinux
>     if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virDomainCreateLinux() failed')
>  libvirt.libvirtError: virDomainCreateLinux() failed
>  ***********************************************************
>
>  I did a clean  install with the 08/28 build.
>
>  Kernel is 2.6.17-1.2586.fc6xen.
>
>  I am running on an IBM x335 with 1.5 GB or Ram and a 32GB SCSI drive.
>
>  I also see a failure while running virt-manager but that could be a 
>  user problem. I am still investigating it.
>
>
>  Mark K. Wisner
>  Advisory Software Engineer
>  IBM Linux Technology Center
>  3039 Cornwallis Rd
>  RTP, NC 27709
>  Tel. [phone]
>  Cell 919-649-5813
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Regards,

David F Barrera
Linux Technology Center
Systems and Technology Group, IBM

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[Ricardo Ariel Gorosito]

I'm using rawhide's 2.6.17-1.2597.fc6xen. I get the same problem. These 
are entries from may xend-debug.log :

ERROR: Initial guest OS requires too much space
(0x10MB is greater than 0MB limit)
 (0 = Success)
ERROR: Error constructing guest OS
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File 
"/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/xen/xend/server/SrvDomainDir.py", line 
77, in op_create
    dominfo = self.xd.domain_create(config)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/xen/xend/XendDomain.py", line 
228, in domain_create
    dominfo = XendDomainInfo.create(config)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/xen/xend/XendDomainInfo.py", 
line 194, in create
    vm.initDomain()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/xen/xend/XendDomainInfo.py", 
line 1330, in initDomain
    raise VmError(str(exn))
VmError: (22, 'Invalid argument')

David F Barrera escribió:
>  I am also seeing the same issue.
>
>
>  Mark Wisner wrote:
> >
> > I am seeing the following failure while doing a xenguest-install.
> >
> > ****************************************************
> > What is the name of your virtual machine? vm1
> > How much RAM should be allocated (in megabytes)? 512
> > What would you like to use as the disk (path)? /var/xen/vm1/hda
> > How large would you like the disk to be (in gigabytes)? 5
> > What is the install location? 
> > http://porkchop.redhat.com/nightly/rawhide-latest/tree-i386/
> >
> > Starting install...
> > libvir: Xen Daemon error : GET operation failed: No such domain vm1
> > libvir: Xen Daemon error : POST operation failed: No such domain vm1
> > Failed to get devices for domain vm1
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> >  File "/usr/sbin/xenguest-install", line 237, in ?
> >    main()
> >  File "/usr/sbin/xenguest-install", line 229, in main
> >    r = guest.start_install(True)
> >  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/xeninst/ParaVirtGuest.py", 
> > line 183, in start_install
> >    self.domain = conn.createLinux(cxml, 0)
> >  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 249, in 
> > createLinux
> >    if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virDomainCreateLinux() failed')
> > libvirt.libvirtError: virDomainCreateLinux() failed
> > ***********************************************************
> >
> > I did a clean  install with the 08/28 build.
> >
> > Kernel is 2.6.17-1.2586.fc6xen.
> >
> > I am running on an IBM x335 with 1.5 GB or Ram and a 32GB SCSI drive.
> >
> > I also see a failure while running virt-manager but that could be a 
> > user problem. I am still investigating it.
> >
> >
> > Mark K. Wisner
> > Advisory Software Engineer
> > IBM Linux Technology Center
> > 3039 Cornwallis Rd
> > RTP, NC 27709
> > Tel. [phone]
> > Cell 919-649-5813
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
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>

[MJang]

On Wed, 2006-08-30 at 00:18 -0300, Ricardo Ariel Gorosito wrote:
>  I'm using rawhide's 2.6.17-1.2597.fc6xen. I get the same
> problem. These 
>  are entries from may xend-debug.log :
>  
>  ERROR: Initial guest OS requires too much space
>  (0x10MB is greater than 0MB limit)
>   (0 = Success)
>  ERROR: Error constructing guest OS 
Make sure your Domain-0 doesn't take up all the RAM. For example, my
desktop has 2GB, and by default Domain-0 takes 1852MB by default,
leaving 150MB for xen systems. I've run 

xm mem-set Domain-0 512 

to leave room for other systems and avoid the ERROR shown.

Thanks,
Mike

[Ricardo Ariel Gorosito]

dom0 is limited to 200MB and I tried to install a fedora-development 
from mirrors with 256MB (domU). Computer has 512MB.

# xm list
Name                              ID Mem(MiB) VCPUs State  Time(s)
Domain-0                           0      200     1 r-----  1624.6
# xm info |grep memor
total_memory           : 511
free_memory            : 294

With todays version (kernel-xen-2.6.17-1.2600.fc6) I can install fc6dev 
correctly. Note that you need to specify --vnc or --nographics to 
xenguest-install (if not, xenguest-install will ask you forever if you 
like vnc or not)

Ricardo.-

MJang escribió:
>  On Wed, 2006-08-30 at 00:18 -0300, Ricardo Ariel Gorosito wrote:
>    
> > I'm using rawhide's 2.6.17-1.2597.fc6xen. I get the same problem. These 
> > are entries from may xend-debug.log :
> >
> > ERROR: Initial guest OS requires too much space
> > (0x10MB is greater than 0MB limit)
> >  (0 = Success)
> > ERROR: Error constructing guest OS
> >     
>
>  Make sure your Domain-0 doesn't take up all the RAM. For example, my
>  desktop has 2GB, and by default Domain-0 takes 1852MB by default,
>  leaving 150MB for xen systems. I've run 
>
>  xm mem-set Domain-0 512 
>
>  to leave room for other systems and avoid the ERROR shown.
>
>  Thanks,
>  Mike
>
>
>
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