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RE: [Xen-users] HVM failing. Tips please?

To: Aleix Dorca <adorca@xxxxxx>, "xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-users] HVM failing. Tips please?
From: "Jiang, Yunhong" <yunhong.jiang@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:33:42 +0800
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Any serial port output?

--jyh 

>-----Original Message-----
>From: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>[mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Aleix Dorca
>Sent: 2009年3月25日 22:50
>To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [Xen-users] HVM failing. Tips please?
>
>Hi people,
>
>I have several Xen Dom0's working. Those that have PV domU's work  
>awesomely and without any problems. The ones that have HVM 
>domU's fail  
>once every two weeks (more or less). Here's the setup:
>
>Dell PowerEdge 1950 III
>Ubuntu 8.04.1 (64bits) with Xen 3.3.0 compiled over the linux-image- 
>xen from Ubuntu.
>HVM domU's are Windows 2003 Server Enterprise
>I've set the clocksource to "jiffies" to avoid high load fails (this  
>reduced the failing A LOT).
>All disks are accessed via iscsi.
>
>As said every now and then Dom0 hangs completely. No net access  
>whatsoever... all gone. I have to manually stop the machine and  
>restart it.
>
>My domU config file is super simple... here's an example:
>
>### Config ###
>kernel = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader"
>builder='hvm'
>memory=1024
>name='domu'
>shadow_memory=8
>vcpus=8
>vif = [ '' ]
>disk =         [ 
>'phy:/dev/disk/by-path/ip-xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:3260-iscsi-iqn. 
>2008-08.xx.xx:domu-lun-0,hda,w' ]
>on_poweroff = 'destroy'
>on_reboot   = 'restart'
>on_crash    = 'restart'
>device_model = '/usr/lib/xen/bin/qemu-dm'
>sdl=0
>vnc=1
>vncviewer=0
>stdvga=0
>serial='pty'
>usbdevice='tablet'
>### Config ###
>
>I'm asking you people for help desperately. I've been dealing with  
>this for months now. Any help will be highly appreciated. Please,  
>please, please!! :)
>
>Thanks a lot,
>
>Aleix.
>
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