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[Xen-users] Re: Xen-users Digest, Vol 65, Issue 19

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Subject: [Xen-users] Re: Xen-users Digest, Vol 65, Issue 19
From: Chris Andrews <khris4@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2010 10:23:42 -0700
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>   1. Re: Do systems have to be IDENTICAL for live migration?
>      (James Pifer)
>   2. Re: I need Vanilla Xen images of major Linux distributions
>      (Donny Brooks)
>   3. Re: Re: Xen 4.0 - Support for Citrix WHQL-certified      Windows
>      PV drivers (benco)
>   4. Xen Cloud Platform 0.5 released! (Dave Scott)
>   5. Re: Do systems have to be IDENTICAL for live migration?
>      (Nick Couchman)
>   6. 2.6.32.15 pvops amd 64 support (Amina Khalid)
>   7. Re: Problem pinging the xen guest after live migration (Srija G)
>   8. Re: Do systems have to be IDENTICAL for live migration?
>      (James Pifer)
>   9. Re: Problem pinging the xen guest after live migration
>      (Bart Coninckx)
>  10. xend start (not building br0 or vif interfaces)
>      (Horton, Steve - IS)
>  11. RE: BusyBox (Gave up waiting on root device) (Horton, Steve - IS)
>  12. RE: BusyBox (Gave up waiting on root device) (Horton, Steve - IS)
>  13. XCP 0.5 release upgrade, oddity (Vern Burke)
>  14. XCP 0.5 release upgrade, bug 2 (Vern Burke)
>  15. [XCP] Strange bug this avaible memory for guests (George Shuklin)
>On Wed, 2010-07-07 at 09:30 -0300, Cristian Colombo wrote:
>> Maybe in .cfg file you have the domUs confired to use more than 8
>> cores....
>> 
>
>No, I don't have any that use over 4. 
>
>James
>
>
>
>I can concur. I was having major issues getting ubuntu 10.04 to install 
>a pv domu on my centos dom0 with xen3.4.2 and xen4.0. I got a 
>subscription to stacklet and within the hour I had a working image. They 
>have all kinds of distros.
>
>Donny B.
>
>On 7/7/2010 2:09 AM, Jonathan Tripathy wrote:
>> Stacklet.com is your friend
>>
>> On 07/07/10 06:47, Jimmy Pierre wrote:
>>> Greetings,
>>>
>>> I am attempting to create a cloud demo and having problems building the
>>> images. As time is of essence, if you have vanilla Xen images of 
>>> openSUSE,
>>> Debian, Ubuntu, Feudora, RedHat et al, to share, I would take them ,-)
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Jimmy
>>>
>>>
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>
>Hello,
>
>I'm also trying to use Citrix PV drivers for Windows (from XCP 0.1.1 and
>0.5 RC3) instead of GPLPV drivers. I have both Xen 4.0.0/kernel 2.6.32.11
>and Xen 4.0.1 (latest RC) with kernel 2.6.32.15. VM's are Win2003,
>Win2008R2_x64  and Win7x64.
>
>The only semi-working setup is Win2003Server on Xen 4.0.1 with Citrix PV
>driver from XCP 0.1.1. After driver installation I see working PV DISK and
>PV Ethernet devices, two other devices (XEN\console and XEN\vfb) are
>unrecognized.
>
>Other combinations:
>
>* Xen 4.0.[0-1]/PV driver 0.5/Win2008 - unable to boot, stop on progress bar
>* Xen 4.0.[0-1]/PV driver 0.1.1/Win2008 - boot only into safe mode
>* Xen 4.0.[0-1]/PV driver 0.5/Win2003 - unable to boot, stop on boot screen
>* Xen 4.0.[0-1]/PV driver 0.5/Win7 - unable to boot, stop on boot screen
>* Xen 4.0.[0-1]/PV driver 0.1.1/Win7 - \Windows\System32\DRIVERS\xevtchn.sys
>  error at the beginning of boot process
>
>Win2008 + PV driver 0.5 install and boot log is attached.
>
>Regards,
>
>Roman
>
>On Thu, Jun 03, 2010 at 12:43:11AM +0200, Peter Braun wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> little progress in XCP windows drivers.
>> 
>> XCP Win PV drivers installed in despite of unknown driver publisher
>> sucessfully to Windows 2008 SP1 x86 HVM domU.
>> 
>> Disk and network i/o raised dramaticaly.
>> 
>> Still remains 2 unrecognised PV devices:
>> - XEN\console
>> - XEN\vfg
>> 
>> 
>> Does it means that XCP Win PV drivers are x86 only not usable for x64 domU?
>> 
>> 
>> Peter
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 2010/5/27 Peter Braun <xenware@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > recently Ive installed Windows 2008 x64 HVM domain on Xen 4.0.
>> >
>> >
>> > On xen wiki is info:
>> > Support for Citrix WHQL-certified Windows PV drivers, included in XCP
>> > (Xen Cloud Platform). Xen Cloud Platform:
>> >
>> >
>> > So I installed them on Windows 2008 x64 domain and its not able to boot 
>> > anymore:
>> >
>> > File: \windows\system32\Drivers\xevtchn.sys
>> >
>> > Status: 0xc0000428
>> >
>> > Info: Windows cannot verify the digital signature for this file
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Can anybody explain me whats the status of Citrix drivers usage on Xen 4.0?
>> >
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> >
>> >
>> > Peter
>> >
>> 
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>Hi,
>
>We're pleased to announce the release of the Xen Cloud Platform (XCP) 0.5, a 
>complete open-source cloud infrastructure platform with a powerful management 
>toolstack based on open APIs, support for multi-tenancy, QoS and detailed 
>metrics for consumption based charging.
>
>The XCP 0.5 bits have been tested extensively (including 100,000s of 
>CPU-hours) and are considered suitable for production use.
>
>XCP 0.5 can be downloaded from:
>
>http://www.xen.org/products/cloud_source.html
>
>XCP 0.5 contains the following features:
>* xen 3.4.2
>* linux 2.6.27
>* openvswitch
>* fully signed windows PV drivers
>* improved SR-IOV support
>* heterogeneous machine resource pool support
>* templates for many different guest types (including latest Ubuntu, Debian)
>* full-featured enterprise-class management toolstack
>** multi-host resource pools
>** live VM snapshots, checkpoints, migration
>** disaster recovery support
>** flexible storage, networking, host power management
>** event tracking, progress notification
>** performance monitoring and alerting
>** XMLRPC-based API and powerful CLI
>
>XCP-unstable development has been happening in parallel with the stabilization 
>of XCP 0.5 and there are lots of cool new features in the pipeline.
>
>What's coming next in XCP-unstable:
>* automatic weekly builds on xen.org
>* xen 4.0
>* linux 2.6.32
>* libxenlight integration
>* new vhd-based storage management service
>* local disk storage optimizations
>* DRBD integration
>* network performance improvements
>* improved support for boot-from-SAN (including multipath)
>
>If you want to join us and help make XCP even more awesome, check out:
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>Cheers,
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>
>
>>>> On 2010/07/07 at 06:21, James Pifer <jep@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
>> On Thu, 2010-07-01 at 21:01 -0400, James Pifer wrote:
>>> I have several systems running 64bit SLES11SP1. I'm trying to Live
>>> Migrate between a couple of them and it's not working, although the
>same
>>> VM will run on each one starting it manually. 
>>> 
>>> The system are not identical. Would one expect migration to work
>>> between these two systems? See below. 
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> James
>> 
>> Just an update to this. I can migrate from the DL360 G5 (8 CPU) to
>the
>> DL360 G6 (16 CPU) but not the other way around. 
>> 
>> Is that expected? Is the CPU count the issue possibly?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> James
>
>Could you more clearly define "not working" - error messages, log
>entries, etc.?  Sometimes CPU differences can prevent live migration
>from working properly, but there are other factors, too.  It would be
>useful to know what Xen says about why live migration is failing.  Also,
>could you specify exactly what CPUs are in those boxes?  I don't use HP,
>but I know with Dell servers the model/generation of server you're using
>can have a wide range of processors in it, so just specifying the server
>model/brand does not really tell anything useful.
>
>-Nick
>
>
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>Hi
>
>I am new to XEN and I need to know whether 2.6.32.15 pvops supports amd 64.
>
>Thanks
>Thank you so much  to both of you John and Matej.
>
>Yes,  both of your  solution,  worked when I am live migrating the guest
>from one  dom0 to  another dom0.
>
>What i am doing now,
>
>  -    In Host-B  , I am executing the command ,
>
>                 ping  Guest-15a
>
>   -   In the Host-A   ,  I am executing  the command
>
>          xm  migrate --live  Guest-15a    Host-B
>
> The  result:
>
>       * Live  migration went  very  well,  found  there is  just  1 sec
>stop in between but I think that is  acceptable.*
>
>Our network team says  that portfast is already configured at switch .
>
>But as  the first option  worked , so  I  hope  I can move on  - right?  If
>not please  advice....
>
>My second question is,  mode=4  , ie  802.2ad ( link  aggregation ) did not
>work still yet. I wanted to
>set  the mode=4 as it is much faster. Found one document  , here is the url
>
>http://wiki.oracle.com/page/Cisco+Systems+IOS-based+switches-+interface+bonding+and+trunking
>
>It is very good .  In this  document  , the first line it is mentioned   :
>
>*****   It is important that the native VLANs *be identical* on both sides
>of the link
>
>What does it mean  VLANs *be identical* on both sides of the link  ? Sorry
>for the silly question though.
>
> Would you please explain , do I need to check /configure anything  on the
>server side?     My configuration is  simple  enough ,
>
>In my configuration I have used  eth0 and  eth1 bonded  to bond0, and  for
>each subnet,  created  the
>
>config files,  as   ifcfg-bond0.15, ifcfg-bond0.16,  ifcfg-bond0.17.   Then
>in the /etc/xen/scripts  , I have created
>
>a custom  file where I mentioned all the bridges  for  each  vlan tag.  And
>this custom file is being called
>
>from    /etc/xen/xend-config.sxp...
>
>
>Please  advice,  do you need to proceed with aggregation link or  with
>mode=1, which is now configured  and
>you all helped me a work around...
>
>Thanks again.
>
>
>
>
>On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 6:25 AM, John Haxby <john.haxby@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>
>>  On Sat, 2010-07-03 at 17:57 -0400, Srija G wrote:
>>> Hi ,
>>> [snip]
>>>
>>> Can anyone please advice , where to check?  Do you think it is the switch
>>> configuration issues?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> It's almost certainly a switch issue: the switch doesn't know that the MAC
>> address for the recently migrated machine is on a different port.
>>
>> There are two possibilities: you can either ping something (eg the default
>> router) _from_ the guest after it has migrated or you can set portfast on
>> the switch.  The former just informs the switch that the originating MAC
>> address is now on a different port; the latter makes the switch less willing
>> to hold on to the MAC address/port association for a long time and is
>> something that the network people can do.  You might want to try doing both.
>>
>> jch
>>
>>
>>
>
>> Could you more clearly define "not working" - error messages, log
>> entries, etc.?  Sometimes CPU differences can prevent live migration
>> from working properly, but there are other factors, too.  It would be
>> useful to know what Xen says about why live migration is failing.  Also,
>> could you specify exactly what CPUs are in those boxes?  I don't use HP,
>> but I know with Dell servers the model/generation of server you're using
>> can have a wide range of processors in it, so just specifying the server
>> model/brand does not really tell anything useful.
>> 
>> -Nick
>
>Hi Nick. I actually had all of this in the original post, but cut it in
>replies. See below.
>
>Thanks,
>James
>
>The first system is a ProLiant DL360 G6:
>Proc 1:2533 MHz
>Execution technology:4/4 cores; 8 maximum threads
>Memory technology:64-bit capable
>Processor 1 Internal L1 Cache:128 KB
>Processor 1 Internal L2 Cache:1024 KB
>Processor 1 Internal L3 Cache:8192 KB
>
>Proc 2:2533 MHz
>Execution technology:4/4 cores; 8 maximum threads
>Memory technology:64-bit capable
>Processor 2 Internal L1 Cache:128 KB
>Processor 2 Internal L2 Cache:1024 KB
>Processor 2 Internal L3 Cache:8192 KB
>
>
>The second system is a ProLiant DL360 G5:
>Proc 1:2500 MHz
>Execution technology:4/4 cores; 4 threads
>Memory technology:64-bit capable
>Processor 1 Internal L1 Cache:128 KB
>Processor 1 Internal L2 Cache:12288 KB
>
>Proc 2:2500 MHz
>Execution technology:4/4 cores; 4 threads
>Memory technology:64-bit capable
>Processor 2 Internal L1 Cache:128 KB
>Processor 2 Internal L2 Cache:12288 KB
>
>
>
>When I tried to Live Migrate a VM from system one to system two I got:
>[2010-07-01 12:06:49 5660] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:237) 
>XendDomainInfo.restore(['domain', ['domid', '3'], ['cpu_weight', '256'], 
>['cpu_cap', '0'], ['pool_name', 'Pool-0'], ['bootloader'], ['vcpus', '2'], 
>['node', '8002'], ['cpus', [[], []]], ['on_poweroff', 'destroy'], 
>['description'], ['on_crash', 'destroy'], ['uuid', 
>'92b1b8f4-94aa-d393-92a4-3d78262bf092'], ['bootloader_args'], ['name', 
>'chsimp2'], ['on_reboot', 'restart'], ['maxmem', '2048'], ['memory', '2048'], 
>['shadow_memory', '18'], ['vcpu_avail', '3'], ['features'], ['on_xend_start', 
>'ignore'], ['on_xend_stop', 'ignore'], ['start_time', '1277985922.2'], 
>['cpu_time', '2433.09449026'], ['online_vcpus', '2'], ['image', ['hvm', 
>['kernel'], ['superpages', '0'], ['videoram', '4'], ['hpet', '0'], ['stdvga', 
>'0'], ['loader', '/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader'], ['xen_platform_pci', '1'], 
>['rtc_timeoffset', '0'], ['pci', []], ['hap', '1'], ['localtime', '0'], 
>['timer_mode', '1'], ['pci_msitranslate', '1'], ['oos', '1'], ['apic', '0'
 ],
['sdl', '0'], ['usbdevice', 'tablet'], ['vpt_align', '1'], ['extid', '0'], 
['vncunused', '1'], ['boot', 'c'], ['pae', '1'], ['viridian', '0'], ['acpi', 
'1'], ['vnc', '1'], ['nographic', '0'], ['nomigrate', '0'], ['usb', '1'], 
['tsc_mode', '0'], ['guest_os_type', 'default'], ['device_model', 
'/usr/lib64/xen/bin/qemu-dm'], ['pci_power_mgmt', '0'], ['xauthority', 
'/root/.Xauthority'], ['isa', '0'], ['notes', ['SUSPEND_CANCEL', '1']]]], 
['status', '2'], ['state', '-b----'], ['store_mfn', '1044476'], ['device', 
['vif', ['bridge', 'br0'], ['mac', '00:16:3e:1f:ea:77'], ['script', 
'/etc/xen/scripts/vif-bridge'], ['uuid', 
'53301d91-5283-d69d-4b7d-5beb3deee963'], ['backend', '0']]], ['device', 
['console', ['protocol', 'vt100'], ['location', '4'], ['uuid', 
'b02891b0-855e-fc59-9744-5685e1950c19']]], ['device', ['vbd', ['protocol', 
'x86_32-abi'], ['uuid', '31c2d623-a977-4e81-5ecc-2ab09907f76e'], ['bootable', 
'1'], ['dev', 'hda:disk'], ['uname', 
'phy:/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-200d0b29d2d002200'
 ],
['mode', 'w'], ['backend', '0'], ['VDI']]], ['device', ['vfb', ['vncunused', 
'1'], ['vnc', '1'], ['uuid', 'e40219c2-a740-c910-2840-be3a2aaa9548'], 
['location', '127.0.0.1:5902']]], ['change_home_server', 'False']])
>[2010-07-01 12:06:49 5660] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:2543) 
>XendDomainInfo.constructDomain
>[2010-07-01 12:06:49 5660] DEBUG (balloon:239) Balloon: 31107320 KiB free; 
>need 16384; done.
>[2010-07-01 12:06:49 5660] DEBUG (XendDomain:465) Adding Domain: 1
>[2010-07-01 12:06:49 5660] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:3470) Storing VM details: 
>{'on_xend_stop': 'ignore', 'pool_name': 'Pool-0', 'shadow_memory': '18', 
>'uuid': '92b1b8f4-94aa-d393-92a4-3d78262bf092', 'on_reboot': 'restart', 
>'start_time': '1277985922.2', 'on_poweroff': 'destroy', 'bootloader_args': '', 
>'on_xend_start': 'ignore', 'on_crash': 'destroy', 'xend/restart_count': '0', 
>'vcpus': '2', 'vcpu_avail': '3', 'bootloader': '', 'image': '(hvm (kernel ) 
>(superpages 0) (videoram 4) (hpet 0) (stdvga 0) (loader 
>/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader) (xen_platform_pci 1) (rtc_timeoffset 0) (pci ()) 
>(hap 1) (localtime 0) (timer_mode 1) (pci_msitranslate 1) (oos 1) (apic 0) 
>(sdl 0) (usbdevice tablet) (vpt_align 1) (extid 0) (vncunused 1) (boot c) (pae 
>1) (viridian 0) (acpi 1) (vnc 1) (nographic 0) (nomigrate 0) (usb 1) (tsc_mode 
>0) (guest_os_type default) (device_model /usr/lib64/xen/bin/qemu-dm) 
>(pci_power_mgmt 0) (xauthority /root/.Xauthority) (isa 0) (notes 
>(SUSPEND_CANCEL 1)))', 'name': 'chsi
 mp2'}
>[2010-07-01 12:06:49 5660] INFO (XendDomainInfo:2402) createDevice: console : 
>{'protocol': 'vt100', 'location': '4', 'uuid': 
>'b02891b0-855e-fc59-9744-5685e1950c19'}
>[2010-07-01 12:06:49 5660] DEBUG (DevController:95) DevController: writing 
>{'state': '1', 'backend-id': '0', 'backend': 
>'/local/domain/0/backend/console/1/0'} to /local/domain/1/device/console/0.
>[2010-07-01 12:06:49 5660] DEBUG (DevController:97) DevController: writing 
>{'domain': 'chsimp2', 'frontend': '/local/domain/1/device/console/0', 'uuid': 
>'b02891b0-855e-fc59-9744-5685e1950c19', 'frontend-id': '1', 'state': '1', 
>'location': '4', 'online': '1', 'protocol': 'vt100'} to 
>/local/domain/0/backend/console/1/0.
>[2010-07-01 12:06:49 5660] INFO (XendDomainInfo:2402) createDevice: vfb : 
>{'vncunused': '1', 'other_config': {'vncunused': '1', 'vnc': '1'}, 'vnc': '1', 
>'uuid': 'e40219c2-a740-c910-2840-be3a2aaa9548', 'location': '127.0.0.1:5902'}
>[2010-07-01 12:06:49 5660] DEBUG (DevController:95) DevController: writing 
>{'state': '1', 'backend-id': '0', 'backend': 
>'/local/domain/0/backend/vfb/1/0'} to /local/domain/1/device/vfb/0.
>[2010-07-01 12:06:49 5660] DEBUG (DevController:97) DevController: writing 
>{'vncunused': '1', 'domain': 'chsimp2', 'frontend': 
>'/local/domain/1/device/vfb/0', 'uuid': 
>'e40219c2-a740-c910-2840-be3a2aaa9548', 'frontend-id': '1', 'state': '1', 
>'location': '127.0.0.1:5902', 'online': '1', 'vnc': '1'} to 
>/local/domain/0/backend/vfb/1/0.
>[2010-07-01 12:06:49 5660] INFO (XendDomainInfo:2402) createDevice: vbd : 
>{'protocol': 'x86_32-abi', 'uuid': '31c2d623-a977-4e81-5ecc-2ab09907f76e', 
>'bootable': 1, 'driver': 'paravirtualised', 'dev': 'hda:disk', 'uname': 
>'phy:/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-200d0b29d2d002200', 'mode': 'w', 'backend': '0'}
>[2010-07-01 12:06:49 5660] DEBUG (DevController:95) DevController: writing 
>{'virtual-device': '768', 'protocol': 'x86_32-abi', 'device-type': 'disk', 
>'backend-id': '0', 'state': '1', 'backend': 
>'/local/domain/0/backend/vbd/1/768'} to /local/domain/1/device/vbd/768.
>[2010-07-01 12:06:49 5660] DEBUG (DevController:97) DevController: writing 
>{'domain': 'chsimp2', 'frontend': '/local/domain/1/device/vbd/768', 'uuid': 
>'31c2d623-a977-4e81-5ecc-2ab09907f76e', 'bootable': '1', 'dev': 'hda', 
>'state': '1', 'params': '/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-200d0b29d2d002200', 'mode': 'w', 
>'online': '1', 'frontend-id': '1', 'type': 'phy'} to 
>/local/domain/0/backend/vbd/1/768.
>[2010-07-01 12:06:49 5660] INFO (XendDomainInfo:2402) createDevice: vif : 
>{'bridge': 'br0', 'mac': '00:16:3e:1f:ea:77', 'script': 
>'/etc/xen/scripts/vif-bridge', 'uuid': '53301d91-5283-d69d-4b7d-5beb3deee963', 
>'backend': '0'}
>[2010-07-01 12:06:49 5660] DEBUG (DevController:95) DevController: writing 
>{'backend-id': '0', 'mac': '00:16:3e:1f:ea:77', 'handle': '0', 'state': '1', 
>'backend': '/local/domain/0/backend/vif/1/0'} to /local/domain/1/device/vif/0.
>[2010-07-01 12:06:49 5660] DEBUG (DevController:97) DevController: writing 
>{'bridge': 'br0', 'domain': 'chsimp2', 'handle': '0', 'uuid': 
>'53301d91-5283-d69d-4b7d-5beb3deee963', 'script': 
>'/etc/xen/scripts/vif-bridge', 'mac': '00:16:3e:1f:ea:77', 'frontend-id': '1', 
>'state': '1', 'online': '1', 'frontend': '/local/domain/1/device/vif/0'} to 
>/local/domain/0/backend/vif/1/0.
>[2010-07-01 12:06:49 5660] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:1835) Storing domain details: 
>{'console/port': '4', 'description': '', 'console/limit': '1048576', 
>'image/suspend-cancel': '1', 'domid': '1', 'vm': 
>'/vm/92b1b8f4-94aa-d393-92a4-3d78262bf092', 'cpu/0/availability': 'online', 
>'memory/target': '2097152', 'control/platform-feature-multiprocessor-suspend': 
>'1', 'console/type': 'ioemu', 'cpu/1/availability': 'online', 'store/port': 
>'3', 'name': 'chsimp2'}
>[2010-07-01 12:06:49 5660] INFO (XendCheckpoint:343) restore hvm domain 1, 
>apic=0, pae=1
>[2010-07-01 12:06:49 5660] DEBUG (image:339) No VNC passwd configured for vfb 
>access
>[2010-07-01 12:06:49 5660] DEBUG (image:901) args: boot, val: c
>[2010-07-01 12:06:49 5660] DEBUG (image:901) args: fda, val: None
>[2010-07-01 12:06:49 5660] DEBUG (image:901) args: fdb, val: None
>[2010-07-01 12:06:49 5660] DEBUG (image:901) args: soundhw, val: None
>[2010-07-01 12:06:49 5660] DEBUG (image:901) args: localtime, val: 0
>[2010-07-01 12:06:49 5660] DEBUG (image:901) args: serial, val: None
>[2010-07-01 12:06:49 5660] DEBUG (image:901) args: std-vga, val: 0
>[2010-07-01 12:06:49 5660] DEBUG (image:901) args: isa, val: 0
>[2010-07-01 12:06:49 5660] DEBUG (image:901) args: acpi, val: 1
>[2010-07-01 12:06:49 5660] DEBUG (image:901) args: usb, val: 1
>[2010-07-01 12:06:49 5660] DEBUG (image:901) args: usbdevice, val: tablet
>[2010-07-01 12:06:49 5660] DEBUG (image:901) args: gfx_passthru, val: None
>[2010-07-01 12:06:49 5660] INFO (image:833) Need to create platform 
>device.[domid:1]
>[2010-07-01 12:06:49 5660] DEBUG (XendCheckpoint:361) restore:shadow=0x12, 
>_static_max=0x80000000, _static_min=0x0, 
>[2010-07-01 12:06:49 5660] DEBUG (XendCheckpoint:380) [xc_restore]: 
>/usr/lib64/xen/bin/xc_restore 17 1 3 4 1 1 0 0
>[2010-07-01 12:06:49 5660] INFO (XendCheckpoint:482) xc_domain_restore start: 
>p2m_size = 100000
>[2010-07-01 12:06:49 5660] INFO (XendCheckpoint:482) Reloading memory pages:   
>0%
>[2010-07-01 12:08:12 5660] INFO (XendCheckpoint:482) Read 1448 bytes of QEMU 
>data
>[2010-07-01 12:08:12 5660] INFO (XendCheckpoint:482) Read 5544 bytes of QEMU 
>data
>[2010-07-01 12:08:12 5660] INFO (XendCheckpoint:482) Read 9 bytes of QEMU data
>[2010-07-01 12:08:13 5660] INFO (XendCheckpoint:482) ERROR Internal error: 
>Error when reading batch size
>[2010-07-01 12:08:13 5660] INFO (XendCheckpoint:482) ERROR Internal error: 
>error when buffering batch, finishing
>[2010-07-01 12:08:13 5660] INFO (XendCheckpoint:482) 
>[2010-07-01 12:08:13 5660] INFO (XendCheckpoint:482) Writing 7001 bytes of 
>QEMU data
>[2010-07-01 12:08:13 5660] INFO (XendCheckpoint:482) ERROR Internal error: 
>error setting the HVM context
>[2010-07-01 12:08:14 5660] INFO (XendCheckpoint:482) Restore exit with rc=1
>[2010-07-01 12:08:14 5660] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:3111) XendDomainInfo.destroy: 
>domid=1
>[2010-07-01 12:08:14 5660] ERROR (XendDomainInfo:3125) XendDomainInfo.destroy: 
>domain destruction failed.
>Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/xen/xend/XendDomainInfo.py", line 
> 3118, in destroy
>    xc.domain_pause(self.domid)
>Error: (3, 'No such process')
>[2010-07-01 12:08:14 5660] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:2451) No device model
>[2010-07-01 12:08:14 5660] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:2453) Releasing devices
>[2010-07-01 12:08:14 5660] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:2459) Removing vif/0
>[2010-07-01 12:08:14 5660] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:1289) 
>XendDomainInfo.destroyDevice: deviceClass = vif, device = vif/0
>[2010-07-01 12:08:14 5660] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:2459) Removing console/0
>[2010-07-01 12:08:14 5660] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:1289) 
>XendDomainInfo.destroyDevice: deviceClass = console, device = console/0
>[2010-07-01 12:08:14 5660] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:2459) Removing vbd/768
>[2010-07-01 12:08:14 5660] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:1289) 
>XendDomainInfo.destroyDevice: deviceClass = vbd, device = vbd/768
>[2010-07-01 12:08:14 5660] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:2459) Removing vfb/0
>[2010-07-01 12:08:14 5660] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:1289) 
>XendDomainInfo.destroyDevice: deviceClass = vfb, device = vfb/0
>[2010-07-01 12:08:14 5660] INFO (XendDomain:1108) Domain chsimp2 
>(92b1b8f4-94aa-d393-92a4-3d78262bf092) deleted.
>[2010-07-01 12:08:14 5660] ERROR (XendCheckpoint:416) 
>/usr/lib64/xen/bin/xc_restore 17 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 failed
>Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/xen/xend/XendCheckpoint.py", line 
> 384, in restore
>    forkHelper(cmd, fd, handler.handler, True)
>  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/xen/xend/XendCheckpoint.py", line 
> 470, in forkHelper
>    raise XendError("%s failed" % string.join(cmd))
>XendError: /usr/lib64/xen/bin/xc_restore 17 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 failed
>[2010-07-01 12:08:14 5660] ERROR (XendDomain:1176) Restore failed
>Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/xen/xend/XendDomain.py", line 1160, 
> in domain_restore_fd
>    dominfo = XendCheckpoint.restore(self, fd, paused=paused, 
> relocating=relocating)
>  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/xen/xend/XendCheckpoint.py", line 
> 417, in restore
>    raise exn
>XendError: /usr/lib64/xen/bin/xc_restore 17 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 failed
>
>
>
>On Wednesday 07 July 2010 17:27:23 Srija G wrote:
>> Thank you so much  to both of you John and Matej.
>> 
>> Yes,  both of your  solution,  worked when I am live migrating the guest
>> from one  dom0 to  another dom0.
>> 
>> What i am doing now,
>> 
>>   -    In Host-B  , I am executing the command ,
>> 
>>                  ping  Guest-15a
>> 
>>    -   In the Host-A   ,  I am executing  the command
>> 
>>           xm  migrate --live  Guest-15a    Host-B
>> 
>>  The  result:
>> 
>>        * Live  migration went  very  well,  found  there is  just  1 sec
>> stop in between but I think that is  acceptable.*
>> 
>> Our network team says  that portfast is already configured at switch .
>> 
>> But as  the first option  worked , so  I  hope  I can move on  - right?  If
>> not please  advice....
>> 
>> My second question is,  mode=4  , ie  802.2ad ( link  aggregation ) did not
>> work still yet. I wanted to
>> set  the mode=4 as it is much faster. Found one document  , here is the url
>> 
>> http://wiki.oracle.com/page/Cisco+Systems+IOS-based+switches-+interface+bon
>> ding+and+trunking
>> 
>> It is very good .  In this  document  , the first line it is mentioned   :
>> 
>> *****   It is important that the native VLANs *be identical* on both sides
>> of the link
>> 
>> What does it mean  VLANs *be identical* on both sides of the link  ? Sorry
>> for the silly question though.
>> 
>>  Would you please explain , do I need to check /configure anything  on the
>> server side?     My configuration is  simple  enough ,
>> 
>> In my configuration I have used  eth0 and  eth1 bonded  to bond0, and  for
>> each subnet,  created  the
>> 
>> config files,  as   ifcfg-bond0.15, ifcfg-bond0.16,  ifcfg-bond0.17.   Then
>> in the /etc/xen/scripts  , I have created
>> 
>> a custom  file where I mentioned all the bridges  for  each  vlan tag.  And
>> this custom file is being called
>> 
>> from    /etc/xen/xend-config.sxp...
>> 
>> 
>> Please  advice,  do you need to proceed with aggregation link or  with
>> mode=1, which is now configured  and
>> you all helped me a work around...
>> 
>> Thanks again.
>> 
>> On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 6:25 AM, John Haxby <john.haxby@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >  On Sat, 2010-07-03 at 17:57 -0400, Srija G wrote:
>> >> Hi ,
>> >> [snip]
>> >>
>> >> Can anyone please advice , where to check?  Do you think it is the
>> >> switch configuration issues?
>> >
>> > It's almost certainly a switch issue: the switch doesn't know that the
>> > MAC address for the recently migrated machine is on a different port.
>> >
>> > There are two possibilities: you can either ping something (eg the
>> > default router) _from_ the guest after it has migrated or you can set
>> > portfast on the switch.  The former just informs the switch that the
>> > originating MAC address is now on a different port; the latter makes the
>> > switch less willing to hold on to the MAC address/port association for a
>> > long time and is something that the network people can do.  You might
>> > want to try doing both.
>> >
>> > jch
>> 
>
>Why don't you use multipathing in stead of bonding? 
>
>B.
>
>
>I've just gotten xen-4.0.1-rc4-pre on top of Ubuntu 10.04 using the  2.6.32.15 
>kernel source installed and booting into Dom0 thanks to you guys!
>
>I was under the impression that xend would setup at least a basic bridge 
>interface and some vif interfaces automaticlly.. I don't get any of that. And 
>when I try to start xend manually after reboot I get:
>ifdown: interface eth0 not configured
>RTNTELINK answers: Device or resource busy
>
>Not sure what's going on.
>Thanks,
>-S
>
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>Thanks Dan,
>I tried that and it worked :-)
>Thanks to Cristian Columbo yourself for all your help!
>-Steve
>
>________________________________________
>From: Dante Cinco [dantecinco@xxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 4:31 PM
>To: Horton, Steve - IS; Xen-users
>Subject: [Xen-users] BusyBox (Gave up waiting on root device)
>
>Try adding "dummy=dummy" in your dom0 kernel cmdline:
>
>menuentry "Xen-test" {
>set root='(hd0,1)'
>multiboot /boot/xen.gz dom0_mem=1000M
>module /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32.15 dummy=dummy root=/dev/sda1 ro
>module /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32.15
>}
>
>Dante
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Horton,
>Steve - IS
>Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 12:30 PM
>To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [Xen-users] BusyBox (Gave up waiting on root device)
>
>I used the guide at
>http://bderzhavets.wordpress.com<http://bderzhavets.wordpress.com/> to
>install xen-4.0.1-rc4-pre on top of Ubuntu 10.04 using the  2.6.32.15
>kernel source from jeremy's repo. I got the kernel built and managed
>to get xen all built and installed but when it's booting it drops to a
>busybox shell after it finds my NIC(s). It says: Gave up waiting on
>root device.
>
>It's acts like it can't mount /dev/sda1 but I don't know why.
>
>Not sure if this is correct.. but here is my 40_custom file:
>
>menuentry "Xen-test" {
>set root='(hd0,1)'
>multiboot /boot/xen.gz dom0_mem=1000M
>module /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32.15 root=/dev/sda1 ro
>module /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32.15
>}
>
>Thanks!
>-S
>
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>
>Sure,
>My 40_custom file contains the following:
>
>menuentry "Xen-test" {
>set root='(hd0,1)'
>multiboot /boot/xen.gz dom0_mem=1000M
>module /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32.15 dummy root=/dev/sda1 ro
>module /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32.15
>}
>Then I just did an update-grub and rebooted off the new kernel.
>Hope this helps!
>-Steve
>________________________________
>From: Amina Khalid [amina.khalid@xxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 12:19 PM
>To: Horton, Steve - IS
>Subject: Re: [Xen-users] BusyBox (Gave up waiting on root device)
>
>Can you post how it worked? I am getting the same problem.
>
>Thanks
>
>On 7 July 2010 17:10, Horton, Steve - IS 
><Steve.Horton@xxxxxxx<mailto:Steve.Horton@xxxxxxx>> wrote:
>Thanks Dan,
>I tried that and it worked :-)
>Thanks to Cristian Columbo yourself for all your help!
>-Steve
>
>________________________________________
>From: Dante Cinco [dantecinco@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:dantecinco@xxxxxxxxx>]
>Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 4:31 PM
>To: Horton, Steve - IS; Xen-users
>Subject: [Xen-users] BusyBox (Gave up waiting on root device)
>
>Try adding "dummy=dummy" in your dom0 kernel cmdline:
>
>menuentry "Xen-test" {
>set root='(hd0,1)'
>multiboot /boot/xen.gz dom0_mem=1000M
>module /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32.15 dummy=dummy root=/dev/sda1 ro
>module /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32.15
>}
>
>Dante
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: 
>xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>[mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]
> On Behalf Of Horton,
>Steve - IS
>Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 12:30 PM
>To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [Xen-users] BusyBox (Gave up waiting on root device)
>
>I used the guide at
>http://bderzhavets.wordpress.com<http://bderzhavets.wordpress.com/> to
>install xen-4.0.1-rc4-pre on top of Ubuntu 10.04 using the  2.6.32.15
>kernel source from jeremy's repo. I got the kernel built and managed
>to get xen all built and installed but when it's booting it drops to a
>busybox shell after it finds my NIC(s). It says: Gave up waiting on
>root device.
>
>It's acts like it can't mount /dev/sda1 but I don't know why.
>
>Not sure if this is correct.. but here is my 40_custom file:
>
>menuentry "Xen-test" {
>set root='(hd0,1)'
>multiboot /boot/xen.gz dom0_mem=1000M
>module /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32.15 root=/dev/sda1 ro
>module /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32.15
>}
>
>Thanks!
>-S
>
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>
>You knew it was going to happen, you just knew it :).
>
>I just started upgrading the production cloud from 0.1.1 to 0.5 this 
>afternoon. Migrated all the VMs to the slaves, upgraded the pool master, 
>then I thought I'd check to make sure the upgraded pool master rejoined 
>the pool ok, so I tried to view all VMs from the console and got "This 
>feature is not available in pools with more than 100 virtual machines."
>
>I don't know if this is just an artifact of doing this on a partially 
>upgraded pool or what, but since I have well south of 100 VMs, I'd call 
>it a bug :). Good news is that XCCS displays this info correctly, so 
>this appears to be a non-critical bug :).
>
>
>-- 
>Vern Burke
>
>SwiftWater Telecom
>http://www.swiftwatertel.com
>ISP/CLEC Engineering Services
>Data Center Services
>Remote Backup Services
>
>
>Once again, another apparently non-critical bug but one you have to 
>watch out for.
>
>VMs in the pool with the 0.1.1 pv drivers are shown to the 0.5 pool 
>master as pv drivers up to date when the pv drivers are clearly out of 
>date. This is verified by noting that the 0.5 pool master can't get the 
>IP addresses in use from a VM with 0.1.1 pv drivers.
>
>Remember to update your VM's pv drivers :).
>-- 
>Vern Burke
>
>SwiftWater Telecom
>http://www.swiftwatertel.com
>ISP/CLEC Engineering Services
>Data Center Services
>Remote Backup Services
>
>
>I got really strange situation with memory on host:
>
>
>xe host-list params=memory-free
>memory-free ( RO)    : 10305536
>(10Mb)
>
>xe host-compute-free-memory 
>3147059200
>(3Gb)
>
>A huge difference! And xentop show different numbers too! 
>
>I will keep this host online "as is" and I am ready to provide information for 
>debbugging or perform needed actions.
>
>-- 
>wBR,George.
>
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