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Re: [Xen-users] Convert "full virtual" xenU to "paravirtual" (SOLVED)
That did it. Many, many thanks!
After doing the mkinitrd to include xenblk, it worked fine. I should further
note that the extra step of modifying /etc/modprobe.conf to contain just:
alias eth0 xennet
alias scsi_hostadapter xenblk
Per Fajar's response was not necessary for things to work, but it did also seem
to work OK. I also found a note about doing this at
https://virt.108.redhat.com/articles/2007/01/15/rhel4-testing.html. It is
possible not doing it may cause a problem with some part of the OS I'm not
using, so it is probably worth mentioning.
I was able to remove "type=ioemu" from the vif line without any ill effects. I was also
able to completely remove the "root = ..." line.
Thank you again,
James
Jason Solan wrote:
I have not tried this on RHEL5 yet, but I have done it successfully on
Fedora.
Along with installing the xen kernel on the guest with yum, I had to
recreate the initrd and include the xenblk module.
mkinitrd -f --preload=xenblk /boot/initrd.<kernel_version>.xenblk.img
<kernel_version>
After that I modified the grub config of the guest (assuming you're
using pygrub) to make use of the new initrd.
My steps in short form:
Install HVM guest
Boot into HVM guest
Install xen kernel from within HVM guest
Recreate initrd from within HVM guest
Modify grub.conf of HVM guest to point to the new initrd.
Shutdown HVM guest
Modify HVM config on dom0 to be a PV config file (remove
hvmloader/device_model and add in pygrub like you have. I think i also
removed type=ioemu from the vif line)
xm create on the modified config (use -c to choose which kernel to
boot)
Hope that helps. If its not clear let me know. I planned to make a
detailed guide (for this as well as converting PV to HVM) for my own
use, but haven't had time yet.
On Wed, 2007-09-26 at 14:33 -0400, James Drenter wrote:
I'm stuck in a position where I need to be able to convert (in situ) a fully
virtualized xenU to a paravirtualized xenU. I've seen this discussed a few
times in a few places, but I've never seen a good discussion of it actually
being done. It always seems like some workaround is put into place. My
options are extremely limited so that isn't really feasible for me.
Here's the situation:
I have a single RHEL5 system (64-bit) with plenty of memory and hard drive
space with Xen 3.0.3 installed. While I have root access and can reboot this
system, I do not have access to the system console (it sits in an inaccessible
data center).
On this system, I need to host 4 paravirtualized xenU's running 64-bit RHEL 4 &
5. Still all well and good.
Now it starts to get tricky: I need to install these systems from prepared ISO
images. There does not seem to be any way to directly install a
paravirtualized domain from ISOs, only a fully virtualized domain (HVM). I've
been able to install HVM domUs, but now performance is an issue and I'd really
like to convert them to paravirtualized domUs. I can't seem to make it work.
I've got the xenU kernel in place and changed the original /etc/xen/vm.cfg file
from:
name = "vm1"
builder = "hvm"
memory = "1000"
disk = [ 'phy:/dev/VolGroupVMa/LogVol03,hda,w', ]
vif = [ 'type=ioemu, mac=00:16:3e:1a:19:29, bridge=xenbr0', ]
uuid = "7c3cc0d6-9135-714e-df58-d85e16136d29"
device_model = "/usr/lib64/xen/bin/qemu-dm"
kernel = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader"
vnc=1
vncunused=1
apic=1
acpi=1
pae=1
vcpus=2
serial = "pty" # enable serial console
on_reboot = 'restart'
on_crash = 'restart'
To:
name = "vm1"
memory = "1000"
disk = [ 'phy:/dev/VolGroupVMa/LogVol03,hda,w', ]
vif = [ 'type=ioemu, mac=00:16:3e:1a:19:29, bridge=xenbr0', ]
uuid = "33983d8f-5235-155f-719c-0a0ca299a7a7"
bootloader = "/usr/bin/pygrub"
root = "/dev/hda1 rw"
vnc=1
vncunused=1
vcpus=2
on_reboot = 'restart'
on_crash = 'restart'
Everytime I try to start the xenU domain (xm create vm1), it looks like it is
going to work, then dies after a couple of seconds. The output is not very
helpful:
Using config file "./vm4".
Going to boot Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (2.6.9-55.ELxenU)
kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.9-55.ELxenU
initrd: /boot/initrd-2.6.9-55.ELxenU.img
Started domain vm4
xen_start_info @ffffffff80818000
shared @m0000275000 @ffffffff80107000=@ffffffffff5fd000 [0x802]
xen_start_info: @ffffffff80818000
cr3 0000000000101000 pml4p ffffffff80101ff8
pml4e 0000000000103067 (real 000000012a711067) pgdp ffffff8000103ff0
pgde 0000000000105067 (real 000000012a667067) pmdp ffffff8000105020
pmde 0000000000822067 (real 000000012a9ca067) ptep ffffff80008220c0
pte 0010000000818027 (real 001000012a9d4027)
xen_shared_info: @ffffffffff5fd000
cr3 0000000000101000 pml4p ffffffff80101ff8
pml4e 0000000000103067 (real 000000012a711067) pgdp ffffff8000103ff8
pgde 0000000000000000 is none
PAGE_OFFSET+1.2: @ffffff8000001000
cr3 0000000000101000 pml4p ffffffff80101ff8
pml4e 0000000000103067 (real 000000012a711067) pgdp ffffff8000103000
pgde 0000000000824067 (real 000000012a9c8067) pmdp ffffff8000824000
pmde 0000000000825067 (real 000000012a9c7067) ptep ffffff8000825008
pte 0000000000001167 (real 000000012a643167)
rtc: IRQ 8 is not free.
i8042.c: No controller found.
Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
That's it, it stops there.
My experience with XEN is limited, so I know I might be doing something
completely wrong. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
James
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