I have been google for a few days now trying to get the Citrix PV Drivers to work on a server 2008 R2 HVM guest. I get the machine up and running then I install the cirtix PV drivers. I have tried both making and not making the registry change. Once I reboot the server I get stuck at the boot screen. The xen log says: XENUTIL: WARNING: CloseFrontend: timed out in XenbusWaitForBackendStateChange: /local/domain/0/backend/console/58/0 in state INITIALISING; retry. If I enable VNC then it says the same thing but its waiting for vfb. I see a post about this specific problem from a few months ago but there doesn''t seem to be any resolution. What is the current status of Citrix PV drivers on server 2008R2? Anyone have any leads on what to try next? Anyone have it working? Thanks Roy _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Pasi Kärkkäinen
2011-Feb-23 08:30 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] Xen 4.0.1 HVM 2008R2 Citrix PV Drivers
On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 05:26:46PM -0600, Roy T. Collins wrote:> I have been google for a few days now trying to get the Citrix PV Drivers > to work on a server 2008 R2 HVM guest. I get the machine up and running > then I install the cirtix PV drivers. I have tried both making and not > making the registry change. Once I reboot the server I get stuck at the > boot screen. > > The xen log says: > > XENUTIL: WARNING: CloseFrontend: timed out in > XenbusWaitForBackendStateChange: /local/domain/0/backend/console/58/0 in > state INITIALISING; retry. > > If I enable VNC then it says the same thing but its waiting for vfb. > > I see a post about this specific problem from a few months ago but there > doesn''t seem to be any resolution. > > What is the current status of Citrix PV drivers on server 2008R2? Anyone > have any leads on what to try next? Anyone have it working? > > Thanks >Citrix PV drivers obviously do run on XenServer and on XCP. If you want to run them on plain Xen.org hypervisor, you might need to set up some xenstore entries manually, ie. citrix pv drivers might assume some entries be present in xenstore that are not used by the traditional xen pv guests. I think there has been some additions to those entries. -- Pasi _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Roy T. Collins
2011-Feb-23 16:09 UTC
RE: [Xen-users] Xen 4.0.1 HVM 2008R2 Citrix PV Drivers
Do you have any info on what might be needed? I have been searching the list archives and google and I cant seem to find any leads on what to look for. Any points would be appreciated. There must not be many on the list that are using the Citrix PV drivers. -----Original Message----- From: Pasi Kärkkäinen [mailto:pasik@iki.fi] Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 2:30 AM To: Roy T. Collins Cc: ''xen-users@lists.xensource.com'' Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Xen 4.0.1 HVM 2008R2 Citrix PV Drivers On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 05:26:46PM -0600, Roy T. Collins wrote:> I have been google for a few days now trying to get the Citrix PV Drivers > to work on a server 2008 R2 HVM guest. I get the machine up and running > then I install the cirtix PV drivers. I have tried both making and not > making the registry change. Once I reboot the server I get stuck at the > boot screen. > > The xen log says: > > XENUTIL: WARNING: CloseFrontend: timed out in > XenbusWaitForBackendStateChange: /local/domain/0/backend/console/58/0 in > state INITIALISING; retry. > > If I enable VNC then it says the same thing but its waiting for vfb. > > I see a post about this specific problem from a few months ago but there > doesn''t seem to be any resolution. > > What is the current status of Citrix PV drivers on server 2008R2? Anyone > have any leads on what to try next? Anyone have it working? > > Thanks >Citrix PV drivers obviously do run on XenServer and on XCP. If you want to run them on plain Xen.org hypervisor, you might need to set up some xenstore entries manually, ie. citrix pv drivers might assume some entries be present in xenstore that are not used by the traditional xen pv guests. I think there has been some additions to those entries. -- Pasi _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Keith Coleman
2011-Feb-23 20:18 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] Xen 4.0.1 HVM 2008R2 Citrix PV Drivers
On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 11:09 AM, Roy T. Collins <RTC@ddt.biochem.umn.edu> wrote:> Do you have any info on what might be needed? I have been searching the list archives and google and I cant seem to find any leads on what to look for. Any points would be appreciated. > > There must not be many on the list that are using the Citrix PV drivers.XCP 0.1.1 winpv drivers work on xen.org 3.4.3 and 4.x. XCP 0.5 and 1.0beta drivers work with some extra effort. Execute the following commands in dom0 when Windows hangs on boot: xenstore-rm /local/domain/0/backend/console/[domU_id] xenstore-rm /local/domain/0/backend/vfb/[domU_id] Eventually I''ll submit a patch so the newer XCP drivers will just work. -- Keith Coleman _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Roy T. Collins
2011-Feb-23 20:45 UTC
RE: [Xen-users] Xen 4.0.1 HVM 2008R2 Citrix PV Drivers
Excellent that did the trick! Thanks so much. -----Original Message----- From: Keith Coleman [mailto:list.keith@scaltro.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 2:18 PM To: Roy T. Collins Cc: Pasi Kärkkäinen; xen-users@lists.xensource.com Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Xen 4.0.1 HVM 2008R2 Citrix PV Drivers On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 11:09 AM, Roy T. Collins <RTC@ddt.biochem.umn.edu> wrote:> Do you have any info on what might be needed? I have been searching the list archives and google and I cant seem to find any leads on what to look for. Any points would be appreciated. > > There must not be many on the list that are using the Citrix PV drivers.XCP 0.1.1 winpv drivers work on xen.org 3.4.3 and 4.x. XCP 0.5 and 1.0beta drivers work with some extra effort. Execute the following commands in dom0 when Windows hangs on boot: xenstore-rm /local/domain/0/backend/console/[domU_id] xenstore-rm /local/domain/0/backend/vfb/[domU_id] Eventually I''ll submit a patch so the newer XCP drivers will just work. -- Keith Coleman _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Pasi Kärkkäinen
2011-Mar-23 15:46 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] Xen 4.0.1 HVM 2008R2 Citrix PV Drivers
On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 03:18:06PM -0500, Keith Coleman wrote:> On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 11:09 AM, Roy T. Collins > <RTC@ddt.biochem.umn.edu> wrote: > > Do you have any info on what might be needed? I have been searching the list archives and google and I cant seem to find any leads on what to look for. Any points would be appreciated. > > > > There must not be many on the list that are using the Citrix PV drivers. > > XCP 0.1.1 winpv drivers work on xen.org 3.4.3 and 4.x. > > XCP 0.5 and 1.0beta drivers work with some extra effort. Execute the > following commands in dom0 when Windows hangs on boot: > xenstore-rm /local/domain/0/backend/console/[domU_id] > xenstore-rm /local/domain/0/backend/vfb/[domU_id] > > Eventually I''ll submit a patch so the newer XCP drivers will just work. >A patch for this would be very much appreciated! Thanks, -- Pasi _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
> > On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 03:18:06PM -0500, Keith Coleman wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 11:09 AM, Roy T. Collins > > <RTC@ddt.biochem.umn.edu> wrote: > > > Do you have any info on what might be needed? I have been searching the > list archives and google and I cant seem to find any leads on what to look > for. Any points would be appreciated. > > > > > > There must not be many on the list that are using the Citrix PV drivers. > > > > XCP 0.1.1 winpv drivers work on xen.org 3.4.3 and 4.x. > > > > XCP 0.5 and 1.0beta drivers work with some extra effort. Execute the > > following commands in dom0 when Windows hangs on boot: > > xenstore-rm /local/domain/0/backend/console/[domU_id] > > xenstore-rm /local/domain/0/backend/vfb/[domU_id] > > > > Eventually I''ll submit a patch so the newer XCP drivers will just work. > > > > A patch for this would be very much appreciated! >Is the timing of the ''xenstore-rm'' command critical? If not you could put it in a shell script in /usr/lib/xen/bin that calls qemu-dm and call that from your script file instead. I do that when I want to turn off log throttling eg: #!/bin/sh /usr/bin/xenstore-write /local/domain/$2/log-throttling 0 exec /usr/lib64/xen/bin/qemu-dm $@ just replace my call to xenstore-write with your calls to xenstore-rm Of course if the timing is critical and it has to be done when windows hangs it will be a bit harder... James _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Pasi Kärkkäinen
2011-Mar-24 00:10 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] Xen 4.0.1 HVM 2008R2 Citrix PV Drivers
On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 10:55:21AM +1100, James Harper wrote:> > > > On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 03:18:06PM -0500, Keith Coleman wrote: > > > On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 11:09 AM, Roy T. Collins > > > <RTC@ddt.biochem.umn.edu> wrote: > > > > Do you have any info on what might be needed? I have been searching the > > list archives and google and I cant seem to find any leads on what to look > > for. Any points would be appreciated. > > > > > > > > There must not be many on the list that are using the Citrix PV drivers. > > > > > > XCP 0.1.1 winpv drivers work on xen.org 3.4.3 and 4.x. > > > > > > XCP 0.5 and 1.0beta drivers work with some extra effort. Execute the > > > following commands in dom0 when Windows hangs on boot: > > > xenstore-rm /local/domain/0/backend/console/[domU_id] > > > xenstore-rm /local/domain/0/backend/vfb/[domU_id] > > > > > > Eventually I''ll submit a patch so the newer XCP drivers will just work. > > > > > > > A patch for this would be very much appreciated! > > > > Is the timing of the ''xenstore-rm'' command critical? If not you could put it in a shell script in /usr/lib/xen/bin that calls qemu-dm and call that from your script file instead. I do that when I want to turn off log throttling eg: > > #!/bin/sh > /usr/bin/xenstore-write /local/domain/$2/log-throttling 0 > exec /usr/lib64/xen/bin/qemu-dm $@ > > just replace my call to xenstore-write with your calls to xenstore-rm > > Of course if the timing is critical and it has to be done when windows hangs it will be a bit harder... >Thanks for the hint! I''m not sure if it''s timing sensitive.. -- Pasi _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Keith Coleman
2011-Mar-29 04:41 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] Xen 4.0.1 HVM 2008R2 Citrix PV Drivers
On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 8:10 PM, Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@iki.fi> wrote:> On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 10:55:21AM +1100, James Harper wrote: >> > >> > On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 03:18:06PM -0500, Keith Coleman wrote: >> > > On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 11:09 AM, Roy T. Collins >> > > <RTC@ddt.biochem.umn.edu> wrote: >> > > > Do you have any info on what might be needed? I have been searching the >> > list archives and google and I cant seem to find any leads on what to look >> > for. Any points would be appreciated. >> > > > >> > > > There must not be many on the list that are using the Citrix PV drivers. >> > > >> > > XCP 0.1.1 winpv drivers work on xen.org 3.4.3 and 4.x. >> > > >> > > XCP 0.5 and 1.0beta drivers work with some extra effort. Execute the >> > > following commands in dom0 when Windows hangs on boot: >> > > xenstore-rm /local/domain/0/backend/console/[domU_id] >> > > xenstore-rm /local/domain/0/backend/vfb/[domU_id] >> > > >> > > Eventually I''ll submit a patch so the newer XCP drivers will just work. >> > > >> > >> > A patch for this would be very much appreciated! >> > >> >> Is the timing of the ''xenstore-rm'' command critical? If not you could put it in a shell script in /usr/lib/xen/bin that calls qemu-dm and call that from your script file instead. I do that when I want to turn off log throttling eg: >> >> #!/bin/sh >> /usr/bin/xenstore-write /local/domain/$2/log-throttling 0 >> exec /usr/lib64/xen/bin/qemu-dm $@ >> >> just replace my call to xenstore-write with your calls to xenstore-rm >> >> Of course if the timing is critical and it has to be done when windows hangs it will be a bit harder... >> > > Thanks for the hint! I''m not sure if it''s timing sensitive.. >It''s not sensitive so this will work. -- Keith Coleman _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
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