Alan McKay
2013-Jul-17 13:44 UTC
Ubuntu 11.10 in DomU can''t see disks or network devices?
Hey folks, I have been trying to migrate (by cloning) a physical server into a VM in DomU of a box that is running Ubuntu 13.04 in Dom0 with the Xen from that release. I''ve been having some very strange problems which I seem to have traced to the fact that Ubuntu 11.10 does not seem to be able to detect disks nor network devices in a VM on this box. I finally tried a fresh install of both 64 bit server and 64 bit desktop and nada. Can someone confirm this? And is there any way to get 11.10 to see the devices? Here is the info for Dom0 amckay@solexa1:~$ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 13.04 Release: 13.04 Codename: raring amckay@solexa1:~$ dpkg --list | grep -i xen ii libxen-4.2 4.2.1-0ubuntu3.3 amd64 Public libs for Xen ii libxenstore3.0 4.2.1-0ubuntu3.3 amd64 Xenstore communications library for Xen ii xen-hypervisor-4.2-amd64 4.2.1-0ubuntu3.3 amd64 Xen Hypervisor on AMD64 ii xen-utils-4.2 4.2.1-0ubuntu3.3 amd64 XEN administrative tools ii xen-utils-common 4.2.1-0ubuntu3.3 all Xen administrative tools - common files ii xenstore-utils 4.2.1-0ubuntu3.3 amd64 Xenstore utilities for Xen -- “Don''t eat anything you''ve ever seen advertised on TV” - Michael Pollan, author of "In Defense of Food"
Alan McKay
2013-Jul-17 14:29 UTC
Re: Ubuntu 11.10 in DomU can''t see disks or network devices?
Ha, ha, hilarous! I started searching through list archives and found that I had the exact same problem a little over a year ago in another circumstance, and it seems to be an Ubuntu problem with 11.10 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/857662 So this presents a situation for me ... darn -- “Don''t eat anything you''ve ever seen advertised on TV” - Michael Pollan, author of "In Defense of Food"
Alan McKay
2013-Jul-19 15:05 UTC
Re: Ubuntu 11.10 in DomU can''t see disks or network devices?
Just as an update I thought I''d report back on what I did in case anyone else ends up here. My basic problem is that I have an Ubuntu 11.10 machine that I need to move into a Xen VM, but 11.10 has this bug where it can''t see the Xen disks or NICs. So I had to find another physical box to clone it to first. I did that and the clone worked fine. Next step was to upgrade to 12.04 and test the applications that was running to be sure it still worked fine under 12.04. It did, so I then cloned the 12.04 image into a Xen DomU and that worked just fine. So now it works fine in a Xen VM. I''m justing waiting for final testing from the end users before I cut it over. -- “Don''t eat anything you''ve ever seen advertised on TV” - Michael Pollan, author of "In Defense of Food"