xen discuss - Feb 2008 - HVM guest support is unavailable: is VT/AMD-V supported by your CPU or bios

How can you tell of the CPU has support VT/AMD-V supported by your CPU  or is it
a buis issue error in being enabled in your BIOS?

bash-3.2# cat vista_xen.sh
virt-install -n Vista --os-type=windows --os-variant=vista --hvm -r 1024 --vnc
-f /virts/vista.img -s 30 -c /path/to/vista.iso
bash-3.2# vi vista_xen.sh
/satac3/export
[Hit return to continue] bash-3.2# 
bash-3.2# sh -x ./vista_xen.sh
+ virt-install -n Vista --os-type=windows --os-variant=vista --hvm -r 2048 --vnc
-f /zones/vista.img -s 30 -c /satac3/export/vista.iso


Starting install...
Creating storage file...  100% |=========================|  30 GB    00:00     
libvir: Xen Daemon error : POST operation failed: (xend.err ''Error
creating domain: HVM guest support is unavailable: is VT/AMD-V supported by your
CPU and enabled in your BIOS?'')
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/virt-install", line 657, in ?
    main()
  File "/usr/bin/virt-install", line 606, in main
    dom = guest.start_install(conscb,progresscb)
  File
"/export/builds/xvm_82/proto/install/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py",
line 638, in start_install
  File
"/export/builds/xvm_82/proto/install/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py",
line 655, in _do_install
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/vendor-packages/libvirt.py", line 503, in
createLinux
    if ret is None:raise libvirtError(''virDomainCreateLinux()
failed'', conn=self)
libvirt.libvirtError: virDomainCreateLinux() failed POST operation failed:
(xend.err ''Error creating domain: HVM guest support is unavailable: is
VT/AMD-V supported by your CPU and enabled in your BIOS?'')
bash-3.2# 

Feb 23 15:30:49 unknown genunix: [ID 540533 kern.notice] ^MSunOS Release 5.11 Ve
rsion snv_82 64-bit
Feb 23 15:30:49 unknown genunix: [ID 943907 kern.notice] Copyright 1983-2007 Sun
 Microsystems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
Feb 23 15:30:49 unknown Use is subject to license terms.
Feb 23 15:30:49 unknown unix: [ID 126719 kern.info] features:
10e66c6<cpuid,cx16
,sse3,nx,sse2,sse,cx8,pae,mmx,cmov,msr,tsc>
Feb 23 15:30:49 unknown unix: [ID 168242 kern.info] mem = 2831492K (0xacd21000)
Feb 23 15:30:49 unknown unix: [ID 508459 kern.warning] WARNING: Cannot load psm
pcplusmp
Feb 23 15:30:49 unknown rootnex: [ID 466748 kern.info] root nexus = i86xpv
Feb 23 15:30:49 unknown rootnex: [ID 349649 kern.info] pseudo0 at root
Feb 23 15:30:49 unknown genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] pseudo0 is /pseudo
Feb 23 15:30:49 unknown rootnex: [ID 349649 kern.info] scsi_vhci0 at root
Feb 23 15:30:49 unknown genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] scsi_vhci0 is /scsi_vhci
Feb 23 15:30:49 unknown rootnex: [ID 349649 kern.info] isa0 at root
Feb 23 15:30:49 unknown xpv_psm: [ID 658230 kern.info] NOTICE: apic: local nmi:
0 0 0 1
Feb 23 15:30:49 unknown xpv_psm: [ID 658230 kern.info] NOTICE: apic: local nmi:
1 0 0 1
Feb 23 15:30:49 unknown xpv_psm: [ID 177709 kern.info] xVM_psm: vector 0x9 ioapi
c 0x2 intin 0x9 is bound to cpu 1
Feb 23 15:30:49 unknown genunix: [ID 636498 kern.warning] WARNING: cannot load
platform p
m driver acpippm
Feb 23 15:30:49 unknown genunix: [ID 636498 kern.warning] WARNING: cannot load
platform p
m driver ppm
Feb 23 15:30:49 unknown rootnex: [ID 349649 kern.info] pci0 at root: space 0
offset 0
Feb 23 15:30:49 unknown genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] pci0 is /pci@0,0
Feb 23 15:30:49 unknown xpv_psm: [ID 803547 kern.info] xVM_psm: pci-ide
(pci-ide) instanc
e 1 vector 0x14 ioapic 0x2 intin 0x14 is bound to cpu 0

# prtdiag -v
System Configuration:    
BIOS Configuration: Award Software International, Inc. F13 05/22/2007

==== Processor Sockets ===================================
Version                          Location Tag
-------------------------------- --------------------------
AMD Athlon(tm) X2 Dual Core Processor BE-2350 Socket M2
AMD Athlon(tm) X2 Dual Core Processor BE-2350 Socket M2
 
 
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> How can you tell of the CPU has support VT/AMD-V
> supported by your CPU  or is it a buis issue error in
> being enabled in your BIOS?
Yours board vendor should be responsible for bios upgrades
and known issues with version of bios currently installed.
Information may be on Vendor''s site on the Net. 
I would expect bios upgrade to be required.
 
 
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