xen discuss - Feb 2009 - virt-manager and virt-install can''t use with new built xvm 3.3

Hi Dave,

I built successfully an xvm 3.3 system. However, I found virt-manager
and virt-install don''t work. I attached the error messages of both as
below.

xm tool seems to work. I can run OpenSolaris200811 LiveCD and install
it onto file based disk.

The error messages of virt-manager:
====start of error message===Unable to open connection to hypervisor URI
''xen'':
libvirt.libvirtError virNodeGetInfo() failed socket closed unexpectedly
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/engine.py", line 68, in
_connect_to_uri
    conn = self.get_connection(uri, readOnly)
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/engine.py", line 320, in
get_connection
    self.connections[uri]["connection"].tick()
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/connection.py", line 543,
in tick
    self.hostinfo = self.vmm.getInfo()
  File "libvirt.py", line 775, in getInfo
    if ret is None: raise libvirtError (''virNodeGetInfo()
failed'', conn=self)
libvirtError: virNodeGetInfo() failed socket closed unexpectedly
====end of error message===
The error message of virt-install:
====start of error message===[allen@blu-nhm-ep:~]sudo virt-install
What is the name of your virtual machine? snv_106
 How much RAM should be allocated (in megabytes)? 1024
 What would you like to use as the disk (file path)?
/export/home/allen/IMAGE/snv_106
 How large would you like the disk (/export/home/allen/IMAGE/snv_106)
to be (in gigabytes)? 20
 Would you like to enable graphics support? (yes or no) yes
 What is the install location? /export/home/allen/ISO/sol-11-x86-snv-106.iso


Starting install...
Creating storage file...  100% |=========================|   20 B    00:00
virConnectListDomainsID() failed Broken pipe
Domain installation may not have been
 successful.  If it was, you can restart your domain
 by running ''virsh start snv_106''; otherwise, please
 restart your installation.
Sun, 08 Feb 2009 21:37:12 ERROR    virConnectListDomainsID() failed Broken pipe
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/virt-install", line 511, in ?
    main()
  File "/usr/bin/virt-install", line 471, in main
    dom = guest.start_install(conscb,progresscb)
  File
"/export/home/allen/Workspace/xVM/xvm-3.3/xvm-gate///proto/install/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py",
line 884, in start_install
  File
"/export/home/allen/Workspace/xVM/xvm-3.3/xvm-gate///proto/install/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py",
line 900, in _do_install
  File
"/export/home/allen/Workspace/xVM/xvm-3.3/xvm-gate///proto/install/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py",
line 792, in _create_devices
  File
"/export/home/allen/Workspace/xVM/xvm-3.3/xvm-gate///proto/install/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py",
line 343, in setup
  File
"/export/home/allen/Workspace/xVM/xvm-3.3/xvm-gate///proto/install/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py",
line 305, in is_conflict_net
  File "libvirt.py", line 795, in listDomainsID
    if ret is None: raise libvirtError (''virConnectListDomainsID()
failed'', conn=self)
libvirtError: virConnectListDomainsID() failed Broken pipe
====end of error message===
/export/home/allen/Workspace/xVM/xvm-3.3/xvm-gate/ is the location of
my xvm gate. I used the built patches on another machine different
from the one where xvm-gate was built. It seems this path still
remained in the packages. Are there anything I missed?

Thanks,
Allen

This is the services status.

[allen@blu-nhm-ep:~]uname -a
SunOS blu-nhm-ep 5.11 matrix-unstable i86pc i386 i86xpv
[allen@blu-nhm-ep:~]svcs | grep xvm
disabled       20:13:49 svc:/system/xvm/ipagent:default
online         20:13:48 svc:/system/xvm/store:default
online         20:13:58 svc:/system/xvm/xend:default
online         20:13:58 svc:/system/xvm/console:default
online         20:13:59 svc:/system/xvm/domains:default
online         20:19:39 svc:/system/xvm/virtd:default


On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 4:48 PM, Lu Baolu <allen.virt@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi Dave,
>
> I built successfully an xvm 3.3 system. However, I found virt-manager
> and virt-install don''t work. I attached the error messages of both
as
> below.
>
> xm tool seems to work. I can run OpenSolaris200811 LiveCD and install
> it onto file based disk.
>
> The error messages of virt-manager:
> ====start of error message===> Unable to open connection to hypervisor
URI ''xen'':
> libvirt.libvirtError virNodeGetInfo() failed socket closed unexpectedly
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/engine.py", line 68,
in
> _connect_to_uri
>    conn = self.get_connection(uri, readOnly)
>  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/engine.py", line 320,
in
> get_connection
>    self.connections[uri]["connection"].tick()
>  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/connection.py", line
543, in tick
>    self.hostinfo = self.vmm.getInfo()
>  File "libvirt.py", line 775, in getInfo
>    if ret is None: raise libvirtError (''virNodeGetInfo()
failed'', conn=self)
> libvirtError: virNodeGetInfo() failed socket closed unexpectedly
> ====end of error message===>
> The error message of virt-install:
> ====start of error message===> [allen@blu-nhm-ep:~]sudo virt-install
> What is the name of your virtual machine? snv_106
>  How much RAM should be allocated (in megabytes)? 1024
>  What would you like to use as the disk (file path)?
> /export/home/allen/IMAGE/snv_106
>  How large would you like the disk (/export/home/allen/IMAGE/snv_106)
> to be (in gigabytes)? 20
>  Would you like to enable graphics support? (yes or no) yes
>  What is the install location?
/export/home/allen/ISO/sol-11-x86-snv-106.iso
>
>
> Starting install...
> Creating storage file...  100% |=========================|   20 B    00:00
> virConnectListDomainsID() failed Broken pipe
> Domain installation may not have been
>  successful.  If it was, you can restart your domain
>  by running ''virsh start snv_106''; otherwise, please
>  restart your installation.
> Sun, 08 Feb 2009 21:37:12 ERROR    virConnectListDomainsID() failed Broken
pipe
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "/usr/bin/virt-install", line 511, in ?
>    main()
>  File "/usr/bin/virt-install", line 471, in main
>    dom = guest.start_install(conscb,progresscb)
>  File
"/export/home/allen/Workspace/xVM/xvm-3.3/xvm-gate///proto/install/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py",
> line 884, in start_install
>  File
"/export/home/allen/Workspace/xVM/xvm-3.3/xvm-gate///proto/install/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py",
> line 900, in _do_install
>  File
"/export/home/allen/Workspace/xVM/xvm-3.3/xvm-gate///proto/install/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py",
> line 792, in _create_devices
>  File
"/export/home/allen/Workspace/xVM/xvm-3.3/xvm-gate///proto/install/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py",
> line 343, in setup
>  File
"/export/home/allen/Workspace/xVM/xvm-3.3/xvm-gate///proto/install/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py",
> line 305, in is_conflict_net
>  File "libvirt.py", line 795, in listDomainsID
>    if ret is None: raise libvirtError (''virConnectListDomainsID()
> failed'', conn=self)
> libvirtError: virConnectListDomainsID() failed Broken pipe
> ====end of error message===>
> /export/home/allen/Workspace/xVM/xvm-3.3/xvm-gate/ is the location of
> my xvm gate. I used the built patches on another machine different
> from the one where xvm-gate was built. It seems this path still
> remained in the packages. Are there anything I missed?
>
> Thanks,
> Allen
>

On Mon, Feb 09, 2009 at 04:48:36PM +0800, Lu Baolu wrote:
> I built successfully an xvm 3.3 system. However, I found virt-manager
> and virt-install don''t work. I attached the error messages of both
as
Does virsh work? Presumably not. Does logging in as root properly make
any difference?

Can you run:

LIBVIRT_DEBUG=1 virsh list

and send me the output?

regards
john

On Mon, Feb 09, 2009 at 04:31:10PM +0000, John Levon wrote:
> > I built successfully an xvm 3.3 system. However, I found virt-manager
> > and virt-install don''t work. I attached the error messages of
both as
> 
> Does virsh work? Presumably not. Does logging in as root properly make
> any difference?
Mark Johnson pointed out to me you don''t have our current libvirt tree.
Unfortunately you need that to use the libvirt-based tools with 3.3.

regards
john

Hi John,

Thank you for the information.

Can you tell me how to update my libvirt with that under
hg.opensolaris.org/hg/xen-gate/? I tried to guess some folder names,
but failed to pull. Mark didn''t mention that in his announcement.

Thanks,
Allen

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 2:29 AM, John Levon <john.levon@sun.com>
wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 09, 2009 at 04:31:10PM +0000, John Levon wrote:
>
>> > I built successfully an xvm 3.3 system. However, I found
virt-manager
>> > and virt-install don''t work. I attached the error
messages of both as
>>
>> Does virsh work? Presumably not. Does logging in as root properly make
>> any difference?
>
> Mark Johnson pointed out to me you don''t have our current libvirt
tree.
> Unfortunately you need that to use the libvirt-based tools with 3.3.
>
> regards
> john
>

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 10:02:38AM +0800, Lu Baolu wrote:
> Can you tell me how to update my libvirt with that under
> hg.opensolaris.org/hg/xen-gate/? I tried to guess some folder names,
> but failed to pull. Mark didn''t mention that in his announcement.
We don''t yet have the new libvirt out on OpenSolaris...

regards
john

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 10:54 AM, John Levon <john.levon@sun.com>
wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 10:02:38AM +0800, Lu Baolu wrote:
>
>> Can you tell me how to update my libvirt with that under
>> hg.opensolaris.org/hg/xen-gate/? I tried to guess some folder names,
>> but failed to pull. Mark didn''t mention that in his
announcement.
>
> We don''t yet have the new libvirt out on OpenSolaris...
When will it come out? Does that mean I have to use xm if I''d like to
work on 3.3?

Thanks,
Allen
>
> regards
> john
>

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 11:06:15AM +0800, Lu Baolu wrote:
> >> Can you tell me how to update my libvirt with that under
> >> hg.opensolaris.org/hg/xen-gate/? I tried to guess some folder
names,
> >> but failed to pull. Mark didn''t mention that in his
announcement.
> >
> > We don''t yet have the new libvirt out on OpenSolaris...
> 
> When will it come out? Does that mean I have to use xm if I''d like
to
> work on 3.3?
For the time being, yes. I''ll let you know when this changes.

regards
john

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 11:15 AM, John Levon <john.levon@sun.com>
wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 11:06:15AM +0800, Lu Baolu wrote:
>
>> >> Can you tell me how to update my libvirt with that under
>> >> hg.opensolaris.org/hg/xen-gate/? I tried to guess some folder
names,
>> >> but failed to pull. Mark didn''t mention that in his
announcement.
>> >
>> > We don''t yet have the new libvirt out on OpenSolaris...
>>
>> When will it come out? Does that mean I have to use xm if I''d
like to
>> work on 3.3?
>
> For the time being, yes. I''ll let you know when this changes.
Okay, thank you.
>
> regards
> john
>

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 11:15 AM, John Levon <john.levon@sun.com>
wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 11:06:15AM +0800, Lu Baolu wrote:
>
>> >> Can you tell me how to update my libvirt with that under
>> >> hg.opensolaris.org/hg/xen-gate/? I tried to guess some folder
names,
>> >> but failed to pull. Mark didn''t mention that in his
announcement.
>> >
>> > We don''t yet have the new libvirt out on OpenSolaris...
>>
>> When will it come out? Does that mean I have to use xm if I''d
like to
>> work on 3.3?
>
> For the time being, yes. I''ll let you know when this changes.
John,

I haven''t use xm tools with xvm for a long time. Do you have any
instructions about how to install a full virtualized machine with xm?

Thanks,
Allen
>
> regards
> john
>