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Hi,    I''ve been using xVM with no problems since 2009.06 release (centos4/5, rhel4/5, sol10 as guests). This was using the 111a version. Just installed a new server with the 111b version and .... virt-install --nographics -p -r 8192 -n CentOS_48_64_92 -f /dev/zvol/dsk/zm0/vm/CentOS_48_64_92 -l ftp://192.168.101.120/pub/CentOS-48 -w bridge=aggr0 --os-type=linux --os-variant=rhel4

hello all, I have a question of how to install the DomU, I used virt-install, typed VM ''s name. After asked the following question, What is the install location? I typed /media/ubuntu/-9.04-desktop-i386.iso it didn''t work, show the following messages Could not find an installable distribution at

Hi, I try to start Solaris10 HVM DomU on SNV_93 dom0 running amd athlon x2 and 8gb ram. When I try to create a domU i get: bash-3.2# virt-install -n sol10 --hvm -r 1024 --vnc -f /dev/zvol/dsk/rpool/sol10 -c /rpool/pub/sol-10-u5-ga-x86-dvd.iso Starting install... virDomainCreateLinux() failed POST operation failed: (xend.err ''Device 0 (vif) could not be connected. Backend device not

I am trying to create a DomU guest domain to run snv77 over an a snv77 host, following the instructions and example in http://opensolaris.org/os/community/xen/docs/virt-install.html. I booted the xVM partition (selected xVM from the grub menu). virt-install spends 2 or 3 minutes after "Starting install ..." then fails. here''s what I get: bash-3.2# virt-install --name

Hi All, Im getting the following error when I run virt-install: bash-3.2# virt-install -n winxp-01 --hvm -r 384 --vnc -f /etc/opt/vms/winxp-01.img -s 16 -c /etc/opt/images/windowsXP_SP2.iso Starting install... libvir: Xen Daemon error : POST operation failed: (xend.err ''Error creating domain: vncpasswd is not set up in VMconfig and xend-config.'') Traceback (most recent call

Hi, I am trying to install CentOS on an Opensolaris Dom0. virt-install fails with an error in virDomainCreateLinux(). Is this a known issue? Am I missing some step? manoj@mowgli:~$ uname -a SunOS mowgli 5.11 snv_101b i86pc i386 i86xpv Solaris manoj@mowgli:~$ pfexec virt-install What is the name of your virtual machine? centos How much RAM should be allocated (in megabytes)? 512 What would

Hi, Virt-install is not working when I try to provision a vm today. Err is: -- Starting install... Retrieving file vmlinuz... | 1.9 MB 00:00 Retrieving file initrd.img... | 7.1 MB 00:00 Creating storage file... | 110 GB 00:00 ERROR POST operation failed:

Hi guys, I posted this question at virt list on Fedora Project but I guess its a best place to ask help for my problem. I'm trying to set up two kvm/libvirt hosts, I installed the set of packages contained in @kvm and @clustering groups, downloaded and installed glusterfs version 3.1.2, configured the cluster ( all working ), configured the gluster volume and mounted it on

hi guys My OS is centos 5.4 uname -a : Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.18-prep #1 SMP Mon Jul 12 20:03:46 CST 2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux and my xen version is 3.3.1, I install xen from souce code. The xen dom0 and xend is ok but I can''t use virt-install to install a domU. The error is below:

Hi, After full new install of Fedora 19 or 20, I am getting this when I want to create a new VMs. Impossible de terminer l'installation : « Unable to create vcpu cgroup for fedora20(vcpu: 0): Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type » Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/asyncjob.py", line 91, in cb_wrapper callback(asyncjob, *args,

Hi all, I used "net-define" to create a network to use to attach VMs to an Open vSwitch bridge. The net-define worked fine, I can see the network in "net-list" (I set it to started and to autostart) but when I try to attach a new VM's NIC to this network (via virt-manager), I'm getting the following traceback: Unable to complete install: 'Unable to add bridge

Hi, I'm trying to install a qemu-kvm virtual machine on a Debian GNU/Linux squeeze amd64 host, using virtinst 0.500.3 and libvirt 0.8.3. First I tried this command as a normal user (in groups kvm and libvirt): $ virt-install --connect qemu:///system --name test1 \ > --ram $((128 * 1024 * 1024)) --vcpus=1 --description 'Test VM 1' \ >

Here's the procedure: # qemu-img -f qcow2 /vm/win2k3.img 8G # virt-install --connect qemu:///system -n win2k3 -r 512 --vcpus=1 -c /home/temp/win2003sp2ins.iso -f /vm/win2k3.img -s 4 --network=bridge:br0 --mac=00:ff:ff:ff:58:58 --noautoconsole --vnc --os-type=windows --os-variant=win2k3 --hvm --accelerate And I get error as below: Starting install... internal error unable to start guest: qemu:

Hi guys, I hope you can help me on this issue with kvm/libvirt: using this command to install a kvm virtual machine: virt-install --connect qemu:///system \ --name p3k0401 \ --ram 2048 \ --file //dev/VolGroup01/p3k0401logvol \ --accelerate \ -s 10 \ --nographics \ --hvm \ --location='http://10.1.4.80' I get: Starting install... Retrieving file vmlinuz... | 1.8 MB 00:00

Hi I have reinstall Fedora 20 from distrib. I have run yum update and yum upgrade. Running kernel is : 3.14.7-200.fc20.x86_64 Installed Libvirt packages are: libvirt-client-1.1.3.5-2.fc20.x86_64 libvirt-daemon-1.1.3.5-2.fc20.x86_64 libvirt-daemon-config-network-1.1.3.5-2.fc20.x86_64 libvirt-daemon-driver-interface-1.1.3.5-2.fc20.x86_64 libvirt-daemon-driver-network-1.1.3.5-2.fc20.x86_64

i'm having difficulty running KVM virtual machines off of a glusterFS volume mounted using the glusterFS client. i am running centOS 6, 64-bit. i am using virt-install to create my images but encountering the following error: qemu: could not open disk image /mnt/myreplicatestvolume/testvm.img: Invalid argument (see below for a more lengthy version of the error) i have found an example of

Hi, this is my last attempt before trying RHEL 5 I am still having problems with Xen 3.1 in Fedora 7. I keep getting the same error again and again whenever I try to create a domU. Any advice would be highly appreciated. ------------------------------------------------- [root@shrek3-009002084099 images]# virt-install What is the name of your virtual machine? ccvm3 How much RAM should be

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Hi everyone, This is my first attempt at a PV guest install from scratch and I''m a tad confused. Have I answered one of the questions virsh-install asks wrongly? Does anyone know of a general guide for installing PV guests with virsh-install? (Most Centos docs seem to use the GUI based virt-manager and I only have command line access). Am I meant to make use of the files here: