Hello Xen list members. I''m new to the software in that I have recently installed it using SLES 10 (SUSE). I''m investigating it''s functionality and utility at my site. I''m at the stage of trying various permutations of the xm command to get a handle on managing VM''s Increasing memory max hasn''t been a problem. Attaching block devises not bad etc. It''s the xm list that''s causing me some worry: #xm list #ID Mem(MiB) VCPUs State Time(s) 0 12896 4 r 782.5 11 512 2 b 21.9 Why is ID 11 always blocked? I''ve read in the archives that more than one vcpu might cause this to be displayed but raising vcpu had no effect. What am I doing wrong? Also has anyone noted in the heading of the output Mem(MiB)? MiB, is this a typo? Shouldn''t it be MB? TIA, Tony -- Tony Angerame UNIX Systems Administrator St. Mary''s College Moraga, California (925)631-8345 _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On 2/8/07, Tony Angerame <aga1@stmarys-ca.edu> wrote:> #xm list > #ID Mem(MiB) VCPUs State Time(s) > 0 12896 4 r 782.5 > 11 512 2 b 21.9 > > Why is ID 11 always blocked?If you only have 1 CPU, only one domain can be running at any given time. The others will be blocked. The running domain will always be the one on which you''re running "xm list", i.e., Dom0, so your DomU machines will always seem to be blocked. It''s the same reason that ps always shows every process other than ps itself to be sleeping.> Also has anyone noted in the heading of > the output Mem(MiB)? MiB, is this a typo? Shouldn''t it be MB?http://www.google.com/search?q=mebibyte Tet _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
- Tethys wrote:> On 2/8/07, Tony Angerame <aga1@stmarys-ca.edu> wrote: > >> #xm list >> #ID Mem(MiB) VCPUs State Time(s) >> 0 12896 4 r 782.5 >> 11 512 2 b 21.9 >> >> Why is ID 11 always blocked? > > If you only have 1 CPU, only one domain can be running at any given > time. The others will be blocked. The running domain will always be > the one on which you''re running "xm list", i.e., Dom0, so your DomU > machines will always seem to be blocked. It''s the same reason that ps > always shows every process other than ps itself to be sleeping. > >> Also has anyone noted in the heading of >> the output Mem(MiB)? MiB, is this a typo? Shouldn''t it be MB? > > http://www.google.com/search?q=mebibyte > > TetThanks for your help Tet. Once I assinged two vcpus to my guest host then ran something on the host the field went to r. BTW have you been running virtualisation for a while? What''s your overall satisfaction/feeling about it? Tony -- Tony Angerame UNIX Systems Administrator St. Mary''s College Moraga, California (925)631-8345 _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users