Xen users - Mar 2009 - Windows HVM automated shutdown/restart problems

I am having problems with Windows HVM automated shutdown and restart in a
Windows 2003 Standard domU.

 

Everything on the domU''s are fine until Windows pushes an automatic
update and needs to reboot.

 

This happens regardless of the ACPI version of HAL (fresh install from ISO, vm
clone, etc), number of vpus, memory (basically anything I can change).

 

When the domU is signaled to reboot it will stall at the default screen with
just a pointer (in the vnc session)

 

Now internal to the domU if I manually restart / shutdown the machine everything
is fine.

 

This happens with GPLPV drivers install or native ioemu.

 

Here is the configuration of the system.

 

Debian (Lenny) default packages

 

xen-hypervisor-3.2-1-i386 

xen-linux-system-2.6.26-1-xen-686 

xen-utils-3.2-1 

xenstore-utils 

xenwatch 

xen-shell 

xen-tools

 

default running configuration win2k3.conf

 

kernel =  ''/usr/lib/xen-3.2-1/boot/hvmloader'' 

memory =  ''1024''
device_model = ''/usr/lib/xen-3.2-1/bin/qemu-dm'' 


disk = [
''file:/var/xen/domains/win2k3/win2k3_1.img,ioemu:hda,w'' ]


name = ''win2k3''


vif = [''type=ioemu, bridge=eth0''] 

# vif = [''bridge=eth0''] 

 

vcpus = ''4'' 

acpi = ''1''
apic = ''1''

 

boot = ''cd''         

#boot = ''dc''

 

vnc = ''1''   
vncviewer = ''1''  

vncunused = ''0'' 

sdl = ''0''

usbdevice = ''tablet'' 

 

I have tried (and read) many things to get the machine to reboot in an automated
fashion, but no matter what I do the domU''s hang.

 

I am working on updating to the latest revision of xen (from source) and am
looking for some help solving this issue.

 

Thanks,

Ryan

 

 

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2009/3/19 Ryan Perc <furor_hater@hotmail.com>:
> I am having problems with Windows HVM automated shutdown and restart in
> a Windows 2003 Standard domU.
>
> Everything on the domU''s are fine until Windows pushes an
automatic update
> and needs to reboot.
Does manually rebooting from Windows (Start -> Shutdown -> Reboot) works?

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Yes, a manual reboot work fine.
 
> Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:27:29 +0700
> Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Windows HVM automated shutdown/restart problems
> From: fajar@fajar.net
> To: furor_hater@hotmail.com
> CC: xen-users@lists.xensource.com
> 
> 2009/3/19 Ryan Perc <furor_hater@hotmail.com>:
> > I am having problems with Windows HVM automated shutdown and restart
in
> > a Windows 2003 Standard domU.
> >
> > Everything on the domU''s are fine until Windows pushes an
automatic update
> > and needs to reboot.
> 
> Does manually rebooting from Windows (Start -> Shutdown -> Reboot)
works?
> 
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I have been still trying to get this to work.  I just build xen 3.3.1 with
kernel 2.6.27  and still the same issue.

As an update it seems if I remove something from the hardware profile in windows
the manual reboot / shutdown hangs.

Any help would be appreciated.

Ryan

From: furor_hater@hotmail.com
To: fajar@fajar.net
CC: xen-users@lists.xensource.com
Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Windows HVM automated shutdown/restart problems
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:59:38 +0000








Yes, a manual reboot work fine.
 
> Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:27:29 +0700
> Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Windows HVM automated shutdown/restart problems
> From: fajar@fajar.net
> To: furor_hater@hotmail.com
> CC: xen-users@lists.xensource.com
> 
> 2009/3/19 Ryan Perc <furor_hater@hotmail.com>:
> > I am having problems with Windows HVM automated shutdown and restart
in
> > a Windows 2003 Standard domU.
> >
> > Everything on the domU''s are fine until Windows pushes an
automatic update
> > and needs to reboot.
> 
> Does manually rebooting from Windows (Start -> Shutdown -> Reboot)
works?
> 
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