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Petrescu, Florin

2010-May-12 17:37 UTC

[Xen-users] moving a VMWare image to Xen / conversion?

Greetings,

 

I have a CentOS VMware image with two vmdk files/disks which are
flattened (34 and 21G)

I have checked the image by opening it in VMPlayer, and it opened just
fine.

I have used qemu-img convert on both of them to and save them as *.img

(they were raw anyway, but I don''t believe that it did change anything)

Here is the XYZ_VM.vmx file content:

------------------------------------ XYZ_VM.vmx
---------------------------------------

#!/usr/bin/vmware

.encoding = "UTF-8"

config.version = "8"

virtualHW.version = "7"

pciBridge0.present = "TRUE"

pciBridge4.present = "TRUE"

pciBridge4.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"

pciBridge4.functions = "8"

pciBridge5.present = "TRUE"

pciBridge5.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"

pciBridge5.functions = "8"

pciBridge6.present = "TRUE"

pciBridge6.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"

pciBridge6.functions = "8"

pciBridge7.present = "TRUE"

pciBridge7.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"

pciBridge7.functions = "8"

vmci0.present = "TRUE"

nvram = "XYZ_VM.nvram"

deploymentPlatform = "windows"

virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted"

unity.customColor = "|23c0c0c0"

tools.upgrade.policy = "useGlobal"

powerType.powerOff = "hard"

powerType.powerOn = "hard"

powerType.suspend = "hard"

powerType.reset = "hard"

 

displayName = "XYZ_VM"

extendedConfigFile = "XYZ_VM.vmxf"

 

scsi0.present = "TRUE"

scsi0.sharedBus = "none"

scsi0.virtualDev = "lsilogic"

memsize = "1024"

scsi0:0.present = "TRUE"

scsi0:0.fileName = "XYZ_VM.vmdk"

scsi0:0.deviceType = "disk"

scsi0:1.present = "TRUE"

scsi0:1.fileName = "XYZ_VM_1.vmdk"

scsi0:1.deviceType = "disk"

ide0:0.present = "TRUE"

ide0:0.clientDevice = "TRUE"

ide0:0.deviceType = "cdrom-raw"

ide0:0.startConnected = "FALSE"

ethernet0.present = "TRUE"

ethernet0.wakeOnPcktRcv = "FALSE"

ethernet0.networkName = "VM Network"

ethernet0.addressType = "vpx"

guestOS = "other26xlinux"

uuid.location = "56 4d b0 75 2a 96 ff 08-91 ad 69 63 37 58 88 84"

uuid.bios = "56 4d b0 75 2a 96 ff 08-91 ad 69 63 37 58 88 84"

vc.uuid = "52 70 33 58 04 2e 49 01-85 68 26 9b e7 4a ea ab"

 

 

ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:50:56:ba:61:cb"

tools.syncTime = "FALSE"

cleanShutdown = "TRUE"

replay.supported = "FALSE"

sched.swap.derivedName
"/vmfs/volumes/4a6f5302-2d18ac2b-4b9b-002219502c60/XYZ_VM/XYZ_VM-3193663
b.vswp"

scsi0:0.redo = ""

scsi0:1.redo = ""

vmotion.checkpointFBSize = "16777216"

pciBridge0.pciSlotNumber = "17"

pciBridge4.pciSlotNumber = "21"

pciBridge5.pciSlotNumber = "22"

pciBridge6.pciSlotNumber = "23"

pciBridge7.pciSlotNumber = "24"

scsi0.pciSlotNumber = "16"

ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = "32"

vmci0.pciSlotNumber = "33"

ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"

vmci0.id = "-1137182814"

hostCPUID.0 = "0000000a756e65476c65746e49656e69"

guestCPUID.0 = "0000000a756e65476c65746e49656e69"

userCPUID.0 = "0000000a756e65476c65746e49656e69"

hostCPUID.1 = "0001067600040800000ce3bdbfebfbff"

guestCPUID.1 = "0001067600010800800822010febfbff"

userCPUID.1 = "0001067600040800000822010febfbff"

hostCPUID.80000001 = "00000000000000000000000120100800"

guestCPUID.80000001 = "00000000000000000000000120100800"

userCPUID.80000001 = "00000000000000000000000120100800"

evcCompatibilityMode = "FALSE"

 

ethernet0.startConnected = "TRUE"

 

tools.remindInstall = "TRUE"

floppy0.present = "FALSE"

replay.filename = ""

------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------

 

I have created a config file called XYZ_XENVM which looks like this:

 

------------------------------------ XYZ_XENVM
----------------------------------------

name = "XYZ_XENVM"

# uuid = "f2030423-963f-e7d5-4bef-6bb47f1d0c99"

uuid =   "52703358-042e-4901-8568-269be74aeaab"

maxmem = 4096

memory = 4096

vcpus = 2

bootloader = "/usr/bin/pygrub"

on_poweroff = "destroy"

on_reboot = "restart"

on_crash = "restart"

vfb = [ "type=vnc,vncunused=0,vncdisplay=53126,keymap=en-us" ]

disk = [ ''file:/wa2/ATC5/XYZ_VM-flat.img,xvda,w'',\

''file:/wa2/ATC5/XYZ_VM_1-flat.img,xvdb,w'' ]

root="/dev/xvda1"

vif = [ "mac=00:50:56:ba:61:cb,bridge=xenbr0,script=vif-bridge" ]

------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------

 

I am using "xm create XYZ_XENVM" but getting the following error:

 

[root@TServerA xen]# xm create XYZ_XENVM

Using config file "./XYZ_XENVM".

Error: (2, ''Invalid kernel'',
''xc_dom_parse_elf_kernel: ELF image has no
shstrtab\n'')

[root@TServerA xen]#

 

ANY help would be highly appreciated!

 

Thanks much,

 

FPT

 

 

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Petrescu, Florin

2010-May-12 20:01 UTC

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[Xen-users] moving a VMWare image to Xen / conversion?

Greetings,

 

I have a CentOS VMware image with two vmdk files/disks which are
flattened (34 and 21G)

I have checked the image by opening it in VMPlayer, and it opened just
fine.

I have used qemu-img convert on both of them to and save them as *.img

(they were raw anyway, but I don''t believe that it did change anything)

Here is the XYZ_VM.vmx file content:

------------------------------------ XYZ_VM.vmx
---------------------------------------

#!/usr/bin/vmware

.encoding = "UTF-8"

config.version = "8"

virtualHW.version = "7"

pciBridge0.present = "TRUE"

pciBridge4.present = "TRUE"

pciBridge4.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"

pciBridge4.functions = "8"

pciBridge5.present = "TRUE"

pciBridge5.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"

pciBridge5.functions = "8"

pciBridge6.present = "TRUE"

pciBridge6.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"

pciBridge6.functions = "8"

pciBridge7.present = "TRUE"

pciBridge7.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"

pciBridge7.functions = "8"

vmci0.present = "TRUE"

nvram = "XYZ_VM.nvram"

deploymentPlatform = "windows"

virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted"

unity.customColor = "|23c0c0c0"

tools.upgrade.policy = "useGlobal"

powerType.powerOff = "hard"

powerType.powerOn = "hard"

powerType.suspend = "hard"

powerType.reset = "hard"

 

displayName = "XYZ_VM"

extendedConfigFile = "XYZ_VM.vmxf"

 

scsi0.present = "TRUE"

scsi0.sharedBus = "none"

scsi0.virtualDev = "lsilogic"

memsize = "1024"

scsi0:0.present = "TRUE"

scsi0:0.fileName = "XYZ_VM.vmdk"

scsi0:0.deviceType = "disk"

scsi0:1.present = "TRUE"

scsi0:1.fileName = "XYZ_VM_1.vmdk"

scsi0:1.deviceType = "disk"

ide0:0.present = "TRUE"

ide0:0.clientDevice = "TRUE"

ide0:0.deviceType = "cdrom-raw"

ide0:0.startConnected = "FALSE"

ethernet0.present = "TRUE"

ethernet0.wakeOnPcktRcv = "FALSE"

ethernet0.networkName = "VM Network"

ethernet0.addressType = "vpx"

guestOS = "other26xlinux"

uuid.location = "56 4d b0 75 2a 96 ff 08-91 ad 69 63 37 58 88 84"

uuid.bios = "56 4d b0 75 2a 96 ff 08-91 ad 69 63 37 58 88 84"

vc.uuid = "52 70 33 58 04 2e 49 01-85 68 26 9b e7 4a ea ab"

 

 

ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:50:56:ba:61:cb"

tools.syncTime = "FALSE"

cleanShutdown = "TRUE"

replay.supported = "FALSE"

sched.swap.derivedName
"/vmfs/volumes/4a6f5302-2d18ac2b-4b9b-002219502c60/XYZ_VM/XYZ_VM-3193663
b.vswp"

scsi0:0.redo = ""

scsi0:1.redo = ""

vmotion.checkpointFBSize = "16777216"

pciBridge0.pciSlotNumber = "17"

pciBridge4.pciSlotNumber = "21"

pciBridge5.pciSlotNumber = "22"

pciBridge6.pciSlotNumber = "23"

pciBridge7.pciSlotNumber = "24"

scsi0.pciSlotNumber = "16"

ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = "32"

vmci0.pciSlotNumber = "33"

ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"

vmci0.id = "-1137182814"

hostCPUID.0 = "0000000a756e65476c65746e49656e69"

guestCPUID.0 = "0000000a756e65476c65746e49656e69"

userCPUID.0 = "0000000a756e65476c65746e49656e69"

hostCPUID.1 = "0001067600040800000ce3bdbfebfbff"

guestCPUID.1 = "0001067600010800800822010febfbff"

userCPUID.1 = "0001067600040800000822010febfbff"

hostCPUID.80000001 = "00000000000000000000000120100800"

guestCPUID.80000001 = "00000000000000000000000120100800"

userCPUID.80000001 = "00000000000000000000000120100800"

evcCompatibilityMode = "FALSE"

 

ethernet0.startConnected = "TRUE"

 

tools.remindInstall = "TRUE"

floppy0.present = "FALSE"

replay.filename = ""

------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------

 

I have created a config file called XYZ_XENVM which looks like this:

 

------------------------------------ XYZ_XENVM
----------------------------------------

name = "XYZ_XENVM"

# uuid = "f2030423-963f-e7d5-4bef-6bb47f1d0c99"

uuid =   "52703358-042e-4901-8568-269be74aeaab"

maxmem = 4096

memory = 4096

vcpus = 2

bootloader = "/usr/bin/pygrub"

on_poweroff = "destroy"

on_reboot = "restart"

on_crash = "restart"

vfb = [ "type=vnc,vncunused=0,vncdisplay=53126,keymap=en-us" ]

disk = [ ''file:/wa2/ATC5/XYZ_VM-flat.img,xvda,w'',\

''file:/wa2/ATC5/XYZ_VM_1-flat.img,xvdb,w'' ]

root="/dev/xvda1"

vif = [ "mac=00:50:56:ba:61:cb,bridge=xenbr0,script=vif-bridge" ]

------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------

 

I am using "xm create XYZ_XENVM" but getting the following error:

 

[root@TServerA xen]# xm create XYZ_XENVM

Using config file "./XYZ_XENVM".

Error: (2, ''Invalid kernel'',
''xc_dom_parse_elf_kernel: ELF image has no
shstrtab\n'')

[root@TServerA xen]#

 

ANY help would be highly appreciated!

 

Thanks much,

 

FPT

 

 

 

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Martinx - ジェームズ

2010-May-12 20:07 UTC

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Re: [Xen-users] moving a VMWare image to Xen / conversion?

Check if the kernel of your CentOS have the option "CONFIG_XEN=y"...
Maybe
that is the problem...

On 12 May 2010 17:01, Petrescu, Florin <fpetrescu@radonc.wustl.edu> wrote:
>  Greetings,
>
>
>
> I have a CentOS VMware image with two vmdk files/disks which are flattened
> (34 and 21G)
>
> I have checked the image by opening it in VMPlayer, and it opened just
> fine.
>
> I have used qemu-img convert on both of them to and save them as *.img
>
> (they were raw anyway, but I don’t believe that it did change anything)
>
> Here is the XYZ_VM.vmx file content:
>
> ------------------------------------ XYZ_VM.vmx
> ---------------------------------------
>
> #!/usr/bin/vmware
>
> .encoding = "UTF-8"
>
> config.version = "8"
>
> virtualHW.version = "7"
>
> pciBridge0.present = "TRUE"
>
> pciBridge4.present = "TRUE"
>
> pciBridge4.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
>
> pciBridge4.functions = "8"
>
> pciBridge5.present = "TRUE"
>
> pciBridge5.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
>
> pciBridge5.functions = "8"
>
> pciBridge6.present = "TRUE"
>
> pciBridge6.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
>
> pciBridge6.functions = "8"
>
> pciBridge7.present = "TRUE"
>
> pciBridge7.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
>
> pciBridge7.functions = "8"
>
> vmci0.present = "TRUE"
>
> nvram = "XYZ_VM.nvram"
>
> deploymentPlatform = "windows"
>
> virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted"
>
> unity.customColor = "|23c0c0c0"
>
> tools.upgrade.policy = "useGlobal"
>
> powerType.powerOff = "hard"
>
> powerType.powerOn = "hard"
>
> powerType.suspend = "hard"
>
> powerType.reset = "hard"
>
>
>
> displayName = "XYZ_VM"
>
> extendedConfigFile = "XYZ_VM.vmxf"
>
>
>
> scsi0.present = "TRUE"
>
> scsi0.sharedBus = "none"
>
> scsi0.virtualDev = "lsilogic"
>
> memsize = "1024"
>
> scsi0:0.present = "TRUE"
>
> scsi0:0.fileName = "XYZ_VM.vmdk"
>
> scsi0:0.deviceType = "disk"
>
> scsi0:1.present = "TRUE"
>
> scsi0:1.fileName = "XYZ_VM_1.vmdk"
>
> scsi0:1.deviceType = "disk"
>
> ide0:0.present = "TRUE"
>
> ide0:0.clientDevice = "TRUE"
>
> ide0:0.deviceType = "cdrom-raw"
>
> ide0:0.startConnected = "FALSE"
>
> ethernet0.present = "TRUE"
>
> ethernet0.wakeOnPcktRcv = "FALSE"
>
> ethernet0.networkName = "VM Network"
>
> ethernet0.addressType = "vpx"
>
> guestOS = "other26xlinux"
>
> uuid.location = "56 4d b0 75 2a 96 ff 08-91 ad 69 63 37 58 88 84"
>
> uuid.bios = "56 4d b0 75 2a 96 ff 08-91 ad 69 63 37 58 88 84"
>
> vc.uuid = "52 70 33 58 04 2e 49 01-85 68 26 9b e7 4a ea ab"
>
>
>
>
>
> ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:50:56:ba:61:cb"
>
> tools.syncTime = "FALSE"
>
> cleanShutdown = "TRUE"
>
> replay.supported = "FALSE"
>
> sched.swap.derivedName >
"/vmfs/volumes/4a6f5302-2d18ac2b-4b9b-002219502c60/XYZ_VM/XYZ_VM-3193663b.vswp"
>
> scsi0:0.redo = ""
>
> scsi0:1.redo = ""
>
> vmotion.checkpointFBSize = "16777216"
>
> pciBridge0.pciSlotNumber = "17"
>
> pciBridge4.pciSlotNumber = "21"
>
> pciBridge5.pciSlotNumber = "22"
>
> pciBridge6.pciSlotNumber = "23"
>
> pciBridge7.pciSlotNumber = "24"
>
> scsi0.pciSlotNumber = "16"
>
> ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = "32"
>
> vmci0.pciSlotNumber = "33"
>
> ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"
>
> vmci0.id = "-1137182814"
>
> hostCPUID.0 = "0000000a756e65476c65746e49656e69"
>
> guestCPUID.0 = "0000000a756e65476c65746e49656e69"
>
> userCPUID.0 = "0000000a756e65476c65746e49656e69"
>
> hostCPUID.1 = "0001067600040800000ce3bdbfebfbff"
>
> guestCPUID.1 = "0001067600010800800822010febfbff"
>
> userCPUID.1 = "0001067600040800000822010febfbff"
>
> hostCPUID.80000001 = "00000000000000000000000120100800"
>
> guestCPUID.80000001 = "00000000000000000000000120100800"
>
> userCPUID.80000001 = "00000000000000000000000120100800"
>
> evcCompatibilityMode = "FALSE"
>
>
>
> ethernet0.startConnected = "TRUE"
>
>
>
> tools.remindInstall = "TRUE"
>
> floppy0.present = "FALSE"
>
> replay.filename = ""
>
>
>
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
> I have created a config file called XYZ_XENVM which looks like this:
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------ XYZ_XENVM
> ----------------------------------------
>
> name = "XYZ_XENVM"
>
> # uuid = "f2030423-963f-e7d5-4bef-6bb47f1d0c99"
>
> uuid =   "52703358-042e-4901-8568-269be74aeaab"
>
> maxmem = 4096
>
> memory = 4096
>
> vcpus = 2
>
> bootloader = "/usr/bin/pygrub"
>
> on_poweroff = "destroy"
>
> on_reboot = "restart"
>
> on_crash = "restart"
>
> vfb = [ "type=vnc,vncunused=0,vncdisplay=53126,keymap=en-us" ]
>
> disk = [ ''file:/wa2/ATC5/XYZ_VM-flat.img,xvda,w'',\
>
> ''file:/wa2/ATC5/XYZ_VM_1-flat.img,xvdb,w'' ]
>
> root="/dev/xvda1"
>
> vif = [ "mac=00:50:56:ba:61:cb,bridge=xenbr0,script=vif-bridge" ]
>
>
>
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
> I am using "xm create XYZ_XENVM" but getting the following error:
>
>
>
> [root@TServerA xen]# xm create XYZ_XENVM
>
> *Using config file "./XYZ_XENVM".*
>
> *Error: (2, ''Invalid kernel'',
''xc_dom_parse_elf_kernel: ELF image has no
> shstrtab\n'')*
>
> [root@TServerA xen]#
>
>
>
> ANY help would be highly appreciated!
>
>
>
> Thanks much,
>
>
>
> FPT
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> The materials in this message are private and may contain Protected
> Healthcare Information. If you are not the intended recipient, be advised
> that any unauthorized use, disclosure, copying or the taking of any action
> in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If
> you have received this email in error, please immediately notify the sender
> via telephone or return mail.
>
> _______________________________________________
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Boris Derzhavets

2010-May-12 20:37 UTC

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Re: [Xen-users] moving a VMWare image to Xen / conversion?

> I have a CentOS VMware image with two vmdk files/diskswhich are flattened (34 and 21G)

Why you decided, that VMWare image contain xenified kernel and
and ramdisk with frontend xen drivers ?
You attempted to work via pygrub.
I would expect conversion to HVM at best.
A kind of VMware-> KVM -> HVM 

Boris

--- On Wed, 5/12/10, Martinx - ジェームズ <thiagocmartinsc@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Martinx - ジェームズ <thiagocmartinsc@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] moving a VMWare image to Xen / conversion?
To: "Petrescu, Florin" <fpetrescu@radonc.wustl.edu>
Cc: xen-users@lists.xensource.com
Date: Wednesday, May 12, 2010, 4:07 PM

Check if the kernel of your CentOS have the option "CONFIG_XEN=y"...
Maybe that is the problem...

On 12 May 2010 17:01, Petrescu, Florin <fpetrescu@radonc.wustl.edu> wrote:















Greetings,

 

I have a CentOS VMware image with two vmdk files/disks
which are flattened (34 and 21G)

I have checked the image by opening it in VMPlayer, and it
opened just fine.

I have used qemu-img convert on both of them to and save
them as *.img

(they were raw anyway, but I don’t believe that it
did change anything)

Here is the XYZ_VM.vmx file content:

------------------------------------ XYZ_VM.vmx
---------------------------------------

#!/usr/bin/vmware

.encoding = "UTF-8"

config.version = "8"

virtualHW.version = "7"

pciBridge0.present = "TRUE"

pciBridge4.present = "TRUE"

pciBridge4.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"

pciBridge4.functions = "8"

pciBridge5.present = "TRUE"

pciBridge5.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"

pciBridge5.functions = "8"

pciBridge6.present = "TRUE"

pciBridge6.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"

pciBridge6.functions = "8"

pciBridge7.present = "TRUE"

pciBridge7.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"

pciBridge7.functions = "8"

vmci0.present = "TRUE"

nvram = "XYZ_VM.nvram"

deploymentPlatform = "windows"

virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted"

unity.customColor = "|23c0c0c0"

tools.upgrade.policy = "useGlobal"

powerType.powerOff = "hard"

powerType.powerOn = "hard"

powerType.suspend = "hard"

powerType.reset = "hard"

 

displayName = "XYZ_VM"

extendedConfigFile = "XYZ_VM.vmxf"

 

scsi0.present = "TRUE"

scsi0.sharedBus = "none"

scsi0.virtualDev = "lsilogic"

memsize = "1024"

scsi0:0.present = "TRUE"

scsi0:0.fileName = "XYZ_VM.vmdk"

scsi0:0.deviceType = "disk"

scsi0:1.present = "TRUE"

scsi0:1.fileName = "XYZ_VM_1.vmdk"

scsi0:1.deviceType = "disk"

ide0:0.present = "TRUE"

ide0:0.clientDevice = "TRUE"

ide0:0.deviceType = "cdrom-raw"

ide0:0.startConnected = "FALSE"

ethernet0.present = "TRUE"

ethernet0.wakeOnPcktRcv = "FALSE"

ethernet0.networkName = "VM Network"

ethernet0.addressType = "vpx"

guestOS = "other26xlinux"

uuid.location = "56 4d b0 75 2a 96 ff 08-91 ad 69 63
37 58 88 84"

uuid.bios = "56 4d b0 75 2a 96 ff 08-91 ad 69 63 37
58 88 84"

vc.uuid = "52 70 33 58 04 2e 49 01-85 68 26 9b e7 4a
ea ab"

 

 

ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:50:56:ba:61:cb"

tools.syncTime = "FALSE"

cleanShutdown = "TRUE"

replay.supported = "FALSE"

sched.swap.derivedName
"/vmfs/volumes/4a6f5302-2d18ac2b-4b9b-002219502c60/XYZ_VM/XYZ_VM-3193663b.vswp"

scsi0:0.redo = ""

scsi0:1.redo = ""

vmotion.checkpointFBSize = "16777216"

pciBridge0.pciSlotNumber = "17"

pciBridge4.pciSlotNumber = "21"

pciBridge5.pciSlotNumber = "22"

pciBridge6.pciSlotNumber = "23"

pciBridge7.pciSlotNumber = "24"

scsi0.pciSlotNumber = "16"

ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = "32"

vmci0.pciSlotNumber = "33"

ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"

vmci0.id = "-1137182814"

hostCPUID.0 = "0000000a756e65476c65746e49656e69"

guestCPUID.0 "0000000a756e65476c65746e49656e69"

userCPUID.0 = "0000000a756e65476c65746e49656e69"

hostCPUID.1 = "0001067600040800000ce3bdbfebfbff"

guestCPUID.1 "0001067600010800800822010febfbff"

userCPUID.1 = "0001067600040800000822010febfbff"

hostCPUID.80000001 "00000000000000000000000120100800"

guestCPUID.80000001 "00000000000000000000000120100800"

userCPUID.80000001 = "00000000000000000000000120100800"

evcCompatibilityMode = "FALSE"

 

ethernet0.startConnected = "TRUE"

 

tools.remindInstall = "TRUE"

floppy0.present = "FALSE"

replay.filename = ""

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

I have created a config file called XYZ_XENVM which looks
like this:

 

------------------------------------ XYZ_XENVM
----------------------------------------

name = "XYZ_XENVM"

# uuid = "f2030423-963f-e7d5-4bef-6bb47f1d0c99"

uuid =   "52703358-042e-4901-8568-269be74aeaab"

maxmem = 4096

memory = 4096

vcpus = 2

bootloader = "/usr/bin/pygrub"

on_poweroff = "destroy"

on_reboot = "restart"

on_crash = "restart"

vfb = [
"type=vnc,vncunused=0,vncdisplay=53126,keymap=en-us" ]

disk = [ ''file:/wa2/ATC5/XYZ_VM-flat.img,xvda,w'',\

''file:/wa2/ATC5/XYZ_VM_1-flat.img,xvdb,w'' ]

root="/dev/xvda1"

vif = [
"mac=00:50:56:ba:61:cb,bridge=xenbr0,script=vif-bridge" ]

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

I am using "xm create XYZ_XENVM" but getting the
following error:

 

[root@TServerA xen]# xm create XYZ_XENVM

Using config file
"./XYZ_XENVM".

Error: (2, ''Invalid kernel'',
''xc_dom_parse_elf_kernel: ELF image has no shstrtab\n'')

[root@TServerA xen]#

 

ANY help would be highly appreciated!

 

Thanks much,

 

FPT

 

 

 



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I am trying to follow-up your comments.

I did not create the image - it was provided and I just want to make it boot in
a Xen server.

Would you elaborate with some details on your comments?

What would be the proper route to be taken to have a VMware vm containing Centos
5.4 to be ran on a Xen server?

 

FPT

 

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From: Boris Derzhavets [mailto:bderzhavets@yahoo.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 3:38 PM
To: Petrescu, Florin; Martinx - ジェА璽爛
Cc: xen-users@lists.xensource.com
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] moving a VMWare image to Xen / conversion?

 
> I have a CentOS VMware image with two vmdk files/disks which are flattened
(34 and 21G)
Why you decided, that VMWare image contain xenified kernel and
and ramdisk with frontend xen drivers ?
You attempted to work via pygrub.
I would expect conversion to HVM at best.
A kind of VMware-> KVM -> HVM 

Boris

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From: Martinx - ジェА璽爛 <thiagocmartinsc@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] moving a VMWare image to Xen / conversion?
To: "Petrescu, Florin" <fpetrescu@radonc.wustl.edu>
Cc: xen-users@lists.xensource.com
Date: Wednesday, May 12, 2010, 4:07 PM

Check if the kernel of your CentOS have the option "CONFIG_XEN=y"...
Maybe that is the problem...

On 12 May 2010 17:01, Petrescu, Florin <fpetrescu@radonc.wustl.edu> wrote:

Greetings,

 

I have a CentOS VMware image with two vmdk files/disks which are flattened (34
and 21G)

I have checked the image by opening it in VMPlayer, and it opened just fine.

I have used qemu-img convert on both of them to and save them as *.img

(they were raw anyway, but I don’t believe that it did change anything)

Here is the XYZ_VM.vmx file content:

------------------------------------ XYZ_VM.vmx
---------------------------------------

#!/usr/bin/vmware

.encoding = "UTF-8"

config.version = "8"

virtualHW.version = "7"

pciBridge0.present = "TRUE"

pciBridge4.present = "TRUE"

pciBridge4.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"

pciBridge4.functions = "8"

pciBridge5.present = "TRUE"

pciBridge5.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"

pciBridge5.functions = "8"

pciBridge6.present = "TRUE"

pciBridge6.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"

pciBridge6.functions = "8"

pciBridge7.present = "TRUE"

pciBridge7.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"

pciBridge7.functions = "8"

vmci0.present = "TRUE"

nvram = "XYZ_VM.nvram"

deploymentPlatform = "windows"

virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted"

unity.customColor = "|23c0c0c0"

tools.upgrade.policy = "useGlobal"

powerType.powerOff = "hard"

powerType.powerOn = "hard"

powerType.suspend = "hard"

powerType.reset = "hard"

 

displayName = "XYZ_VM"

extendedConfigFile = "XYZ_VM.vmxf"

 

scsi0.present = "TRUE"

scsi0.sharedBus = "none"

scsi0.virtualDev = "lsilogic"

memsize = "1024"

scsi0:0.present = "TRUE"

scsi0:0.fileName = "XYZ_VM.vmdk"

scsi0:0.deviceType = "disk"

scsi0:1.present = "TRUE"

scsi0:1.fileName = "XYZ_VM_1.vmdk"

scsi0:1.deviceType = "disk"

ide0:0.present = "TRUE"

ide0:0.clientDevice = "TRUE"

ide0:0.deviceType = "cdrom-raw"

ide0:0.startConnected = "FALSE"

ethernet0.present = "TRUE"

ethernet0.wakeOnPcktRcv = "FALSE"

ethernet0.networkName = "VM Network"

ethernet0.addressType = "vpx"

guestOS = "other26xlinux"

uuid.location = "56 4d b0 75 2a 96 ff 08-91 ad 69 63 37 58 88 84"

uuid.bios = "56 4d b0 75 2a 96 ff 08-91 ad 69 63 37 58 88 84"

vc.uuid = "52 70 33 58 04 2e 49 01-85 68 26 9b e7 4a ea ab"

 

 

ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:50:56:ba:61:cb"

tools.syncTime = "FALSE"

cleanShutdown = "TRUE"

replay.supported = "FALSE"

sched.swap.derivedName =
"/vmfs/volumes/4a6f5302-2d18ac2b-4b9b-002219502c60/XYZ_VM/XYZ_VM-3193663b.vswp"

scsi0:0.redo = ""

scsi0:1.redo = ""

vmotion.checkpointFBSize = "16777216"

pciBridge0.pciSlotNumber = "17"

pciBridge4.pciSlotNumber = "21"

pciBridge5.pciSlotNumber = "22"

pciBridge6.pciSlotNumber = "23"

pciBridge7.pciSlotNumber = "24"

scsi0.pciSlotNumber = "16"

ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = "32"

vmci0.pciSlotNumber = "33"

ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"

vmci0.id = "-1137182814"

hostCPUID.0 = "0000000a756e65476c65746e49656e69"

guestCPUID.0 = "0000000a756e65476c65746e49656e69"

userCPUID.0 = "0000000a756e65476c65746e49656e69"

hostCPUID.1 = "0001067600040800000ce3bdbfebfbff"

guestCPUID.1 = "0001067600010800800822010febfbff"

userCPUID.1 = "0001067600040800000822010febfbff"

hostCPUID.80000001 = "00000000000000000000000120100800"

guestCPUID.80000001 = "00000000000000000000000120100800"

userCPUID.80000001 = "00000000000000000000000120100800"

evcCompatibilityMode = "FALSE"

 

ethernet0.startConnected = "TRUE"

 

tools.remindInstall = "TRUE"

floppy0.present = "FALSE"

replay.filename = ""

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

I have created a config file called XYZ_XENVM which looks like this:

 

------------------------------------ XYZ_XENVM
----------------------------------------

name = "XYZ_XENVM"

# uuid = "f2030423-963f-e7d5-4bef-6bb47f1d0c99"

uuid =   "52703358-042e-4901-8568-269be74aeaab"

maxmem = 4096

memory = 4096

vcpus = 2

bootloader = "/usr/bin/pygrub"

on_poweroff = "destroy"

on_reboot = "restart"

on_crash = "restart"

vfb = [ "type=vnc,vncunused=0,vncdisplay=53126,keymap=en-us" ]

disk = [ ''file:/wa2/ATC5/XYZ_VM-flat.img,xvda,w'',\

''file:/wa2/ATC5/XYZ_VM_1-flat.img,xvdb,w'' ]

root="/dev/xvda1"

vif = [ "mac=00:50:56:ba:61:cb,bridge=xenbr0,script=vif-bridge" ]

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

I am using "xm create XYZ_XENVM" but getting the following error:

 

[root@TServerA xen]# xm create XYZ_XENVM

Using config file "./XYZ_XENVM".

Error: (2, ''Invalid kernel'',
''xc_dom_parse_elf_kernel: ELF image has no shstrtab\n'')

[root@TServerA xen]#

 

ANY help would be highly appreciated!

 

Thanks much,

 

FPT

 

 

 

 

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RE: [Xen-users] moving a VMWare image to Xen / conversion?

VMware image won''t boot boot under Xen. You need conversion procedure
if one exists. Googling gives for instance. 
 http://ian.blenke.com/vmware/vmdk/xen/hvm/qemu
It might not work for the recent VMWare Server , but at least explains 
what the problem is.

Boris.

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From: Petrescu, Florin <fpetrescu@radonc.wustl.edu>
Subject: RE: [Xen-users] moving a VMWare image to Xen / conversion?
To: "Boris Derzhavets" <bderzhavets@yahoo.com>, "Martinx -
ジェームズ" <thiagocmartinsc@gmail.com>
Cc: xen-users@lists.xensource.com
Date: Wednesday, May 12, 2010, 5:07 PM






 

 

 







I am trying to follow-up your comments. 

I did not create the image – it was
provided and I just want to make it boot in a Xen server. 

Would you elaborate with some details on
your comments? 

What would be the proper route to be taken
to have a VMware vm containing Centos 5.4 to be ran on a Xen server? 

  

FPT 

   









From: Boris Derzhavets
[mailto:bderzhavets@yahoo.com] 

Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 3:38
PM

To: Petrescu, Florin; Martinx - ジェームズ

Cc: xen-users@lists.xensource.com

Subject: Re: [Xen-users] moving a
VMWare image to Xen / conversion? 



   


 
  
  > I have a CentOS VMware image
  with two vmdk files/disks which are flattened (34 and 21G)

  

  Why you decided, that VMWare image contain xenified kernel and

  and ramdisk with frontend xen drivers ?

  You attempted to work via pygrub.

  I would expect conversion to HVM at best.

  A kind of VMware-> KVM -> HVM 

  

  Boris

  

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  wrote: 
  

  From: Martinx - ジェームズ <thiagocmartinsc@gmail.com>

  Subject: Re: [Xen-users] moving a VMWare image to Xen / conversion?

  To: "Petrescu, Florin" <fpetrescu@radonc.wustl.edu>

  Cc: xen-users@lists.xensource.com

  Date: Wednesday, May 12, 2010, 4:07 PM 
  
  Check if the kernel of
  your CentOS have the option "CONFIG_XEN=y"... Maybe that is the
  problem... 
  
  On 12 May 2010 17:01, Petrescu, Florin 
  <fpetrescu@radonc.wustl.edu>
  wrote: 
  
  
  Greetings, 
    
  I have
  a CentOS VMware image with two vmdk files/disks which are flattened (34 and
  21G) 
  I have
  checked the image by opening it in VMPlayer, and it opened just fine. 
  I have
  used qemu-img convert on both of them to and save them as *.img 
  (they
  were raw anyway, but I don’t believe that it did change anything) 
  Here
  is the XYZ_VM.vmx file content: 
  ------------------------------------
  XYZ_VM.vmx --------------------------------------- 
  #!/usr/bin/vmware 
  .encoding
  = "UTF-8" 
  config.version
  = "8" 
  virtualHW.version
  = "7" 
  pciBridge0.present
  = "TRUE" 
  pciBridge4.present
  = "TRUE" 
  pciBridge4.virtualDev
  = "pcieRootPort" 
  pciBridge4.functions
  = "8" 
  pciBridge5.present
  = "TRUE" 
  pciBridge5.virtualDev
  = "pcieRootPort" 
  pciBridge5.functions
  = "8" 
  pciBridge6.present
  = "TRUE" 
  pciBridge6.virtualDev
  = "pcieRootPort" 
  pciBridge6.functions
  = "8" 
  pciBridge7.present
  = "TRUE" 
  pciBridge7.virtualDev
  = "pcieRootPort" 
  pciBridge7.functions
  = "8" 
  vmci0.present
  = "TRUE" 
  nvram
  = "XYZ_VM.nvram" 
  deploymentPlatform
  = "windows" 
  virtualHW.productCompatibility
  = "hosted" 
  unity.customColor
  = "|23c0c0c0" 
  tools.upgrade.policy
  = "useGlobal" 
  powerType.powerOff
  = "hard" 
  powerType.powerOn
  = "hard" 
  powerType.suspend
  = "hard" 
  powerType.reset
  = "hard" 
    
  displayName
  = "XYZ_VM" 
  extendedConfigFile
  = "XYZ_VM.vmxf" 
    
  scsi0.present
  = "TRUE" 
  scsi0.sharedBus
  = "none" 
  scsi0.virtualDev
  = "lsilogic" 
  memsize
  = "1024" 
  scsi0:0.present
  = "TRUE" 
  scsi0:0.fileName
  = "XYZ_VM.vmdk" 
  scsi0:0.deviceType
  = "disk" 
  scsi0:1.present
  = "TRUE" 
  scsi0:1.fileName
  = "XYZ_VM_1.vmdk" 
  scsi0:1.deviceType
  = "disk" 
  ide0:0.present
  = "TRUE" 
  ide0:0.clientDevice
  = "TRUE" 
  ide0:0.deviceType
  = "cdrom-raw" 
  ide0:0.startConnected
  = "FALSE" 
  ethernet0.present
  = "TRUE" 
  ethernet0.wakeOnPcktRcv
  = "FALSE" 
  ethernet0.networkName
  = "VM Network" 
  ethernet0.addressType
  = "vpx" 
  guestOS
  = "other26xlinux" 
  uuid.location
  = "56 4d b0 75 2a 96 ff 08-91 ad 69 63 37 58 88 84" 
  uuid.bios
  = "56 4d b0 75 2a 96 ff 08-91 ad 69 63 37 58 88 84" 
  vc.uuid
  = "52 70 33 58 04 2e 49 01-85 68 26 9b e7 4a ea ab" 
    
    
  ethernet0.generatedAddress
  = "00:50:56:ba:61:cb" 
  tools.syncTime
  = "FALSE" 
  cleanShutdown
  = "TRUE" 
  replay.supported
  = "FALSE" 
  sched.swap.derivedName
   
"/vmfs/volumes/4a6f5302-2d18ac2b-4b9b-002219502c60/XYZ_VM/XYZ_VM-3193663b.vswp"
  scsi0:0.redo
  = "" 
  scsi0:1.redo
  = "" 
  vmotion.checkpointFBSize
  = "16777216" 
  pciBridge0.pciSlotNumber
  = "17" 
  pciBridge4.pciSlotNumber
  = "21" 
  pciBridge5.pciSlotNumber
  = "22" 
  pciBridge6.pciSlotNumber
  = "23" 
  pciBridge7.pciSlotNumber
  = "24" 
  scsi0.pciSlotNumber
  = "16" 
  ethernet0.pciSlotNumber
  = "32" 
  vmci0.pciSlotNumber
  = "33" 
  ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset
  = "0" 
  vmci0.id = "-1137182814" 
  hostCPUID.0
  = "0000000a756e65476c65746e49656e69" 
  guestCPUID.0
  = "0000000a756e65476c65746e49656e69" 
  userCPUID.0
  = "0000000a756e65476c65746e49656e69" 
  hostCPUID.1
  = "0001067600040800000ce3bdbfebfbff" 
  guestCPUID.1
  = "0001067600010800800822010febfbff" 
  userCPUID.1
  = "0001067600040800000822010febfbff" 
  hostCPUID.80000001
  = "00000000000000000000000120100800" 
  guestCPUID.80000001
  = "00000000000000000000000120100800" 
  userCPUID.80000001
  = "00000000000000000000000120100800" 
  evcCompatibilityMode
  = "FALSE" 
    
  ethernet0.startConnected
  = "TRUE" 
    
  tools.remindInstall
  = "TRUE" 
  floppy0.present
  = "FALSE" 
  replay.filename
  = "" 
 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
  I have
  created a config file called XYZ_XENVM which looks like this: 
    
  ------------------------------------
  XYZ_XENVM ---------------------------------------- 
  name   "XYZ_XENVM" 
  # uuid
  = "f2030423-963f-e7d5-4bef-6bb47f1d0c99" 
  uuid
  =   "52703358-042e-4901-8568-269be74aeaab" 
  maxmem
  = 4096 
  memory
  = 4096 
  vcpus
  = 2 
  bootloader
  = "/usr/bin/pygrub" 
  on_poweroff
  = "destroy" 
  on_reboot
  = "restart" 
  on_crash
  = "restart" 
  vfb   [ "type=vnc,vncunused=0,vncdisplay=53126,keymap=en-us" ] 
  disk   [ ''file:/wa2/ATC5/XYZ_VM-flat.img,xvda,w'',\ 
  ''file:/wa2/ATC5/XYZ_VM_1-flat.img,xvdb,w''
  ] 
  root="/dev/xvda1" 
  vif   [ "mac=00:50:56:ba:61:cb,bridge=xenbr0,script=vif-bridge" ] 
 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
  I am
  using "xm create XYZ_XENVM" but getting the following error: 
    
  [root@TServerA
  xen]# xm create XYZ_XENVM 
  Using config file "./XYZ_XENVM". 
  Error: (2, ''Invalid kernel'',
''xc_dom_parse_elf_kernel: ELF
  image has no shstrtab\n'') 
  [root@TServerA
  xen]# 
    
  ANY
  help would be highly appreciated! 
    
  Thanks
  much, 
    
  FPT 
    
    
    
  
  
    
  
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