Hi,
I am attaching screenshots of the boot process.
Here is the xe vm-param-list output for the vm(kinda long):
uuid ( RO) : 30bae3dd-1c3c-840c-2e3f-8163b4346158
name-label ( RW): Test Virtual Machine
name-description ( RW):
user-version ( RW): 1
is-a-template ( RW): false
is-a-snapshot ( RO): false
snapshot-of ( RO): <not in database>
snapshots ( RO):
snapshot-time ( RO): 19700101T00:00:00Z
snapshot-info ( RO):
parent ( RO): <not in database>
children ( RO):
is-control-domain ( RO): false
power-state ( RO): running
memory-actual ( RO): 268402688
memory-target ( RO): 268435456
memory-overhead ( RO): 5242880
memory-static-max ( RW): 268435456
memory-dynamic-max ( RW): 268435456
memory-dynamic-min ( RW): 268435456
memory-static-min ( RW): 134217728
suspend-VDI-uuid ( RW): <not in database>
suspend-SR-uuid ( RW): <not in database>
VCPUs-params (MRW):
VCPUs-max ( RW): 1
VCPUs-at-startup ( RW): 1
actions-after-shutdown ( RW): Destroy
actions-after-reboot ( RW): Restart
actions-after-crash ( RW): Restart
console-uuids (SRO): 7549b9f2-2025-49a6-2958-b89e1b0ec72e
platform (MRW): timeoffset: 0; nx: false; acpi:
true; apic: true; pae: true; viridian: true
allowed-operations (SRO): changing_dynamic_range;
changing_VCPUs_live; hard_reboot; hard_shutdown; clean_reboot;
clean_shutdown; pause; snapshot
current-operations (SRO):
blocked-operations (MRW):
allowed-VBD-devices (SRO): 1; 2
allowed-VIF-devices (SRO): 1; 2; 3
possible-hosts ( RO):
HVM-boot-policy ( RW): BIOS order
HVM-boot-params (MRW): order: dc
HVM-shadow-multiplier ( RW): 1.000
PV-kernel ( RW):
PV-ramdisk ( RW):
PV-args ( RW):
PV-legacy-args ( RW):
PV-bootloader ( RW):
PV-bootloader-args ( RW):
last-boot-CPU-flags ( RO): features:
179ae3bf-bfebfbff-00000001-28100800; vendor: GenuineIntel
last-boot-record ( RO): ''(''struct''
(''uuid''
''30bae3dd-1c3c-840c-2e3f-8163b4346158'')
(''allowed_operations'' (''array''))
(''current_operations'' (''struct''
(''OpaqueRef:ee7002ce-607e-6a35-2837-b83a0aa838d5''
''start'')))
(''power_state'' ''Halted'')
(''name_label'' ''Test Virtual Machine'')
(''name_description'' '''')
(''user_version'' ''1'')
(''is_a_template'' (''boolean''
''0'')) (''suspend_VDI''
''OpaqueRef:NULL'') (''resident_on''
''OpaqueRef:NULL'')
(''affinity''
''OpaqueRef:8f00b1af-6189-3092-e793-1f5c39a1e90c'')
(''memory_overhead'' ''5242880'')
(''memory_target'' ''268435456'')
(''memory_static_max'' ''268435456'')
(''memory_dynamic_max'' ''268435456'')
(''memory_dynamic_min'' ''268435456'')
(''memory_static_min'' ''134217728'')
(''VCPUs_params'' (''struct''))
(''VCPUs_max'' ''1'')
(''VCPUs_at_startup'' ''1'')
(''actions_after_shutdown'' ''destroy'')
(''actions_after_reboot'' ''restart'')
(''actions_after_crash'' ''restart'')
(''consoles'' (''array''))
(''VIFs''
(''array''
''OpaqueRef:cab3403c-ecee-3c41-2ebd-191e12360b93''))
(''VBDs''
(''array''
''OpaqueRef:5ce00c29-ce8c-5d59-4a99-66c46839714e''
''OpaqueRef:4c8668d0-97fb-feec-f9fa-a50b4dffeb44''))
(''crash_dumps''
(''array'')) (''VTPMs''
(''array'')) (''PV_bootloader''
'''') (''PV_kernel'' '''')
(''PV_ramdisk'' '''')
(''PV_args'' '''')
(''PV_bootloader_args'' '''')
(''PV_legacy_args'' '''')
(''HVM_boot_policy'' ''BIOS order'')
(''HVM_boot_params'' (''struct''
(''order'' ''dc'')))
(''HVM_shadow_multiplier''
(''double'' ''1''))
(''platform'' (''struct''
(''timeoffset'' ''0'') (''nx''
''false'')
(''acpi'' ''true'') (''apic''
''true'') (''pae'' ''true'')
(''viridian'' ''true'')))
(''PCI_bus'' '''')
(''other_config'' (''struct''
(''last_shutdown_time''
''20120331T12:47:58Z'')
(''last_shutdown_action'' ''Destroy'')
(''last_shutdown_initiator'' ''external'')
(''last_shutdown_reason'' ''halted'')
(''mac_seed''
''7aeb3116-63f7-c961-35e6-406a3e1ce839'')
(''install-methods''
''cdrom''))) (''domid'' ''-1'')
(''domarch'' ''hvm'')
(''last_boot_CPU_flags''
(''struct'' (''features''
''179ae3bf-bfebfbff-00000001-28100800'')
(''vendor''
''GenuineIntel''))) (''is_control_domain''
(''boolean'' ''0''))
(''metrics''
''OpaqueRef:5d850bf7-448c-a51d-7062-b71e03ea6068'')
(''guest_metrics''
''OpaqueRef:NULL'') (''last_booted_record''
'''') (''recommendations''
''<restrictions><restriction
field=\"memory-static-max\"
max=\"137438953472\" /><restriction
field=\"vcpus-max\" max=\"16\"
/><restriction property=\"number-of-vbds\" max=\"7\"
/><restriction
property=\"number-of-vifs\" max=\"7\"
/></restrictions>'')
(''xenstore_data'' (''struct''))
(''ha_always_run'' (''boolean''
''0''))
(''ha_restart_priority'' '''')
(''is_a_snapshot'' (''boolean''
''0''))
(''snapshot_of'' ''OpaqueRef:NULL'')
(''snapshots'' (''array''))
(''snapshot_time'' (''dateTime.iso8601''
''19700101T00:00:00Z''))
(''transportable_snapshot_id'' '''')
(''blobs'' (''struct''))
(''tags'' (''array''))
(''blocked_operations'' (''struct''))
(''snapshot_info'' (''struct''))
(''snapshot_metadata'' '''')
(''parent'' ''OpaqueRef:NULL'')
(''children''
(''array'')) (''bios_strings''
(''struct'')) (''protection_policy''
''OpaqueRef:NULL'') (''is_snapshot_from_vmpp''
(''boolean'' ''0''))
(''appliance''
''OpaqueRef:NULL'') (''start_delay''
''0'') (''shutdown_delay''
''0'') (''order''
''0'') (''VGPUs'' (''array''))
(''attached_PCIs'' (''array''))
(''suspend_SR''
''OpaqueRef:NULL'') (''version''
''0''))''
resident-on ( RO): cdfffa23-9126-4b5c-9f63-d3a56eb33e2f
affinity ( RW): cdfffa23-9126-4b5c-9f63-d3a56eb33e2f
other-config (MRW): last_shutdown_time:
20120331T12:47:58Z; last_shutdown_action: Destroy;
last_shutdown_initiator: external; last_shutdown_reason: halted;
mac_seed: 7aeb3116-63f7-c961-35e6-406a3e1ce839; install-methods: cdrom
dom-id ( RO): 2
recommendations ( RO): <restrictions><restriction
field="memory-static-max" max="137438953472"
/><restriction
field="vcpus-max" max="16" /><restriction
property="number-of-vbds"
max="7" /><restriction property="number-of-vifs"
max="7" /></restrictions>
xenstore-data (MRW):
ha-always-run ( RW) [DEPRECATED]: false
ha-restart-priority ( RW):
blobs ( RO):
start-time ( RO): 20120408T10:26:40Z
install-time ( RO): 20120331T11:29:29Z
VCPUs-number ( RO): 1
VCPUs-utilisation (MRO): 0: 0.003
os-version (MRO): <not in database>
PV-drivers-version (MRO): <not in database>
PV-drivers-up-to-date ( RO): <not in database>
memory (MRO): <not in database>
disks (MRO): <not in database>
networks (MRO): <not in database>
other (MRO): <not in database>
live ( RO): <not in database>
guest-metrics-last-updated ( RO): <not in database>
cooperative ( RO): true
protection-policy ( RW): <not in database>
is-snapshot-from-vmpp ( RO): false
tags (SRW):
appliance ( RW): <not in database>
start-delay ( RW): 0
shutdown-delay ( RW): 0
order ( RW): 0
version ( RO): 0
I have no idea where xcp keeps config files, so the vm-param-list is as
close as I could find so far. And /var/log/messages has some output, I
did not see anything helpful there though.
Thanks,
John
> Hi,
>
> I don''t know too much about XCP (or anything beyond the Xen.org
stuff
> anyways) the following information could help alot:
>
> If booting in HVM mode (you are talking about CDROMs so I guess so)
> then a screenshot of the VNC session or just a consise summary of the
> output (for instance "Not bootable device found ". etc)
> Output of any relevant logs in /var/log/xen/ specifically the xl
> domain and qemu dm logs.
> Domain config file (or settings.. not sure what XCP does here)
>
> That should be enough to get us started.
>
> Joseph.
>
> On 31 March 2012 22:50, John F. Acree<john@ideacode.com> wrote:
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> I am new to Xen, researching whether we can use it for internal
development
>> systems and server virtualization to replace our current solution.
>>
>> Gentoo is the guest linux os that we use and I have been having some
trouble
>> getting a new Gentoo guest installed.
>>
>> Everything works fine with XCP 1.1, I really like it. so I thought I
would
>> try the 1.5 beta. Here is the trouble I run into. Oh, I am using
xencenter
>> to create the virtual machines.
>>
>> * Create a new virtual machine, select the other install media
template.
>> * Select the gentoo-install-minimum-amd64 iso from iso repository.
>> * Leave everything else defaults
>> * Add 1 drive, 8gb.
>> * Uncheck the startup virtual machine checkbox on the last step of the
>> wizard.(This is important due to some timing in the gentoo iso boot
process,
>> it tries to boot from disk if no user input received in 15 seconds and
it
>> would take longer then that for the console to refresh so I could
intervene)
>> * Go to the console
>> * Click start this virtual machine
>> * When prompted, specify the gentoo kernel.
>>
>> These steps work great with XCP 1.1, the OS detects it is running in a
xenU
>> environment, xvda is present. But when I try to repeat these steps
with XCP
>> 1.5beta, the cd can not be found and the boot process stops before it
really
>> gets started.
>>
>> My solution was to install XCP 1.1, install the virtual machine, get it
>> running with xvda, hvc0, etc. Then use the XCP 1.5 beta disk to
upgrade the
>> server. It worked, but I am hoping there is something I can adjust so
I can
>> setup another server and use 1.5 beta from the start. Another option
is
>> using a different linux os to get the boot started, and then going
through
>> the Gentoo install process. Again, an option I would like to avoid if
>> possible.
>>
>> Let me know if I am asking in the wrong place or if I overlooked some
>> information in the archives. And if there is any more information I
could
>> provide that would be helpful.
>>
>> Other then this issue, everything has been working nice. I expect
there is
>> still quite a learning curve to working with Xen.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> John
>> --
>> John F. Acree
>> ideacode, Inc.
>> www.ideacode.com / (main) +1 919 341 5170 / (fax) +1 919 521 4100
>>
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>
>
>
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