> -----Original Message----- > From: et-mgmt-tools-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:et-mgmt-tools-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Michael DeHaan > Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 9:59 AM > To: Fedora/Linux Management Tools > Subject: Re: [et-mgmt-tools] virt-name in cobbler profile? > > > Foreman, Tim wrote: > > The man page for cobbler says: > > > > virt-name > > (optional) (Virt-only) what the Virt guest name should start with. > > Creating multiple images on a machine will cause increasing numbers > > to be appended to this name. The default is "virtguest". > > > > When I specify a virt-name of RH4U5 and try and create multiple > > guests using koan: > > koan --virt --server=kickstart.mtc.ibsys.com \ > > --profile=rhel4u5-beta_xen_domU > > > > It creates the first one named RH4U5 but does not append a number > > to the second one and fails with an error: > > > > libvir: Xen Daemon error : POST operation failed: (xend.err "Error > > creating domain: VM name 'RH4U5' already in use by domain 2") > > > > Is this functionailty missing? Not implemented yet? > > > This is probably a bug. koan keeps track of Xen names that > are already > taken by looking at files in /etc/xen, so let me know if you see a > /etc/xen/RH4U5 and /etc/xen/RH4U5_1 in there. I'm guessing koan is > confused because the first guest is still installing ... > > It should be noted that the way koan looks for virtual > systems is a bit > outdated. The /etc/xen/ paths are deprecated and Xen > doesn't use them > anymore. Fortunately updating koan is on my short list... Ah, the virt-name is my fault. My domain creations were failing, so it wasn't creating the config file, but the domain was running in an odd state. Once I sorted that out it started working. --Tim
