2012/2/2 Cole Robinson <crobinso@xxxxxxxxxx>: > On 02/02/2012 08:54 AM, Cheer Xiao wrote: >> 2012/2/2 Cole Robinson <crobinso@xxxxxxxxxx>: >>> On 02/02/2012 08:05 AM, Cheer Xiao wrote: >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> I was setting up libvirt and virt-manager for managing Xen VMs. But >>>> when I hit "New" in virt-manager to provision a new VM, virt-manager >>>> gives me the error: "No install options available for this >>>> connection." >>>> >>>> The hypervisor being used is para-virtualized Xen, running on Debian Squeeze. >>>> >>>> lux-002# xm info >>>> host          : lux-002 >>>> release         : 2.6.32-5-xen-686 >>>> version         : #1 SMP Mon Jan 16 19:46:09 UTC 2012 >>>> machine         : i686 >>>> nr_cpus         : 4 >>>> nr_nodes        : 1 >>>> cores_per_socket    : 1 >>>> threads_per_core    : 2 >>>> cpu_mhz         : 3200 >>>> hw_caps         : >>>> bfebfbff:20100000:00000000:00000180:0000641d:00000000:00000001:00000000 >>>> virt_caps        : >>>> total_memory      : 8191 >>>> free_memory       : 1150 >>>> node_to_cpu       : node0:0-3 >>>> node_to_memory     : node0:1150 >>>> node_to_dma32_mem    : node0:578 >>>> max_node_id       : 0 >>>> xen_major        : 4 >>>> xen_minor        : 0 >>>> xen_extra        : .1 >>>> xen_caps        : xen-3.0-x86_32p >>>> xen_scheduler      : credit >>>> xen_pagesize      : 4096 >>>> platform_params     : virt_start=0xf5800000 >>>> xen_changeset      : unavailable >>>> xen_commandline     : placeholder com1=9600,8n1 console=com1,vga >>>> cc_compiler       : gcc version 4.4.5 (Debian 4.4.5-8) >>>> cc_compile_by      : waldi >>>> cc_compile_domain    : debian.org >>>> cc_compile_date     : Mon Nov  7 09:18:26 CET 2011 >>>> xend_config_format   : 4 >>>> lux-002# libvirtd --version >>>> libvirtd (libvirt) 0.8.3 >>>> >>> >>> libvirt pokes into the host machine to try and figure out it's virt >>> capabilities. So something must be going wrong there. Here's the function it >>> uses in libvirt code: >>> >>> http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=blob;f=src/xen/xen_hypervisor.c;h=b5b2328c22ccffb17f7710b3ed6064907d744215;hb=HEAD#l2563 >>> >>> Something must be funky or unexpected with /sys/hypervisor/properties/capabilities >>> >> >> This is how it looks: >> >> lux-002% cat /sys/hypervisor/properties/capabilities >> xen-3.0-x86_32p >> >> So, is provision through on para-virtualized Xen *supposed* to be >> supported or not? >> Uh... So I guess it's supposed to be supported > > That is saying your host supports 32bit paravirt guests only. > > What's the output of 'virsh --connect xen:/// capabilities' ? blackie% virsh -c xen+ssh://lux-002 capabilities <capabilities> <host> <cpu> <arch>i686</arch> <features> <pae/> </features> </cpu> <migration_features> <live/> <uri_transports> <uri_transport>xenmigr</uri_transport> </uri_transports> </migration_features> <topology> <cells num='1'> <cell id='0'> <cpus num='4'> <cpu id='0'/> <cpu id='1'/> <cpu id='2'/> <cpu id='3'/> </cpus> </cell> </cells> </topology> </host> <guest> <os_type>xen</os_type> <arch name='i686'> <wordsize>32</wordsize> <emulator>/usr/lib/xen/bin/qemu-dm</emulator> <machine>xenpv</machine> <domain type='xen'> </domain> </arch> <features> <pae/> </features> </guest> </capabilities> -- Regards, Cheer Xiao aka. xiaq -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list