Re: virt-install on powerpc64 issues

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On 04/11/2013 11:33 PM, Martin Kletzander wrote:
On 04/11/2013 03:16 PM, Alexey Kardashevskiy wrote:
On 04/11/2013 11:10 PM, Martin Kletzander wrote:
On 04/11/2013 02:41 PM, Alexey Kardashevskiy wrote:
On 04/11/2013 09:34 PM, Martin Kletzander wrote:
On 04/10/2013 07:15 AM, Alexey Kardashevskiy wrote:
Hi!

I am trying to setup a guest using virt-install script:

/usr/bin/virt-install -n fc18guest5 -r 1024 \ --disk
path=/home/aik/virtimg/fc18guest,size=8 \ -c
/home/aik/virtimg/Fedora-18-ppc64-DVD.iso \ --video vga --arch=ppc64
-d --machine=pseries

And it fails. I could not find any relevant log in /var/log/libvirt/
so

It should be stored in '/var/log/libvirt/qemu/fc18guest5.log'.  If
there's nothing related, look for errors in
'/var/log/libvirt/libvirtd.log'.


None of them were created on my test machine.


Both for this and the last question.  I missed the info, you are doing:

virsh -c qemu:///system list

which is connecting to the system daemon, but you are adding no such
option for virt-install, so it probably connects to qemu:///session.

May be. Either way, I added -c qemu:///system, nothing changed.


So you have no machines when using 'virsh -c qemu:///system list --all'
and no machines when using 'virsh -c qemu:///session list --all' under
the same user as virt-install was ran under?


oops. Misunderstood. Sorry. "qemu:///session" shows the list. What is the difference (shortly if possible)? Two different daemons?

Ok. This problem is solved now :) The long command line problem is still there.


I simply hacked /usr/local/bin/qemu-system-ppc64 to print all the
parameters passed into it. So I got the command line (below, after
the second question) where the "-device scsi-cd" parameter is cut in
a middle so QEMU fails to start. 788 chars long - is there a limit?


I don't think it has anything to do with the fact that there is a
newline between '-device' and 'scsi-cd'.  That's just debug output of
virt-install.


There is no new line. I added printing of every parameter in
qemu-system-ppc64 and this is exactly what qemu process gets.
.

Oh, so that's a next parameter, I don't see anything cut in the middle.


There are 2 scsi drives - one is HDD, the other one is DVD.

HDD is:
-device
scsi-hd,bus=scsi0.0,channel=0,scsi-id=0,lun=0,drive=drive-scsi0-0-0-0,id=scsi0-0-0-0,bootindex=2
-drive
file=/home/aik/virtimg/Fedora-18-ppc64-DVD.iso,if=none,id=drive-scsi0-0-0-1,readonly=on,format=raw


DVD is:
-device scsi-cd,bus=scsi0.0,ch

The second one is cut, "ch" is not a valid parameterer name. Furthermore
when I add a machine with "virsh -c qemu:///system create lalala.xml"
(and I have boith scsi devices in that xml), both parameters are passed
to QEMU as is and it all works.



The second question is - where does virt-install store those xmls? I
have to choose a new name for a machine even if virt-install failed,
in the example it is "fc18guest5" (5 at the end). "virsh -c
qemu:///system list" prints an empty list with no domains.


Command 'virsh list' (by default) lists only running domains, try
adding '--all' as a parameter.


Still prints nothing.





Thanks!




/usr/local/bin/qemu-system-ppc64 -name fc18guest5 -S -M pseries
-enable-kvm -m 1024 -smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 -uuid
71f8b17f-ca48-80fe-db58-4d933c66fe2d -no-user-config -nodefaults
-chardev
socket,id=charmonitor,path=/home/aik/.config/libvirt/qemu/lib/fc18guest5.monitor,server,nowait




-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control -rtc base=utc
-no-reboot -no-shutdown -device pci-ohci,id=usb,bus=pci,addr=0x1.0x2
-device spapr-vscsi,id=scsi0,reg=0x2000 -drive
file=/home/aik/virtimg/fc18guest,if=none,id=drive-scsi0-0-0-0,format=raw



-device
scsi-hd,bus=scsi0.0,channel=0,scsi-id=0,lun=0,drive=drive-scsi0-0-0-0,id=scsi0-0-0-0,bootindex=2




-drive
file=/home/aik/virtimg/Fedora-18-ppc64-DVD.iso,if=none,id=drive-scsi0-0-0-1,readonly=on,format=raw




-device scsi-cd,bus=scsi0.0,ch



The full log is here:


[aik@vpl2 ~]$ ./start_installation.sh ++ /usr/bin/virt-install -n
fc18guest5 -r 1024 --disk path=/home/aik/virtimg/fc18guest,size=8 -c
/home/aik/virtimg/Fedora-18-ppc64-DVD.iso --video vga --arch=ppc64 -d
--machine=pseries [Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:06:10 virt-install 9880] DEBUG
(cli:221) Launched with command line: /usr/bin/virt-install -n
fc18guest5 -r 1024 --disk path=/home/aik/virtimg/fc18guest,size=8 -c
/home/aik/virtimg/Fedora-18-ppc64-DVD.iso --video vga --arch=ppc64 -d
--machine=pseries [Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:06:10 virt-install 9880] DEBUG
(cli:326) Requesting libvirt URI default [Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:06:12
virt-install 9880] DEBUG (cli:328) Received libvirt URI
qemu:///session [Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:06:12 virt-install 9880] DEBUG
(virt-install:259) Requesting virt method 'default', hv type
'default'. [Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:06:12 virt-install 9880] DEBUG
(virt-install:469) Received virt method 'hvm' [Wed, 10 Apr 2013
15:06:12 virt-install 9880] DEBUG (virt-install:470) Hypervisor name
is 'kvm' [Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:06:12 virt-install 9880] DEBUG (cli:935)
DISPLAY is set: graphics defaulting to VNC. [Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:06:12
virt-install 9880] DEBUG (cli:953) --graphics compat generated: vnc
[Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:06:12 virt-install 9880] DEBUG
(DistroInstaller:209) DistroInstaller location is a local file/path:
/home/aik/virtimg/Fedora-18-ppc64-DVD.iso [Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:06:12
virt-install 9880] DEBUG (virt-install:626) Guest.has_install_phase:
True

Starting install... [Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:06:12 virt-install 9880]
DEBUG (Guest:1296) Generated install XML: <domain type='kvm'>
<name>fc18guest5</name>
<uuid>56b64ac6-9596-6e8e-5321-4fc583960065</uuid>
<memory>1048576</memory> <currentMemory>1048576</currentMemory>
<vcpu>1</vcpu> <os> <type arch='ppc64' machine='pseries'>hvm</type>
<boot dev='cdrom'/> <boot dev='hd'/> </os> <features>
<acpi/><apic/><pae/> </features> <clock offset="utc"/>
<on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff> <on_reboot>destroy</on_reboot>
<on_crash>destroy</on_crash> <devices>
<emulator>/usr/local/bin/qemu-system-ppc64</emulator> <disk
type='file' device='disk'> <driver name='qemu'/> <source
file='/home/aik/virtimg/fc18guest'/> <target dev='sda' bus='scsi'/>
</disk> <disk type='file' device='cdrom'> <driver name='qemu'/>
<source file='/home/aik/virtimg/Fedora-18-ppc64-DVD.iso'/> <target
dev='sdb' bus='scsi'/> <readonly/> </disk> <interface type='user'>
<mac address='52:54:00:ca:ed:7a'/> </interface> <input type='mouse'
bus='ps2'/> <graphics type='vnc' port='-1'/> <console type='pty'/>
<video> <model type='vga'/> </video> </devices> </domain>

[Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:06:12 virt-install 9880] DEBUG (Guest:1297)
Generated boot XML: <domain type='kvm'> <name>fc18guest5</name>
<uuid>56b64ac6-9596-6e8e-5321-4fc583960065</uuid>
<memory>1048576</memory> <currentMemory>1048576</currentMemory>
<vcpu>1</vcpu> <os> <type arch='ppc64' machine='pseries'>hvm</type>
<boot dev='hd'/> </os> <features> <acpi/><apic/><pae/> </features>
<clock offset="utc"/> <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
<on_reboot>restart</on_reboot> <on_crash>restart</on_crash> <devices>
<emulator>/usr/local/bin/qemu-system-ppc64</emulator> <disk
type='file' device='disk'> <driver name='qemu'/> <source
file='/home/aik/virtimg/fc18guest'/> <target dev='sda' bus='scsi'/>
</disk> <disk type='block' device='cdrom'> <target dev='sdb'
bus='scsi'/> <readonly/> </disk> <interface type='user'> <mac
address='52:54:00:ca:ed:7a'/> </interface> <input type='mouse'
bus='ps2'/> <graphics type='vnc' port='-1'/> <console type='pty'/>
<video> <model type='vga'/> </video> </devices> </domain>

[Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:06:12 virt-install 9880] ERROR (cli:439)
internal error process exited while connecting to monitor: char device
redirected to /dev/pts/4 (label charserial0)



[0]/usr/local/bin/qemu-system-ppc64 [1]-name [2]fc18guest5 [3]-S
[4]-M [5]pseries [6]-enable-kvm [7]-m [8]1024 [9]-smp
[10]1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 [11]-uuid
[12]56b64ac6-9596-6e8e-5321-4fc583960065 [13]-no-user-config
[14]-nodefaults [15]-chardev
[16]socket,id=charmonitor,path=/home/aik/.config/libvirt/qemu/lib/fc18guest5.monitor,server,nowait




[17]-mon [18]chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control [19]-rtc
[20]base=utc [21]-no-reboot [22]-no-shutdown [23]-device
[24]pci-ohci,id=usb,bus=pci,addr=0x1.0x2 [25]-device
[26]spapr-vscsi,id=scsi0,reg=0x2000 [27]-drive
[28]file=/home/aik/virtimg/fc18guest,if=none,id=drive-scsi0-0-0-0,format=raw




[29]-device
[30]scsi-hd,bus=scsi0.0,channel=0,scsi-id=0,lun=0,drive=drive-scsi0-0-0-0,id=scsi0-0-0-0,bootindex=2




[31]-drive
[32]file=/home/aik/virtimg/Fedora-18-ppc64-DVD.iso,if=none,id=drive-scsi0-0-0-1,readonly=on,format=raw




[33]-device [34]scsi-cd,bus=scsi0.0,ch
[Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:06:12 virt-install 9880] DEBUG (cli:442)
Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/virt-install", line
636, in start_install noboot=options.noreboot) File
"/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line 1249, in
start_install noboot) File
"/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line 1317, in
_create_guest dom = self.conn.createLinux(start_xml or final_xml, 0)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 2775, in
createLinux if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virDomainCreateLinux()
failed', conn=self) libvirtError: internal error process exited while
connecting to monitor: char device redirected to /dev/pts/4 (label
charserial0)



[0]/usr/local/bin/qemu-system-ppc64 [1]-name [2]fc18guest5 [3]-S
[4]-M [5]pseries [6]-enable-kvm [7]-m [8]1024 [9]-smp
[10]1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 [11]-uuid
[12]56b64ac6-9596-6e8e-5321-4fc583960065 [13]-no-user-config
[14]-nodefaults [15]-chardev
[16]socket,id=charmonitor,path=/home/aik/.config/libvirt/qemu/lib/fc18guest5.monitor,server,nowait




[17]-mon [18]chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control [19]-rtc
[20]base=utc [21]-no-reboot [22]-no-shutdown [23]-device
[24]pci-ohci,id=usb,bus=pci,addr=0x1.0x2 [25]-device
[26]spapr-vscsi,id=scsi0,reg=0x2000 [27]-drive
[28]file=/home/aik/virtimg/fc18guest,if=none,id=drive-scsi0-0-0-0,format=raw




[29]-device
[30]scsi-hd,bus=scsi0.0,channel=0,scsi-id=0,lun=0,drive=drive-scsi0-0-0-0,id=scsi0-0-0-0,bootindex=2




[31]-drive
[32]file=/home/aik/virtimg/Fedora-18-ppc64-DVD.iso,if=none,id=drive-scsi0-0-0-1,readonly=on,format=raw




[33]-device [34]scsi-cd,bus=scsi0.0,ch
[Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:06:12 virt-install 9880] DEBUG (cli:451) Domain
installation does not appear to have been successful. If it was, you
can restart your domain by running: virsh --connect qemu:///session
start fc18guest5 otherwise, please restart your installation. Domain
installation does not appear to have been successful. If it was, you
can restart your domain by running: virsh --connect qemu:///session
start fc18guest5 otherwise, please restart your installation.

[aik@vpl2 ~]$ virsh -c qemu:///system list Id    Name
State ----------------------------------------------------

[aik@vpl2 ~]$











--
Alexey

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