On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 04:24:32PM +0200, Gianluca Cecchi wrote: > On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 3:38 PM, Dominik Psenner <dpsenner@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > to the following: > > > > <disk type='file' device='disk'> > > <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2' cache='none'/> > > <source file='/var/data/virtuals/machines/windows-server-2016- > > x64/image.qcow2'/> > > <backingStore/> > > <target dev='hda' bus='scsi'/> > > <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/> > > </disk> > > > > Do you see any gotchas in this configuration that could prevent the > > virtualized guest to power on and boot up? > > > > > When I configure like this, from a linux guest point of view I get this > Symbios Logic SCSI Controller: > 00:08.0 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c895a > > But htis is true only if you add the SCSI controller too, not only the disk > definition. > In my case > > <controller type='scsi' index='0'> > <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x08' > function='0x0'/> > </controller> > > Note the slot='0x08' that is reflected into the first field of lspci inside > my linux guest. > So between your controllers you have to add the SCSI one > > In my case (Fedora 25 with virt-manager-1.4.1-2.fc25.noarch, > qemu-kvm-2.7.1-6.fc25.x86_64, libvirt-2.2.1-2.fc25.x86_64) with "Disk bus" > set as SCSI in virt-manager, the xml defintiion for the guest is > automatically updated with the controller if not existent yet. > And the disk definition sections is like this: > > <disk type='file' device='disk'> > <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/> > <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/slaxsmall.qcow2'/> > <target dev='sda' bus='scsi'/> > <boot order='1'/> > <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/> > </disk> > > So I think you should set dev='sda' and not 'hda' in your xml for it > I am actually very curious to know if that would make a difference. I don't have a such windows vm images ready to test at present. Dan > I don't kknow if w2016 contains the symbios logic drivers already > installed, so that a "simple" reboot could imply an automatic > reconfiguration of the guest.... > Note also that in Windows when the hw configuration is considered heavily > changed, you could be asked to register again (I don't think that the IDE > --> SCSI should imply it...) > > Gianluca > _______________________________________________ > libvirt-users mailing list > libvirt-users@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvirt-users _______________________________________________ libvirt-users mailing list libvirt-users@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvirt-users
