[opensuse-virtual] VMs no longer work after updating SLES10 GA to SP1
Hi, we just updated our SUSE Linux server from v10 GA to SP1, and the VMs no longer work. We still have the VM configuration files in /etc/xen/vm, and the .hda image files, but we are unable to boot the VMs (they do not appear in "xm list"). Is there a way to manually add the VMs? Thank you, -Tyler D. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-virtual+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-virtual+help@opensuse.org
Hi Tyler, A few thoughts: Is there any message when trying to start a vm from a console with ' xm create <machine name> ' (with root rights) Also, does ' xm top ' return dom0 running? Also, are you running the updated (SLES SP1 version) xen kernel or maybe booting with the previous one? Regards, Willem On Tue, 2008-06-24 at 16:32 -0400, Tyler D wrote:
Hi, we just updated our SUSE Linux server from v10 GA to SP1, and the VMs no longer work. We still have the VM configuration files in /etc/xen/vm, and the .hda image files, but we are unable to boot the VMs (they do not appear in "xm list"). Is there a way to manually add the VMs?
Thank you, -Tyler D.
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Tyler,
From your limited description, it is hard to say for sure what problems you are encountering. A lot of solutions depend on whether you are running paravirtualized or fully virtualized guests.
However, if you are trying to start your guests from "Virtual Machine Manager" (a.k.a. virt-manager) and you can't see them there, then you may simply need to make your VMs "managed". To do this, you run "xm new vm_config_file" for each VM. This will import the VM into xenstore so that they will show up in `xm list` and virt-manager even when they are not running. If this is not the case and even `xm create` is failing, then please let us know what error messages you are seeing when you run `xm create`. There is also a great deal of documentation regarding SLES 10 SP1 that can be found here: http://www.novell.com/documentation/vmserver I believe the "Guest Operating Systems" book in the section for SUSE Linux Virtual Machines gives some information about upgrading from SLES 10 GA to SP1, but I seem to remember seeing other documentation on the upgrade scenario as well. Good luck! Jason
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 2:32 PM, in message <486159FB.7040806@planplus.com>, Tyler D <tyler@planplus.com> wrote: Hi, we just updated our SUSE Linux server from v10 GA to SP1, and the VMs no longer work. We still have the VM configuration files in /etc/xen/vm, and the .hda image files, but we are unable to boot the VMs (they do not appear in "xm list"). Is there a way to manually add the VMs?
Thank you, -Tyler D.
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Willem Meens