The host is running Ubuntu 12.04, and has nested virtualization enabled.

I had to change the libvirt XML CPU exact match section from "Westmere" to
"Penryn" to match the host CPU.

On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 6:11 AM, Marcus Sorensen <[email protected]>wrote:

> What platform is the host running? Did you need to change the libvirt
> xml file at all? It does sound like it can't access the disk in the
> VM, or having a hard time doing so, or something like that.
>
> On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 3:33 AM, Dave Cahill <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Sounds good, thanks Marcus. I'll try the new image tomorrow.
> >
> > From investigations today, it looks like the issues I'm having with
> > devcloud-kvm are more related to a general nested virtualization issue
> > (maybe related to the baremetal machine I'm using?) rather than anything
> > CloudStack-specific.
> >
> > My devcloud-kvm VM appears to have inherited the properties necessary for
> > KVM virtualization:
> >
> > [root@devcloud-kvm ~]# lsmod | grep kvm
> > kvm_intel              52762  3
> > kvm                   312245  1 kvm_intel
> >
> > However, when I run VMs with KVM, it either stalls on the SeaBIOS prompt
> as
> > mentioned below, or at best, kernel panics with a message like "Kernel
> > panic - not syncing: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel."
> >
> > Not sure what my next step is, but thought I'd let you know what I found
> in
> > case you have any inspiration!
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Dave.
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 1:56 PM, Marcus Sorensen <[email protected]
> >wrote:
> >
> >> So, I just ran through the install instructions and found the issues.
> >> I'll be updating the images and instructions tomorrow.
> >>
> >> Here are some things I did:
> >>
> >> yum erase cloud-*
> >> rm -rf /usr/share/cloud/
> >> rm -rf /var/lib/cloud/
> >> rm -rf /var/cache/cloud/
> >> rm -rf /tmp/cloud/
> >> rm -rf /etc/cloud/
> >> rm -rf /var/log/cloud
> >> rm -rf /var/run/cloud
> >>
> >> virsh pool-list
> >> virsh pool-destroy <local storage pool id>
> >> virsh pool-undefine <local storage pool id>
> >>
> >> edit /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, /etc/group and remove cloud user/group
> >>
> >> This gets rid of all of the old paths and installations. Now I followed
> >> the doc:
> >>
> >> git clone
> https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-cloudstack.git
> >>
> >> cd incubator-cloudstack/packaging/centos63
> >> ./package.sh
> >> cd ../../dist/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64
> >> rpm -Uvh cloudstack*
> >> cloudstack-setup-databases cloud:password@localhost --deploy-as root
> >> cd /root/incubator-cloudstack
> >> ** new command: mysql < tools/devcloud-kvm/devcloud-kvm.sql
> >> cloudstack-setup-management
> >> ** had to go into UI and set up integration port, then 'service
> >> cloudstack-management restart' will move this to devcloud-kvm.sql
> >>
> >> #set up marvin and auto-deploy test advanced zone (optional)
> >> mvn -P developer,systemvm clean install
> >> python tools/marvin/marvin/deployDataCenter.py -i
> >> tools/devcloud-kvm/devcloud-kvm-advanced.cfg
> >>
> >> On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 7:03 PM, Dave Cahill <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >> > Awesome, thanks Marcus!
> >> >
> >> > On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 10:59 AM, Marcus Sorensen <
> [email protected]
> >> >wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> I'll take a look. I was in the process this afternoon of removing the
> >> old
> >> >> packaging from devcloud-kvm and replacing it with the new. Ill push
> the
> >> new
> >> >> image tomorrow. 4.1 as it stands now works for me on a fresh install
> >> >> though.
> >> >> On Feb 14, 2013 6:41 PM, "Dave Cahill" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> > Hi,
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I've been working on getting devcloud-kvm up and running using
> master,
> >> >> and
> >> >> > I've hit a few issues - most were due to recent changes in master
> and
> >> are
> >> >> > fixed now thanks to help from Rohit and Marcus. By the way, I
> should
> >> note
> >> >> > that the devcloud-kvm docs on the wiki are really great - couldn't
> >> have
> >> >> > gotten this far without them!
> >> >> >
> >> >> > *Remaining issue:*
> >> >> > * System VMs don't launch
> >> >> > Using the stock devcloud-kvm image and instructions at [1], system
> VMs
> >> >> get
> >> >> > launched, but the agent can't reach them over SSH (Control /
> >> link-local
> >> >> > network), so they go into a launch-destroy-relaunch cycle.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > When I connect to the system VMs in VNC, I see:
> >> >> >
> >> >> > SeaBIOS (version seabios-0.6.1.2-19.e16)
> >> >> >
> >> >> > gPXE (http://etherboot.org) - 00:03.0 C900 PCI2.10 PnP BBS
> >> PMM0620@10C900
> >> >> > Press Ctrl-B to configure gPXE (PCI 00:03.0)...
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I tried making a few tweaks to the libvirt XML for the system VMs
> and
> >> >> > relaunching them using the tweaked XML, but to little effect - as
> far
> >> as
> >> >> I
> >> >> > can see, it's as though the system VMs aren't recognizing the
> attached
> >> >> > disks. Anyone have any hints? Could this be related to Rohit's
> >> "[BLOCKER]
> >> >> > SystemVMs come up but don't have agent running" thread?
> >> >> >
> >> >> > *Fixed issues:*
> >> >> > * No logs from agent
> >> >> > Fix for now with cp /etc/cloudstack/agent/log4j{-cloud,}.xml
> >> >> > * Paused logs on management server when running via jetty
> >> >> > Fix for now with cp
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >>
> >>
> client/target/cloud-client-ui-4.1.0-SNAPSHOT/WEB-INF/classes/log4j{-cloud,}.xml
> >> >> > * console-proxy directory moved, caused maven builds to fail
> >> >> > Fixed by Rohit in master
> >> >> > * console-proxy directory moved, devcloud-kvm's custom
> >> >> > /etc/init.d/cloud-agent is now incorrect
> >> >> > Changed this line to reflect the new console-proxy dir:
> >> >> > cp -rp $CODEHOME/services/console-proxy/server/dist/systemvm.*
> >> >> > /usr/lib64/cloud/common/vms/
> >> >> > * Launching the stock devcloud-kvm image using the devcloud-kvm.xml
> >> >> > definition on an iMac running Ubuntu 12.04 gives:
> >> >> > error: Failed to start domain devcloud-kvm
> >> >> > error: internal error guest CPU is not compatible with host CPU
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I removed this section:
> >> >> >    <cpu match='exact'>
> >> >> >      <model>Westmere</model>
> >> >> >      <vendor>Intel</vendor>
> >> >> >      <feature policy='require' name='vmx'/>
> >> >> >    </cpu>
> >> >> >
> >> >> > And the VM launched correctly. Is there any advantage to this exact
> >> >> match,
> >> >> > or should we remove it from devcloud-kvm.xml?
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Thanks again to everyone who worked on devcloud-kvm!
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Regards,
> >> >> > Dave.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > [1]
> >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/devcloud-kvm
> >> >> >
> >> >>
> >>
>

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