Just for laughs I thought I'd play with Xen (xVM).
Can anyone explain why this command is failing for installing a para
virtualised VM.
This is a OS2008.11 machine that I've upgraded to OS2009.04 (via the dev
repo).
# cat /etc/release
OpenSolaris 2009.04 snv_105 X86
Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Use is subject to license terms.
Assembled 22 December 2008
# uname -a
SunOS eddie 5.11 snv_105 i86pc i386 i86xpv Solaris
# svcs "*xvm*"
STATE STIME FMRI
disabled 22:07:28 svc:/system/xvm/ipagent:default
online 22:07:26 svc:/system/xvm/vnc-config:default
online 22:07:27 svc:/system/xvm/store:default
online 22:07:44 svc:/system/xvm/domains:default
online 18:28:13 svc:/system/xvm/xend:default
online 18:28:13 svc:/system/xvm/console:default
online 18:28:14 svc:/system/xvm/virtd:default
# xm list
Name ID Mem VCPUs State
Time(s)
Domain-0 0 472 1 r-----
1307.9
# virt-install -n testvm -r 512 -f /export/vms/testvm.dsk -p --vnc -l
/media/OpenSolaris
Starting install...
virDomainCreateLinux() failed POST operation failed: (xend.err 'Device 0
(vif) could not be connected. Backend device not found.')
Domain installation may not have been
successful. If it was, you can restart your domain
by running 'virsh start testvm'; otherwise, please restart your
installation.Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:45:28 ERROR virDomainCreateLinux()
failed POST operation failed: (xend.err 'Device 0 (vif) could not be
connected. Backend device not found.')
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/virt-install", line 511, in ?
main()
File "/usr/bin/virt-install", line 471, in main dom =
guest.start_install(conscb,progresscb)
File
"/export/builds/xvm_105///proto/install/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py",
line 884, in start_install
File
"/export/builds/xvm_105///proto/install/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py",
line 905, in _do_install File "libvirt.py", line 585, in createLinux
if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virDomainCreateLinux() failed',
conn=self)
libvirtError: virDomainCreateLinux() failed POST operation failed: (xend.err
'Device 0 (vif) could not be connected. Backend device not found.')
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Regards,
Chris
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