Hello If on the VM on top of ESXI full VT / Virtualization is enabled, then for the VM should be transparent create a nested setup.
So I would expend bit more time on the VM in ESXi and see if you are missing some flag. Alvaro On Fri, Oct 6, 2017 at 3:00 PM, Mihai <skyra...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi there, > > I'm hopefully in the right place with my question and if yes, then it's > going to be quite a headache one :) > I have a server (HP DL380G8p) with 2 x 12 core CPUs (Intel E5-2695) + 768 > GB Ram. > On top of it I run an ESX 6.5 and then my lab experiments. > So: ESX --> Ubuntu/Debian --> vagrant libvirt --> Cumulus VX topology/VMs > / or just a simple Ubuntu vagrant box > Recently I wanted to give Vagrant a try so: > - I installed an Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS, then an 17.04 and also a Debian 9.1 > (trying to see if kernel version, other distro packages are having an > influence on this) > - From my notes so far: > - libvirt -3.0 > - vagrant 2.0 > - kernel 4.90.3-amd64 > - Virtual machine with Linux/Vagrant/Qemu with 64GB Ram reserved for (no > memory ballooning, etc) > - I cloned these repositories: https://github. > com/CumulusNetworks/topology_converter.git > and https://github.com/CumulusNetworks/topology_converter.git > - They start with vagrant Linux VMs + I also tried with a simple Vagrant > Ubuntu box (no special settings) > - All the time after "vagrant up", if I do a "virsh console <id>", I get: > Vagrant: > ==> leaf-r01n01: Creating shared folders metadata... > ==> leaf-r01n01: Starting domain. > ==> leaf-r01n01: Waiting for domain to get an IP address... > > Virsh: > Connected to domain topology_converter_leaf-r01n01 > Escape character is ^] > [ 74.380034] INFO: rcu_sched detected stalls on CPUs/tasks: > [ 74.380034] (detected by 0, t=60002 jiffies, g=3030, c=3029, q=23) > [ 74.380034] All QSes seen, last rcu_sched kthread activity 60002 > (4294741676-4294681674), jiffies_till_next_fqs=3, root ->qsmask 0x0 > [ 74.380034] rcu_sched kthread starved for 60002 jiffies! > [ 100.132032] NMI watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 23s! > [dhclient:2179] > [ 128.132031] NMI watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 23s! > [dhclient:2179] > [ 156.132037] NMI watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 22s! > [dhclient:2179] > > I suspected this to be just another qemu nested setup problem BUT I do > have another 2 VMs where I play with qemu and all works fine. > This might mean that it is related to the parameters that vagrant -> > libvirt -> uses to start qemu/kvm machines. > If it is, then the question is what exactly is causing this behavior? > > On top of this, I tried also: > - to disable acpi on boot > - reserve also CPU resources on VMWare > - I checked to be sure that VMWare exported the hardware virtualization > flags (for nested virtualization) > flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov > pat pse36 clflush dts mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht syscall nx rdtscp lm > constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts nopl xtopology tsc_reliable nonstop_tsc > aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq vmx ssse3 cx16 pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic popcnt > tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand hypervisor lahf_lm epb > tpr_shadow vnmi ept vpid fsgsbase tsc_adjust smep dtherm ida arat pln pts > > Vagrant starts the qemu VM with these parameters: > /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 -name > guest=topology_converter_leaf-r01n01,debug-threads=on > -S -object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,file=/var/lib/libvirt/ > qemu/domain-3-topology_converter_l/master-key.aes -machine > pc-i440fx-zesty,accel=kvm,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off -cpu > IvyBridge,+ds,+ss,+ht,+vmx,+pcid,+osxsave,+hypervisor,+arat,+tsc_adjust > -m 512 -realtime mlock=off -smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 -uuid > 7e4de018-2e63-4686-a110-4cec6d587758 -no-user-config -nodefaults -chardev > socket,id=charmonitor,path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain-3- > topology_converter_l/monitor.sock,server,nowait -mon > chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control -rtc base=utc -no-shutdown > -boot strict=on -device piix3-usb-uhci,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1.0x2 > -device ahci,id=sata0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 -drive > file=/var/lib/libvirt/images/topology_converter_leaf- > r01n01.img,format=qcow2,if=none,id=drive-sata0-0-0 -device > ide-hd,bus=sata0.0,drive=drive-sata0-0-0,id=sata0-0-0,bootindex=1 -netdev > tap,fd=26,id=hostnet0,vhost=on,vhostfd=28 -device virtio-net-pci,netdev= > hostnet0,id=net0,mac=52:54:00:86:cd:fe,bus=pci.0,addr=0x5 -netdev > socket,udp=127.0.0.1:9008,localaddr=127.0.0.1:8008,id=hostnet1 -device > virtio-net-pci,netdev=hostnet1,id=net1,mac=44:38:39:00:00:0d,bus=pci.0,addr=0x6 > -netdev socket,udp=127.0.0.1:8002,localaddr=127.0.0.1:9002,id=hostnet2 > -device > virtio-net-pci,netdev=hostnet2,id=net2,mac=44:38:39:00:00:04,bus=pci.0,addr=0x7 > -netdev socket,udp=127.0.0.1:8005,localaddr=127.0.0.1:9005,id=hostnet3 > -device > virtio-net-pci,netdev=hostnet3,id=net3,mac=44:38:39:00:00:0a,bus=pci.0,addr=0x8 > -netdev socket,udp=127.0.0.1:8004,localaddr=127.0.0.1:9004,id=hostnet4 > -device > virtio-net-pci,netdev=hostnet4,id=net4,mac=44:38:39:00:00:08,bus=pci.0,addr=0x9 > -chardev pty,id=charserial0 -device isa-serial,chardev=charserial0,id=serial0 > -vnc 127.0.0.1:0 -k en-us -device cirrus-vga,id=video0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x2 > -device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4 -msg > timestamp=on > > Now I ran out of ideas and this is driving me crazy already. > Does anyone have any clue as to what else I should try? > I'm afraid I reached a deadend. > > Thanks in advance and hoping for a life saving solution to get me unstuck > :) > > > > -- > This mailing list is governed under the HashiCorp Community Guidelines - > https://www.hashicorp.com/community-guidelines.html. 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