Boris Derzhavets wrote:
> Not much luck:-
>
> Guest installation complete... restarting guest.
> virDomainCreate() failed POST operation failed: (xend.err 'Device 5632 (vbd)
> 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 Solaris97HVM'; otherwise, please
> restart your installation.
> Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:45:12 ERROR virDomainCreate() failed POST operation
> failed: (xend.err 'Device 5632 (vbd) 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 497, in main
> dom.create()
> File "libvirt.py", line 240, in create
> if ret == -1: raise libvirtError ('virDomainCreate() failed', dom=self)
> libvirtError: virDomainCreate() failed POST operation failed: (xend.err
> 'Device 5632 (vbd) could not be connected. Backend device not found.')
This is bug 6742735, which was fixed last week (the fix will appear in
snv_99). You can manually apply the fix to
/usr/lib/xen/scripts/vbd-default:
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
if [ ! -b "${file}" ]; then
err "\"${file}\" is not a valid block device."
"${domain}" "${path}"
fi
- elif [ -z "$file}" ];then
+ elif [ -z "${file}" ];then
#
# For example, an empty HVM CD-ROM device might not have
# a file attached.
-Ryan
>
> bash-3.2# xm start Solaris97HVM
> Error: Device 5632 (vbd) could not be connected. Backend device not found.
> Usage: xm start <DomainName>
>
> Start a Xend managed domain
> -p, --paused Do not unpause domain after starting it
> -c, --console_autoconnect Connect to the console after the domain
> is created
>
> --- On Mon, 9/15/08, Boris Derzhavets <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: Boris Derzhavets <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [xen-discuss] b98 hvm problem
> To: [email protected], "E. Mike Durbin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Monday, September 15, 2008, 1:08 PM
>
> I would replace
> --nographics \
>
> by
>
> --vnc \
>
> in virt-install command lines
>
> --- On Mon, 9/15/08, Boris Derzhavets <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: Boris Derzhavets <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [xen-discuss] b98 hvm problem
> To: [email protected], "E. Mike Durbin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Monday, September 15, 2008, 1:02 PM
>
> On instance bfu'ed from 97
> => 98 along with xvm upgraded to 98 build
> i was able to start :-
> virt-install -n Solaris97HVM --hvm -r 2048 --vnc -f
> /dev/zvol/dsk/snvtank/disk1 \
>> -l /export/home/isos/snv97.iso
>
>
> Starting install...
> Creating domain... 0 B 00:04
>
> VNC Viewer Free Edition 4.1.2 for X - built Jul 1 2008 15:57:39
> Copyright (C) 2002-2005 RealVNC Ltd.
> See http://www.realvnc.com for information on VNC.
>
> Default nic for xend has been defined:-
> svccfg -s xvm/xend setprop config/default-nic="rge0"
> svcadm refresh
> xvm/xend
> svcadm restart xvm/xend
>
>
> --- On Mon, 9/15/08, E. Mike Durbin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: E. Mike Durbin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [xen-discuss] b98 hvm problem
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Monday, September 15, 2008, 11:53 AM
>
> I have a couple of machines now loaded with b98.
>
> I can't install a hvm guest!
>
> I tried:
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> #!/bin/sh
> ISO=/home/emike/xvm/ISOs/en_win_srv_2003_r2_enterprise_x64_with_sp2_cd1_X13-06188.iso
> set -x
>
> virt-install \
> --hvm \
> -n win2k3zvol \
> -f /dev/zvol/dsk/rpool/clients/win2k3 \
> -c ${ISO} \
> --nographics \
> --os-type=windows \
> --os-variant=win2k3 \
> -r
>
> 1024
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> and I get:
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> # sh win2003zvol.sh
> + virt-install --hvm -n win2k3zvol -f /dev/zvol/dsk/rpool/clients/win2k3
> -c
> /home/emike/xvm/ISOs/en_win_srv_2003_r2_enterprise_x64_with_sp2_cd1_X13-06188.iso
>
> --nographics --os-type=windows --os-variant=win2k3 -r 1024
>
>
> Starting install...
> virDomainCreateLinux() failed POST operation failed: (xend.err 'Device
> 5632 (vbd) 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 win2k3zvol'; otherwise, please
> restart your installation.
> Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:36:25 ERROR virDomainCreateLinux() failed POST
> operation failed: (xend.err 'Device 5632 (vbd) 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_98///proto/install/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py",
>
> line 889, in start_install
> File
> "/export/builds/xvm_98///proto/install/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py",
>
> line 910, 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 5632 (vbd) could not be connected. Backend device not
> found.')
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> I
>
> tried:
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> #!/bin/sh
> ISO=/home/emike/xvm/ISOs/solarisdvd-s10u6-b7.iso
> set -x
>
> virt-install \
> --hvm \
> -n s10u6 \
> -f /dev/zvol/dsk/rpool/clients/s10u6 \
> -c ${ISO} \
> --nographics \
> --os-type=solaris \
> --os-variant=solaris10 \
> -r 1024
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> and I get
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Starting install...
> Creating domain... 0
> B 00:01
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> And it just sits there for hours doing nothing.
>
> # virsh list
>
> Id Name State
> ---------------------------------------
> 0 Domain-0
>
> Running
> 2 s10u6 Running
>
> Any ideas? Is 98 broken?
>
> I can install Nevada 98 as a PV guest, no problem.
>
> emike
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