[libvirt] DISREGARD Problems starting XEN HVM with libvirt
Matthew Donovan
matthew at atc-nycorp.com
Tue Aug 26 15:03:49 UTC 2008
It turns out everything was booting, they just weren't configured to give a
console or display a GUI window.
-matthew
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matthew Donovan [mailto:matthew at atc-nycorp.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 9:25 AM
> To: libvir-list at redhat.com
> Subject: [libvirt] Problems starting XEN HVM with libvirt
>
> I've been having trouble getting a Xen HVM guest started
> using libvirt.
> I've tried Windows Vista, Fedora Core 8, and Fedora Core 6
> guests. Domain 0
> is FC 8. The only guest that starts correctly is the FC 6 guest. Has
> anyone else encountered something like this? Is there a
> master list of
> guest OS's that libvirt supports?
>
> Thanks
> -matthew
>
>
> CODE:
>
> #include <stdio.h>
> #include <libvirt/libvirt.h>
> #include <libvirt/virterror.h>
>
>
> const char* foo =
> "<domain type='xen'>"
> "<name>fc6</name>"
> "<os>"
> "<type>hvm</type>"
> "<loader>/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader</loader>"
> "<boot dev='hd'/>"
> "</os>"
> "<memory>512000</memory>"
> "<vcpu>1</vcpu>"
> "<on_shutdown>shutdown</on_shutdown>"
> "<on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>"
> "<on_crash>restart</on_crash>"
> "<features>"
> "<pae/>"
> "<acpi/>"
> "<apic/>"
> "</features>"
> "<clock sync='localtime'/>"
> "<devices>"
> "<emulator>/usr/lib/xen/bin/qemu-dm</emulator>"
> "<disk type='block'>"
> "<source dev='/dev/vgvms/fc6_test'/>"
> "<target dev='hda'/>"
> "</disk>"
> "<interface type='ioemu'>"
> "<mac address='7A:AB:D0:01:82:98'/>"
> "</interface>"
> "<input type='tablet' bus='usb'/>"
> "<graphics type='sdl' password=''/>"
> "<serial type='pty'/>"
> "</devices>"
> "</domain>";
>
>
> int main (int argc, char** argv)
> {
> virConnectPtr con; /* connection to the Xen hypervisor */
> virDomainPtr domain;
>
> virInitialize();
>
> con = virConnectOpen ("xen:///");
> if (!con) {
> virErrorPtr err = virGetLastError ();
> printf ("virConnectOpen failed: %s\n",
> err->message);
> return -1;
> }
>
> domain = virDomainDefineXML (con, foo);
> if (!domain) {
> virErrorPtr err = virConnGetLastError (con);
> printf ("virDomainDefineXML failed: %s\n",
> err->message);
>
> } else {
>
> if (virDomainCreate (domain) < 0) {
> virErrorPtr err = virConnGetLastError (con);
> printf ("virDomainCreate failed: %s\n",
> err->message);
> } else {
> virDomainInfo info = {0};
> virDomainGetInfo (domain, &info);
> printf ("state = %d\n", info.state);
> getchar ();
> }
> }
>
> virConnectClose (con);
> return 0;
> }
>
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