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About doing backups with kvm guests
by carlopmart 11 Dec '09

11 Dec '09

Hi all, I have two centos 5.4 servers that I use to run several windows kvm guests (10). All works ok (more or less) but I have a problem with backups. These windows guests are configured to use lvm partitions as a virtual disks. My problem is when I need to do guests backups. which is the best form to backup and restore these windows guests? Some examples? I see snapshot's lvm option, but I think that this option it is not valid for windows guests... probably I need to use dd?? But if i use dd, how can I restore lvm image onto another host with lvm partitions? Thanks. -- CL Martinez carlopmart {at} gmail {d0t} com

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Re: [CentOS-virt] Bridge configuration on Xen 3.2+
by Christopher G. Stach II 10 Dec '09

10 Dec '09

----- "Yukio Yamaishi" <yukio.yamaishi(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm using xen 3.0 on CentOS 5 with VLAN. > > #vconfig add eth0 100 > #/etc/xen/script/network-bridge start vifnum=1 netdev=eth0 > bridge=xenbr0.100 > > I know that after xen 3.2 the procedure of bridge configuration is > changed. > What is the correct command to set bridge interface to vlan? Add the VLAN interface to a bridge just for that VLAN traffic and then use that bridge for your guests. -- Christopher G. Stach II http://ldsys.net/~cgs/

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Bridge configuration on Xen 3.2+
by Yukio Yamaishi 10 Dec '09

10 Dec '09

Hi All, I'm using xen 3.0 on CentOS 5 with VLAN. #vconfig add eth0 100 #/etc/xen/script/network-bridge start vifnum=1 netdev=eth0 bridge=xenbr0.100 I know that after xen 3.2 the procedure of bridge configuration is changed. What is the correct command to set bridge interface to vlan? Yukio

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KVM network bridge setting on centOS
by rewing 09 Dec '09

09 Dec '09

I have a server that will be hosted in IDC. The Server have 2 network interface card. I would like to set one for host os itself. and the other network interface card as bridge for guest OS. Because I have 3 IP address that will allocate to host os and guest os. The host OS will be centos 5.4. I need ideas about how to set host OS's network. Could anybody post a workable network seting for me? because the Centos Wiki page seems out of date about this part. and also I googling a lot, but most instruction in the internet seems out of date too. B.R. Rewing

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KVM guest on a specific disk
by rewing 09 Dec '09

09 Dec '09

I'm deploying my KVM virtualization and I have this question. To get my guest os best performance I would like to install my OS from CD ROM while booting in a saperate disk, say /dev/sda4 then in host os I mount /dev/sda4 as /mnt/vm. So I can install a guest OS by virt-install with synax --import, right? I didn't give it a try yet so I'd like to know if other people have done it successfully. Will this let guest os best performance because it has its own disk rather than just a image file? and will it ocuppy the host running resources less? Rewing

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Re: [CentOS-virt] virt-install failed while install windows2003 guest
by rewing 09 Dec '09

09 Dec '09

Hi,All I've solve this problem by doing a chcon --reference=/var/lib/libvirt/images /vm this solve selinux block kvm from accessing disk image outside of /var/lib/libvirt/images Thanks 2009-12-09 rewing 发件人： centos-virt-request 发送时间： 2009-12-09 00:57:19 收件人： centos-virt 抄送：主题： CentOS-virt Digest, Vol 28, Issue 9 Send CentOS-virt mailing list submissions to centos-virt(a)centos.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to centos-virt-request(a)centos.org You can reach the person managing the list at centos-virt-owner(a)centos.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of CentOS-virt digest..." Today's Topics: 1. virt-install failed while install windows2003 guest (rewing) 2. Re: virt-install failed while install windows2003 guest (Markus Falb) 3. Re: virt-install failed while install windows2003 guest (Tait Clarridge) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 16:58:56 +0800 From: "rewing" <rewing(a)howfortune.com> Subject: [CentOS-virt] virt-install failed while install windows2003 guest To: "centos-virt" <centos-virt(a)centos.org> Message-ID: <200912081658540620074(a)howfortune.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Here's the procedure: # qemu-img -f qcow2 /vm/win2k3.img 8G # virt-install --connect qemu:///system -n win2k3 -r 512 --vcpus=1 -c /home/temp/win2003sp2ins.iso -f /vm/win2k3.img -s 4 --network=bridge:br0 --mac=00:ff:ff:ff:58:58 --noautoconsole --vnc --os-type=windows --os-variant=win2k3 --hvm --accelerate And I get error as below: Starting install... internal error unable to start guest: qemu: could not open disk image /vm/win2k3.img Domain installation may not have been successful. If it was, you can restart your domain by running 'virsh start win2k3'; otherwise, please restart your installation. ERROR internal error unable to start guest: qemu: could not open disk image /vm/win2k3.img Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/sbin/virt-install", line 861, in ? main() File "/usr/sbin/virt-install", line 759, in main start_time, guest.start_install) File "/usr/sbin/virt-install", line 814, in do_install dom = install_func(conscb, progresscb, wait=(not wait)) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line 541, in start_install return self._do_install(consolecb, meter, removeOld, wait) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line 633, in _do_install self.domain = self.conn.createLinux(install_xml, 0) File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 974, in createLinux if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virDomainCreateLinux() failed', conn=self) libvirtError: internal error unable to start guest: qemu: could not open disk image /vm/win2k3.img any idea? 2009-12-08 rewing -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-virt/attachments/20091208/55c24500… ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 12:41:34 +0100 From: Markus Falb <markus.falb(a)fasel.at> Subject: Re: [CentOS-virt] virt-install failed while install windows2003 guest To: Discussion about the virtualization on CentOS <centos-virt(a)centos.org> Message-ID: <7FEF197D-7025-4E95-87DB-72AE50CEFA3E(a)fasel.at> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" On 8 Dec 2009, at 09:58, rewing wrote: > libvirtError: internal error unable to start guest: qemu: could not > open disk image /vm/win2k3.img Do you have selinux enabled ? As far as I know the location for images is restricted to /var/lib/libvirt/images by default. -- Markus -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-virt/attachments/20091208/ac8640d6… ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:11:02 -0500 From: Tait Clarridge <tait(a)clarridge.ca> Subject: Re: [CentOS-virt] virt-install failed while install windows2003 guest To: Discussion about the virtualization on CentOS <centos-virt(a)centos.org> Message-ID: <1260281462.2495.1.camel(a)taiterltp.int.interactivemedia.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" On Tue, 2009-12-08 at 12:41 +0100, Markus Falb wrote: > > On 8 Dec 2009, at 09:58, rewing wrote: > > libvirtError: internal error unable to start guest: qemu: could not open disk image /vm/win2k3.img > > > Do you have selinux enabled ? As far as I know the location for images > is restricted to /var/lib/libvirt/images by default. > > -- Or does the actual disk image exist at /vm/win2k3.img with r/w access to whoever is running the virt-install command? 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virt-install failed while install windows2003 guest
by rewing 08 Dec '09

08 Dec '09

Here's the procedure: # qemu-img -f qcow2 /vm/win2k3.img 8G # virt-install --connect qemu:///system -n win2k3 -r 512 --vcpus=1 -c /home/temp/win2003sp2ins.iso -f /vm/win2k3.img -s 4 --network=bridge:br0 --mac=00:ff:ff:ff:58:58 --noautoconsole --vnc --os-type=windows --os-variant=win2k3 --hvm --accelerate And I get error as below: Starting install... internal error unable to start guest: qemu: could not open disk image /vm/win2k3.img Domain installation may not have been successful. If it was, you can restart your domain by running 'virsh start win2k3'; otherwise, please restart your installation. ERROR internal error unable to start guest: qemu: could not open disk image /vm/win2k3.img Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/sbin/virt-install", line 861, in ? main() File "/usr/sbin/virt-install", line 759, in main start_time, guest.start_install) File "/usr/sbin/virt-install", line 814, in do_install dom = install_func(conscb, progresscb, wait=(not wait)) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line 541, in start_install return self._do_install(consolecb, meter, removeOld, wait) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line 633, in _do_install self.domain = self.conn.createLinux(install_xml, 0) File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 974, in createLinux if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virDomainCreateLinux() failed', conn=self) libvirtError: internal error unable to start guest: qemu: could not open disk image /vm/win2k3.img any idea? 2009-12-08 rewing

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S3 (Suspend to Disk) with XEN
by Yukio Yamaishi 07 Dec '09

07 Dec '09

Hi All, I have a 5.4 box and testing xen 3.4 on kernel-xen-2.6.18-164.6.1.el5. As you know, there are no enough configuration to do "Suspend to Disk" of the .config of the kernel-xen-2.6.18-164.6.1.el5. # Power management options (ACPI, APM) # CONFIG_PM=y Then, I tied to get the kernel-2.6.18-164.6.1.el5.src.rpm, installed that. #pwd /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2.6.18/linux-2.6.18.i686 #cp configs/kernel-2.6.18-i686-xen.config .config #make menuconfig Power management options (ACPI, APM) ---> ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) Support ---> │ │ │ │ CPU Frequency scaling ---> │ │ There are no menu which likes "Legacy Power Management API". How can I add the options to enable the Supend to Disk? Yukio

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Re: [CentOS-virt] Slightly OT: FakeRaid or Software Raid
by Christopher G. Stach II 04 Dec '09

04 Dec '09

----- "Grant McWilliams" <grantmasterflash(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 9:48 PM, Christopher G. Stach II < > cgs(a)ldsys.net > wrote: > > ----- "Grant McWilliams" < grantmasterflash(a)gmail.com > wrote: > > > a RAID 10 (or 0+1) will never reach the write... performance of > > a RAID-5. > > (*cough* If you keep the number of disks constant or the amount of > usable space? "Things working" tends to trump CapEx, despite the > associated pain, so I will go with "amount of usable space.") > > No. > > -- > Christopher G. Stach II > > Nice quality reading. I like theories as much as the next person but > I'm wondering if the Toms Hardware guys are on crack or you disapprove > of their testing methods. > > http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/external-raid-storage,1922-9.html They used a constant number of disks to compare two different hardware implementations, not to compare RAID 5 vs. RAID 10. They got the expected ~50% improvement from the extra stripe segment in RAID 5 with a serial access pattern. Unfortunately, that's neither real world use nor the typical way you would fulfill requirements. If you read ahead to the following pages, you have a nice comparison of random access patterns and RAID 10 coming out ahead (with one less stripe segment and a lot less risk): http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/external-raid-storage,1922-11.html http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/external-raid-storage,1922-12.html -- Christopher G. Stach II

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Re: [CentOS-virt] Slightly OT: FakeRaid or Software Raid
by Christopher G. Stach II 03 Dec '09

03 Dec '09

----- "Ben M." <centos(a)rivint.com> wrote: > I have had great luck with nvidia fakeraid on RAID1, but I see there > are > preferences for software raid. I have very little hands on with full > Linux software RAID and that was about 14 years ago. MD RAID. I'd even opt for MD RAID over a lot of hardware implementations. This writeup summarizes a bit of why: http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/archives/008696.html Hardware RAID's performance is obviously going to be better, but it's only worth it if you *need* it (more than ~8 disks, parity). If you're just doing RAID 0, 1, or 10 in a single box and you're not pushing it to its limits as a DB server or benchmarking and going over it with a magnifying glass, you probably won't notice a difference in performance. I'll take fewer moving parts and portability. As someone already said, dmraid is done in software, too. "Fakeraid" is basically the same as MD RAID, but with an extra piece of hardware and extra logic bits to fail. -- Christopher G. Stach II

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