Re: [OpenNode-users] Networking issues with KVM machines made with virt-manager

[<ope...@li...>]

Hi scott,


Try to run

virsh -c qemu:///system start kvmdemo1

This should select correct libvirt driver to connect to. Without  
giving driver name virsh might try to connect other drivers.



Danel


On 03.03.2010, at 23:26, ope...@li... wrote:

> Andres,
>
> ----- ope...@li... wrote:
>> I have been done KVM VM installs through virt-install and specifing
>> the bridge (vmbr0 that is) - this have been worked so far - so I
>> expect it to work out for you also. I was looking into virt-manager
>> not offering vmbr0 choice - it seems to boil down to hald and dbus
>> problems - but so far I have not cracked the issue yet.
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> Just to make sure my changes to the system didn't put it in an  
> unknown state, I did a fresh install of OpenNode from the 1.0 beta  
> media.  I did a yum upgrade and then I installed a few packages that  
> make me happy like mc, screen, xorg-x11-xinit (so GUI X apps can  
> easy be run over ssh tunnel), etc.  I did not mess with the network  
> configuration.
>
> As expected virt-manager will run but it still can't see the vmbr0  
> device and only offers NAT-based network devices.  That's a shame so  
> if you do figure out how to fix it, let me know.  If it doesn't  
> involve adding too many additional packages, I'd say it would be a  
> worthwhile addition to the functionality.
>
> Per your advice, I used the virt-install method.  I was able to  
> install the machine and giving it the vmbr0 device, it was able to  
> use a public IP just fine.  Mission accomplished.
>
> Now though, post-install... after the VM is shut down, I'm not sure  
> how to start it back up.  virsh start vmname doesn't work.  virsh  
> gives the following error:
>
> [root@rhev-h2 ~]# virsh start kvmdemo1
> error: failed to get domain 'kvmdemo1'
> error: Domain not found
>
> I'm used to virsh just working on Fedora 12 but I'm guessing it is  
> because Fedora is assuming qemu whereas with opennode, it can be  
> either an OpenVZ container or a KVM VM... so it doesn't assume a  
> particular domain and that has to be specified?
>
> I'm going through the man page on virsh to see if I can figure it  
> out... but I thought it didn't hurt to ask.  I'm sure it is  
> something pretty easy.
>
> TYL,
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