[et-mgmt-tools] w2k3 on Centos5-xen

[Chris Sarginson]

Hi Tom,

The way to resolve this is to run virsh dumpxml $id > file.xml

edit file.xml at the relevant section to add in the ISO/cdrom path and 
then run

virsh create file.xml

Kind regards

Chris Sarginson
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Tom Diehl wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to use virt-manager to setup a w2k3 domU. I have successfully
> gotten a centos-5 domU running using cobbler and koan, but windows is not
> cooperating. The windows installer boots and everything is fine up until
> the point that the installer reboots the machine.
> 
> When the machine reboots into the graphical installer I get an error that
> it can no longer find the media in the cdrom. Of course at that point I
> have to abort the install because the only options are retry or cancel.
> 
> I do not know if it is important or not but when windows says it is going
> to reboot, it actually shutsdown and I have to manually restart it.
> 
> The config file for the w2k3 domU looks like the following:
> 
> name = "w2k3"
> uuid = "24375a2a-30d3-5b4e-1076-bc607f73c35e"
> maxmem = 500
> memory = 500
> vcpus = 1
> builder = "hvm"
> kernel = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader"
> boot = "c"
> pae = 1
> acpi = 1
> apic = 1
> on_poweroff = "destroy"
> on_reboot = "restart"
> on_crash = "restart"
> device_model = "/usr/lib64/xen/bin/qemu-dm"
> sdl = 0
> vnc = 1
> vncunused = 1
> disk = [ "phy:/dev/GEP0/w2k3,hda,w" ]
> vif = [ "mac=00:16:3e:04:fd:03,bridge=xenbr0,type=ioemu" ]
> serial = "pty"
> 
> (geppetto pts10) # rpm -qa | grep virt
> libvirt-0.2.3-9.el5
> libvirt-0.2.3-9.el5
> virt-manager-0.4.0-3.el5
> libvirt-python-0.2.3-9.el5
> python-virtinst-0.103.0-3.el5.centos
> (geppetto pts10) #
> 
> The above file is as created by virt-manager.
> 
> I have been looking through google for the last few hours but no joy.
> 
> Is virt-manager devel at a point where this is expected to work? If so, can
> someone give me an idea what I am missing?
> 
> Regards,
> 

-- 
Kind regards

Chris Sarginson
Technical Support
UKFast.Net Ltd

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