[et-mgmt-tools] Re: strange virt-install/koan issue

[Brenton Leanhardt]

+++ Brenton Leanhardt [16/07/08 08:38 -0400]:
> +++ Brenton Leanhardt [16/07/08 08:19 -0400]:
>> +++ Brenton Leanhardt [15/07/08 20:05 -0400]:
>>> I've recently upgraded a machine to F9 (fresh install) and I'm hitting
>>> a strange virt-install/koan issue.  The machine is i386 and HVM is
>>> enabled in the BIOS.
>>>
>>> Running "virt-install" with no arguments yields: "Unsupported
>>> virtualization type".  Running with the "--hvm" flag works as
>>> expected.  In the past virt-install had always done the right thing
>>> whenever KVM was the only option.
>>
>> I must have been confused about the virt-install functionality.  After
>> a quick look at the code it looks like it simply defaults to 'xen' for
>> the os_type whenever you don't specify '--hvm' on the command line,
>> hence the "Unsupported virtualization type" error.
>>
>> Now to debug the error from koan since all the virt-install stuff was
>> really just yak shaving.
>>>
>>> The only reason I suspect my koan problem is related is simply because
>>> of the error message, and that koan uses virt-install.  The Virt host
>>> is running F9 with KVM.  Here is the output from koan:
>>>
>>> koan -s [my cobbler server] --virt --virt-type=qemu
>>> --virt-path=/images --profile Fedora9-i386  --virt-name=bleanhar1-koan
>>> --virt-bridge=br0       - reading URL:
>>> http://10.11.227.63/cblr/svc/op/ks/profile/Fedora9-i386
>>> install_tree: http://10.11.227.63/cblr/links/Fedora9-i386
>>> libvirtd (pid 2897) is running...
>>> - using qemu hypervisor, type=kvm
>>> - adding disk: /images/bleanhar1-koan-disk0 of size 5
>>> libvir: QEMU error : Domain not found
>>> libvir: QEMU error : Domain not found
>>> libvir: QEMU error : internal error unsupported architecture ...<snip>
>>>    File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line
>>> 866, in _do_install
>>>     self.domain = self.conn.createLinux(install_xml, 0)
>>>    File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 841, in
>>> createLinux
>>>     if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virDomainCreateLinux() failed',
>>> conn=self)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Any thoughts on what could cause the "Unsupported virtualization type"
>>> and the "unsupported architecture" errors?  I've already triple
>>> checked that the guest being installed is i386 and that "virt-install
>>> --hvm" actually works.
>>>
>>> --Brenton
>
> I've attached the xml Koan is passing to virtinst.  I can take koan
> out of the picture and simply try to create the guest with virsh and I
> get the exact same error.  Here's more host info:
>
> [root at dhcp227-200 ~]# uname -a
> Linux dhcp227-200.rdu.redhat.com 2.6.25.10-86.fc9.i686 #1 SMP Mon Jul
> 7 20:46:03 EDT 2008 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
>
> [root at dhcp227-200 ~]# cat /proc/cpuinfo
> processor       : 0
> vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
> cpu family      : 6
> model           : 23
> model name      : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           E5410  @ 2.33GHz
> stepping        : 6
> cpu MHz         : 2327.632
> cache size      : 6144 KB
> physical id     : 0
> siblings        : 4
> core id         : 0
> cpu cores       : 4
> fdiv_bug        : no
> hlt_bug         : no
> f00f_bug        : no
> coma_bug        : no
> fpu             : yes fpu_exception   : yes
> cpuid level     : 10
> wp              : yes
> flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca
> cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe lm
> constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts pni monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2
> ssse3 cx16 xtpr dca sse4_1 lahf_lm
> bogomips        : 4657.93
> clflush size    : 64
>
> There are a total of 8 processors, but their info is all the same
> obviously.

Anyone know how the kernels under /var/lib/libvirt/boot get created?
The xml created by koan/virt-install (attached in my previous email)
references a kernel and initrd that doesn't exist on my filesystem.