[et-mgmt-tools] Some (probably) beginner questions

Cole Robinson crobinso at redhat.com
Wed Mar 18 14:45:02 UTC 2009


Cole Robinson wrote:
> Dominik Klein wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> I am trying to setup libvirt, virt-manager and xen.
>>
>> I successfully installed xen 3.3.1 and am able to run machines with "xm".
>> libvirt is 0.6.1
>> virt-manager was pulled 30 minutes ago from the repo
>> same for virtinst
>>
>> libvirt is installed, libvirtd is running. I can also start virt-manager
>> and have it connect to xen.
>>
>> Now I want to define a new machine with virt-manager and face a couple
>> of problems.
>>
>> * I can only select full vs. paravirtualization at the end of the
>> installation dialog and (I think) therefore not select a .iso file as
>> installation source. The installation source has to be chosen in the
>> very first dialog and I can only select "network install" there.
>>
> 
> Hmm, if the connection supports FV and PV, all install options should be
> enabled. At the end of the wizard, is 'xen (fullvirt)' and option listed
> in the 'Virt Type' drop down? Can you provide 'virsh --connect xen:///
> capabilities' output
> 

We followed up offline, and found this was a virt-manager bug, fixed here:

http://hg.et.redhat.com/cgi-bin/hg-virt.cgi/applications/virt-manager--devel/rev/6374136c6247

- Cole




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