[libvirt] "virsh destroy" deletes extra VMs

Shi Jin jinzishuai at yahoo.com
Wed Sep 30 16:34:43 UTC 2009


Hi there,

I am running Ubuntu 9.04 X64 server with KVM/libvirt. I recently found that the "virsh destroy" command actually delete VMs it should not delete.
For example, please see the following screen copy:
root at node1:/srv/cloud/ImgRep/WinXP# virsh list
Connecting to uri: qemu:///system
 Id Name                 State
----------------------------------
 27 one-80               running
 28 one-81               running
 29 one-83               running
 30 one-82               running
 31 one-79               running

root at node1:/srv/cloud/ImgRep/WinXP# virsh destroy 29
Connecting to uri: qemu:///system
Domain 29 destroyed

root at node1:/srv/cloud/ImgRep/WinXP# virsh list
Connecting to uri: qemu:///system
 Id Name                 State
----------------------------------
 27 one-80               running
 28 one-81               running
 31 one-79               running

Please note that VM 30 was  deleted when we tried to delete VM 29. The /var/log/messages showed the following information:
ep 30 08:58:59 node1 kernel: [238101.304619] br1: port 5(vnet4) entering disabled state
Sep 30 08:58:59 node1 kernel: [238101.342851] device vnet4 left promiscuous mode
Sep 30 08:58:59 node1 kernel: [238101.342854] br1: port 5(vnet4) entering disabled state
Sep 30 08:58:59 node1 kernel: [238101.424851] br1: port 4(vnet3) entering disabled state
Sep 30 08:59:00 node1 kernel: [238101.463031] device vnet3 left promiscuous mode
Sep 30 08:59:00 node1 kernel: [238101.463035] br1: port 4(vnet3) entering disabled state
Sep 30 09:10:53 node1 -- MARK --
Sep 30 09:30:53 node1 -- MARK --
Sep 30 09:50:53 node1 -- MARK --
Sep 30 09:51:31 node1 kernel: [241253.266955] device vnet3 entered promiscuous mode
Sep 30 09:51:31 node1 kernel: [241253.268857] br1: port 4(vnet3) entering learning state
Sep 30 09:51:40 node1 kernel: [241262.260147] br1: topology change detected, propagating
Sep 30 09:51:40 node1 kernel: [241262.260152] br1: port 4(vnet3) entering forwarding state
Sep 30 09:53:59 node1 kernel: [241401.204570] br1: port 4(vnet3) entering disabled state
Sep 30 09:53:59 node1 kernel: [241401.232395] device vnet3 left promiscuous mode
Sep 30 09:53:59 node1 kernel: [241401.232399] br1: port 4(vnet3) entering disabled state
Sep 30 09:54:20 node1 kernel: [241421.694803] br1: port 2(vnet0) entering disabled state
Sep 30 09:54:20 node1 kernel: [241421.733095] device vnet0 left promiscuous mode
Sep 30 09:54:20 node1 kernel: [241421.733099] br1: port 2(vnet0) entering disabled state
Sep 30 09:54:20 node1 kernel: [241421.815209] br2: port 2(vnet1) entering disabled state
Sep 30 09:54:20 node1 kernel: [241421.853728] device vnet1 left promiscuous mode
Sep 30 09:54:20 node1 kernel: [241421.853732] br2: port 2(vnet1) entering disabled state
Sep 30 09:54:20 node1 kernel: [241421.935254] br1: port 3(vnet2) entering disabled state
Sep 30 09:54:20 node1 kernel: [241421.963527] device vnet2 left promiscuous mode
Sep 30 09:54:20 node1 kernel: [241421.963531] br1: port 3(vnet2) entering disabled state
Sep 30 09:55:29 node1 kernel: [241490.644204] br1: port 6(vnet5) entering disabled state
Sep 30 09:55:29 node1 kernel: [241490.673195] device vnet5 left promiscuous mode
Sep 30 09:55:29 node1 kernel: [241490.673199] br1: port 6(vnet5) entering disabled state
Sep 30 10:10:53 node1 -- MARK --
Sep 30 10:11:49 node1 kernel: [242470.955142] device vnet0 entered promiscuous mode
Sep 30 10:11:49 node1 kernel: [242470.957051] br1: port 2(vnet0) entering learning state
Sep 30 10:11:52 node1 kernel: [242474.180036] device vnet1 entered promiscuous mode
Sep 30 10:11:52 node1 kernel: [242474.181943] br1: port 3(vnet1) entering learning state
Sep 30 10:11:55 node1 kernel: [242477.431693] device vnet2 entered promiscuous mode
Sep 30 10:11:55 node1 kernel: [242477.433558] br1: port 4(vnet2) entering learning state
Sep 30 10:11:58 node1 kernel: [242479.950082] br1: topology change detected, propagating
Sep 30 10:11:58 node1 kernel: [242479.950086] br1: port 2(vnet0) entering forwarding state
Sep 30 10:12:00 node1 kernel: [242482.059146] device vnet3 entered promiscuous mode
Sep 30 10:12:00 node1 kernel: [242482.060330] br1: port 5(vnet3) entering learning state
Sep 30 10:12:01 node1 kernel: [242483.180170] br1: topology change detected, propagating
Sep 30 10:12:01 node1 kernel: [242483.180173] br1: port 3(vnet1) entering forwarding state
Sep 30 10:12:04 node1 kernel: [242485.710948] device vnet4 entered promiscuous mode
Sep 30 10:12:04 node1 kernel: [242485.712109] br1: port 6(vnet4) entering learning state
Sep 30 10:12:04 node1 kernel: [242486.430098] br1: topology change detected, propagating
Sep 30 10:12:04 node1 kernel: [242486.430104] br1: port 4(vnet2) entering forwarding state
Sep 30 10:12:09 node1 kernel: [242491.051857] br1: topology change detected, propagating
Sep 30 10:12:09 node1 kernel: [242491.051862] br1: port 5(vnet3) entering forwarding state
Sep 30 10:12:13 node1 kernel: [242494.711792] br1: topology change detected, propagating
Sep 30 10:12:13 node1 kernel: [242494.711797] br1: port 6(vnet4) entering forwarding state
Sep 30 10:22:00 node1 kernel: [243082.274008] br1: port 4(vnet2) entering disabled state
Sep 30 10:22:00 node1 kernel: [243082.312108] device vnet2 left promiscuous mode
Sep 30 10:22:00 node1 kernel: [243082.312112] br1: port 4(vnet2) entering disabled state
Sep 30 10:22:00 node1 kernel: [243082.365331] br1: port 5(vnet3) entering disabled state
Sep 30 10:22:00 node1 kernel: [243082.393430] device vnet3 left promiscuous mode
Sep 30 10:22:00 node1 kernel: [243082.393433] br1: port 5(vnet3) entering disabled state

I have 4 NICs and the ifconfig shows
root at node1:/srv/cloud/ImgRep/WinXP# ifconfig
bond0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:24:e8:6b:0d:57  
          inet6 addr: fe80::224:e8ff:fe6b:d57/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MASTER MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:7799931 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:6879357 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:4360166425 (4.3 GB)  TX bytes:4350243659 (4.3 GB)

br0       Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:24:e8:6b:0d:57  
          inet addr:192.168.1.128  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::224:e8ff:fe6b:d57/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:7641913 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:6412260 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:4169876739 (4.1 GB)  TX bytes:4291182908 (4.2 GB)

br1       Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:24:e8:6b:0d:5b  
          inet6 addr: fe80::224:e8ff:fe6b:d5b/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:152606 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:11276026 (11.2 MB)  TX bytes:468 (468.0 B)

br2       Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:24:e8:6b:0d:5d  
          inet6 addr: fe80::224:e8ff:fe6b:d5d/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:152596 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:11286132 (11.2 MB)  TX bytes:468 (468.0 B)

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:24:e8:6b:0d:57  
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING SLAVE MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:3622205 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:3443103 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:1758147112 (1.7 GB)  TX bytes:2174389369 (2.1 GB)
          Interrupt:36 Memory:d6000000-d6012700 

eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:24:e8:6b:0d:57  
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING SLAVE MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:4177726 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:3436254 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:2602019313 (2.6 GB)  TX bytes:2175854290 (2.1 GB)
          Interrupt:48 Memory:d8000000-d8012700 

eth2      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:24:e8:6b:0d:5b  
          inet6 addr: fe80::224:e8ff:fe6b:d5b/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:256014 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:91549 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:20680139 (20.6 MB)  TX bytes:17317087 (17.3 MB)
          Interrupt:32 Memory:da000000-da012700 

eth3      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:24:e8:6b:0d:5d  
          inet6 addr: fe80::224:e8ff:fe6b:d5d/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:245189 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:32669 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:20866257 (20.8 MB)  TX bytes:8265329 (8.2 MB)
          Interrupt:42 Memory:dc000000-dc012700 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:324787 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:324787 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:571707504 (571.7 MB)  TX bytes:571707504 (571.7 MB)

vnet0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 52:c3:a3:d0:09:84  
          inet6 addr: fe80::50c3:a3ff:fed0:984/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:72 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:533 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:500 
          RX bytes:10410 (10.4 KB)  TX bytes:49306 (49.3 KB)

vnet1     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 02:0d:4c:1e:5c:82  
          inet6 addr: fe80::d:4cff:fe1e:5c82/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:36 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:563 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:500 
          RX bytes:6023 (6.0 KB)  TX bytes:53245 (53.2 KB)

vnet4     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr a6:58:67:2b:37:8a  
          inet6 addr: fe80::a458:67ff:fe2b:378a/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:42 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:552 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:500 
          RX bytes:6733 (6.7 KB)  TX bytes:52189 (52.1 KB)
Note that there is no IP address assigned to the br1 device which is used here. I don't think that should be a problem. Also the first 2 NICs are bonded first and then created as a bridge br0 and I don't think it is a problem either. 

root at node1:/srv/cloud/ImgRep/WinXP# virsh --version
Connecting to uri: qemu:///system
0.6.1

root at node1:/srv/cloud/ImgRep/WinXP# kvm -h
QEMU PC emulator version 0.9.1 (kvm-84), Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Fabrice Bellard

Has anyone had similar problem before? How can I fix it?
Thanks a lot.

Shi
--
Shi Jin, PhD


      




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