[libvirt] Fail to import available VM image

Jun Koi junkoi2004 at gmail.com
Wed Feb 15 02:53:35 UTC 2012


On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 1:01 AM, Laine Stump <laine at laine.org> wrote:
> On 02/14/2012 11:01 AM, Jun Koi wrote:
>> On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 11:47 PM, Alex Jia <ajia at redhat.com> wrote:
>>> Hi Jun,
>>> I assume you haven't changed libvirt default URI, it may be a issue,
>>> I want to know whether it works for you if you explicitly specify
>>> --connect qemu:///system with virt-install? I think a root reason
>>> probably is your disk image location, the log said it can't find
>>> storage volume, if you put img.winp under the /var/lib/libvirt/images,
>>> then give a disk absolute path to virt-install, Does it work for you?
>> ok, i change the command a bit, and it went further.
>> here is how i did:
>>
>> (1) compiled everything from source, then install (make install) to my Ubuntu
>>
>> (2) start libvirtd on commandline
>> # libvirtd -d
>>
>> (3) import my KVM image to libvirt
>>
>> $ virt-install --connect qemu:///system -n winxp -r 800 --accelerate
>> --vnc -v --noautoconsole --import -f /home/jun/img/img.winxp
>>
>> it failed, and the log is like below:
>>
>> ....
>> [Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:51:49 virt-install 3831] DEBUG (cli:326)
>> Requesting libvirt URI qemu:///system
>> [Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:51:51 virt-install 3831] DEBUG (cli:328) Received
>> libvirt URI qemu:///system
>> [Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:51:52 virt-install 3831] DEBUG (virt-install:259)
>> Requesting virt method 'hvm', hv type 'default'.
>> [Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:51:52 virt-install 3831] DEBUG (virt-install:469)
>> Received virt method 'hvm'
>> [Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:51:52 virt-install 3831] DEBUG (virt-install:470)
>> Hypervisor name is 'kvm'
>> [Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:51:52 virt-install 3831] ERROR (cli:439) Error in
>> network device parameters: Virtual network 'default' has not been
>> started.
>> [Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:51:52 virt-install 3831] DEBUG (cli:440)
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/virtinst/cli.py", line
>> 884, in get_networks
>>     dev = parse_network(guest, netstr, mac=mac)
>>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/virtinst/cli.py", line
>> 1642, in parse_network
>>     bridge=opts.get("bridge"))
>>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/virtinst/VirtualNetworkInterface.py",
>> line 153, in __init__
>>     self.network = network
>>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/virtinst/XMLBuilderDomain.py",
>> line 309, in new_setter
>>     fset(self, val, *args, **kwargs)
>>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/virtinst/VirtualNetworkInterface.py",
>> line 257, in set_network
>>     "started.") % newnet)
>> ValueError: Virtual network 'default' has not been started.
>
> A very common cause of this problem is that a systemwide instance of
> dnsmasq is already (erroneously) listening on the bridge created by
> libvirt for the default network. I took your email as an oppurtunity to
> write an entry in the new Troubleshooting section of the libvirt wiki.
> It will explain to you how to solve your problem (*if* this is your
> problem, of course :-).

this is not my problem, as i dont use dnsmasq.

below is my /var/log/libvirt/libvirtd.log

....
2012-02-15 01:54:18.358+0000: 10580: info : libvirt version: 0.9.10
2012-02-15 01:54:18.358+0000: 10580: error : virCommandWait:2308 :
internal error Child process (/sbin/iptables --table mangle --delete
POSTROUTING --out-interface virbr0 --protocol udp --destination-port
68 --jump CHECKSUM --checksum-fill) status unexpected: exit status 2
2012-02-15 01:54:18.367+0000: 10580: error : virCommandWait:2308 :
internal error Child process (/sbin/iptables --table mangle --insert
POSTROUTING --out-interface virbr0 --protocol udp --destination-port
68 --jump CHECKSUM --checksum-fill) status unexpected: exit status 2
2012-02-15 01:54:18.367+0000: 10580: warning :
networkAddGeneralIptablesRules:1301 : Could not add rule to fixup DHCP
response checksums on network 'default'.
2012-02-15 01:54:18.367+0000: 10580: warning :
networkAddGeneralIptablesRules:1302 : May need to update iptables
package & kernel to support CHECKSUM rule.


and currently output of "brctl show" is:
# brctl show
bridge name	bridge id		STP enabled	interfaces
pan0		8000.000000000000	no		
virbr0		8000.000000000000	yes		


so what is wrong with my system?

thanks,
Jun




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