[Libvirt-cim] Re: Need CS state transition related info.

[Deepti B Kalakeri]

Kaitlin Rupert wrote:
> Deepti B Kalakeri wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have following query regarding the CS provider state transition.
>>
>> 1)
>>
>> The following tc 32_start_reboot.py, which tries to use 
>> DefineSystem() to first define the VS and then change the state from 
>> Start to Reboot, fails for KVM with the following error.
>>
>> ComputerSystem - 32_start_reboot.py: FAIL
>> ERROR   - Exception: (1, u'CIM_ERR_FAILED: Domain Operation Failed')
>> ERROR   - Unable to Reboot dom test_domain using RequestedStateChange()
>> InvokeMethod(RequestStateChange): CIM_ERR_FAILED: Domain Operation 
>> Failed
>>
>> tc cannot be used to support KVM, because of the following debug 
>> statement
>>
>> *Virt_ComputerSystem.c(807): Reboot domain
>> libvir: error : this function is not supported by the hypervisor: 
>> virDomainReboot*
>> *
>> *Is my analysis correct?
>
> What version of libvirt is this with?  For KVM, we are more concerned 
> with newer version of libvirt.  So this might be something we can get 
> fixed in libvirt.
The previous version of the libvirt was 0.4.2. I updated the libvirt 
yesterday on my machine to 0.4.4.
I still see the same error.
Virt_ComputerSystem.c(807): Reboot domain
libvir: error : this function is not supported by the hypervisor: 
virDomainReboot
>
>>
>> 2)
>>   According to the state transition diagram in the DMTF VSP doc (Pg: 
>> 20) implies that a state transition from *Suspend* to *Active(through 
>> reboot) *is valid,
>>   but our provider returns an *exception. *What is the correct state 
>> transition to be considered?
>>   We can use 33_suspend_reboot.py tc to verify the same.
>
> This sounds like a bug.Can you capture the exception you're seeing and 
> send it to the external mailing list?  I haven't had a chance today to 
> look into it.
>
Here is the provider exception that is thrown when the VS state is 
changed from suspend to reboot.

ERROR   - DETAILS IS (1, u'CIM_ERR_FAILED: Domain not running')
InvokeMethod(RequestStateChange): CIM_ERR_FAILED: Domain not running

Thanks and Regards,
Deepti.
> Thanks!
>