[Libvirt-cim] Test Run Summary (Apr 22 2009): KVM on Fedora release 10 (Cambridge) with Pegasus

[Deepti B Kalakeri]

Daniel Veillard wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 03:11:18PM +0530, Deepti B Kalakeri wrote:
>   
>> ComputerSystem - 32_start_reboot.py: XFAIL
>> ERROR 	- Got CIM error CIM_ERR_FAILED: Unable to reboot domain: this function is not supported by the hypervisor: virDomainReboot with return code 1
>> ERROR 	- Exception: Unable reboot dom 'cs_test_domain'
>> InvokeMethod(RequestStateChange): CIM_ERR_FAILED: Unable to reboot domain: this function is not supported by the hypervisor: virDomainReboot
>> Bug:<00005>
>>     
>
>   This is a limitation in KVM, there is no Reboot support, basically
> only shutdown. The only possibility at the moment is a combination of
> shutdown and restart, which is not 100% similar at the libvirt level
> which is why I would rather try to get a reboot operation at the QEmu
> level.
>   But at the CIM API level maybe "reboot" and "shutdown + restart" are
>   
I would let the reboot option remain for Xen/XenFV.
I can use "shutdown + restart" for now in the test case for KVM.
> undistinguishable, in which case it's probably a good idea to implement
> it this way if the hypervisor support for reboot is not present.
>   
I believe that the reboot option works for the KVM guests.
> Daniel
>
>   

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Thanks and Regards,
Deepti B. Kalakeri
IBM Linux Technology Center
deeptik at linux.vnet.ibm.com