[libvirt-users] Host does not support virtualization type 'xen'

Su Zhang westlifezs at gmail.com
Thu Mar 15 15:07:00 UTC 2012


Alex,

Thanks for reply. Here is the debugger info:


[root at XenTester su]# virt-install -p -d
Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:04:04 DEBUG    Launched with command line:
/usr/bin/virt-install -p -d
Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:04:04 DEBUG    Requesting libvirt URI default
Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:04:05 DEBUG    Received libvirt URI qemu:///system
Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:04:05 DEBUG    Requesting virt method 'xen', hv type
'default'.
Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:04:05 ERROR    Host does not support virtualization
type 'xen'
Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:04:05 DEBUG    Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/virt-install", line 274, in get_virt_type
    machine=options.machine)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/virtinst/CapabilitiesParser.py",
line 732, in guest_lookup
    {'virttype' : osstr, 'arch' : archstr})
ValueError: Host does not support virtualization type 'xen'


On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 9:57 AM, Alex Jia <ajia at redhat.com> wrote:

> Hi Su,
> Could you attach your virt-install log file as a attachment?
> for example, log file is put in $HOME/.virtinst/virt-install.log.
> or using virt-install with -d option then paste debugger info
> in here.
>
> Regards & Thanks,
> Alex
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Su Zhang" <westlifezs at gmail.com>
> To: "Eric Blake" <eblake at redhat.com>
> Cc: libvirt-users at redhat.com
> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 10:35:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [libvirt-users] Host does not support virtualization type
> 'xen'
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 12:30 PM, Eric Blake < eblake at redhat.com > wrote:
>
>
> [please don't top-post on technical lists - I've reformatted my reply]
>
>
> On 03/14/2012 11:24 AM, Su Zhang wrote:
>
>
> >>> However, while I was installing domU image by using virt-install -p at
> >>> domU OS. I encountered an
> >>> error information" Host does not support virtualization type 'xen' ".
>
>
> > Thanks for your reply. Yet it seems that it does support Xen based on the
> > running script:
> >
> > virsh --version=long
> > Virsh command line tool of libvirt 0.9.10
> > See web site at http://libvirt.org/
> >
> > Compiled with support for:
> > Hypervisors: Xen QEmu/KVM UML OpenVZ VirtualBox LXC Test
>
> Good. The next step is determining which hypervisor you are connecting
> to by default:
>
> virsh uri
>
> If that isn't right (for example, if it returns qemu:///system), then
> you need to modify how you are calling virt-install to pass an explicit
> URI (or set LIBVIRT_DEFAULT_URI in your environment). Try 'virt-install
> -c xen:///' to force libvirt to talk to the xen hypervisor.
> http://libvirt.org/uri.html gives more details on setting a URI.
>
>
>
> --
> Eric Blake eblake at redhat.com +1-919-301-3266
> Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
>
>
> The issue hasn't been eliminated. Here is the running script:
>
> [root at XenTester su]# virt-install -p -c xen:///
> ERROR Host does not support virtualization type 'xen'
> [root at XenTester su]# virsh uri
> xen:///
>
> [root at XenTester su]#
>
> Any other possibilities?
>
>
>
> --
> Su Zhang
> Ph.D Candidate
> Computing and Information Sciences
> Kansas State University
>
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-- 
Su Zhang
Ph.D Candidate
Computing and Information Sciences
Kansas State University
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