[libvirt-users] Virtual Machines Stay Off If Rebooted

[Patrick Wilbur]

Hmm.  I'm not sure.  I'll keep thinking about it and let you know if I come
up with any ideas!  Is this a production environment?


On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 5:27 PM, Andrew Martin <amartin at xes-inc.com> wrote:

> Hi Patrick,
>
> My VM configuration contains those same entries:
> <domain type='kvm' id='65'>
>   <name>testvm</name>
>   <uuid>e630518d-2ccc-f643-a6cb-61c09a3fb251</uuid>
>   <memory>524288</memory>
>   <currentMemory>524288</currentMemory>
>   <vcpu>1</vcpu>
>   <os>
>     <type arch='i686' machine='pc-0.12'>hvm</type>
>     <boot dev='hd'/>
>   </os>
>   <features>
>     <acpi/>
>     <apic/>
>     <pae/>
>   </features>
>   <clock offset='localtime'/>
>   <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
>   <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
>   <on_crash>restart</on_crash>
>   <devices>
>     <emulator>/usr/bin/kvm</emulator>
>     <disk type='file' device='disk'>
>       <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
>       <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/testvm.img'/>
>       <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
>     </disk>
>     <disk type='block' device='cdrom'>
>       <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
>       <target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/>
>       <readonly/>
>     </disk>
>     <interface type='bridge'>
>       <mac address='52:54:00:98:fe:49'/>
>       <source bridge='br0'/>
>       <target dev='vnet20'/>
>     </interface>
>     <console type='pty' tty='/dev/pts/22'>
>       <source path='/dev/pts/22'/>
>       <target port='0'/>
>     </console>
>     <console type='pty' tty='/dev/pts/22'>
>       <source path='/dev/pts/22'/>
>       <target port='0'/>
>     </console>
>     <input type='tablet' bus='usb'/>
>     <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
>     <graphics type='vnc' port='5990' autoport='no' listen='0.0.0.0'/>
>     <video>
>       <model type='cirrus' vram='9216' heads='1'/>
>     </video>
>   </devices>
>   <seclabel type='dynamic' model='apparmor'>
>     <label>libvirt-e630518d-2ccc-f643-a6cb-61c09a3fb251</label>
>     <imagelabel>libvirt-e630518d-2ccc-f643-a6cb-61c09a3fb251</imagelabel>
>   </seclabel>
> </domain>
>
> A few months ago the configuration worked as expected - rebooting a
> machine would obey the directive in the config file and restart it, however
> that is no longer the case. What other information would be helpful in
> debugging this?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Andrew
>
> ------------------------------
> *From: *"Patrick Wilbur" <patrick.wilbur at gmail.com>
> *To: *"Andrew Martin" <amartin at xes-inc.com>
> *Cc: *libvirt-users at redhat.com
> *Sent: *Friday, May 25, 2012 4:15:34 PM
> *Subject: *Re: [libvirt-users] Virtual Machines Stay Off If Rebooted
>
>
> Hey Andrew,
>
> Could you run the following?
>
> #virsh dumpxml <domain>
>
> The XML for one of my VMs contains some entries that look like the
> following:
>
>   <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
>   <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
>   <on_crash>restart</on_crash>
>
> What do yours look like?
>
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>
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>
> On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 5:01 PM, Andrew Martin <amartin at xes-inc.com>wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am using libvirt on Ubuntu 10.04 Server and the following versions of
>> these packages:
>> libvirt-bin, libvirt0, python-libvirt - 0.7.5-5ubuntu27.22
>> qemu-kvm 0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu9.18
>>
>> Recently, when restarting a VM (either by issuing "sudo reboot" on a
>> Linux guest or choosing "Restart" from the Start Menu on a Windows guest)
>> the VM shuts down and remains off rather than simply restarting. I cannot
>> test "virsh restart <domain>" on this server as the version of libvirt does
>> not appear to support restarting - see
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvirt/+bug/368962
>>
>> I do not receive any errors in /var/log when the shutdown occurs.
>> Powering the VM back on works, however I would prefer to have hot restart
>> working so VMs that are automatically rebooted to install updates will come
>> back up automatically. Do you have any suggestions on how to debug this
>> behavior?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Andrew
>>
>>
>>
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