[Ovirt-devel] [Q]Can VM start in Developer Version?

S.Sakamoto fj0588di at aa.jp.fujitsu.com
Thu Jul 10 08:50:39 UTC 2008


> OK, so the "Could not initialize KVM" error is not fatal; it just means your
> guests will be using Qemu for full emulation, which is expected in the developer
> version.  The part that does seem fatal is the "Could not allocate physical
> memory".  By default, we only give 512MB to the "fake" managed nodes (such as
> node3); as such, there isn't a lot of room for guests on there.  What size guest
> were you trying to run?  My guess is that if you increase the size of the
> managed node, you will then be able to start your guest.  You can modify the
> managed node by doing something like:
> 
> # virsh dumpxml node3 > node3.xml
> <edit node3.xml to increase the memory>
> # virsh define node3.xml
> # virsh start node3
> 
Thank you for your information!
I was able to start a guest in an above procedure.

Thanks,
Shigeki Sakamoto.




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