[virt-tools-list] virt-install doesn't reboot rhel6/7 VMs after install
Digimer
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Fri Aug 15 14:56:18 UTC 2014
I'll try that, thank you!
Out of curiosity, why would other OSes (like all Windows installs)
restart properly?
digimer
On 15/08/14 10:32 AM, Cole Robinson wrote:
> Sorry for the late response. I think the issue is that virt-viewer is failing
> to launch, probably because this is done on a TTY or over SSH.
>
> The default virt-install invocation kind of depends on virt-viewer running to
> detect when the VM starts up and shuts down. However you can force it to not
> work that way with --noautoconsole (don't launch virt-viewer) and --wait -1
> (wait indefinitely for the VM to shutdown, then restart it)
>
> - Cole
>
> On 08/06/2014 10:00 PM, Digimer wrote:
>> On 29/07/14 11:01 AM, Digimer wrote:
>>> On 29/07/14 10:36 AM, Cole Robinson wrote:
>>>> On 07/28/2014 12:55 PM, Digimer wrote:
>>>>> On 28/07/14 12:02 PM, Cole Robinson wrote:
>>>>>> On 07/28/2014 11:37 AM, Digimer wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've noticed that, for reasons I am not entirely sure of
>>>>>>> (though may exist
>>>>>>> and be valid), newly provisioned EL6 and EL7 VMs stay off after
>>>>>>> pressing
>>>>>>> "reboot" at the end of the OS install (--os-variant rhel*). I've
>>>>>>> seen this
>>>>>>> behaviour on RHEL/CentOS 6.x and various recent Fedoras. Note that
>>>>>>> when I
>>>>>>> install other OSes, the VM reboots properly.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Why would this be? Is this designed behaviour? Installing the
>>>>>>> same on
>>>>>>> bare-iron nodes reboots properly.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The VM should be restarting... can you show an example command line
>>>>>> and full
>>>>>> virt-install --debug output? Make sure you aren't passing --noreboot
>>>>>> or --wait
>>>>>> timeout that is expiring.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The way it's supposed to work is that the VM fully shuts down,
>>>>>> virt-install
>>>>>> changes the VM configuration to boot off the now installed disk, and
>>>>>> restarts
>>>>>> the VM. It does this by telling VM to shutdown rather than perform a
>>>>>> soft
>>>>>> reboot with <on_reboot>destroy</on_reboot> in the VM XML. It does
>>>>>> this for all
>>>>>> VM installs regardless of the OS.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> When the VM shuts down after install, virt-install should update the
>>>>>> config,
>>>>>> restart the VM, and exit. But clearly that's failing here
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - Cole
>>>>>
>>>>> Here is an example install which showed the problem. It is very
>>>>> similar to how
>>>>> I do all my EL6/EL7 installs (save for sometimes installing from
>>>>> PXE/http):
>>>>>
>>>>> virt-install --connect qemu:///system \
>>>>> --name an-a03n01 \
>>>>> --ram 2048 \
>>>>> --arch x86_64 \
>>>>> --vcpus 2 \
>>>>> --cdrom /mnt/usb/VMs/files/CentOS-7.0-1406-x86_64-Everything.iso \
>>>>> --os-variant rhel7 \
>>>>> --network bridge=virbr0,model=virtio \
>>>>> --network bridge=virbr0,model=virtio \
>>>>> --network bridge=virbr0,model=virtio \
>>>>> --network bridge=virbr0,model=virtio \
>>>>> --network bridge=virbr0,model=virtio \
>>>>> --network bridge=virbr0,model=virtio \
>>>>> --disk path=/mnt/usb/VMs/images/an-a03n01.img,bus=virtio,size=40 \
>>>>> --graphics vnc
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I just tried a centos 7 install from cdrom with a nearly identical
>>>> command
>>>> line using stock f20 host, and virt-install rebooted the guest
>>>> correctly at
>>>> the end of the VM install. So you'll need to provide the virt-install
>>>> --debug
>>>> output of a failing invocation so I can see what's going wrong
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Cole
>>>
>>> OK, I will try to get that to you later today or tomorrow. Thanks!
>>>
>>> digimer
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Sorry for the lag, got inundated with work.
>>
>> I ran a fresh install today on a CentOS 6.5 host, installing CentOS 6.5,
>> using '--debug' and, as expected, it did not reboot. I manually booted it
>> after about a minute of waiting.
>>
>> Provision script:
>> ======
>> lvremove -f /dev/c01n01_vg0/vm18-striker_0
>> lvcreate -L 35GiB -n vm18-striker_0 c01n01_vg0
>> virt-install --connect qemu:///system \
>> --name vm18-striker \
>> --ram 2048 \
>> --arch x86_64 \
>> --vcpus 2 \
>> --cdrom '/shared/files/CentOS-6.5-x86_64-bin-DVD1.iso' \
>> --os-variant rhel6 \
>> --video cirrus \
>> --network bridge=vbr2,model=virtio \
>> --disk path=/dev/c01n01_vg0/vm18-striker_0,bus=virtio \
>> --debug \
>> --graphics vnc > /var/log/an-install_vm18-striker.log &
>> ======
>>
>> STDOUT
>> ======
>> Configuration setting "activation/thin_check_executable" unknown.
>> Configuration setting "activation/thin_check_options" unknown.
>> Logical volume "vm18-striker_0" successfully removed
>> Configuration setting "activation/thin_check_executable" unknown.
>> Configuration setting "activation/thin_check_options" unknown.
>> Logical volume "vm18-striker_0" created
>> an-c01n01:/shared/provision# Wed, 06 Aug 2014 21:38:04 DEBUG Launched with
>> command line:
>> /usr/sbin/virt-install --connect qemu:///system --name vm18-striker --ram 2048
>> --arch x86_64 --vcpus 2 --cdrom /shared/files/CentOS-6.5-x86_64-bin-DVD1.iso
>> --os-variant rhel6 --video cirrus --network bridge=vbr2,model=virtio --disk
>> path=/dev/c01n01_vg0/vm18-striker_0,bus=virtio --debug --graphics vnc
>> Wed, 06 Aug 2014 21:38:04 DEBUG Requesting libvirt URI qemu:///system
>> Wed, 06 Aug 2014 21:38:04 DEBUG Received libvirt URI qemu:///system
>> Wed, 06 Aug 2014 21:38:04 DEBUG Requesting virt method 'default', hv type
>> 'default'.
>> Wed, 06 Aug 2014 21:38:04 DEBUG Received virt method 'hvm'
>> Wed, 06 Aug 2014 21:38:04 DEBUG Hypervisor name is 'kvm'
>> Wed, 06 Aug 2014 21:38:04 DEBUG Setting os type to 'linux' for variant 'rhel6'
>> Wed, 06 Aug 2014 21:38:04 DEBUG DistroInstaller location is a local
>> file/path: /shared/files/CentOS-6.5-x86_64-bin-DVD1.iso
>> Wed, 06 Aug 2014 21:38:04 DEBUG Guest.has_install_phase: True
>> Wed, 06 Aug 2014 21:38:04 DEBUG Generated install XML:
>> <domain type='kvm'>
>> <name>vm18-striker</name>
>> <uuid>4ad074a8-a4bf-7ffe-4d8b-6c009771ce04</uuid>
>> <memory>2097152</memory>
>> <currentMemory>2097152</currentMemory>
>> <vcpu>2</vcpu>
>> <os>
>> <type arch='x86_64'>hvm</type>
>> <boot dev='cdrom'/>
>> <boot dev='hd'/>
>> </os>
>> <features>
>> <acpi/><apic/><pae/>
>> </features>
>> <clock offset="utc"/>
>> <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
>> <on_reboot>destroy</on_reboot>
>> <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
>> <devices>
>> <emulator>/usr/libexec/qemu-kvm</emulator>
>> <disk type='block' device='disk'>
>> <driver name='qemu' cache='none' io='native'/>
>> <source dev='/dev/c01n01_vg0/vm18-striker_0'/>
>> <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
>> </disk>
>> <disk type='file' device='cdrom'>
>> <driver name='qemu'/>
>> <source file='/shared/files/CentOS-6.5-x86_64-bin-DVD1.iso'/>
>> <target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/>
>> <readonly/>
>> </disk>
>> <interface type='bridge'>
>> <source bridge='vbr2'/>
>> <mac address='52:54:00:e2:40:5c'/>
>> <model type='virtio'/>
>> </interface>
>> <input type='tablet' bus='usb'/>
>> <graphics type='vnc' port='-1'/>
>> <console type='pty'/>
>> <video>
>> <model type='cirrus'/>
>> </video>
>> </devices>
>> </domain>
>>
>> Wed, 06 Aug 2014 21:38:04 DEBUG Generated boot XML:
>> <domain type='kvm'>
>> <name>vm18-striker</name>
>> <uuid>4ad074a8-a4bf-7ffe-4d8b-6c009771ce04</uuid>
>> <memory>2097152</memory>
>> <currentMemory>2097152</currentMemory>
>> <vcpu>2</vcpu>
>> <os>
>> <type arch='x86_64'>hvm</type>
>> <boot dev='hd'/>
>> </os>
>> <features>
>> <acpi/><apic/><pae/>
>> </features>
>> <clock offset="utc"/>
>> <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
>> <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
>> <on_crash>restart</on_crash>
>> <devices>
>> <emulator>/usr/libexec/qemu-kvm</emulator>
>> <disk type='block' device='disk'>
>> <driver name='qemu' cache='none' io='native'/>
>> <source dev='/dev/c01n01_vg0/vm18-striker_0'/>
>> <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
>> </disk>
>> <disk type='block' device='cdrom'>
>> <target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/>
>> <readonly/>
>> </disk>
>> <interface type='bridge'>
>> <source bridge='vbr2'/>
>> <mac address='52:54:00:e2:40:5c'/>
>> <model type='virtio'/>
>> </interface>
>> <input type='tablet' bus='usb'/>
>> <graphics type='vnc' port='-1'/>
>> <console type='pty'/>
>> <video>
>> <model type='cirrus'/>
>> </video>
>> </devices>
>> </domain>
>>
>> Wed, 06 Aug 2014 21:38:05 DEBUG Started guest, connecting to console if
>> requested
>> Wed, 06 Aug 2014 21:38:05 DEBUG Launching virt-viewer for graphics type 'vnc'
>> Wed, 06 Aug 2014 21:38:05 DEBUG Running: /usr/bin/virt-viewer --connect
>> qemu:///system --wait 5
>> Wed, 06 Aug 2014 21:38:05 DEBUG XML fetched from libvirt object:
>> <domain type='kvm' id='5'>
>> <name>vm18-striker</name>
>> <uuid>4ad074a8-a4bf-7ffe-4d8b-6c009771ce04</uuid>
>> <memory unit='KiB'>2097152</memory>
>> <currentMemory unit='KiB'>2097152</currentMemory>
>> <vcpu placement='static'>2</vcpu>
>> <os>
>> <type arch='x86_64' machine='rhel6.5.0'>hvm</type>
>> <boot dev='cdrom'/>
>> <boot dev='hd'/>
>> </os>
>> <features>
>> <acpi/>
>> <apic/>
>> <pae/>
>> </features>
>> <clock offset='utc'/>
>> <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
>> <on_reboot>destroy</on_reboot>
>> <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
>> <devices>
>> <emulator>/usr/libexec/qemu-kvm</emulator>
>> <disk type='block' device='disk'>
>> <driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='none' io='native'/>
>> <source dev='/dev/c01n01_vg0/vm18-striker_0'/>
>> <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
>> <alias name='virtio-disk0'/>
>> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04' function='0x0'/>
>> </disk>
>> <disk type='file' device='cdrom'>
>> <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
>> <source file='/shared/files/CentOS-6.5-x86_64-bin-DVD1.iso'/>
>> <target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/>
>> <readonly/>
>> <alias name='ide0-1-0'/>
>> <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='1' target='0' unit='0'/>
>> </disk>
>> <controller type='usb' index='0'>
>> <alias name='usb0'/>
>> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x2'/>
>> </controller>
>> <controller type='ide' index='0'>
>> <alias name='ide0'/>
>> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/>
>> </controller>
>> <interface type='bridge'>
>> <mac address='52:54:00:e2:40:5c'/>
>> <source bridge='vbr2'/>
>> <target dev='vnet3'/>
>> <model type='virtio'/>
>> <alias name='net0'/>
>> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/>
>> </interface>
>> <serial type='pty'>
>> <source path='/dev/pts/0'/>
>> <target port='0'/>
>> <alias name='serial0'/>
>> </serial>
>> <console type='pty' tty='/dev/pts/0'>
>> <source path='/dev/pts/0'/>
>> <target type='serial' port='0'/>
>> <alias name='serial0'/>
>> </console>
>> <input type='tablet' bus='usb'>
>> <alias name='input0'/>
>> </input>
>> <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
>> <graphics type='vnc' port='5903' autoport='yes' listen='127.0.0.1'>
>> <listen type='address' address='127.0.0.1'/>
>> </graphics>
>> <video>
>> <model type='cirrus' vram='9216' heads='1'/>
>> <alias name='video0'/>
>> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/>
>> </video>
>> <memballoon model='virtio'>
>> <alias name='balloon0'/>
>> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x05' function='0x0'/>
>> </memballoon>
>> </devices>
>> <seclabel type='none'/>
>> </domain>
>>
>> Cannot open display:
>> Run 'virt-viewer --help' to see a full list of available command line options
>> Wed, 06 Aug 2014 21:38:08 DEBUG Domain state after install: 1
>> ======
>>
>> Contents of /var/log/an-install_vm18-striker.log
>> ======
>> Starting install...
>> Creating domain... | 0 B 00:00
>> Domain installation still in progress. You can reconnect to
>> the console to complete the installation process.
>> ======
>>
>> Contents of /var/log/libvirt/qemu/vm18-striker.log
>> ======
>> 2014-08-07 01:35:36.912+0000: starting up
>> LC_ALL=C PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none
>> /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm -name vm18-striker -S -M rhel6.5.0 -enable-kvm -m 2048
>> -realtime mlock=off -smp 2,sockets=2,cores=1,threads=1 -uuid
>> 5bc740b0-b57c-df9d-f824-6281d6076a4a -nodefconfig -nodefaults -chardev
>> socket,id=charmonitor,path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/vm18-striker.monitor,server,nowait
>> -mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control -rtc base=utc -no-reboot
>> -no-shutdown -device piix3-usb-uhci,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1.0x2 -drive
>> file=/dev/c01n01_vg0/vm18-striker_0,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0,format=raw,cache=none,aio=native
>> -device
>> virtio-blk-pci,scsi=off,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4,drive=drive-virtio-disk0,id=virtio-disk0,bootindex=2
>> -drive
>> file=/shared/files/CentOS-6.5-x86_64-bin-DVD1.iso,if=none,media=cdrom,id=drive-ide0-1-0,readonly=on,format=raw
>> -device
>> ide-drive,bus=ide.1,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-1-0,id=ide0-1-0,bootindex=1
>> -netdev tap,fd=25,id=hostnet0,vhost=on,vhostfd=29 -device
>> virtio-net-pci,netdev=hostnet0,id=net0,mac=52:54:00:5d:6d:4f,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 -chardev
>> pty,id=charserial0 -device isa-serial,chardev=charserial0,id=serial0 -device
>> usb-tablet,id=input0 -vnc 0.0.0.0:3 -vga cirrus -device
>> virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x5
>> char device redirected to /dev/pts/0
>> qemu: terminating on signal 15 from pid 7182
>> 2014-08-07 01:36:45.703+0000: shutting down
>> 2014-08-07 01:38:04.719+0000: starting up
>> LC_ALL=C PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none
>> /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm -name vm18-striker -S -M rhel6.5.0 -enable-kvm -m 2048
>> -realtime mlock=off -smp 2,sockets=2,cores=1,threads=1 -uuid
>> 4ad074a8-a4bf-7ffe-4d8b-6c009771ce04 -nodefconfig -nodefaults -chardev
>> socket,id=charmonitor,path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/vm18-striker.monitor,server,nowait
>> -mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control -rtc base=utc -no-reboot
>> -no-shutdown -device piix3-usb-uhci,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1.0x2 -drive
>> file=/dev/c01n01_vg0/vm18-striker_0,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0,format=raw,cache=none,aio=native
>> -device
>> virtio-blk-pci,scsi=off,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4,drive=drive-virtio-disk0,id=virtio-disk0,bootindex=2
>> -drive
>> file=/shared/files/CentOS-6.5-x86_64-bin-DVD1.iso,if=none,media=cdrom,id=drive-ide0-1-0,readonly=on,format=raw
>> -device
>> ide-drive,bus=ide.1,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-1-0,id=ide0-1-0,bootindex=1
>> -netdev tap,fd=25,id=hostnet0,vhost=on,vhostfd=29 -device
>> virtio-net-pci,netdev=hostnet0,id=net0,mac=52:54:00:e2:40:5c,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 -chardev
>> pty,id=charserial0 -device isa-serial,chardev=charserial0,id=serial0 -device
>> usb-tablet,id=input0 -vnc 127.0.0.1:3 -vga cirrus -device
>> virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x5
>> char device redirected to /dev/pts/0
>> qemu: terminating on signal 15 from pid 7182
>> 2014-08-07 01:49:40.120+0000: shutting down
>> 2014-08-07 01:51:19.649+0000: starting up
>> LC_ALL=C PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none
>> /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm -name vm18-striker -S -M rhel6.5.0 -enable-kvm -m 2048
>> -realtime mlock=off -smp 2,sockets=2,cores=1,threads=1 -uuid
>> 4ad074a8-a4bf-7ffe-4d8b-6c009771ce04 -nodefconfig -nodefaults -chardev
>> socket,id=charmonitor,path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/vm18-striker.monitor,server,nowait
>> -mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control -rtc base=utc -no-shutdown
>> -device piix3-usb-uhci,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1.0x2 -drive
>> file=/dev/c01n01_vg0/vm18-striker_0,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0,format=raw,cache=none,aio=native
>> -device
>> virtio-blk-pci,scsi=off,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4,drive=drive-virtio-disk0,id=virtio-disk0,bootindex=1
>> -drive if=none,media=cdrom,id=drive-ide0-1-0,readonly=on,format=raw -device
>> ide-drive,bus=ide.1,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-1-0,id=ide0-1-0 -netdev
>> tap,fd=22,id=hostnet0,vhost=on,vhostfd=23 -device
>> virtio-net-pci,netdev=hostnet0,id=net0,mac=52:54:00:e2:40:5c,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 -chardev
>> pty,id=charserial0 -device isa-serial,chardev=charserial0,id=serial0 -device
>> usb-tablet,id=input0 -vnc 127.0.0.1:3 -vga cirrus -device
>> virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x5
>> char device redirected to /dev/pts/0
>> ======
>>
>> Screenshot showing the behaviour:
>>
>> http://i.imgur.com/kV0kfbA.png
>>
>> Let me know if there is anything else I can do to help. I can reproduce this
>> 100% of the time.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>
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