[libvirt-users] virt-install kickstart local file

2012-11-05 Thread Joe Linoff
Hi Everybody: I am trying to get virt-install to work with a kickstart file that is on the local file system. I tried using the --initrd-inject="/tmp" --extra-args="ks=file:/myks.cfg" but I got this error message: ERROR--extra-args only work if specified with --location. Here is the basi

Re: [libvirt-users] re-create disk image file

2012-11-05 Thread Joe Linoff
> That sounds like RHEL 6 (or CentOS). Yup, CentOS 6.3. I should have mentioned that. > Sounds like one resolved symlinks while the other did not. Maybe it's > worth enhancing libvirt to allow all names that resolve to the same file, > rather than just the exact spelling used? At any rate, we

Re: [libvirt-users] re-create disk image file

2012-11-05 Thread Eric Blake
On 11/05/2012 02:19 PM, Joe Linoff wrote: >> Huh? The current upstream version of qemu is 1.2; I don't recognize > the >> 2.0.12 numbering. > > Sorry about that. It was a typo. The version seems to be 0.12.1.2. from > running > > $ /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm --version > QEMU PC emulator version 0.12

Re: [libvirt-users] re-create disk image file

2012-11-05 Thread Joe Linoff
> [please don't top-post on technical lists] Okay, sorry about that. >> >> Thank you for your suggestions. Here is what happened when I tried the >> snapshot. I will try the dd a bit later. >> >> VERSIONS >> virsh: 0.9.10 >> qemu: 2.0.12 > Huh? The current upstream version of qemu is 1.2; I

Re: [libvirt-users] re-create disk image file

2012-11-05 Thread Eric Blake
On 11/05/2012 01:52 PM, Joe Linoff wrote: > Hi Eric: [please don't top-post on technical lists] > > Thank you for your suggestions. Here is what happened when I tried the > snapshot. I will try the dd a bit later. > > VERSIONS > virsh: 0.9.10 > qemu: 2.0.12 Huh? The current upstream version o

Re: [libvirt-users] re-create disk image file

2012-11-05 Thread Joe Linoff
Hi Eric: Thank you for your suggestions. Here is what happened when I tried the snapshot. I will try the dd a bit later. VERSIONS virsh: 0.9.10 qemu: 2.0.12 DOM: webdev $ ls -l /proc/13196/fd/9 lrwx--. 1 qemu qemu 64 Nov 5 11:57 /proc/13196/fd/9 -> /tools/vm/images/webdev.img (deleted) $

Re: [libvirt-users] re-create disk image file

2012-11-05 Thread Eric Blake
On 11/05/2012 01:25 PM, Joe Linoff wrote: > Hi Henrik: > > When I tried to copy the file descriptor file a "Stale NFS file handle" > error was generated: > > $ cp -f /proc/13196/fd/9 /tmp/guest.img > cp: cannot stat `/proc/13196/fd/9': Stale NFS file handle > > I suppose that makes sense because

Re: [libvirt-users] re-create disk image file

2012-11-05 Thread Joe Linoff
Hi Henrik: When I tried to copy the file descriptor file a "Stale NFS file handle" error was generated: $ cp -f /proc/13196/fd/9 /tmp/guest.img cp: cannot stat `/proc/13196/fd/9': Stale NFS file handle I suppose that makes sense because the file was accidently deleted but from the NFS server per

Re: [libvirt-users] is this mailing list active? i am seeing low activity and am receiving spam

2012-11-05 Thread Eric Blake
On 11/05/2012 01:11 PM, Joe Linoff wrote: > Hi Eric: > > Thank you for the explanation. That is extremely unfortunate. > > Please let me know if there is anything I can do to help. At this point, the spammer seems to be using a new address for each spam sent (and not the one by which they subscr

Re: [libvirt-users] is this mailing list active? i am seeing low activity and am receiving spam

2012-11-05 Thread Joe Linoff
Hi Eric: Thank you for the explanation. That is extremely unfortunate. Please let me know if there is anything I can do to help. Regards, Joe -Original Message- From: Eric Blake [mailto:ebl...@redhat.com] Sent: Monday, November 05, 2012 12:04 PM To: Joe Linoff Cc: libvirt-users@redhat

Re: [libvirt-users] is this mailing list active? i am seeing low activity and am receiving spam

2012-11-05 Thread Eric Blake
On 11/05/2012 12:56 PM, Joe Linoff wrote: > I withdraw the question. Clearly this mailing list is active and helpful > but the spam thing is a concern. It seems like someone might have > hijacked the list OR I may have a local intrusion that cropped up about > the same time. Unfortunately, a spamm

Re: [libvirt-users] is this mailing list active? i am seeing low activity and am receiving spam

2012-11-05 Thread Joe Linoff
I withdraw the question. Clearly this mailing list is active and helpful but the spam thing is a concern. It seems like someone might have hijacked the list OR I may have a local intrusion that cropped up about the same time. Regards, Joe From: Joe Linoff Sent: Monday, November 05, 201

Re: [libvirt-users] re-create disk image file

2012-11-05 Thread Joe Linoff
Hi Henrik: Thank you. Both suggestions are excellent. Have you noticed spam messages from this email list? I have gotten several in the past couple of days. Regards, Joe -Original Message- From: Henrik Ahlgren [mailto:pa...@seestieto.com] Sent: Monday, November 05, 2012 11:53 AM To:

Re: [libvirt-users] re-create disk image file

2012-11-05 Thread Henrik Ahlgren
On Mon, Nov 05, 2012 at 11:03:11AM -0800, Joe Linoff wrote: > I am curious about how to re-create a disk image file from a running > guest when the original disk image file is accidentally deleted. This > came up recently during a test scenario but I couldn't figure out how to > do it. If you have

[libvirt-users] is this mailing list active? i am seeing low activity and am receiving spam

2012-11-05 Thread Joe Linoff
Hi Folks: Is this mailing list active? It seems to have pretty low activity and I have received several spam messages since signing up. Regards, Joe ___ libvirt-users mailing list libvirt-users@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/li

[libvirt-users] re-create disk image file

2012-11-05 Thread Joe Linoff
Hi Everybody: I am curious about how to re-create a disk image file from a running guest when the original disk image file is accidentally deleted. This came up recently during a test scenario but I couldn't figure out how to do it. Thanks, Joe __

[libvirt-users] CPU Mode= Host passthrough

2012-11-05 Thread Michael Beham
Hi, I´m doing some research on Nested Virtualization with KVM and Xen. My cpu on bare-metal system is a Opteron_G4 --> (AMD Opteron 4280). qemu-version 1.0; libvirt 0.9.12 For nesting KVM in KVM I´m adding the command to the XML-File of the VM on Layer 0. So I´m able to install KVM in KVM a