Re: [CentOS-virt] Xen on CentOS 6.4

2013-06-21 Thread Ben M.
On 6/21/2013 8:24 AM, Johnny Hughes wrote: On 05/26/2013 04:19 PM, Nux! wrote: On 26.05.2013 21:41, Luke S. Crawford wrote: I heard talk of a centos-supported xen dom0 for CentOS 6.4, but I haven't heard talk of such a thing lately, and I haven't seen where to download it, which could just be

[CentOS-virt] Package updates and required reboots

2011-05-06 Thread Ben M.
I still operate under the assumption that glibc and kernel updates require a reboot to be prudent on a Linux OS. With CentOS Xen 5.6 (standard installation, SELinux enabled) is there an FAQ or general user consensus as to when to do a reboot after what updates?

Re: [CentOS-virt] SPICE Benchmark

2010-11-16 Thread Ben M.
Same here. Thank you very much Alexey for sharing this. Tom Bishop wrote: Very Nice...Keep us up to date on future findings, very interesting readThanks. On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 11:09 AM, Alexey Vasyukov vasyu...@gmail.com mailto:vasyu...@gmail.com wrote: Hi folks. We

Re: [CentOS-virt] Arp Flip Flops make machine inaccessible.

2010-07-31 Thread Ben M.
chaim.rie...@gmail.com wrote: Comment out the mac addy from eth1 and try that Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile ___ CentOS-virt mailing list CentOS-virt@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt Hmnn. I had done that prior.

[CentOS-virt] Lockup with (none) login

2010-07-05 Thread Ben M.
I had a CentOS 5.5 Xen standard virtualization install lockup on reboot after an battery backup (apcusbd) orderly shutdown induced by a power outage. It may have been sitting with two kernel updates without a reboot. I have to head to the site (with a fractured ankle), but reports indicate

[CentOS-virt] Slightly OT - Grub fallback option

2010-05-18 Thread Ben M.
Does anyone have a standard install of CentOS virtualization grub.conf working in a proven state with the FALLBACK option? If so, can you post your grub.conf? I mistakenly updated to 5.5 and am concerned about nvidia driver comments in the release notes. I did not have protectbase configured

Re: [CentOS-virt] CentOS and Xen 3.0.3

2010-04-05 Thread Ben M.
Gilberto Nunes wrote: Yes Tks 2010/4/4 Christopher G. Stach II c...@ldsys.net: - Gilberto Nunes gilberto.nune...@gmail.com wrote: Hi... I already has the same VM running on Xen 3.4.1 and the 4 VCPUS appears on WIndows system... Now I downgrade to xen 3.0.3 but ewven I define VCPUS

[CentOS-virt] Xen Database vms

2010-01-15 Thread Ben M.
Are centralized database (SQL) servers best left out of virtualization and committed to their own hardware like the old days or are there some guidelines one should consider in setting them up? I'm not talking mega-large recordsets, but large enough to handle multiple years of CRMs and

Re: [CentOS-virt] Xen Database vms

2010-01-15 Thread Ben M.
Neil Aggarwal wrote: Ben: Are centralized database (SQL) servers best left out of virtualization ... and intensive querying, Accounting Systems and so forth. It really depends on the hardware you allocate to the VM and how intensive the usage is. Personally, if I have an

Re: [CentOS-virt] Xen Database vms

2010-01-15 Thread Ben M.
I think it could work well. Having a server in a vm makes it more portable. Many of my servers and services are running in vms on two centos 5.4 servers: openfiler, efw firewall, trixbox 2.8, SME Server (in server mode for email and spamassassin), windows 2003 server, windows 2008

Re: [CentOS-virt] Xen box down

2010-01-07 Thread Ben M.
Ben M. wrote: Duh, fixed. PC Repair 101: Check the motherboard battery. I'm so peeved with myself for overlooking the first step of computer repair for 3 days. This motherboard snaps to default of Virtualization OFF on a dead batt. ___ CentOS-virt

Re: [CentOS-virt] Xen box down

2010-01-05 Thread Ben M.
Christopher G. Stach II wrote: - Ben M. cen...@rivint.com wrote: Error is: duplicate or bad block in use It's probably just that fsck can't automatically fix some dirtiness and not a big deal. If you aren't prompted for a password or to log in to fix manually, get to the grub menu

Re: [CentOS-virt] Xen box down

2010-01-04 Thread Ben M.
Thanks, I have heard of that issue. I will put that on my checklist. Grub is accessible, so I can try a menu change from there. Mr. X wrote: --- On Mon, 1/4/10, Ben M. cen...@rivint.com wrote: From: Ben M. cen...@rivint.com Subject: [CentOS-virt] Xen box down To: centos-virt@centos.org

Re: [CentOS-virt] xendomains not autostarting

2009-12-02 Thread Ben M.
Thanks for everyone's help here. I need to put a RAID on this anyhow and am just losing way to much time on this and can't resolve it. I am pretty sure I inadvertently hosed something by removing a service (or subsequent dependency) from dom0 or playing with xm and virsh commands too much. One

[CentOS-virt] Slightly OT: FakeRaid or Software Raid

2009-12-02 Thread Ben M.
I have had great luck with nvidia fakeraid on RAID1, but I see there are preferences for software raid. I have very little hands on with full Linux software RAID and that was about 14 years ago. I am trying to determine which to use on a rebuild in a standard CentOS/Xen enviroment. It seems

Re: [CentOS-virt] Slightly OT: FakeRaid or Software Raid

2009-12-02 Thread Ben M.
outside of a Raid, e.g. alone on desktop machine. I do have a utility where I can change the HDs firmware setting to get turn it off or on for either Read or Write delays. Christopher G. Stach II wrote: - Ben M. cen...@rivint.com wrote: I have had great luck with nvidia fakeraid on RAID1

Re: [CentOS-virt] Slightly OT: FakeRaid or Software Raid

2009-12-02 Thread Ben M.
Thanks for sharing Grant. Your point about hardware raid is well taken. However, the discussion is about Fake-Raid vs. Software RAID1 and controller/chipset dependence and portability. The portability of a software RAID1 hard drive to an entirely different box is, I have learned, much higher

Re: [CentOS-virt] xendomains not autostarting

2009-12-01 Thread Ben M.
xenstore appears to be broken too. I'm hosed and lost. Other services/items are acting up too, including smartd and hotplug. Going to backup dev'd domUs, reformat drives and reinstall base Centos Xen Virtualization. [r...@dom0 ~]# xenstored [r...@dom0 ~]# FATAL: Failed to initialize dom0

[CentOS-virt] xendomains not autostarting

2009-11-30 Thread Ben M.
I have been scratching my head on this for days. Xendomains services just doesn't want to start at boot it seems, so I don't get my auto-domU's up without service xendomains start and the all start. chkconfig looks correct, I have checked xm dmesg, dmesg, turned off selinux and the only clue I

Re: [CentOS-virt] xendomains not autostarting

2009-11-30 Thread Ben M.
: On Nov 30, 2009, at 8:26 AM, Ben M. wrote: I have been scratching my head on this for days. Xendomains services just doesn't want to start at boot it seems, so I don't get my auto-domU's up without service xendomains start and the all start. chkconfig looks correct, I have checked xm dmesg

Re: [CentOS-virt] xendomains not autostarting

2009-11-30 Thread Ben M.
My apologies, I thought that clearing the subject line and body of all data would do that. All other lists I have been on the past 25 years perform that way just fine. I will check the FAQ. Kai Schaetzl wrote: With or without scratching, please do not hit reply when you want to send a

Re: [CentOS-virt] xendomains not autostarting

2009-11-30 Thread Ben M.
developed and do a new install. I must have hosed something. Eric Searcy wrote: On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Ben M. cen...@rivint.com wrote: Thanks, you gave me some solid points to check that I hadn't fully and I think I know a little more. My chkconfig run level 2 was on, but runlevel

Re: [CentOS-virt] xendomains not autostarting

2009-11-30 Thread Ben M.
storage. That may coincide when I noticed this issue. Is there a queue or a file I can purge? Kai Schaetzl wrote: Ben M. wrote on Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:18:29 -0500: Oddly I am getting Saves, Is it possible that you once used xm start for this domain? Your xm list at the end suggests you didn't

Re: [CentOS-virt] img partitioning swap

2009-11-01 Thread Ben M.
There is no need for a second img to use as swap right? Yes and no. On physical machines I am very used to putting swaps on separate controllers and drives for performance reasons as am sure many others here are. I have yet to see that pay off on Xen, but I really haven't had a hammered on

Re: [CentOS-virt] Xen network problem

2009-10-30 Thread Ben M.
Not trying to take this off-topic, I think it is relevant. Christopher: When I booted up with dom0-cpus 1, Windows 2008 could not find its second cpu. However, once up, I can xm or virt-manager it down to 1 cpu on cup 0 and everything is fine. Is this a unique issue or do you have a tweak or

[CentOS-virt] Move Windows within an LV to another pv safely

2009-10-25 Thread Ben M.
Using CentOS Xen current with the 5.4 update applied. I need to move a Windows 2008 installation in LVM2 from one pv/vg/lv to different disk pv/vg/lv. What are considered safe ways to move it on same machine and retain a copy until sure it reboots? Turn off (shutdown) in Xen create identical

Re: [CentOS-virt] Move Windows within an LV to another pv safely

2009-10-25 Thread Ben M.
morning. RedShift wrote: Ben M. wrote: Using CentOS Xen current with the 5.4 update applied. I need to move a Windows 2008 installation in LVM2 from one pv/vg/lv to different disk pv/vg/lv. What are considered safe ways to move it on same machine and retain a copy until sure it reboots

Re: [CentOS-virt] Move Windows within an LV to another pv safely

2009-10-25 Thread Ben M.
Ah, vgsplit. That is likely the answer. I was completely unfamiliar with that command. Going to try that now. Good stuff again, thanks for the simple straightforward procedures. Ben M. wrote: Oops, I pasted in the wrong notes of what I was sketching out... very sorry about that confusion

Re: [CentOS-virt] Move Windows within an LV to another pv safely

2009-10-25 Thread Ben M.
A little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing. I just wrote to the wrong lv with a dd and lost 5 days of work on a project. Dumb, dumb, dumb. Ben M. wrote: Ah, vgsplit. That is likely the answer. I was completely unfamiliar with that command. Going to try that now. Good stuff again

Re: [CentOS-virt] Move Windows within an LV to another pv safely

2009-10-25 Thread Ben M.
: - Ben M. cen...@rivint.com wrote: Ack. It wants to be in same Volume Group. I want to keep my VGs segregated to PVs segregrated to distinct harddrives (or devmapped raid1s). Mm hmm. pvmove only works within a VG. You would need to do the vgextend for it to at least be temporarily joined

Re: [CentOS-virt] Move Windows within an LV to another pv safely

2009-10-25 Thread Ben M.
, but that is at least 6 months behind schedule ... just don't want to be a part of their cluster %^$#^, I have my own to worry about. Thanks, will pick up tomorrow after I get some billing time in. Christopher G. Stach II wrote: - Ben M. cen...@rivint.com wrote: What a mess that turned

Re: [CentOS-virt] Error setting up bridge with static IP address

2009-10-20 Thread Ben M.
Are you using the leaked copy of 5.4 or is it showing on some of the mirrors now? Neil Aggarwal wrote: Actually, this worked. I am able to SSH to the box on the 192.168.2.200 IP address. I had a typo in my ssh command. Sorry for any confusion. Thanks, Neil -- Neil Aggarwal,

[CentOS-virt] LVM Lockout

2009-10-14 Thread Ben M.
Gack. I added an additional Raid1 pair to my machine just before I planned to bring it over to the office and I did something dumb and locked out. I have the pv's, vg's and lv's cleared. All I need to do is get on root and remove a line from fstab, but I can't get it out of read only mode to

Re: [CentOS-virt] LVM Lockout

2009-10-14 Thread Ben M.
than Re: Contents of CentOS-virt digest... Today's Topics: 1. LVM Lockout (Ben M.) -- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:17:28 -0400 From: Ben M. cen...@rivint.com Subject: [CentOS-virt] LVM Lockout To: Discussion

Re: [CentOS-virt] LVM Lockout

2009-10-14 Thread Ben M.
have a warm and fuzzy on this machine anymore. Christopher G. Stach II wrote: - Ben M. cen...@rivint.com wrote: Are there any known issues with Xen/CentOS standard and adding new drives and dmraid automagically activating them? There are problems with things like snapshots of LVs

Re: [CentOS-virt] LVM Lockout SIMPLER

2009-10-14 Thread Ben M.
a more graceful failure, likely limited to just domUs. Ben M. wrote: It may be easier to help if you explain where you're at, where you want to be, and what you did to make it worse. :) The dmraid and LVM layouts would help, as well as the symptoms you're having. This is all Standard

Re: [CentOS-virt] Testing new Xen Version and rollback.

2009-10-08 Thread Ben M.
Thank you very much that fills in a few gaps in my knowledge. Christopher G. Stach II wrote: - Ben M. cen...@rivint.com wrote: I do not have a comprehensive grasp on startup scripts, as well as what files are not rolled into the kernel itself. In other words, I don't understand yet

[CentOS-virt] Testing new Xen Version and rollback.

2009-10-06 Thread Ben M.
I have a fairly stable Xen (CentOS 5.3 standard 3.1.x Xen) install that I want to put into production within the next two weeks or so. I have some small (so far non-fatal) issues and tweaks that Xen 3.4.x may address. E.g. AMD x64 IOMMU bios read, GPLPV PCI connection, HPET clock, better GPLPV