BTW, here is an explanation of how to use the log files to identify CloudStack + XenServer issues:
http://dlafferty.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/using-cloudstacks-log-files-xenserver.html Sorry for the late reply, DL > -----Original Message----- > From: Kent Johnson [mailto:kent.john...@utah.edu] > Sent: 14 August 2013 23:43 > Cc: users@cloudstack.apache.org > Subject: RE: SystemVM's keep recycling > > Thank you, the solution to my System VM problems was putting vhd-util in > /usr/bin and /opt/xensource/bin. > After putting vhd-util in both places AND setting permissions with chmod +x > then my system vm's showed up in my Infrastructure tab. > > Thanks! > > Kent Johnson > University of Utah > MSIS Graduate Student > > From: Ahmad Emneina [mailto:aemne...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 6:21 PM > To: KENT ORTELL JOHNSON > Cc: users@cloudstack.apache.org > Subject: Re: SystemVM's keep recycling > > did you install the vdi-util outlined in one of the install guides. I know > the one > that ships with xenserver is incompatible with cloudstack. You'll need to > update it in two places (I believe), on the management server and on the > xenserver hosts. > > On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 4:38 PM, KENT ORTELL JOHNSON > <kent.john...@utah.edu<mailto:kent.john...@utah.edu>> wrote: > Hello all, > My System VM's keep recycling and they won't finish starting up. What could > be the problem? > > From management-server.log I see the following error: > 2013-08-13 17:04:18,318 DEBUG [cloud.storage.StorageManagerImpl] > (secstorage-1:null) Trying to create in Pool[201|NetworkFilesystem] > 2013-08-13 17:04:20,567 WARN [xen.resource.CitrixResourceBase] > (DirectAgent-3:null) destoryVDIbyNameLabel failed due to there are 0 VDIs > with name cloud-b53bf31e-75cb-423f-8802-ea111c47966c > > And a little later: > 2013-08-13 17:04:20,569 DEBUG [cloud.template.TemplateManagerImpl] > (consoleproxy-1:null) Template 1 download to pool 201 failed due to Catch > Exception com.cloud.utils.exception.CloudRuntimeException on > host:322ab8aa-0302-49b2-9f32-f068f7f2f8f8 for template: > nfs://10.0.2.50/raid0/data/_NAS_NFS_Exports_/csSecondaryStorage/templa > te/tmpl/1/1/<http://10.0.2.50/raid0/data/_NAS_NFS_Exports_/csSecondary > Storage/template/tmpl/1/1/> due to > com.cloud.utils.exception.CloudRuntimeException: can not create vdi in sr > 4d95693c-7a90-c380-77a5-e5fd97f657cc > > Does this mean that my vhd-util is not in the right place? > > Kent Johnson > University of Utah > MSIS Student