Adam, it sounds like a networking issue, check that all hosts can talk to each other on the same vlan that is used for guest network. I had the same issue with advanced networking when my vlans were not properly setup on the switches.
Andrei ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam" <adam.scarce...@gmail.com> To: users@cloudstack.apache.org Sent: Saturday, 16 November, 2013 7:08:50 PM Subject: Guest VMs not able to acquire DHCP IP from Virtual Router unless Guest and VR are on the same KVM host Hi All, I have a new and very strange issue that for the life of me I cannot seem to track down and fix. I have CS 4.2 running on 5 hosts in a simple basic zone. All is working fine, except that my Guest VMs cannot seem to get a DHCP lease from the Virtual Router unless I migrate the Guest VM to the same physical KVM Host running the VR. That would seem to indicate a firewall issue, but I've tested by turning off both the firewalls (VR KVM Host iptables & Guest VM KVM Host iptables). It didn't help. The only way to fix it is to migrate the Guest VM to the same KVM Host that's running the Virtual Router. NOTE: The Console Proxy has worked flawlessly this whole time. So, if a Guest VM starts on a different physical KVM Host, it will not get an internal IP of 169.254.x.x. All along the Console Proxy works fine. Then if I migrate the Guest VM to the same KVM host that's running the VR, DHCP automatically starts working and the Guest VM receives a proper IP address of 10.97.38.x. Then I can migrate the Guest VM back to any other physical KVM Host and believe it or not, it continues to work flawlessly, until I either reboot the VM or restart the network services. Then it cannot see the VR again and instead receives an internal IP of 169.254.x.x. If I set a static IP address & DNS everything works fine, no matter where the Guest VM is running. Setting static IPs is not an option Running all the Guest VMs on the same physical KVM host is not an option I desperately need to track down the root cause of this issue so I can release this cloud to my entire department by Monday morning. Someone please help! Best Regards, Adam Scarcella
