I'm trying to figure out what the CURRENT requirements are for
configuring the xVM domains to start at boot-time and stop on shutdown.
The closest to current I've seen is
http://opensolaris.org/os/community/xen/docs/xVM_lowres.pdf
which does not address the problem, and
http://opensolaris.org/os/community/xen/docs/xvm-ktde-20070917.pdf
which states:
* svc:/system/xvm/domains:default
- Automatically creates and destroys guest domains at
service start/stop time (typically system boot/shutdown)
which appears not to be the case. The next older documentation refers
to 'virsh autostart', which no longer exists. There is also a reference
somewhere to "we have moved all this to the smf(5) system under
xvm/domains", but with no details. And older documentation refers to
the configuration files that have been relegated to smf.
This is intended for a production system, and I don't want to have to
wake up and start them manually if this isn't needed. Yes, I know that
this is all beta or alpha and changing as we speak - part of the
intention is to make it work despite that, to showcase some of the new
features. ;-)
Background:
I started this round of installs with the OpenSolaris 2008.11 CD ROM
until I realized that the CD ROM only has the minimal stuff needed to
bring it up and make it work. [After downloading the CD, I also
accidentally ordered two copies of the physical CD ROM before realizing
that there JUST IS NO PAGE saying that you have successfully completed
the order.]
I got Solaris Express Community Edition (SXCE) build 107, put it on a
DVD, and installed it with no problems. I used the 'bootadm' tool to
change the default boot option to Solaris xVM. I booted and got the xVM
hypervisor with the OpenSolaris/SXCE Dom0 running over it.
I tried to use virt-install to create a DomU. It of course failed.
After some debugging, I put all of the variables in the shell script
/usr/lib/xen/scripts/vbd-check - except for the one in the 'for' loop -
in double-quotes. I was then able to install HVM domains containing
SXCE-107, Fedora 10, and Ubuntu Server 8.10. [XEN DEVELOPERS - IT'S
BASIC PROGRAMMING SAFETY TO ENCLOSE ALL VARIABLES IN DOUBLE-QUOTES
UNLESS YOU'RE DELIBERATELY DOING SOMETHING LIKE THE 'for' LOOP - SO HOW
DID THIS HAPPEN??? Only half the variables were in double-quotes!!!]
Re-booting the entire system, I noticed that the three virtual domains
did NOT come up - I had to 'virsh start' them all.
I've now re-reviewed all the documentation I can find, plus everything
on this mailing list since 2008.11 came out, and - nothing. Please
help. Thanks!
Two other problems I noticed -
(1) The Fedora 10 GUI is abnormally slow. I have not tested to see
whether that is the kernel, the console I/O, or the graphics I/O. Has
anybody else observed this and been able to make any determinations on
cause and fix?
(2) When I start the OpenSolaris/SXCE-107 domain and open a 'vncviewer'
window on it immediately, I see the 'hald' daemon fail on the keyboard,
and then the X server subsequently fail as well. When I re-boot the
domain, even though I have to re-start the 'vncviewer' window and seem
to catch it in the same place, 'hald' succeeds and the X server comes up
with the normal login window. Any ideas why this might be? I've heard
it said that one definition of insanity is repeating the same action and
expecting the results to be different - but that sure seems to work with
a lot of software! [Then again, who says we're sane?]
Thanks again!
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