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[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-users] Dell Poweredge 2650 - heavy IO hangs domU machine s; xen 2.0.7, xen kernel 2.6.11.12
The issues I've had with PE2650 and Linux in general all related to a lack of IRQ's. I had to disable all non-essential devices in the BIOS (lpt, usb and com). It seems the BIOS on that server still has legacy IRQ issues (< IRQ15). In my xenU's I also renamed /etc/sysconf/hwconf so it would'nt try to init any hardware devices directly. Maybe these options could help...good luck >
This is a pretty serious problem... no bites yet? This doesn't sound familiar to anyone?
>
It's not a bacula problem. Bacula doesn't do this to us running on unvirtualized hardware.
>
Stephen Bosch wrote:
> Hello:
>
> At the off-list suggestion of another user, we
have tried adding
> 'noirqbalance' to the xen start line in grub,
we've disabled USB in the
> system BIOS, and we've added 'nousb' to the
kernel parameters.
>
> The problem is still there, exactly as before,
even with all those changes.
>
> *All* the virtual machines lose network
connectivity, not just the ones
> involved in the backup. We have an LDAP server
VM running on this
> hardware that is totally idle when this hang
happens. We cannot ping or
> ssh into them. We can get a console using 'xm
console', but after
> entering the userid, the login times out
(after 60 seconds) before we
> ever get a password prompt.
>
> I still suspect an interrupt problem: it would
appear that the tty is
> unable to do a disk read to do authentication.
At the same time, the
> tape backup process hangs.
>
> If we kill the bacula storage daemon on dom0,
all of the virtual
> machines release and we can log in again. At
no point does anything
> reboot -- it just hangs, and it's not a fatal
hang. If the backup
> process stops, whether through a timeout or by
forceably stopping the
> storage daemon, the virtual machines are again
pingable and we can log
> in both with ssh or 'xm console'.
>
> We tried monitoring the memory usage during
the backup test by running
> 'top' in separate console windows. Loads were
actually modest and there
> was plenty of memory remaining on all the
virtual machines (over 1 GB in
> free RAM in one case).
>
> To recap: this is a Dell *2650*, not a 2850.
It has a Serverworks, not
> an Intel chipset. The RAID controller is a
PERC 3 DC (LSI Logic) which
> uses the Megaraid drivers. The controller
firmware has been upgraded to
> 3.35/1.07, the most recent
available.
>
> Note also -- dom0 is unaffected. We can still
interact with dom0 without
> trouble. This hang affects only the virtual
machines.
>
> Cheers,
>
> -Stephen-
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