Re: [Xen-users] conversion between Full-virtualization andPara-virtual

[jiecho@xxxxxxxx]

in a full-virtualization,this is my config file :

name = "rhel51x64f"
uuid = "8d33b93f-03e1-b2c2-c18f-82003c6e5b6f"
maxmem = 2048
memory = 2048
vcpus = 2
builder = "hvm"
kernel = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader"
boot = "cd"
pae = 1
acpi = 1
apic = 1



device_model = "/usr/lib64/xen/bin/qemu-dm"
sdl = 0
vnc = 1
vncunused = 1
keymap = "en-us"
disk = [ "phy:/dev/xenvg/rhel51x64f,hda,w","file:/root/RHEL5.1-Server-20071017.0-x86_64-DVD.iso,hdc:cdrom,r" ]
vif = [ "mac=00:16:3e:75:e8:4b,bridge=xenbr0" ]
serial = "pty"


I change to:
name = "test"
uuid = "1edde468-800e-3065-0336-cf4703c22cde"
maxmem = 1024
memory = 2048
vcpus = 2
bootloader = "/usr/bin/pygrub"



vfb = [ "type=vnc,vncunused=1,keymap=en-us" ]
disk = [ "phy:/dev/xenvg/rhel51x64f,xvda,w" ]
vif = [ "mac=00:12:3e:13:12:c0,bridge=xenbr0" ]

when I boot the guest with the error:
[root@CDL-XEN xen]#  xm create -c test
Using config file "./test".
Error: (2, 'Invalid kernel', 'xc_dom_parse_elf_kernel: ELF image has no shstrtab\n')

and the error log file:
[2008-03-19 05:51:29 xend 4506] DEBUG (balloon:127) Balloon: 2125808 KiB free; need 2097152; done.
[2008-03-19 05:51:29 xend 4506] INFO (image:136) buildDomain os=linux dom=27 vcpus=2
[2008-03-19 05:51:29 xend 4506] DEBUG (image:201) domid          = 27
[2008-03-19 05:51:29 xend 4506] DEBUG (image:202) memsize        = 2048
[2008-03-19 05:51:29 xend 4506] DEBUG (image:203) image          = /var/lib/xen/boot_kernel.ebKIa8
[2008-03-19 05:51:29 xend 4506] DEBUG (image:204) store_evtchn   = 1
[2008-03-19 05:51:29 xend 4506] DEBUG (image:205) console_evtchn = 2
[2008-03-19 05:51:29 xend 4506] DEBUG (image:206) cmdline        =  ro root=LABEL=/ noapic rhgb quiet
[2008-03-19 05:51:29 xend 4506] DEBUG (image:207) ramdisk        = /var/lib/xen/boot_ramdisk.WXO_En
[2008-03-19 05:51:29 xend 4506] DEBUG (image:208) vcpus          = 2
[2008-03-19 05:51:29 xend 4506] DEBUG (image:209) features       =
[2008-03-19 05:51:29 xend.XendDomainInfo 4506] ERROR (XendDomainInfo:212) Domain construction failed
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/xen/xend/XendDomainInfo.py", line 205, in create
    vm.initDomain()
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/xen/xend/XendDomainInfo.py", line 1471, in initDomain
    raise VmError(str(exn))
VmError: (2, \047Invalid kernel\047, \047xc_dom_parse_elf_kernel: ELF image has no shstrtab\n\047)
[2008-03-19 05:51:29 xend.XendDomainInfo 4506] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:1557) XendDomainInfo.destroy: domid=27
[2008-03-19 05:51:29 xend.XendDomainInfo 4506] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:1566) XendDomainInfo.destroyDomain(27)




There are several things you need to check.  First, I'm going to assume you're running Linux as your guest O/S.  If this is not the case, please respond with the O/S and version you're using.  If you are using Linux, check the following:

1) In your guest config file on dom0, you need to switch your disk devices from IDE to xvd*.  So, if you have a line that specifies a local volume as hda in your config file, change this to xvda.  hdb -> xvdb, etc.

2) You need to specify the correct root device in your config file for the domU.  This is done with root= in the file.  If your previous root device was hda1, your root line would say root="/dev/xvda1 ro" or something similar.

3) You need to make sure that the kernel either has the Xen virtual block device module built in or that you create an initrd for your guest with this module.  You also need to transfer the kernel and initrd into your dom0 so that you can put the kernel= and ramdisk= lines in your config file.

4) Finally, you need to change /etc/fstab to point to your new root device, e.g. /dev/xvda1.

 

It would also be really helpful if you'd post the error you're getting.  Just telling us that, "it fails to boot" isn't very descriptive.

 

-Nick

>>> On 2008/03/18 at 10:39, "HA" <jiecho@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi,All,

 

I installed a guest os with full-virtualization and a local volume as the disk,

now becuase of poor performance,

I want to change the full-virtualization guest to para-virtualization,

so I just changed the config file to boot the guest os with para-virtualization,

but it fails to boot.

but how can I convert the full-virtualization guest to para-virtualization without reinstall the os,on other hands,can I convert a para-virtualization to full-virtualization in xen?

are there any suggestion?many thanks!

 

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