Re: [Xen-users] Xen VM Create Question

[Randy Katz <rkatz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

fyi - as I sent before, I disabled kudzu, stopped it, even rebooted, and 
same behaviour.
Randy

On 5/5/2011 10:30 AM, Joseph Glanville wrote:
> Hi Randy,
>
> As Todd noted kudzu is the culprit here. Disable it and it will stop
> overwriting your configs on boot.
> Kudzu is only useful on physical servers where your hardware might
> change etc, but it's really just annoying.
> It is actually designed to detect and autoconfigure new hardware.
>
> Joseph.
>
> On 5 May 2011 23:38, Todd Deshane<todd.deshane@xxxxxxx>  wrote:
> > On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 9:30 AM, Randy Katz<rkatz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
> > > No, I added a mac address in the range suggested into the vif and
> > > it does does the same thing with the dhcp and ip addresses.
> > Some have reported the disabling kudzu fixes the problem...
> >
> > I searched google for xen eth0.bak kudzu
> >
> > Hope that helps.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Todd
> >
> > > On 5/5/2011 6:08 AM, Todd Deshane wrote:
> > > > On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 7:58 AM, Randy Katz<rkatz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > >   wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > dom0 CentOS 5.6 with updates and Virtualization group installed.
> > > > > domU CentOS 5.6 install
> > > > >
> > > > > I have configured a conf file and a kickstart and the install goes well,
> > > > > however, it seems to be reverting to a dhcp install rather then grabbing
> > > > > the
> > > > > eth
> > > > > information I give it. Also, it creates an ifcfg-eth0.bak file with the
> > > > > info
> > > > > I give it with a different MAC address, not sure how it gets
> > > > > either. If there is anything you know about this please let me know.
> > > > >
> > > > > If I remove ifcfg-eth0, mv ifcfg-eth0.bak to ifcfg-eth0 and remove the
> > > > > HWADDR and do a /etc/init.d/network restart
> > > > > it works fine with the correct IP.
> > > > You need to set a MAC address on the vif line of the domU config (for
> > > > example vif=['mac=00:16:3e:aa:aa:aa,bridge=xenbr1']
> > > >
> > > > There was also a but in a centos package (one the package like kudzu
> > > > or something that causes this), but I'm not sure if that is what you
> > > > are running into in this case.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Todd
> > > >
> > > > > ifcfg-eth0
> > > > >
> > > > > # Xen Virtual Ethernet
> > > > > DEVICE=eth0
> > > > > BOOTPROTO=dhcp
> > > > > ONBOOT=yes
> > > > > HWADDR=00:16:3e:06:33:04
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > ifcfg-eth0.bak
> > > > >
> > > > > # Xen Virtual Ethernet
> > > > > DEVICE=eth0
> > > > > BOOTPROTO=static
> > > > > DHCPCLASS=
> > > > > HWADDR=00:16:3E:72:6B:32
> > > > > IPADDR=192.168.1.23
> > > > > NETMASK=255.255.255.0
> > > > > ONBOOT=yes
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > test1.cfg
> > > > >
> > > > > kernel = "/etc/xen/images/vmlinuz"
> > > > > ramdisk = "/etc/xen/images/initrd.img"
> > > > > extra = "text ks=http://192.168.1.21/test1.ks.cfg";
> > > > > name = "test1"
> > > > > memory = "1024"
> > > > > disk = [ "phy:/dev/vg1/test1,xvda,w" ]
> > > > > vif = [ 'bridge=xenbr1', ]
> > > > > vcpus=1
> > > > > on_reboot = 'destroy'
> > > > > on_crash = 'destroy'
> > > > >
> > > > > test1.ks.cfg
> > > > >
> > > > > install
> > > > > url --url http://192.168.1.21/centos
> > > > > lang en_US.UTF-8
> > > > > keyboard us
> > > > > network --device=eth0 --bootproto=static --ip=192.168.1.23
> > > > > --netmask=255.255.255
> > > > > .0 --gateway=192.168.1.1 --nameserver=192.168.1.1 --hostname=test1 --
> > > > > noipv6 --onboot=yes
> > > > > rootpw sc4300.1
> > > > > firewall --enabled --port=22:tcp
> > > > > authconfig --enableshadow --enablemd5
> > > > > selinux --disabled
> > > > > timezone --utc America/Los_Angeles
> > > > > bootloader --location=mbr --driveorder=xvda --append="console=xvc0"
> > > > > reboot
> > > > > clearpart --all --initlabel --drives=xvda
> > > > > part /boot --fstype ext3 --size=1024 --ondisk=xvda
> > > > > part pv.2 --size=0 --grow --ondisk=xvda
> > > > > volgroup VolGroup00 --pesize=16384 pv.2
> > > > > logvol / --fstype ext3 --name=LogVol00 --vgname=VolGroup00 --size=1024
> > > > > --grow
> > > > > logvol swap --fstype swap --name=LogVol01 --vgname=VolGroup00 --size=2048
> > > > > --grow
> > > > >   --maxsize=4096
> > > > >
> > > > > %packages
> > > > > @base
> > > > >
> > > > > Best regards,
> > > > > Randy
> > > > >
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