RE: [Xen-users] domUs don't boot correctly to end

[James Dingwall <james.dingwall@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> since I upgraded from xen-2.6.34-r1 / xen-4.0.0 to xen-2.6.38 /
> xen-4.1.0 on gentoo, I got the problem, that if I boot many domU in a
> short time (like 10 domU in 5 seconds) some of them won't start the
> login-shell after initing local. It is also not possible to access them
> via ssh. At my last test, 3 of 9 domU got that problem. After "xm
> destroy domU" and "xm start domU" again they booted correctly and
> started the login-shell.

I didn't have exactly these symptoms but I found that starting so many domUs at 
once could cause problems because of such heavy disk i/o.  I fixed this by 
modifying /etc/init.d/xendomains and adding a sleep after the xl create.  Diff 
is below and should apply cleanly assuming it doesn't get corrupted.  If you 
want a longer delay between the domU starts then define BOOTDELAY=XX in 
/etc/conf.d/xendomains.

James

$ diff -u /usr/portage/app-emulation/xen-tools/files/xendomains.initd-r2 
/etc/init.d/xendomains
--- /usr/portage/app-emulation/xen-tools/files/xendomains.initd-r2      
2011-04-05 22:25:03.000000000 +0100
+++ /etc/init.d/xendomains      2011-05-15 15:34:18.820083366 +0100
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@
                if ! is_running ${name} ; then
                        ebegin "  Starting domain ${name}"
                        if using_screen ; then
-                               ${screen_cmd} screen -t ${name} xl create 
${dom} -c
+                               ${screen_cmd} screen -t ${name} xl create 
${dom} -c ; sleep ${BOOTDELAY:=5}
                        else
-                               xl create --quiet ${dom}
+                               xl create --quiet ${dom} ; sleep ${BOOTDELAY:=5}
                        fi
                        eend $?
                else
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