[one-users] Failure to launch Xen VM

Steven Timm timm at fnal.gov
Tue Jan 18 14:01:47 PST 2011


Now getting

[root at fcl010 xen]# xm create -c test
Using config file "./test".
Error: (2, 'Invalid kernel', "elf_xen_note_check: ERROR: Not a Xen-ELF 
image: No ELF notes or '__xen_guest' section found.\n")

Any idea what might be happening here?

Steve


On Tue, 18 Jan 2011, Steven Timm wrote:

> The error of "ELF image has no shstrtab" happens
> when you try to get paravirtualized xen to boot a non-Xen kernel
> which was the default kernel in grub.conf.
> Now trying to figure out what is wrong with the vmlinuz/initrd
> combo of my actual Xen kernel.
>
> Steve
>
>
> On Tue, 18 Jan 2011, Steven Timm wrote:
>
>> Now I get the following error:
>> 
>> Tue Jan 18 15:08:35 2011 [VMM][I]: Command execution fail: 
>> /tmp/one/vmm/xen/deploy /var/lib/one/258/images/deployment.0
>> Tue Jan 18 15:08:35 2011 [VMM][I]: STDERR follows.
>> Tue Jan 18 15:08:35 2011 [VMM][I]: Warning: No xauth data; using fake 
>> authentication data for X11 forwarding.
>> Tue Jan 18 15:08:35 2011 [VMM][I]: Error: (2, 'Invalid kernel', 
>> 'xc_dom_parse_elf_kernel: ELF image has no shstrtab\n')
>> Tue Jan 18 15:08:35 2011 [VMM][I]: ExitCode: 1
>> Tue Jan 18 15:08:35 2011 [VMM][E]: Error deploying virtual machine
>> Tue Jan 18 15:08:35 2011 [DiM][I]: New VM state is FAILED
>> Tue Jan 18 15:08:45 2011 [TM][W]: Ignored: LOG - 258 tm_delete.sh: Deleting 
>> /var/lib/one/258/images
>> 
>> Tue Jan 18 15:08:45 2011 [TM][W]: Ignored: LOG - 258 tm_delete.sh: Executed 
>> "/usr/bin/ssh fcl010 rm -rf /var/lib/one/258/images".
>> 
>> Tue Jan 18 15:08:45 2011 [TM][W]: Ignored: TRANSFER SUCCESS 258
>> 
>> ----------------------
>> My question is the following--it looks like from the dump below, the
>> xen is trying to boot with a kernel and ramdisk in dom0
>> even though I specified bootloader=/usr/bin/pygrub and wanted
>> it to take the xen kernel from inside the image.  Are there
>> other things I need to do to make that happen?  I am presuming
>> that if I specify a KERNEL= and RAMDISK= in the template
>> then it will try to find those kernel and ramdisk in dom0.
>> 
>> These are the relevant entries from my template
>> 
>> OS      =   [ bootloader = "/usr/bin/pygrub" ]
>> 
>> DISK   = [ image = "cloudmysql-hybrid" ]
>> 
>> 
>> Steve Timm
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ----------------------------
>> Here is the dump of the xend log from the VM host:
>> 
>> 
>> [2011-01-18 15:08:35 xend.XendDomainInfo 5136] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:207) 
>> XendDo
>> mainInfo.create(['vm', ['name', 'one-258'], ['memory', '2048'], ['vcpus', 
>> '2'],
>> ['bootloader', '/usr/bin/pygrub'], ['image', ['linux', ['ramdisk', 
>> '/var/lib/xen
>> /boot_ramdisk.zm8X_R'], ['kernel', '/var/lib/xen/boot_kernel.A0CMTy'], 
>> ['args',
>> 'ro root=LABEL=/ console=xvc0']]], ['device', ['tap', ['uname', 
>> 'tap:aio:/var/li
>> b/one/258/images/disk.0'], ['dev', 'sda'], ['mode', 'w']]], ['device', 
>> ['tap', [
>> 'uname', 'tap:aio:/var/lib/one/258/images/disk.1'], ['dev', 'sdb'], 
>> ['mode', 'w'
>> ]]], ['device', ['tap', ['uname', 
>> 'tap:aio:/var/lib/one/258/images/disk.2'], ['d
>> ev', 'sdc'], ['mode', 'w']]], ['device', ['tap', ['uname', 
>> 'tap:aio:/var/lib/one
>> /258/images/disk.3'], ['dev', 'hdc'], ['mode', 'r']]], ['device', ['vif', 
>> ['brid
>> ge', 'xenbr0'], ['mac', '00:16:3E:02:03:04']]], ['device', ['vkbd']], 
>> ['device',
>> ['vfb', ['vnclisten', '127.0.0.1'], ['type', 'vnc'], ['vncdisplay', '14'], 
>> ['di
>> splay', 'localhost:11.0'], ['xauthority', '/var/lib/one/.Xauthority']]]])
>> [2011-01-18 15:08:35 xend.XendDomainInfo 5136] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:329) 
>> parseC
>> onfig: config is ['vm', ['name', 'one-258'], ['memory', '2048'], ['vcpus', 
>> '2'],
>> ['bootloader', '/usr/bin/pygrub'], ['image', ['linux', ['ramdisk', 
>> '/var/lib/xe
>> n/boot_ramdisk.zm8X_R'], ['kernel', '/var/lib/xen/boot_kernel.A0CMTy'], 
>> ['args',
>> 'ro root=LABEL=/ console=xvc0']]], ['device', ['tap', ['uname', 
>> 'tap:aio:/var/l
>> ib/one/258/images/disk.0'], ['dev', 'sda'], ['mode', 'w']]], ['device', 
>> ['tap',
>> ['uname', 'tap:aio:/var/lib/one/258/images/disk.1'], ['dev', 'sdb'], 
>> ['mode', 'w
>> ']]], ['device', ['tap', ['uname', 
>> 'tap:aio:/var/lib/one/258/images/disk.2'], ['
>> dev', 'sdc'], ['mode', 'w']]], ['device', ['tap', ['uname', 
>> 'tap:aio:/var/lib/on
>> e/258/images/disk.3'], ['dev', 'hdc'], ['mode', 'r']]], ['device', ['vif', 
>> ['bri
>> dge', 'xenbr0'], ['mac', '00:16:3E:02:03:04']]], ['device', ['vkbd']], 
>> ['device'
>> , ['vfb', ['vnclisten', '127.0.0.1'], ['type', 'vnc'], ['vncdisplay', 
>> '14'], ['d
>> isplay', 'localhost:11.0'], ['xauthority', '/var/lib/one/.Xauthority']]]]
>> [2011-01-18 15:08:35 xend.XendDomainInfo 5136] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:446) 
>> parseC
>> onfig: result is {'features': None, 'image': ['linux', ['ramdisk', 
>> '/var/lib/xen
>> /boot_ramdisk.zm8X_R'], ['kernel', '/var/lib/xen/boot_kernel.A0CMTy'], 
>> ['args',
>> 'ro root=LABEL=/ console=xvc0']], 'cpus': None, 'vcpu_avail': None, 
>> 'backend': [
>> ], 'uuid': None, 'on_reboot': None, 'cpu_weight': None, 'memory': 2048, 
>> 'cpu_cap
>> ': None, 'localtime': None, 'timer_mode': None, 'start_time': None, 
>> 'on_poweroff
>> ': None, 'on_crash': None, 'device': [('tap', ['tap', ['uname', 
>> 'tap:aio:/var/li
>> b/one/258/images/disk.0'], ['dev', 'sda'], ['mode', 'w']]), ('tap', ['tap', 
>> ['un
>> ame', 'tap:aio:/var/lib/one/258/images/disk.1'], ['dev', 'sdb'], ['mode', 
>> 'w']])
>> , ('tap', ['tap', ['uname', 'tap:aio:/var/lib/one/258/images/disk.2'], 
>> ['dev', '
>> sdc'], ['mode', 'w']]), ('tap', ['tap', ['uname', 
>> 'tap:aio:/var/lib/one/258/imag
>> es/disk.3'], ['dev', 'hdc'], ['mode', 'r']]), ('vif', ['vif', ['bridge', 
>> 'xenbr0
>> '], ['mac', '00:16:3E:02:03:04']]), ('vkbd', ['vkbd']), ('vfb', ['vfb', 
>> ['vnclis
>> ten', '127.0.0.1'], ['type', 'vnc'], ['vncdisplay', '14'], ['display', 
>> 'localhos
>> t:11.0'], ['xauthority', '/var/lib/one/.Xauthority']])], 'bootloader': 
>> '/usr/bin
>> /pygrub', 'maxmem': None, 'shadow_memory': None, 'name': 'one-258', 
>> 'bootloader_
>> args': None, 'vcpus': 2, 'cpu': None}
>> [2011-01-18 15:08:35 xend.XendDomainInfo 5136] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:1784) 
>> XendD
>> omainInfo.construct: None
>> [2011-01-18 15:08:35 xend 5136] DEBUG (balloon:145) Balloon: 22650992 KiB 
>> free;
>> need 4096; done.
>> [2011-01-18 15:08:35 xend.XendDomainInfo 5136] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:1953) 
>> XendD
>> omainInfo.initDomain: 1 256
>> [2011-01-18 15:08:35 xend.XendDomainInfo 5136] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:1994) 
>> _init
>> Domain:shadow_memory=0x0, maxmem=0x800, memory=0x800.
>> [2011-01-18 15:08:35 xend 5136] DEBUG (balloon:145) Balloon: 22650984 KiB 
>> free;
>> need 2097152; done.
>> [2011-01-18 15:08:35 xend 5136] INFO (image:139) buildDomain os=linux dom=1 
>> vcpu
>> s=2
>> [2011-01-18 15:08:35 xend 5136] DEBUG (image:208) domid          = 1
>> [2011-01-18 15:08:35 xend 5136] DEBUG (image:209) memsize        = 2048
>> [2011-01-18 15:08:35 xend 5136] DEBUG (image:210) image          = 
>> /var/lib/xen/
>> boot_kernel.A0CMTy
>> [2011-01-18 15:08:35 xend 5136] DEBUG (image:211) store_evtchn   = 1
>> [2011-01-18 15:08:35 xend 5136] DEBUG (image:212) console_evtchn = 2
>> [2011-01-18 15:08:35 xend 5136] DEBUG (image:213) cmdline        =  ro 
>> root=LABE
>> L=/ console=xvc0
>> [2011-01-18 15:08:35 xend 5136] DEBUG (image:214) ramdisk        = 
>> /var/lib/xen/
>> boot_ramdisk.zm8X_R
>> [2011-01-18 15:08:35 xend 5136] DEBUG (image:215) vcpus          = 2
>> [2011-01-18 15:08:35 xend 5136] DEBUG (image:216) features       =
>> [2011-01-18 15:08:35 xend.XendDomainInfo 5136] ERROR (XendDomainInfo:219) 
>> Domain
>> construction failed
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>  File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/xen/xend/XendDomainInfo.py", line 
>> 212
>> , in create
>>    vm.initDomain()
>>  File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/xen/xend/XendDomainInfo.py", line 
>> 203
>> 9, in initDomain
>>    raise VmError(str(exn))
>> VmError: (2, 'Invalid kernel', 'xc_dom_parse_elf_kernel: ELF image has no 
>> shstrt
>> ab\n')
>> ------------------
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Tue, 18 Jan 2011, Steven Timm wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Docs show that I need the "bootloader" option in the OS section.
>>> Adding that got me past the error mentioned below.
>>> 
>>> Steve
>>> 
>>> On Tue, 18 Jan 2011, Steven Timm wrote:
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Is there a worked example somewhere of how to successfully launch
>>>> a Xen VM in opennebula?
>>>> 
>>>> Right now ONE copies the OS image and the other disks to
>>>> my Xen host, tries to launch, but fails with the error
>>>> 
>>>> Tue Jan 18 13:18:33 2011 [VMM][I]: Generating deployment file: 
>>>> /var/lib/one/249/deployment.0
>>>> Tue Jan 18 13:18:33 2011 [VMM][E]: No kernel or bootloader defined and no 
>>>> default provided.
>>>> Tue Jan 18 13:18:33 2011 [VMM][E]: deploy_action, error generating 
>>>> deployment file: /var/lib/one/249/deployment.0
>>>> Tue Jan 18 13:18:33 2011 [DiM][I]: New VM state is FAILED
>>>> 
>>>> ------------
>>>> 
>>>> My OS image has a kernel-xen loaded in it but is otherwise
>>>> the same format as the KVM images I have been using,
>>>> i.e. it has a boot sector and one partition which is supposed to mount
>>>> as /dev/sda1.
>>>> 
>>>> As far as I can tell, I never got as far as trying to launch the
>>>> Xen VM.
>>>> 
>>>> Steve
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>
>

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