[one-users] infinite boot loop

Wed Aug 8 00:14:17 PDT 2012

Daniel

Nice pick up, that was it, that is hilarious.

Now I just look silly! oh, well!

Thanks for your help!

Jurgen
On 08/08/12 17:10, Daniel Molina wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 8 August 2012 08:55, Jurgen Weber <jurgen.weber at theiconic.com.au> wrote:
>> Some more on this. I reduced the template to the following:
>>
>> CPU="2"
>> DISK=[
>>
>>    DRIVER="qcow2",
>>    IMAGE="Debian 6.0.5",
>>    IMAGE_UNAME="rocket" ]
>>
>> GRAPHICS=[
>>    LISTEN="172.20.1.100",
>>    TYPE="vnc" ]
>> MEMORY="4GB"
>> OS=[
>>    ARCH="x86_64" ]
>> RAW=[
>>    TYPE="kvm" ]
> Try changing the MEMORY parameter to "4096". The memory is specified
> in MB, therefore using that template you are starting a VM with 4MB of
> RAM :).
>
> Hope this helps
>
>> Same problem. I then grabbed the process/command and reduced it to the
>> below:
>>
>> /usr/bin/kvm /var/lib/one/datastores/0/40/disk.0 -vnc 172.20.1.100:41
>>
>> it works great.
>>
>> How can I get opennebula to drop all of its command? something outside of
>> the default that it is using is breaking it for me.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Jurgen
>>
>> On 08/08/12 13:26, Jurgen Weber wrote:
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I am struggling with a new OpenNebula install, I have only dealt with
>>> VMWare previosuly and do not have much 'vm + cloud' experience, so it has
>>> been a learning process over the last week to understand all of the concepts
>>> and what not... That said, I have a problem with OpenNebula + SunStone. My
>>> system so far:
>>>
>>> # uname -a
>>> Linux chaos 3.2.0-3-amd64 #1 SMP Thu Jun 28 09:07:26 UTC 2012 x86_64
>>> GNU/Linux
>>>
>>> ii  opennebula 3.4.1-3+b1                           controller which
>>> executes the OpenNebula cluster services
>>> ii  opennebula-common 3.4.1-3                              empty package
>>> to create OpenNebula users and directories
>>> ii  opennebula-sunstone 3.4.1-3                              web interface
>>> to which executes the OpenNebula cluster services
>>> ii  opennebula-tools 3.4.1-3 Command-line tools for OpenNebula Cloud
>>> ii  ruby-opennebula 3.4.1-3                              Ruby bindings for
>>> OpenNebula Cloud API (OCA)
>>> ii  kvm 1:1.1.0+dfsg-3                       dummy transitional package
>>> from kvm to qemu-kvm
>>> ii  qemu-kvm 1.1.0+dfsg-3                         Full virtualization on
>>> x86 hardware
>>> ii  libvirt-bin 0.9.12-3                             programs for the
>>> libvirt library
>>> ii  libvirt0 0.9.12-3                             library for interfacing
>>> with different virtualization systems
>>> ii  python-libvirt 0.9.12-3                             libvirt Python
>>> bindings
>>>
>>> System Template:
>>>
>>> CPU="2"
>>> DISK=[
>>>    BUS="ide",
>>>    DRIVER="qcow2",
>>>    IMAGE="Debian 6.0.5",
>>>    IMAGE_UNAME="rocket",
>>>    TARGET="hda",
>>>    TYPE="DISK" ]
>>> GRAPHICS=[
>>>    LISTEN="172.20.1.100",
>>>    TYPE="vnc" ]
>>> MEMORY="4GB"
>>> NAME="aether"
>>> NIC=[
>>>    NETWORK="eth1-vlan100",
>>>    NETWORK_UNAME="rocket" ]
>>> NIC=[
>>>    NETWORK="eth1-vlan200",
>>>    NETWORK_UNAME="rocket" ]
>>> OS=[
>>>    ARCH="x86_64",
>>>    BOOT="hd",
>>>    ROOT="hda1" ]
>>> RAW=[
>>>    TYPE="kvm" ]
>>> VCPU="2"
>>>
>>> ps axwwww of system:
>>> /usr/bin/kvm -S -M pc-1.1 -enable-kvm -m 4 -smp
>>> 2,sockets=2,cores=1,threads=1 -name one-33 -uuid
>>> 37c0f915-b756-78b3-912a-04cb3118c469 -nodefconfig -nodefaults -chardev
>>> socket,id=charmonitor,path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/one-33.monitor,server,nowait
>>> -mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control -rtc base=utc -no-shutdown
>>> -device piix3-usb-uhci,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1.0x2 -drive
>>> file=/var/lib/one//datastores/0/33/disk.0,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0,format=qcow2
>>> -device ide-hd,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-0-0,id=ide0-0-0,bootindex=1
>>> -netdev tap,fd=22,id=hostnet0 -device
>>> rtl8139,netdev=hostnet0,id=net0,mac=02:00:ac:14:01:6a,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3
>>> -netdev tap,fd=24,id=hostnet1 -device
>>> rtl8139,netdev=hostnet1,id=net1,mac=02:00:ac:14:02:6a,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4
>>> -vnc 172.20.1.100:33 -vga cirrus -device
>>> virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x5
>>>
>>> So, I followed the instructions found at this link:
>>> http://wiki.debian.org/OpenNebula/PreparingDebianVmImage and created an
>>> image, I did not do the contexualization part, I just create the disk image,
>>> booted off the CD and installed, restarted, it booted up again. All is well.
>>>
>>> I then added these images into sunstone, and setup my template using them.
>>>
>>> I am now trying to boot from this image, you will note the template and
>>> processor info above.
>>>
>>> This machine, just goes into an infinite loop. It boots, it posts... I see
>>> "GRUB Loading. Welcome to Grub!" and then it starts all over again. After a
>>> while (10 minutes or so) it will stop and say "error: out of memory.".
>>>
>>> I am really looking forward to getting this run, any ideas on how to make
>>> the VM boot up?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>> --
>> Jurgen Weber
>>
>> Systems Engineer
>> IT Infrastructure Team Leader
>>
>> THE ICONIC | E jurgen.weber at theiconic.com.au | www.theiconic.com.au
>>
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>

-- 
Jurgen Weber

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