[one-users] Ubuntu shutdown/image save

[Jaime Melis]

Hello Sean,

The shutdown script includes a timeout, when it's reached it assumes the VM
is still running. However it looks like the VM is indeed shutting down
after that timeout. I think that's why your vm is in such an ugly state.

Possible fixes:
* Disable the acpi popup in your VM [1][2]
* Install the *server* distribution, not the desktop.
* Try with the appliance we created [3]
* Increase the timeout in the shutdown script [4] (not recommended!!)

[1]
http://askubuntu.com/questions/66723/how-do-i-modify-the-power-options-in-ubuntu-11-10
[2]
http://www.liberiangeek.net/2012/04/disable-shutdown-restart-logout-prompts-in-ubuntu-12-04-precise-pangolin/
[3] http://appliances.c12g.com/Ubuntu-Server-12.04/
[4]
https://github.com/OpenNebula/one/blob/one-3.4/src/vmm_mad/remotes/kvm/shutdown#L27<https://github.com/OpenNebula/one/blob/one-3.4/src/vmm_mad/remotes/kvm/shutdown>

Regards,
Jaime

On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 6:43 PM, Sean Abbott <seabbott at akamai.com> wrote:

> So, I'm attempting to create a master linux client image from which I
> can deploy new clients easily.  I know that I'll eventually need to get
> master contextualization.  However, before I get there, I'm having
> problems.
>
> I created a template that used a raw hard disk and an ubuntu boot cd to
> create a working ubuntu 12.04 VM.  Done, worked.
> I used onevm saveas <vm-name> <disk-id> "ubuntu-base-image" to set up a
> save.
> I used onevm shutdown <vm-id> to shut it down.
>
> At first, it appeared to work.  I was watching the vm from VNC and it
> popped up a window asking if I wanted to shut it down (I need to
> research how to make that window not happen in ubuntu).
>
> However.  The VM transitioned to "unknown" state about 5 minutes later
> (initially it was "shutdown"), and the log says that it didn't properly
> finish shutdown:
>
> Thu May 17 16:19:33 2012 [LCM][I]: New VM state is SHUTDOWN
> Thu May 17 16:24:38 2012 [VMM][I]: Command execution fail:
> /var/tmp/one/vmm/kvm/shutdown one-7 172.26.210.149 7 172.26.210.149
> Thu May 17 16:24:38 2012 [VMM][E]: Timeout reached and VM one-7 is still
> alive
> Thu May 17 16:24:38 2012 [VMM][I]: Timeout reached
> Thu May 17 16:24:38 2012 [VMM][I]: ExitCode: 1
> Thu May 17 16:24:38 2012 [VMM][I]: Failed to execute virtualization driver
> operation: shutdown.
> Thu May 17 16:24:38 2012 [VMM][E]: Error shuting down VM: Timeout reached
> and VM one-7 is still alive
> Thu May 17 16:24:38 2012 [LCM][I]: Fail to shutdown VM. Assuming that the
> VM is still RUNNING (will poll VM).
> Thu May 17 16:24:38 2012 [VMM][I]: ExitCode: 0
> Thu May 17 16:24:38 2012 [VMM][I]: VM not found, setting to UNKNOWN
>
>
> And, presumably because of this, my image status "locked" and there is
> no data that has made it into the image.
>
> Is the answer that I need to figure out how to make ubuntu do a
> clean/fast ACPI shutdown before I can make this work, or is something
> else afoot.  Corollary question:  has anyone managed to make ubuntu do a
> clean ACPI shutdown with no intervention?
>
> Thanks!
>
> sean
>
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Jaime Melis
Project Engineer
OpenNebula - The Open Source Toolkit for Cloud Computing
www.OpenNebula.org | jmelis at opennebula.org
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