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Re: [Xen-users] Error "Device 0 (vif) could not be connected"

I also saw this error (on yesterday's pull), haven't had to diagnose it yet.

Apparently this message is something to do with Xend detecting a failure / 
problem with the hotplug scripts...  Ewan (cc'ed) suggested I check my 
hotplug / udev setup was working and that I look for hotplug-related errors 
in the main syslog.

HTH,
Mark

On Friday 04 November 2005 16:21, wei huang wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a problem to start domU on my server.
>
> Everything upto "xm create" look normal. However, it pops up saying
> the above error message when I try to create domU.
>
> I verified that xend has started and vif device is created, here is the
> output of ifconfig after xend start:
>
> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:30:48:51:65:A7
>           inet addr:192.168.103.5  Bcast:192.168.255.255  Mask:255.255.0.0
>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:28742 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:11075 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
>           RX bytes:28955962 (27.6 MiB)  TX bytes:2259219 (2.1 MiB)
>
> lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
>           inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
>           UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
>           RX packets:26 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:26 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
>           RX bytes:2072 (2.0 KiB)  TX bytes:2072 (2.0 KiB)
>
> peth0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:29448 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:11658 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>           RX bytes:29103901 (27.7 MiB)  TX bytes:2346856 (2.2 MiB)
>
> vif0.0    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:11076 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:28742 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
>           RX bytes:2260133 (2.1 MiB)  TX bytes:28955962 (27.6 MiB)
>
> xenbr0    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:949 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
>           RX bytes:138255 (135.0 KiB)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
>
> However, this is the error message when I try to start domU:
> #c4xen# /etc/xen> sudo xm create -c as4_conf
> Password:
> Using config file "as4_conf".
> Error: Error creating domain: Device 0 (vif) could not be connected.
> Backend device not found!
>
> There is nothing abnormal in dmesg and xm dmesg. But here is the trace of
> xm log:
>
> [2005-11-04 11:08:02 xend.XendDomainInfo] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:147)
> XendDomainInfo.create(['vm', ['name', 'domu-as4-1'], ['memory', '256'],
> ['image', ['linux', ['kernel', '/boot/xen-3.0/vmlinuz-2.6.12-xenU'],
> ['ip', '192.168.170.5:1.2.3.4:192.168.1.1:255.255.0.0:c4xen:eth0:off'],
> ['root', '/dev/hda1 ro'], ['args', '3'], ['vcpus', '1'], ['vcpus', '1'],
> ['boot', 'c'], ['display', 'localhost:10.0']]], ['device', ['vbd',
> ['uname', 'phy:hdb3'], ['dev', 'hda1'], ['mode', 'w']]], ['device',
> ['vif', ['mac', 'aa:00:00:00:01:05'], ['bridge', 'xenbr0']]]])
> [2005-11-04 11:08:02 xend.XendDomainInfo] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:250)
> parseConfig: config is ['vm', ['name', 'domu-as4-1'], ['memory', '256'],
> ['image', ['linux', ['kernel', '/boot/xen-3.0/vmlinuz-2.6.12-xenU'],
> ['ip', '192.168.170.5:1.2.3.4:192.168.1.1:255.255.0.0:c4xen:eth0:off'],
> ['root', '/dev/hda1 ro'], ['args', '3'], ['vcpus', '1'], ['vcpus', '1'],
> ['boot', 'c'], ['display', 'localhost:10.0']]], ['device', ['vbd',
> ['uname', 'phy:hdb3'], ['dev', 'hda1'], ['mode', 'w']]], ['device',
> ['vif', ['mac', 'aa:00:00:00:01:05'], ['bridge', 'xenbr0']]]]
> [2005-11-04 11:08:02 xend.XendDomainInfo] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:308)
> parseConfig: result is {'ssidref': None, 'name': 'domu-as4-1',
> 'on_reboot': None, 'maxmem': None, 'on_poweroff': None, 'mem_kb': None,
> 'maxmem_kb': None, 'on_crash': None, 'backend': [], 'vcpus': 1,
> 'cpu_weight': None, 'vcpu_avail': None, 'memory': 256, 'device': [('vbd',
> ['vbd', ['uname', 'phy:hdb3'], ['dev', 'hda1'], ['mode', 'w']]), ('vif',
> ['vif', ['mac', 'aa:00:00:00:01:05'], ['bridge', 'xenbr0']])],
> 'bootloader': None, 'image': ['linux', ['kernel',
> '/boot/xen-3.0/vmlinuz-2.6.12-xenU'], ['ip',
> '192.168.170.5:1.2.3.4:192.168.1.1:255.255.0.0:c4xen:eth0:off'], ['root',
> '/dev/hda1 ro'], ['args', '3'], ['vcpus', '1'], ['vcpus', '1'], ['boot',
> 'c'], ['display', 'localhost:10.0']], 'cpu': None, 'uuid': None}
> [2005-11-04 11:08:02 xend.XendDomainInfo] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:1047)
> XendDomainInfo.construct: None 0
> [2005-11-04 11:08:02 xend.XendDomainInfo] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:1077)
> XendDomainInfo.initDomain: 6 262144 1.0
> [2005-11-04 11:08:02 xend] INFO (image:131) buildDomain os=linux dom=6
> vcpus=1
> [2005-11-04 11:08:02 xend] DEBUG (image:169) dom            = 6
> [2005-11-04 11:08:02 xend] DEBUG (image:170) image          =
> /boot/xen-3.0/vmlinuz-2.6.12-xenU
> [2005-11-04 11:08:02 xend] DEBUG (image:171) store_evtchn   = 1
> [2005-11-04 11:08:02 xend] DEBUG (image:172) console_evtchn = 2
> [2005-11-04 11:08:02 xend] DEBUG (image:173) cmdline        =
> ip=192.168.170.5:1.2.3.4:192.168.1.1:255.255.0.0:c4xen:eth0:off
> root=/dev/hda1 ro 3
> [2005-11-04 11:08:02 xend] DEBUG (image:174) ramdisk        =
> [2005-11-04 11:08:02 xend] DEBUG (image:175) vcpus          = 1
> [2005-11-04 11:08:02 xend] DEBUG (DevController:256) DevController:
> writing {'virtual-device': '769', 'backend-id': '0', 'backend':
> '/local/domain/0/backend/vbd/6/769'} to /local/domain/6/device/vbd/769.
> [2005-11-04 11:08:02 xend] DEBUG (DevController:258) DevController:
> writing {'domain': 'domu-as4-1', 'params': 'hdb3', 'frontend-id': '6',
> 'type': 'phy', 'dev': 'hda1', 'frontend':
> '/local/domain/6/device/vbd/769'} to /local/domain/0/backend/vbd/6/769.
> [2005-11-04 11:08:02 xend] DEBUG (DevController:256) DevController:
> writing {'backend-id': '0', 'mac': 'aa:00:00:00:01:05', 'handle': '0',
> 'backend': '/local/domain/0/backend/vif/6/0'} to
> /local/domain/6/device/vif/0.
> [2005-11-04 11:08:02 xend] DEBUG (DevController:258) DevController:
> writing {'bridge': 'xenbr0', 'mac': 'aa:00:00:00:01:05', 'handle': '0',
> 'script': '/etc/xen/scripts/vif-bridge', 'frontend-id': '6', 'domain':
> 'domu-as4-1', 'frontend': '/local/domain/6/device/vif/0'} to
> /local/domain/0/backend/vif/6/0.
> [2005-11-04 11:08:03 xend.XendDomainInfo] ERROR (XendDomainInfo:158)
> Domain construction failed
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/lib/python/xen/xend/XendDomainInfo.py", line 152, in create
>     vm.initDomain()
>   File "/usr/lib/python/xen/xend/XendDomainInfo.py", line 1109, in
> initDomain
>     self.createDevices()
>   File "/usr/lib/python/xen/xend/XendDomainInfo.py", line 1222, in
> createDevices
>     self.createDevice(n, c)
>   File "/usr/lib/python/xen/xend/XendDomainInfo.py", line 893, in
> createDevice
>     return self.getDeviceController(deviceClass).createDevice(devconfig)
>   File "/usr/lib/python/xen/xend/server/DevController.py", line 72, in
> createDevice
>     raise VmError( ("Device %s (%s) could not be connected. "
> VmError: Device 0 (vif) could not be connected. Backend device not found!
> [2005-11-04 11:08:03 xend.XendDomainInfo] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:1156)
> XendDomainInfo.destroy: domid=6
> [2005-11-04 11:08:03 xend.XendDomainInfo] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:1164)
> XendDomainInfo.destroyDomain(6)
> [2005-11-04 11:08:03 xend] ERROR (SrvBase:87) Request create failed.
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/lib/python/xen/web/SrvBase.py", line 85, in perform
>     return op_method(op, req)
>   File "/usr/lib/python/xen/xend/server/SrvDomainDir.py", line 82, in
> op_create
>     raise XendError("Error creating domain: " + str(ex))
> XendError: Error creating domain: Device 0 (vif) could not be connected.
> Backend device not found!
>
> Would you please instruct what might be the problem?
>
> Thanks
>
>
> Regards,
> Wei Huang
>
>
>
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