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

To: Mark Williamson <mark.williamson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Error "Device 0 (vif) could not be connected"
From: wei huang <huanwei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 11:41:57 -0500 (EST)
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Hi Mark,

I am still having problem to create domUs on my server. The problem is
still like:
#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.
                                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ should it be vif0.0 or
                                                 vif?
Backend device not found!

I didn't change anything related with hotplug or udev scripts on my OS. I
started with a new Linux AS4 and just still xen + whatever packages your
require (brige-utils-1.0.6, Twisted-1.3.0, and iproute package was
already there). Really not sure what is happening.

Could you please give some suggestions? Here is the basic info about my
server. If you need more specific information, I will be happy to provide.
(output of xm log is also in the context)

Intel Xeon dual 2.40 GHz
1GB memory
Intel Corp. EtherExpress PRO/100 S Server Adapter
OS: Linux-AS4

Thanks!

-- Wei

> 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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