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[Xen-users] Unable to create WinXP DomU

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Subject: [Xen-users] Unable to create WinXP DomU
From: Geert Janssens <info@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 14:24:32 +0200
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Hi,

Since a week or two I can't create two of my three WinXP DomU's anymore, the 
third one starts just fine.

This is the basic error message I get:
# xm create WinXPViaLilaGeert
Using config file "./WinXPViaLilaGeert".
Error: Creating domain failed: name=WinXPViaLilaGeert

There is little information in this error message. /var/log/xen/xend.log has a 
little more:
[2009-06-13 14:13:51 4862] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:89) 
XendDomainInfo.create(['vm', ['name', 'WinXPViaLilaGeert'], ['memory', 512], 
['vcpus',
 1], ['on_xend_start', 'ignore'], ['on_xend_stop', 'ignore'], ['image', 
['hvm', ['kernel', '/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader'], ['device_model',
 '/usr/lib/xen/bin/qemu-dm'], ['pae', 1], ['vcpus', 1], ['boot', 'c'], ['fda', 
''], ['fdb', ''], ['timer_mode', 0], ['localtime', 0], ['ser
ial', 'pty'], ['stdvga', 0], ['isa', 0], ['nographic', 0], ['soundhw', 
'sb16'], ['vnc', 0], ['vncdisplay', 100], ['vncunused', 1], ['vnclis
ten', '0.0.0.0'], ['display', 'localhost:10.0'], ['xauthority', 
'/root/.xauthociQOV'], ['rtc_timeoffset', '0'], ['monitor', 1], ['acpi', 0]
, ['apic', 1], ['usb', 1], ['usbdevice', 'tablet'], ['keymap', ''], ['pci', 
[]], ['hpet', 0], ['guest_os_type', 'default'], ['hap', 1], ['o
pengl', 1], ['cpuid', []], ['cpuid_check', []], ['vncpasswd', 'XXXXXXXX']]], 
['device', ['tap', ['uname', 'tap:qcow:/var/lib/xen/images/Win
XP-ViaLilaGeert.qcow'], ['dev', 'hda'], ['mode', 'w']]], ['device', ['vbd', 
['uname', ''], ['dev', 'hdc:cdrom'], ['mode', 'r']]], ['device'
, ['vif', ['bridge', 'xenbr0'], ['mac', '00:16:3e:4a:38:26'], ['type', 
'ioemu']]]])
[2009-06-13 14:13:51 4862] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:2036) 
XendDomainInfo.constructDomain
[2009-06-13 14:13:51 4862] DEBUG (balloon:132) Balloon: 3560 KiB free; need 
2048; done.
[2009-06-13 14:13:51 4862] ERROR (XendDomainInfo:467) VM start failed
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/xen/xend/XendDomainInfo.py", line 
446, in start
    XendTask.log_progress(0, 30, self._constructDomain)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/xen/xend/XendTask.py", line 209, in 
log_progress
    retval = func(*args, **kwds)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/xen/xend/XendDomainInfo.py", line 
2076, in _constructDomain
    raise VmError('Creating domain failed: name=%s' %
VmError: Creating domain failed: name=WinXPViaLilaGeert
[2009-06-13 14:13:51 4862] ERROR (XendDomainInfo:94) Domain construction 
failed
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/xen/xend/XendDomainInfo.py", line 92, 
in create
    vm.start()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/xen/xend/XendDomainInfo.py", line 
446, in start
    XendTask.log_progress(0, 30, self._constructDomain)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/xen/xend/XendTask.py", line 209, in 
log_progress
    retval = func(*args, **kwds)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/xen/xend/XendDomainInfo.py", line 
2076, in _constructDomain
    raise VmError('Creating domain failed: name=%s' %
VmError: Creating domain failed: name=WinXPViaLilaGeert

But still I don't understand why this isn't working. A google search on this 
error didn't reveal much. Where else can I find a hint ?

Some more information:
The failing WinXP domain is a clone of the working WinXP domain. It has worked 
fine for some time, but not anymore. The server has been rebooted a couple of 
times in the meantime. Maybe that has something to do with it ?

Additional info on my setup:
* Dom0 is CentOS 5.3 (32bit)
* Xen is gitco stable (xen 3.3.1)

# xm dmesg
 __  __            _____  _____  _ 
 \ \/ /___ _ __   |___ / |___ / / |
  \  // _ \ '_ \    |_ \   |_ \ | |
  /  \  __/ | | |  ___) | ___) || |
 /_/\_\___|_| |_| |____(_)____(_)_|
                                   
(XEN) Xen version 3.3.1 (root@xxxxxxxxx) (gcc version 4.1.2 20071124 (Red Hat 
4.1.2-42)) Tue Jan 20 23:35:28 CET 2009
(XEN) Latest ChangeSet: unavailable                                             
                                     
(XEN) Command line:                                                             
                                     
(XEN) Video information:                                                        
                                     
(XEN)  VGA is text mode 80x25, font 8x16                                        
                                     
(XEN)  VBE/DDC methods: V2; EDID transfer time: 2 seconds                       
                                     
(XEN) Disc information:                                                         
                                     
(XEN)  Found 6 MBR signatures                                                   
                                     
(XEN)  Found 6 EDD information structures                                       
                                     
(XEN) Xen-e820 RAM map:                                                         
                                     
(XEN)  0000000000000000 - 000000000009fc00 (usable)                             
                                     
(XEN)  000000000009fc00 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)                           
                                     
(XEN)  00000000000e6000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)                           
                                     
(XEN)  0000000000100000 - 00000000cbff0000 (usable)                             
                                     
(XEN)  00000000cbff0000 - 00000000cbffe000 (ACPI data)                          
                                     
(XEN)  00000000cbffe000 - 00000000cc000000 (ACPI NVS)                           
                                     
(XEN)  00000000e0000000 - 00000000f0000000 (reserved)                           
                                     
(XEN)  00000000fec00000 - 00000000fec01000 (reserved)                           
                                     
(XEN)  00000000fee00000 - 00000000fef00000 (reserved)                           
                                     
(XEN)  00000000ff700000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)                           
                                     
(XEN)  0000000100000000 - 0000000234000000 (usable)                             
                                     
(XEN) System RAM: 8191MB (8388156kB)                                            
                                     
(XEN) ACPI: RSDP 000F9410, 0024 (r2 ACPIAM)                                     
                                     
(XEN) ACPI: XSDT CBFF0100, 0054 (r1 SUPERM OEMXSDT   3000831 MSFT       97)     
                                     
(XEN) ACPI: FACP CBFF0290, 00F4 (r3 SUPERM OEMFACP   3000831 MSFT       97)     
                                     
(XEN) ACPI: DSDT CBFF0490, 5082 (r1  1HDM3 1HDM3007        7 INTL 20051117)     
                                     
(XEN) ACPI: FACS CBFFE000, 0040                                                 
                                     
(XEN) ACPI: APIC CBFF0390, 00B8 (r1 SUPERM OEMAPIC   3000831 MSFT       97)     
                                     
(XEN) ACPI: OEMB CBFFE040, 00A7 (r1 SUPERM AMI_OEM   3000831 MSFT       97)     
                                     
(XEN) ACPI: SRAT CBFF5520, 0110 (r1 AMD    HAMMER          1 AMD         1)     
                                     
(XEN) ACPI: HPET CBFF5630, 0038 (r1 SUPERM OEMHPET0  3000831 MSFT       97)     
                                     
(XEN) ACPI: SSDT CBFF5670, 03E8 (r1 SUPERM POWERNOW        1 AMD         1)     
                                     
(XEN) Xen heap: 9MB (9548kB)                                                    
                                     
(XEN) Domain heap initialised                                                   
                                     
(XEN) Processor #0 15:1 APIC version 16                                         
                                     
(XEN) Processor #1 15:1 APIC version 16                                         
                                     
(XEN) Processor #2 15:1 APIC version 16                                         
                                     
(XEN) Processor #3 15:1 APIC version 16                                         
                                     
(XEN) IOAPIC[0]: apic_id 4, version 17, address 0xfec00000, GSI 0-23            
                                     
(XEN) IOAPIC[1]: apic_id 5, version 17, address 0xcffff000, GSI 40-46           
                                     
(XEN) IOAPIC[2]: apic_id 6, version 17, address 0xcfffe000, GSI 47-53           
                                     
(XEN) Enabling APIC mode:  Flat.  Using 3 I/O APICs                             
                                     
(XEN) Using scheduler: SMP Credit Scheduler (credit)                            
                                     
(XEN) Detected 2211.378 MHz processor.                                          
                                     
(XEN) AMD SVM: ASIDs disabled.                                                  
                                     
(XEN) HVM: SVM enabled                                                          
                                     
(XEN) CPU0: AMD K8 machine check reporting enabled.                             
                                     
(XEN) CPU0: AMD Dual-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 2214 stepping 03            
                                     
(XEN) Booting processor 1/1 eip 8c000                                           
                                     
(XEN) AMD: Disabling C1 Clock Ramping Node #0                                   
                                     
(XEN) AMD: Disabling C1 Clock Ramping Node #1                                   
                                     
(XEN) AMD SVM: ASIDs disabled.                                                  
                                     
(XEN) CPU1: AMD K8 machine check reporting enabled.                             
                                     
(XEN) CPU1: AMD Dual-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 2214 stepping 03            
                                     
(XEN) Booting processor 2/2 eip 8c000                                           
                                     
(XEN) AMD SVM: ASIDs disabled.
(XEN) CPU2: AMD K8 machine check reporting enabled.
(XEN) CPU2: AMD Dual-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 2214 stepping 03
(XEN) Booting processor 3/3 eip 8c000
(XEN) AMD SVM: ASIDs disabled.
(XEN) CPU3: AMD K8 machine check reporting enabled.
(XEN) CPU3: AMD Dual-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 2214 stepping 03
(XEN) Total of 4 processors activated.
(XEN) ENABLING IO-APIC IRQs
(XEN)  -> Using new ACK method
(XEN) checking TSC synchronization across 4 CPUs:
(XEN) CPU#0 had 0 usecs TSC skew, fixed it up.
(XEN) CPU#1 had 0 usecs TSC skew, fixed it up.
(XEN) CPU#2 had -1942545 usecs TSC skew, fixed it up.
(XEN) CPU#3 had -1942545 usecs TSC skew, fixed it up.
(XEN) Platform timer is 25.000MHz HPET
(XEN) Brought up 4 CPUs
(XEN) I/O virtualisation disabled
(XEN) *** LOADING DOMAIN 0 ***
(XEN)  Xen  kernel: 32-bit, PAE, lsb
(XEN)  Dom0 kernel: 32-bit, PAE, lsb, paddr 0xc0400000 -> 0xc07c7000
(XEN) PHYSICAL MEMORY ARRANGEMENT:
(XEN)  Dom0 alloc.:   000000003c000000->000000003e000000 (2037008 pages to be 
allocated)
(XEN) VIRTUAL MEMORY ARRANGEMENT:
(XEN)  Loaded kernel: c0400000->c07c7000
(XEN)  Init. ramdisk: c07c7000->c0e9be00
(XEN)  Phys-Mach map: c0e9c000->c1669440
(XEN)  Start info:    c166a000->c166a474
(XEN)  Page tables:   c166b000->c167c000
(XEN)  Boot stack:    c167c000->c167d000
(XEN)  TOTAL:         c0000000->c1800000
(XEN)  ENTRY ADDRESS: c0400000
(XEN) Dom0 has maximum 4 VCPUs
(XEN) Scrubbing Free RAM: .done.
(XEN) Xen trace buffers: disabled
(XEN) Std. Loglevel: Errors and warnings
(XEN) Guest Loglevel: Nothing (Rate-limited: Errors and warnings)
(XEN) Xen is relinquishing VGA console.
(XEN) *** Serial input -> DOM0 (type 'CTRL-a' three times to switch input to 
Xen)
(XEN) Freed 96kB init memory.
(XEN) traps.c:2171:d0 Domain attempted WRMSR 00000410 from 00000000:00043bff 
to 00000000:00000003.
(XEN) traps.c:2171:d0 Domain attempted WRMSR 00000410 from 00000000:00043bff 
to 00000000:00000003.
(XEN) traps.c:2171:d0 Domain attempted WRMSR 00000410 from 00000000:00000000 
to 00000000:00000003.
(XEN) traps.c:2171:d0 Domain attempted WRMSR 00000410 from 00000000:00000000 
to 00000000:00000003.
(XEN) traps.c:2171:d0 Domain attempted WRMSR 00000410 from 00000000:00000000 
to 00000000:00000003.
(XEN) traps.c:2171:d0 Domain attempted WRMSR 00000410 from 00000000:00043bff 
to 00000000:00000003.
(XEN) traps.c:2171:d0 Domain attempted WRMSR 00000410 from 00000000:00043bff 
to 00000000:00000003.
(XEN) traps.c:2171:d0 Domain attempted WRMSR 00000410 from 00000000:00000000 
to 00000000:00000003.
(XEN) mm.c:707:d1 Error getting mfn 284a5 (pfn 1d38a5) from L1 entry 
00000000284a5025 for dom1
(XEN) mm.c:3635:d1 ptwr_emulate: fixing up invalid PAE PTE 00000000284a5025
(XEN) mm.c:676:d1 Non-privileged (1) attempt to map I/O space 000000f8
(XEN) mm.c:676:d1 Non-privileged (1) attempt to map I/O space 000000f8

# xm info
host                   : aragorn.vialila.lan
release                : 2.6.18-92.1.22.el5.centos.plusxen
version                : #1 SMP Wed Dec 17 12:11:57 EST 2008
machine                : i686
nr_cpus                : 4
nr_nodes               : 1
cores_per_socket       : 2
threads_per_core       : 1
cpu_mhz                : 2211
hw_caps                : 
178bfbff:ebd3fbff:00000000:00000010:00002001:00000000:0000001f:00000000
virt_caps              : hvm
total_memory           : 8191
free_memory            : 3
node_to_cpu            : node0:0-3
node_to_memory         : node0:3
xen_major              : 3
xen_minor              : 3
xen_extra              : .1
xen_caps               : xen-3.0-x86_32p hvm-3.0-x86_32 hvm-3.0-x86_32p
xen_scheduler          : credit
xen_pagesize           : 4096
platform_params        : virt_start=0xf5800000
xen_changeset          : unavailable
cc_compiler            : gcc version 4.1.2 20071124 (Red Hat 4.1.2-42)
cc_compile_by          : root
cc_compile_domain      : gitco.tld
cc_compile_date        : Tue Jan 20 23:35:28 CET 2009

I am completely stuck here. Can someone give me a hint please ?

Thanks a lot.

Geert

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