[Xen-users] Re: xm list guest domain state shows blank status

[Todd Deshane <deshantm@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Rajiv,

On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 4:01 PM, Rajiv Rajaian <rajiv.grid@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi  deshantm
>
> This is Rajiv, from Anna university India.
> sorry for disturbing you..
>
> I ve installed xen-3.2.3-0xs  in Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5..
> & I ve successfully created guest domain with Fedora 4  image file
> While booting the guest domain first it shows the b---- state in xm
> list command and when the dom U gets booted up it turns to blank
> state..
> Is there anything else to be configured to solve this issue??
> [root@xencluster ~]# xm list
> Name                                        ID   Mem VCPUs      State   
> Time(s)
> Domain-0                                     0   395     1     r-----    440.7
> scrbxenvm-2.grid                             2   600     1     ------   6620.0

In our Xen book [1] it says "The state for <guest name> is blank
because it's between running and blocked states, which means that
it is not in a paused state"

[1] 
 http://books.google.com/books?id=XS-Jj7s2nhYC&pg=PA201&lpg=PA201&dq=xm+list+guest+domain+state+shows+blank+status&source=bl&ots=UUKMlS5aAW&sig=ry8BEdsorO7lqjjuwK8E4GI52pg&hl=en&ei=2JVkSqGUIoPYNdrrzPcB&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3

>
> Here is my xen configurations
> [root@xencluster ~]# rpm -qa | grep xen
> xen-debuginfo-3.2.3-0xs
> xen-libs-3.2.3-0xs
> xen-devel-3.2.3-0xs
> kernel-xen-2.6.18-92.el5
> xen-3.2.3-0xs
>
> [root@xencluster ~]# uname -r
> 2.6.18-92.el5xen
>
>
> Here's  the xen vm template
>
> kernel = "/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-92.el5xen"
> memory = 600
> extra = "fastboot"
> ramdisk = "/boot/initrd-sl4.img"
> disk = 
> ['tap:aio:/tmp/vrm/var/200/fc4compute.img,sda1,w','tap:aio:/tmp/vrm/var/200/scrbxenvm-2modules,sda3,r']
> name = "scrbxenvm-2.grid"
> root = "/dev/sda1 ro"
> vif=['ip=144.68.100.2']
> eth0="on"
>

You never mention whether you can access the guest at all or not.
Does it boot up? When you boot with the -c option, does it show anything?

I've copied that xen-users list since they may have more insights.

Hope that helps.
Best regards,
Todd

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Todd Deshane
http://todddeshane.net
http://runningxen.com

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