[Xen-users] More memory problems.

[James Pifer <jep@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have several xen servers running on SLES10SP2. I occasionally have
problems with allocating memory. When this happens the only fix I know
of is to shut down all the domUs and restart the server. Or at least
xend, which affects many of my domUs. 

I have this problem on two servers right now. One of them has plenty of
free memory available. See below:

# xm info
host                   : lakxen04
release                : 2.6.16.60-0.33-xen
version                : #1 SMP Fri Oct 31 14:24:07 UTC 2008
machine                : x86_64
nr_cpus                : 8
nr_nodes               : 1
cores_per_socket       : 4
threads_per_core       : 1
cpu_mhz                : 2500
hw_caps                :
bfebfbff:20000800:00000000:00000140:000ce3bd:00000000:00000001
total_memory           : 32765
free_memory            : 9169
max_free_memory        : 10705
max_para_memory        : 10701
max_hvm_memory         : 10667
node_to_cpu            : node0:0-7
node_to_memory         : node0:9169
xen_major              : 3
xen_minor              : 2
xen_extra              : .0_16718_18-0.3
xen_caps               : xen-3.0-x86_64 xen-3.0-x86_32p hvm-3.0-x86_32
hvm-3.0-x86_32p hvm-3.0-x86_64 
xen_scheduler          : credit
xen_pagesize           : 4096
platform_params        : virt_start=0xffff800000000000
xen_changeset          : 16718
cc_compiler            : gcc version 4.1.2 20070115 (SUSE Linux)
cc_compile_by          : abuild
cc_compile_domain      : suse.de
cc_compile_date        : Thu Oct  9 15:34:16 UTC 2008
xend_config_format     : 4

When I try to start a domU I get:
# xm start lakvre05
Error: [Errno 12] Cannot allocate memory
Usage: xm start <DomainName>

Start a Xend managed domain
  -p, --paused                   Do not unpause domain after starting
it    
  -c, --console_autoconnect      Connect to the console after the
domain    
                                 is created

Any suggestions for working around this or is restarting xend the only
option?

Thanks,
James


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