Oraclevm 3.0.2 cant shutdown Virtual Machines by cmd

Question

hi ..
i am new to virtuallization , i try to install oraclevm 3.0.2 on my testing server as below
hp proliant g5 x 2 --> oracle vm server 3.0.2 hostname vm01 & vm02 ( x64 ) only pvm
hp proliant g5 x1 --> oracle vm manager 3.0.2 hostname vmmanager ( running on rhel 5.5 x64 )
hp proliant dl145 g3 x1 --> oracle vm server 3.0.2 hostname vm03 (x64 ) this server support hvm
i able to install oracle vm server on vm01-03 , vm manager on vmmanager , my problem as below:
1. i cant shutdown or poweroff by cmd (poweroff , shutdown -h now ) under Virtual Machines ( rhel 5.5 and rhel 6.0 x64) . the Virtual Machines keep on restart on same vmserver (vm01) , but i able to shutdown by oracle vm manager stop button . is this normal or i need to configure some thing to make the shuwdown or poweroff cmd work on Virtual Machines ?
2. i try to install solaris 10 u9 x86 on hp proliant dl145 g3 ( hvm ) but i have a error popup as below , i able install solaris 10 u9 x86 on same server withou error at oracle vm server 3.0.1
error on oracle vm server 3.0.2 as below
warning: /pci@0,0/pci1af4,1100@1,2 (uhci0): no SOF interrupts have been received , this USB UHCI host controller is unusable. NOTICE: MPO disables because memory is interleaved.
warning: BIOS microcode patch for AMD athlon(tm) 64/opteron(tm) processor erratum 131 was not detected; updating your system's BIOS to a version containing this microcode patch is Highly recommended or erroneous system operation may occur.
i assign 1gb memory for Virtual Machines ( solaris 10 u9 x86)
hp proliant dl145 g3 info as below
xm info
host : vm03
release : 2.6.32.21-41xen
version : #1 SMP Fri Sep 9 00:47:51 EDT 2011
machine : x86_64
nr_cpus : 2
nr_nodes : 1
cores_per_socket : 2
threads_per_core : 1
cpu_mhz : 2194
hw_caps : 178bf3ff:ebd3fbff:00000000:00000410:00002001:00000000:0000001f:00000000
virt_caps : hvm
total_memory : 2046
free_memory : 1481
node_to_cpu : node0:0-1
node_to_memory : node0:1481
node_to_dma32_mem : node0:1481
max_node_id : 0
xen_major : 4
xen_minor : 0
xen_extra : .2-OVM
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 : unavailable
xen_commandline : dom0_mem=541M
cc_compiler : gcc version 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-48)
cc_compile_by : mockbuild
cc_compile_domain : (none)
cc_compile_date : Thu Sep 22 16:11:15 EDT 2011
xend_config_format : 4
hope some one can help me ..
thanks ..

Answer 1

889759 wrote:
1. i cant shutdown or poweroff by cmd (poweroff , shutdown -h now ) under Virtual Machines ( rhel 5.5 and rhel 6.0 x64) . the Virtual Machines keep on restart on same vmserver (vm01) , but i able to shutdown by oracle vm manager stop button . is this normal or i need to configure some thing to make the shuwdown or poweroff cmd work on Virtual Machines ?If your VMs are flagged for HA, they will automatically be restarted unless you shut them down with the Manager. This is because the HA system doesn't know you issues a powerff/shutdown command. It just sees the guest disappear, so it restarts it.