OVM Manager 3.1.1 - can i load system.img only?

Just wondering if any of you have tried creating a VM, and then selecting to load system.img only as a startup disk, not including the tools.img. Will it give you the OS VM only or will it fail to boot?
There is no reason why I want to do this, I'm just curious if its possible.

Problem with oracle-xe perhaps?
[root@ovm-manager-dev-01 init.d]# service oracle-xe status
LSNRCTL for Linux: Version 11.2.0.2.0 - Production on 08-OCT-2012 15:09:00
Copyright (c) 1991, 2011, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Connecting to (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=IPC)(KEY=EXTPROC_FOR_XE)))
TNS-12541: TNS:no listener
TNS-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error
TNS-00511: No listener
Linux Error: 2: No such file or directory
Connecting to (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=ovm-manager-dev-01)(PORT=1521)))
TNS-12545: Connect failed because target host or object does not exist
TNS-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error
TNS-00515: Connect failed because target host or object does not exist

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Hi,
I have a weird problem with one of our OVM3 servers. Due to "System is initializing ..." errors I had to delete and recreate the OVM Manager DB. The operation went smoothly but after a restart I'm only able to discover one of the servers (soaovm2). We actually have each of the servers in a separate pool (self-tough best practice if you plan to use RAC on the VMs). So, as mentioned the second server was discovered just fine (with pool and everything) but the first server is refusing to get discovered:
Job Construction Phase
begin()
Appended operation 'Discover Manager Server Discover' to object 'OVM Foundry : Discover Manager'.
commit()
Completed Step: COMMIT
Objects and Operations
Object (IN_USE): [DiscoverManager] OVM Foundry : Discover Manager
Operation: Discover Manager Server Discover
Job Running Phase at 15:48 on Tue, Jun 11, 2013
Job Participants: []
Actioner
Starting operation 'Discover Manager Server Discover' on object 'OVM Foundry : Discover Manager'
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Operation 'NTP Service Configure' in non-job running context, not adding it to object 'e4:11:5b:ac:b1:10:e4:11:5b:ac:b1:10:e4:11:5b:ac'.
Operation 'NTP Service Configure' in non-job running context, not adding it to object 'e4:11:5b:ac:b1:10:e4:11:5b:ac:b1:10:e4:11:5b:ac'.
Operation 'Server Set Statistic Interval' in non-job running context, not adding it to object 'e4:11:5b:ac:b1:10:e4:11:5b:ac:b1:10:e4:11:5b:ac'.
Job Internal Error (Operation)com.oracle.ovm.mgr.api.exception.FailedOperationException: OVMAPI_4010E Attempt to send command: discover_hardware to server: e4:11:5b:ac:b1:10:e4:11:5b:ac:b1:10:e4:11:5b:ac failed. OVMAPI_4004E Server Failed Command: discover_hardware , Status: org.apache.xmlrpc.XmlRpcException: I/O error while communicating with HTTP server: The server 57.56.168.171 failed to respond
Tue Jun 11 15:48:08 UTC 2013
Tue Jun 11 15:48:08 UTC 2013
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.action.ActionEngine.sendCommandToServer(ActionEngine.java:507)
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.action.ActionEngine.sendUndispatchedServerCommand(ActionEngine.java:459)
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.action.ActionEngine.sendServerCommand(ActionEngine.java:385)
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.action.ActionEngine.sendDiscoverCommand(ActionEngine.java:308)
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.action.ServerAction.getHardwareInfo(ServerAction.java:104)
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.discover.ovm.ServerHardwareDiscoverHandler.query(ServerHardwareDiscoverHandler.java:206)
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.discover.ovm.ServerHardwareDiscoverHandler.query(ServerHardwareDiscoverHandler.java:42)
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.discover.ovm.DiscoverHandler.execute(DiscoverHandler.java:61)
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.discover.DiscoverEngine.handleDiscover(DiscoverEngine.java:461)
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.discover.DiscoverEngine.handleDiscover(DiscoverEngine.java:446)
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.discover.DiscoverEngine.handleDiscover(DiscoverEngine.java:430)
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.discover.DiscoverEngine.handleDefaultDiscover(DiscoverEngine.java:391)
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.discover.DiscoverEngine.discoverNewServer(DiscoverEngine.java:377)
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.discover.DiscoverEngine.discoverServer(DiscoverEngine.java:280)
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.op.manager.DiscoverManagerServerDiscover.action(DiscoverManagerServerDiscover.java:48)
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.api.collectable.ManagedObjectDbImpl.executeCurrentJobOperationAction(ManagedObjectDbImpl.java:1012)
at com.oracle.odof.core.AbstractVessel.invokeMethod(AbstractVessel.java:329)
at com.oracle.odof.core.AbstractVessel.invokeMethod(AbstractVessel.java:289)
at com.oracle.odof.core.storage.Transaction.invokeMethod(Transaction.java:826)
at com.oracle.odof.core.Exchange.invokeMethod(Exchange.java:245)
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.api.manager.DiscoverManagerProxy.executeCurrentJobOperationAction(Unknown Source)
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.api.job.JobEngine.operationActioner(JobEngine.java:218)
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.api.job.JobEngine.objectActioner(JobEngine.java:309)
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.api.job.InternalJobDbImpl.objectCommitter(InternalJobDbImpl.java:1140)
at com.oracle.odof.core.AbstractVessel.invokeMethod(AbstractVessel.java:329)
at com.oracle.odof.core.AbstractVessel.invokeMethod(AbstractVessel.java:289)
at com.oracle.odof.core.BasicWork.invokeMethod(BasicWork.java:136)
at com.oracle.odof.command.InvokeMethodCommand.process(InvokeMethodCommand.java:105)
at com.oracle.odof.core.BasicWork.processCommand(BasicWork.java:81)
at com.oracle.odof.core.TransactionManager.processCommand(TransactionManager.java:773)
at com.oracle.odof.core.WorkflowManager.processCommand(WorkflowManager.java:455)
at com.oracle.odof.core.WorkflowManager.processWork(WorkflowManager.java:513)
at com.oracle.odof.io.AbstractClient.run(AbstractClient.java:42)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)
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Tue Jun 11 15:48:08 UTC 2013
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.action.ActionEngine.sendAction(ActionEngine.java:798)
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.action.ActionEngine.sendCommandToServer(ActionEngine.java:503)
... 41 more
End of Job
from Agent log:
[2013-06-11 15:40:24 5177] DEBUG (OVSCommons:124) get_api_version: ()
[2013-06-11 15:40:24 5177] DEBUG (OVSCommons:132) get_api_version: call completed.
[2013-06-11 15:40:24 5178] DEBUG (OVSCommons:124) discover_server: ()
[2013-06-11 15:40:25 5178] DEBUG (OVSCommons:132) discover_server: call completed.
[2013-06-11 15:40:28 5335] DEBUG (OVSCommons:124) discover_hardware: ()
[2013-06-11 15:40:28 5336] DEBUG (OVSCommons:124) discover_hardware: ()
[2013-06-11 15:40:28 5337] DEBUG (OVSCommons:124) discover_hardware: ()
[2013-06-11 15:40:28 5338] DEBUG (OVSCommons:124) discover_hardware: ()
I have tried every possible trick there is (delete discover_hardware.lock, delete agent db) as well as made sure communication works ok both ways (can connect to soaovm1:8899 from manager as well as ovmmgr:7001 from server, passwords double-checked) but nothing helps. I still get the same error. My suspicion is this has something to do with the one-node cluster pool the server is (was?) in. It seems to be working ok but I can't stop it:
[root@lx-cgnclh-soaovm1 ~]# /etc/init.d/o2cb status
Driver for "configfs": Loaded
Filesystem "configfs": Mounted
Stack glue driver: Loaded
Stack plugin "o2cb": Loaded
Driver for "ocfs2_dlmfs": Loaded
Filesystem "ocfs2_dlmfs": Mounted
Checking O2CB cluster "6d707b8abd12b5af": Online
Heartbeat dead threshold: 31
Network idle timeout: 60000
Network keepalive delay: 2000
Network reconnect delay: 2000
Heartbeat mode: Global
Checking O2CB heartbeat: Active
0004FB0000050000DBE4AF6EF63C7A3A /dev/dm-11
Nodes in O2CB cluster: 0
[root@lx-cgnclh-soaovm1 ~]# /etc/init.d/o2cb stop
Clean userdlm domains: OK
Stopping global heartbeat on cluster "6d707b8abd12b5af": Failed
o2cb: Heartbeat region in use while stopping heartbeat on region '0004FB0000050000DBE4AF6EF63C7A3A'
I would appreciate any ideas here (preferably ones which wouldn't require rebooting guest VMs ...) as I have no clue what to try next.

I ran into this issue. The fix for me was to restart the ovm manager (so on the ovm manager I ran "/etc/init.d/ovmm restart") and then I restarted the ovs-agent on the host. So I did "/etc/init.d/ovs-agent restart".
If you need to you can reset the ovs agent password from the host by issuing "ovs-agent-passwd oracle <password>".
Hope this helps.
~Bryan

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Note the error is re. 'System.Web.Extensions' which is a Microsoft framework dll. I would suggest:
1) repair of the .NET installation
2) update the framework with the latest SP
3) see if you can crate a new app - without Crystal Reports using the 'System.Web.Extensions' assembly
4) see if you can create a new app using Crystal Reports (One line app using saved data report will do; crystalreportviewer1.reportsource = <path>)
5) Download the latest CR SP. As you don not mention what version of CR you are using, see if you can find the SP in our downloads section:
https://websmp130.sap-ag.de/sap(bD1lbiZjPTAwMQ==)/bc/bsp/spn/bobj_download/main.htm
Ludek

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user12474530 wrote:
Still nobody seems to know of how to create a server pool on the CLI (outside of OVM Manager) though...There is no way to create a server pool on the CLI without Oracle VM Manager. You either need to use the Web UI of the Manager, or use the ovmcli command-line tool. Both of those require Oracle VM Manager to be running.
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2012-03-01-03-30-08-AM
Installing the oc4j package (rpm) ...
Preparing... ##################################################
oc4j ##################################################
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lsb_release -a
LSB Version:     :core-3.1-ia32:core-3.1-noarch:graphics-3.1-ia32:graphics-3.1-noarch
Distributor ID:     OracleVMserver
Description:     Oracle VM server release 2.2.2
Release:     2.2.2
Codename:     n/a

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BoL,
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Can oracle OVM Manager 3.3.1 manage Oracle VM 3.2.8 server

Hi
We are running Oracle VM 3.2.8 and we want to update to 3.3.1
Can we first update Oracle Manager to 3.3.1 and manage 3.2.8 servers.
Does the new console work with OVM 3.2.8 servers.
regards.
Michael

In the documentation only is writen:
When Oracle VM Manager is upgraded, you must upgrade all the Oracle VM Servers managed by that instance of Oracle VM Manager before you can return the Oracle VM environment to normal operation. Rolling upgrades of the Oracle VM Servers is supported, but Oracle VM Manager and all Oracle VM Servers must be at the same software revision level during normal operation of the Oracle VM environment. For example, Oracle VM Manager and all Oracle VM Servers should be running Oracle VM Release 3.3.
Thats not in detail by my opinion.

Lost connection between ovm-manager and ovm-server (ovm 3.1)

Hi,
I have a manager as a VM on my laptop and a physical server as an ovm-server. Everything is fine when i boot the server but after some time, the manager stop to show the information from the server. in the ovs-agent log file the following messages are repeated regulary
[2013-08-29 13:06:19 6160] DEBUG (notification:289) Trying to connect to manager.
[2013-08-29 13:06:20 6160] DEBUG (notification:291) Connected to manager.
[2013-08-29 13:06:20 6160] ERROR (notification:316) No manager Core API server object for 10:60:4b:88:bc:24:10:60:4b:88:bc:25:fe:ff:ff:ff.
[2013-08-29 13:06:34 6171] ERROR (notification:64) Unable to send notification: (111, 'Connection refused')
I did not reboot neither the server nor the manager. No IP change. Rebooting the manager has no effect.
The only way to restore communication is to restart the ovs-agent on the server, but this restart disable the network card. I must be physical on the server to restart the network.
any help will be very helpful
best regards
Jean-Marc

Hi,
The are many steps to verify:
Verify with your firewall on the Oracle VM Manager system (service iptables stop).
Verify with a ping between OVM Manager and OVM Server using the IP Address and using the hostname for each one (from OVM Manager : ping ovm-server ; and from OVM Server: ping ovm-manager).
I hope this can help you
Best Regards

OVM 3.0.3 import VirtualBox OVM Manager 3.0.3 OVA template

VirtualBox Template for Oracle VM Manager 3.0.3,
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/vm/template-1482544.html
The OVM 3.0.3 host should be configured with enough space to accommodate import of OVA template. In
this case 36G was allocated for "sda",
[root@ovm303 ~]# fdisk -l /dev/sda
Disk /dev/sda: 38.6 GB, 38654705664 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4699 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 4189 33648111 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 4190 4699 4096575 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Post OVA import disk usage,
[root@ovm303 ~]# df -T -t ext3
Filesystem Type 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1 ext3 32594216 24105604 6806208 78% /.
[root@ovm303 ~]# cat /etc/motd
Warning: making manual modifications in the management domain
might cause inconsistencies between Oracle VM Manager and the server.
[root@ovm303 ~]# head -4 /etc/ovs-info
OVS summary
release: 3.0.3
date: 201111300901
build: 123
The contents of "ovs-info" also include package information.
The "vbox-img" package is something new in OVM 3.0.3,
[root@ovm303 ~]# grep vbox-img /etc/ovs-info
vbox-img-1.0-2
[root@ovm303 ~]# rpm -ql vbox-img
/usr/bin/vbox-img
/usr/share/doc/vbox-img-1.0
/usr/share/doc/vbox-img-1.0/COPYING
[root@ovm303 ~]# vbox-img --help
Oracle VM VirtualBox Disk Utility 4.1.3
(C) 2005-2011 Oracle Corporation
All rights reserved.
Usage: vbox-img
setuuid --filename <filename>
[--format VDI|VMDK|VHD|...]
[--uuid <uuid>]
[--parentuuid <uuid>]
[--zeroparentuuid]
convert --srcfilename <filename>
--dstfilename <filename>
[--stdin]|[--stdout]
[--srcformat VDI|VMDK|VHD|RAW|..]
[--dstformat VDI|VMDK|VHD|RAW|..]
[--variant Standard,Fixed,Split2G,Stream,ESX]
info --filename <filename>
compact --filename <filename>
createcache --filename <filename>
--size <cache size>
Download "OracleVMManager3" OVA,
[root@ovm303 xen]# mkdir /etc/xen/ovm303-m
[root@ovm303 ~]# cd /etc/xen/ovm303-m
[root@ovm303 xen]# wget http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/otn_software/OracleVMManager3.ova
--2012-03-14 17:06:01-- http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/otn_software/OracleVMManager3.ova
Length: 4234452992 (3.9G) [text/plain]
Saving to: `OracleVMManager3.ova'
100%[====================================>] 4,234,452,992 834K/s in 55m 36s
2012-03-14 18:01:38 (1.21 MB/s) - `OracleVMManager3.ova' saved [4234452992/4234452992]
[root@ovm303 xen]# md5sum OracleVMManager3.ova
75fc334422eda6c3425a2f09fb88f9e0 OracleVMManager3.ova
Unpack OVA,
[root@ovm303 xen]# tar tvf OracleVMManager3.ova
-rw------- someone/someone 59626 2012-01-12 17:42:49 OracleVMManager3.ovf
-rw------- someone/someone 1987182592 2012-01-12 17:48:06 OracleVMManager3-disk1.vmdk
-rw------- someone/someone 2247208960 2012-01-12 17:51:24 OracleVMManager3-disk2.vmdk
[root@ovm303 ovm303-m]# tar xvf OracleVMManager3.ova
OracleVMManager3.ovf
OracleVMManager3-disk1.vmdk
OracleVMManager3-disk2.vmdk
Use "vbox-img" to show "OracleVMManager3-disk1.vmdk",
[root@ovm303 ovm303-m]# vbox-img info --filename OracleVMManager3-disk1.vmdk
--- Dumping VD Disk, Images=1
Dumping VD image "OracleVMManager3-disk1.vmdk" (Backend=VMDK)
Header: Geometry PCHS=16383/16/63 LCHS=1024/255/63 cbSector=52428800
Header: uuidCreation={f3859e00-962c-440f-a63d-feb7b731d5da}
Header: uuidModification={00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}
Header: uuidParent={00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}
Header: uuidParentModification={00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}
Convert "OracleVMManager3-disk1.vmdk" to RAW,
[root@ovm303 ovm303-m]# vbox-img convert srcfilename OracleVMManager3-disk1.vmdk dstfilename OracleVMManager3-disk1.img srcformat VMDK dstformat RAW
Converting image "OracleVMManager3-disk1.vmdk" with size 26843545600 bytes (25600MB)...
[root@ovm303 ovm303-m]# file OracleVMManager3-disk1.img
OracleVMManager3-disk1.img: x86 boot sector; partition 1: ID=0x83, active, starthead 1, startsector 63, 208782 sectors; partition 2: ID=0x8e, starthead 0, startsector 208845, 52211250 sectors, code offset 0x48
[root@ovm303 ovm303-m]# fdisk -l OracleVMManager3-disk1.img
last_lba(): I don't know how to handle files with mode 8180
You must set cylinders.
You can do this from the extra functions menu.
Disk OracleVMManager3-disk1.img: 0 MB, 0 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 0 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
OracleVMManager3-disk1.img1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux
OracleVMManager3-disk1.img2 14 3263 26105625 8e Linux LVM
Partition 2 has different physical/logical endings:
phys=(1023, 254, 63) logical=(3262, 254, 63)
Use "vbox-img" to show "OracleVMManager3-disk2.vmdk",
[root@ovm303 ovm303-m]# vbox-img info --filename OracleVMManager3-disk2.vmdk
--- Dumping VD Disk, Images=1
Dumping VD image "OracleVMManager3-disk2.vmdk" (Backend=VMDK)
Header: Geometry PCHS=16383/16/63 LCHS=1024/255/63 cbSector=20971520
Header: uuidCreation={abc43be0-7a43-4ba2-a205-eaf37184a4d3}
Header: uuidModification={00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}
Header: uuidParent={00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}
Header: uuidParentModification={00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}
Convert "OracleVMManager3-disk2.vmdk" to RAW,
[root@ovm303 ovm303-m]# vbox-img convert srcfilename OracleVMManager3-disk2.vmdk dstfilename OracleVMManager3-disk2.img srcformat VMDK dstformat RAW
Converting image "OracleVMManager3-disk2.vmdk" with size 10737418240 bytes (10240MB)...
[root@ovm303 ovm303-m]# file OracleVMManager3-disk2.img
OracleVMManager3-disk2.img: x86 boot sector; partition 1: ID=0x83, starthead 1, startsector 63, 20964762 sectors, extended partition table (last)\011
[root@ovm303 ovm303-m]# fdisk -l OracleVMManager3-disk2.img
last_lba(): I don't know how to handle files with mode 8180
You must set cylinders.
You can do this from the extra functions menu.
Disk OracleVMManager3-disk2.img: 0 MB, 0 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 0 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
OracleVMManager3-disk2.img1 1 1305 10482381 83 Linux
Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings:
phys=(1023, 254, 63) logical=(1304, 254, 63)
Update disk image "/boot" configuration using loopback mount,
[root@ovm303 ovm303-m]# mkdir boot
[root@ovm303 ovm303-m]# kpartx -l OracleVMManager3-disk1.img
loop1p1 : 0 208782 /dev/loop1 63
loop1p2 : 0 52211250 /dev/loop1 208845
loop deleted : /dev/loop1
[root@ovm303 ovm303-m]# kpartx -a OracleVMManager3-disk1.img
[root@ovm303 ovm303-m]# mount /dev/mapper/loop1p1 boot
Update "/boot/grub/device.map",
[root@ovm303 ovm303-m]# cat boot/grub/device.map
# this device map was generated by anaconda
(hd0) /dev/hda
Update "/boot/grub/grub.conf" to use non-UEK kernel to avoid issues with OL5u7 default UEK boot and HVM,
[root@ovm303 ovm303-m]# grep default boot/grub/grub.conf
default=1
Mount "/" logical volume,
[root@ovm303 ovm303-m]# vgscan
Reading all physical volumes. This may take a while...
Found volume group "VolGroup00" using metadata type lvm2
[root@ovm303 ovm303-m]# vgchange -ay VolGroup00
2 logical volume(s) in volume group "VolGroup00" now active
[root@ovm303 ovm303-m]# lvs
LV VG Attr LSize Origin Snap% Move Log Copy% Convert
LogVol00 VolGroup00 -wi-a- 19.06G
LogVol01 VolGroup00 -wi-a- 5.81G
[root@ovm303 ovm303-m]# mkdir root
[root@ovm303 ovm303-m]# ls /dev/VolGroup00/
LogVol00 LogVol01
[root@ovm303 ovm303-m]# mount /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 root
Update "/etc/inittab" to boot single user,
[root@ovm303 ovm303-m]# grep id root/etc/inittab
id:1:initdefault:
Update "/etc/fstab" to ignore "/u01" block device mount,
[root@ovm303 ovm303-m]# grep sdb root/etc/fstab
#/dev/sdb1 /u01 ext3 defaults 1 1
Unmount "/boot" and "/",
[root@ovm303 ovm303-m]# umount boot
[root@ovm303 ovm303-m]# umount root
[root@ovm303 ovm303-m]# vgchange -an VolGroup00
0 logical volume(s) in volume group "VolGroup00" now active
[root@ovm303 ovm303-m]# kpartx -d OracleVMManager3-disk1.img
loop deleted : /dev/loop1
The OVM 3.0.3 network bridge configuration uses "bond0" vs "xenbr0".
Configure "vm.cfg",
[root@ovm303 ovm303-m]# cat vm.cfg
# (H)ardware (V)irtual (M)achine configuration
# /etc/xen/xmexample.hvm
kernel = 'hvmloader'
builder = 'hvm'
memory = '4096'
# The number of cpus guest platform has, default=1
#vcpus=1
# PXE boot
#bootloader = '/usr/bin/pypxeboot'
#bootloader = '/usr/bin/pygrub'
# Virtual block device configuration using file:
# dd if=/dev/zero of=/$VM_PATH/$VM_NAME/System.img bs=1M count=$MB
# disk = [ 'file:/$VM_PATH/$VM_NAME/System.img,ioemu:hda,w', ]
# Configuration using physical disk logical volume:
# lvcreate --size ${GB}G --name $VM_NAME $VG_NAME
# disk = [ 'phy:/dev/$VG_NAME/$VM_NAME,xvda,w',]
# CDROM configuration using file:
# disk = [ 'file:/$BOOT_ISO_NAME,hdc:cdrom,r', ]
disk = [ 'file:/etc/xen/ovm303-m/OracleVMManager3-disk1.img,ioemu:hda,w', 'file:/etc/xen/ovm303-m/OracleVMManager3-disk2.img,ioemu:hdb,w', ]
# Domain name
name = "ovm303-m"
# Networking
# Network bridge status:
# /etc/xen/scripts/network-bridge status
# 'bridge' should be proper interface e.g. xenbr0
vif = ['type=ioemu, bridge=bond0']
# boot on floppy (a), hard disk (c), Network (n) or CD-ROM (d)
# default: hard disk, cd-rom, floppy
boot = "cdn"
# Enable HV VNC console
# Uses avaiablle next VNC port $OVM_SERVER_HOST:0 == 5900, :1 == 5901 etc
# Use "xm list -l" to determince VNC port "location"
vnc=1
vncunused=1
vnclisten="0.0.0.0"
vncpasswd=''
sdl=0
# Set the real time clock to local time [default=0 i.e. set to utc]
# Allows Win VM clock to work with UTC on OVM host system.
#localtime=1
Start VM,
[root@ovm303 ovm303-m]# xm create vm.cfg
Using config file "./vm.cfg".
Error: Device 0 (vif) could not be connected. Hotplug scripts not working.
Current bridge,
[root@ovm303 ~]# brctl show
bridge name bridge id STP enabled interfaces
Update "/etc/xen/xend-config.sxp" to enable "network-bridge",
[root@ovm303 ovm303-m]# cp /etc/xen/xend-config.sxp /etc/xen/xend-config.sxp.orig
[root@ovm303 ovm303-m]# diff /etc/xen/xend-config.sxp /etc/xen/xend-config.sxp.orig
165,167d164
< # Enable network-bridge, JAP 20120322
< (network-script network-bridge)
<
[root@ovm303 ~]# service xend restart
Restarting xend...
xend daemon (pid 8848) is running...
[root@ovm303 ~]# brctl show
bridge name bridge id STP enabled interfaces
bond0 8000.002128d5ce86 no pbond0
Start VM,
[root@ovm303 ovm303-m]# xm create vm.cfg
Using config file "./vm.cfg".
Started domain ovm303-m (id=1)
Determine VNC console session,
[root@ovm303 ovm303-m]# xm list -l ovm303-m | grep location
(location 0.0.0.0:5900)
(location 3)
VNC console session. The "oraclevm-template" tools are not run in single user so hostname is "localhost",
[root@localhost ~]# who -r
run-level S 2012-03-23 09:09 last=1
Update "/etc/fstab" for "/u01" mount to use label,
[root@localhost ~]# grep /u01 /etc/fstab
#/dev/sdb1 /u01 ext3 defaults 1 1
[root@localhost ~]# blkid
/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol01: TYPE="swap"
/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00: UUID="2751f1b2-836b-4786-ae71-8b402e0f8503" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00: UUID="2751f1b2-836b-4786-ae71-8b402e0f8503" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01: TYPE="swap"
/dev/hda1: LABEL="/boot" UUID="8701866e-5ed5-49f7-9597-bb9709d22359" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/hdb1: UUID="5f9a7bef-3a6d-4a83-b288-638537424fa7" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3"
[root@localhost ~]# e2label /dev/hdb1 u01
[root@localhost ~]# grep u01 /etc/fstab
LABEL=u01 /u01 ext3 defaults 1 1
[root@localhost ~]# mount /u01
[root@localhost ~]# df /u01
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hdb1 10317828 4250832 5542880 44% /u01
As configured the default run level will be elevated to "5" by the "/etc/rc.local" script. This enables a
console desktop for user "ovm". This is unneeded and will be implemented by VNC session for user
"ovm".
Update "/etc/inittab" to enable full multiuser mode run level 3,
[root@localhost ~]# grep id /etc/inittab
id:3:initdefault:
Disable "/etc/rc.local" run level elevation,
[root@localhost ~]# tail -2 /etc/rc.local
# Disable local forced runlevel 5, JAP 20120404
#telinit 5
Disable firewall to allow VNC connections,
[root@localhost ~]# chkconfig --list iptables
iptables 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
[root@localhost ~]# chkconfig iptables off
[root@localhost ~]# chkconfig --list ip6tables
ip6tables 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
[root@localhost ~]# chkconfig ip6tables off
Reboot,
[root@localhost ~]# reboot
Broadcast message from root (pts/0) (Mon Apr 2 09:22:17 2012):
The system is going down for reboot NOW!
Post "oraclevm-template" configuration e.g. defining FQDN and static IP addresss etc. OVM Manager 3.0.3 is up.
Configure VNC for "ovm",
[root@ovm303-m ~]# su - ovm
[ovm@ovm303-m ~]$ vncserver
You will require a password to access your desktops.
Password: Welcome1
Verify: Welcome1
xauth: creating new authority file /home/ovm/.Xauthority
New 'ovm303-m:1 (ovm)' desktop is ovm303-m:1
Creating default startup script /home/ovm/.vnc/xstartup
Starting applications specified in /home/ovm/.vnc/xstartup
Log file is /home/ovm/.vnc/ovm303-m:1.log
[ovm@ovm303-m ~]$ vncserver -kill :1
Killing Xvnc process ID 12499
Update "xstartup",
[ovm@ovm303-m ~]$ cat /home/ovm/.vnc/xstartup
#!/bin/sh
# Uncomment the following two lines for normal desktop:
unset SESSION_MANAGER
exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
#[ -x /etc/vnc/xstartup ] && exec /etc/vnc/xstartup
#[ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
#xsetroot -solid grey
#vncconfig -iconic &
#xterm -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" &
#twm &
[ovm@ovm303-m ~]$ vncserver
New 'ovm303-m:1 (ovm)' desktop is ovm303-m :1
Starting applications specified in /home/ovm/.vnc/xstartup
Log file is /home/ovm/.vnc/ovm303-m:1.log
Configure "/etc/sysconfig/vncservers",
[root@ovm303-m ~]# chkconfig --list vncserver
vncserver 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
[root@ovm303-m ~]# chkconfig vncserver on
[root@ovm303-m ~]# chkconfig --list vncserver
vncserver 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
[root@ovm303-m ~]# tail -2 /etc/sysconfig/vncservers
# Start VNC session for ovm, JAP 20120404
VNCSERVERS="1:ovm"

Thanks Jim - looks great!

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