Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 632100
qemu guests autostart problem after upgrading libvirtd
Last modified: 2012-06-06 20:07:52 EDT
Description of problem: After upgrading from Fedora 12 to Fedora 13qemu domains is not marked as autostarted. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): libvirt-0.8.2-1.fc13.x86_64 qemu-system-x86-0.12.5-1.fc13.x86_64 How reproducible: Upgrade working Fedora 12 system with libvirt/qemu guests marked as autostart. Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Aug 4 15:35 /etc/libvirt/qemu/autostart/tecom.xml -> /etc/libvirt/qemu/tecom.xml [root@xen005 ~]# virsh dominfo tecom Id: 3 Name: tecom UUID: c5f94da4-46d7-c645-8273-a2bdbd5a4327 OS Type: hvm State: running CPU(s): 1 CPU time: 80038.1s Max memory: 262144 kB Used memory: 262144 kB Persistent: yes Autostart: disable [root@xen005 ~]# virsh autostart tecom error: Failed to mark domain tecom as autostarted error: Failed to create symlink '/etc/libvirt/qemu/autostart/tecom.xml to '/etc/libvirt/qemu/tecom.xml': File exists Expected results: Autostart: enable Additional info:
I had the same error with libvirt-0.8.2-15.el5_6.1 Removing the symlinks from /etc/libvirt/qemu/autostart allowed me to run "virsh autostart {dom}" successfully though. Subsequent calls of that command are also still successful. I was not able to determine what caused autostart to be considered disabled.
Created attachment 499083 [details] Ensure autostart flag is set correctly even on running domains The QEMU driver loads the configs for the running domains out of the state directory, followed by the configs for the (presumably inactive) domains in the config directory. Only the latter step can set the domain's autostart flag. The problem is that domains that have been defined are completely skipped in this step. This patch ensures that the autostart flag is set when loading configs from the config directory even when the domain is already defined. It's based against the current Fedora libvirt package (0.8.3-9.fc14) but should apply cleanly to a range of libvirt packages. I have tested it back to 0.8.1.
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This bug is still present in the most recent Fedora 14 libvirt release, 0.8.3-9.fc14. It even looks like it's still a problem in the most recent rawhide version, 0.9.1-3.fc16, though I have not actually tested that particular version to be sure. Please do not close this bug just because Fedora 13 will soon be end of life.
Sorry Michael, that was from auto bugzilla spam. Thanks very much for the patch, it looks good! It still applies to upstream code, so moving this bug to F15. Since libvirt patch review generally doesn't take place in bugzilla, can you send this patch to libvirt-list@redhat.com with [PATCH] in the subject? If you'd prefer I can forward it on your behalf. Thanks again
This package has changed ownership in the Fedora Package Database. Reassigning to the new owner of this component.
Michael did got this patch committed upstream: http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=commit;h=30697181dc1146133181a0477858236a8d4e077a But I never followed up :( F15 is EOL very soon, but this is fixed in F16, so just closing as WONTFIX. Sorry for the inaction