virt-manager

• ​http://virt-manager.et.redhat.com/

• cannot connect hypervisor

  Unable to open connection to hypervisor URI 'xen:///':
  unable to connect to 'localhost:8000': Connection refused
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/connection.py", line 971, in _try_open
      None], flags)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/libvirt.py", line 111, in openAuth
      if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virConnectOpenAuth() failed')
  libvirtError: unable to connect to 'localhost:8000': Connection refused
  

  • ​(XenPPC) virt-manager/virsh connection errors - fixed

    virt-manager:

    Unable to open connection to hypervisor URI 'xen':

    virtsh:

    virsh: error: failed to connect to the hypervisor

    After debugging a bit the problem looks pretty trivial - libvirt tries to access

     /var/lib/xend/xend-socket
    

    The default config of xend as it is currently in the repostitory seems to have the config in /etc/xen/xend-config.sxp default to no and commented out:

     #(xend-unix-server no)
    

    change this to

     (xend-unix-server yes)
    

    • (xend-unix-path /var/lib/xend/xend-socket) のコメントアウトも必要
  • (xend-http-server yes) だけでも良い模様
    • Dom-0のstatusが見られるようになる

• warning : qemudStartup:1832 : Unable to create cgroup for driver: No such device or address
  • ​(libvirt) Unable to create cgroup for driver

*​Strange keyboard layouts in virt-manager @ rusty_angel's Temptation of Saint Aqualung

1. remove Graphics device represented by VNC server
2. add a new one, but set keymap to «en-us» instead of leaving it “same as host”.
3. restart you guest

install

• $ sudo aptitude install -R virt-manager
  • see also QEMU

use virt-manager with Windows

• need X Window System for Windows and X11forwarding

1. use Cygwin-X
   
2. X11forwarding with PuTTY
   
3. type virt-manager
   

connecting local VMM

1. virt-manager main window
   
2. File > Add Connection...
   
3. press [Connect]
   
4. connected to localhost
   
5. only double click to connect
   

create new VM

• Press [New] icon

1. 1/5 set VM name and install source
   
2. 2/5 set OS type
   
3. 3/5 set Memory and CPUs
   
4. 4/5 set Storage
   
5. 5/5 summary
   
   • Advanced options(Network device, MAC address, etc)