Test Day:2009-09-17 Virtualization: Difference between revisions

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DATE	TIME	WHERE
Thursday Sep 17, 2009	All day	#fedora-test-day (webchat)

What to test?

Today's instalment of Fedora Test Day will focus on Virtualization improvements in Fedora 12. There is a large list of virtualization improvements coming in Fedora. To simplify things, testing will be divided up into a number of sections.

If you come to this page after the test day is completed, your testing is still valuable, and you can use the information on this page to test and provide feedback.

General Virt

KVM

libvirt

libguestfs, guestfish

Read more about this here: Features/libguestfs

libguestfs tests to try

Hardware Enablement

SR-IOV
VT-d

As Xen Guest (DomU)

Xen DomU

What's needed to test

A fully updated Fedora 12 Rawhide machine. See instructions below.
Hardware virtualization support (e.g. Intel VT or AMD-V). If unavailable, you can still help with testing QEMU support.
At least one guest image installed before the test day (suggested reading - Virtualization_Quick_Start)
Up to 10-20Gb free disk space. Guest images take up a lot of space.
See the individual test area pages for specific requirements.

Prepare your system

Testing requires the latest virtualization software included in Fedora Rawhide. Update your system to the latest rawhide using one of the following techniques.

Note: if you are using the Live CD image, you will need to mount storage for guests either from the local disk or from NFS. If the latter, you will need to run setsebool virt_use_nfs=on in order for it to work with SELinux.

Misc. issues that were identified

Tester	Description	Bug references	Status
adamw	virt-manager should warn if guest images will are not readable by qemu	#517379	ASSIGNED
santwana	Virsh restore fails in Fedora12 Alpha	#523158	NEEDINFO
clalance	Starting libvirtd by hand causes denials	#523956	CLOSED WONTFIX
mnowak	virtinst saves images where qemu can't access them by default	#523960	ASSIGNED
jstodola	virsh help output not sorted	#523970	NEW
jstodala	libvirt should check the permissions on all paths before starting qemu	#524033	ASSIGNED
vbenes	libvirt should support USB device detach	#524035	ASSIGNED
vbenes	accessing non existing usb device cause guest to stop	#524045	NEEDINFO
gianluca	virt-viewer outputs nothing if connecting to a non existent VM	#524047	ASSIGNED
emcnabb	virt-manager storage "Allocation" field can be set higher than "Max Capacity"	#524083	ASSIGNED
emcnabb	Help button on virt-manager "New Storage Volume" page broken	#524085	ASSIGNED
lmr	virt-manager: Fails to install guest using ISO file - internal error unable to start guest: qemu: 'iso' invalid format	#524109	POST
lmr	virt-manager can't hold pointer grab on VMs (VNC mode)	#524111	NEEDINFO
lmr	virt-manager: Error installing guests - can't mount the / filesystem after the install process is finished	#524117	NEEDINFO
prauser	NFS4 connection to virtual guest NFS4 server fails over bridged interface	#524118	NEEDINFO
vbenes	virt-manager cloning operations should be cancelable	#524205	ASSIGNED
santwana	KVM guest fails to start up after virt-snapshot in Fedora12	#524268	ASSIGNED

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 == What to test? ==
-Today's installment of Fedora Test Day will focus on Virtualization improvements in Fedora 12, such as:
+Today's instalment of Fedora Test Day will focus on [[Virtualization]] improvements in Fedora 12.  There is a '''large''' list of virtualization improvements coming in Fedora.  To simplify things, testing will be divided up into a number of sections.
-* [[Features/KSM]]
+If you come to this page after the test day is completed, your testing is still valuable, and you can use the information on this page to test and provide feedback.
-* [[Features/KVM_NIC_Hotplug]]
-* [[Features/KVM_qcow2_Performance]]
+=== General Virt ===
-* [[Features/KVM_Stable_Guest_ABI]]
-* [[Features/libguestfs]]
+* [[Test_Day:2009-09-17_Virtualization_gPXE|PXE booting]]
-* [[Features/Network_Interface_Management]]
+* [[Test_Day:2009-09-17_Virtualization_Live_Migration|Live Migration]]
-* [[Features/SR-IOV]]
+* [[Test_Day:2009-09-17_Virtualization_qcow2|The qcow2 image format]]
-* [[Features/VirtPrivileges]]
-* [[Features/VirtgPXE]]
-* [[Features/VirtStorageManagement]]
-If you come to this page after the test day is completed, your testing is still valuable, and you can use the information on this page to test with your graphics card and provide feedback.
+=== KVM ===
-== Who's available ==
+* [[Test_Day:2009-09-17_Virtualization_KSM|KSM]]
+* [[Test_Day:2009-09-17_Virtualization_Hugepages|Huge page backed memory]]
+* [[Test_Day:2009-09-17_Virtualization_KVM_NIC_Hotplug|NIC hotplug]]
+* [[Test_Day:2009-09-17_Virtualization_KVM_Stable_Guest_ABI|Stable guest ABI]]
-The following cast of characters will be available for testing, workarounds, bug fixes, and general discussion ...
+=== libvirt ===
-* Development - [[User:Markmc|Mark McLoughlin]]
-* Quality Assurance -
-== What's needed to test ==
+* [[Test_Day:2009-09-17_Virtualization_Storage_Management|Storage management support]]
+* [[Test_Day:2009-09-17_Virtualization_Network_Interface_Management|Network interface management]]
+* [[Features/VirtTCK]]
+* [[Features/VirtPrivileges]]
-* A fully updated Fedora 12 Rawhide machine.  See instructions below
+=== libguestfs, guestfish ===
-* Hardware virtualization support (e.g. Intel VT or AMD-V).  If unavailable, you can still help with testing QEMU support.
-* At least one guest image installed before the test day.
-* Up to 10-20Gb free disk space. Guest images take up a lot of space.
-* See test areas below for area specific requirements
-== How to test? ==
+Read more about this here: [[Features/libguestfs]]
-Update your system to the latest rawhide using one of the following techniques.
+* [[Test_Day:2009-09-17_Virtualization_libguestfs|libguestfs tests to try]]
-=== '''Prepare your system''' ===
+=== Hardware Enablement ===
-# [[Releases/Rawhide|Install from a nearby rawhide mirror]]
+* [[Test_Day:2009-09-17_Virtualization_SR-IOV|SR-IOV]]
-# [http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/nightly-composes/desktop/ Download and install Test Day Live Image]
+* [[Test_Day:2009-09-17_Virtualization_VT-d|VT-d]]
-# [http://fedoraproject.org/get-prerelease Download and install Fedora 12 Alpha]
-See the instructions on the [[Releases/Rawhide|Rawhide]] page on the various ways in which you can install or update to Rawhide. Or:
+=== As Xen Guest (DomU) ===
+* [[Test_Day:2009-09-17_Virtualization_XenDomU|Xen DomU]]
+== What's needed to test ==
-=== Testing ===
+* A fully updated Fedora 12 Rawhide machine.  See instructions below.
+* Hardware virtualization support (e.g. Intel VT or AMD-V).  If unavailable, you can still help with testing QEMU support.
+* At least one guest image installed before the test day (suggested reading - [[Virtualization_Quick_Start]])
+* Up to 10-20Gb free disk space. Guest images take up a lot of space.
+* See the individual test area pages for specific requirements.
-Things to test, roughly in dependency order:
+=== '''Prepare your system''' ===
-Perform each of the following test cases that you are able to with the resources available to you. Some of the tests depend on the others, so obviously if X fails to run with kernel mode setting for you, you will not be able meaningfully to test video playback or 3D application on top of KMS, for instance.
+Testing requires the latest virtualization software included in Fedora Rawhide.  Update your system to the latest rawhide using one of the following techniques.
-* FIXME
+* [[Releases/Rawhide|Install from a nearby rawhide mirror]]
+<!-- # [http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/nightly-composes/desktop/ Download and install Test Day Live Image] -->
+* [http://dpravec.fedorapeople.org/testdays/2009-09-17/ Download and install Custom Test Day Live Image]
+* [http://fedoraproject.org/get-prerelease Download and install Fedora 12 Alpha]
-=== Report your results ===
+Note: if you are using the Live CD image, you will need to mount storage for guests either from the local disk or from NFS. If the latter, you will need to run <code>setsebool virt_use_nfs=on</code> in order for it to work with SELinux.
-If you have problems with any of the tests, report a bug to [http://bugzilla.redhat.com Bugzilla] usually for the component [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?product=Fedora&version=rawhide&component=xorg-x11-drv-intel xorg-x11-drv-intel]. If you are unsure about exactly how to file the report, just ask on IRC and we will help you. Follow the instructions on [[Xorg/Debugging|this page]] to ensure you include sufficient information in the report. Once you have completed the tests, add your results to the Results table below, following the example results as a template. The first column should be your name with a link to your User page in the Wiki if you have one, and the second should be a link to your Smolt hardware profile (see above for a link with instructions on submitting your hardware profile to Smolt). For each test case, if your system worked correctly, simply enter the word '''PASS'''. If you had trouble, enter the word '''FAIL''', with a footnote indicator, and put a link to the bug report in the comments column (as in the example line). If you could not perform one test (for example, you cannot perform the more advanced tests because the basic one fails, or you cannot perform the multihead test as you have only one display), enter the word '''N/A'''. In the comments column, you can enter the model name and PCI device ID (vendor ID is usually 8086) of your card, if you know it - you can usually find this information in the output of the command <tt>lspci -nn</tt>.
+== Misc. issues that were identified ==
-== Results ==
+{| border="1"
+|-style="color: white; background-color: #3074c2; font-weight: bold"
+| Tester || Description || Bug references || Status
+|-
+| [[User:Adamwill|adamw]] || virt-manager should warn if guest images will are not readable by qemu || [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/517379 #517379] || '''ASSIGNED'''
+|-
+| santwana ||  Virsh restore fails in Fedora12 Alpha || [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/523158 #523158] || '''NEEDINFO'''
+|-
+| [[User:Clalance|clalance]] || Starting libvirtd by hand causes denials || [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/523956 #523956] || '''CLOSED WONTFIX'''
+|-
+| [[User:Mnowak|mnowak]] || virtinst saves images where qemu can't access them by default || [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/523960 #523960] || '''ASSIGNED'''
+|-
+| jstodola || virsh help output not sorted || [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/523970 #523970] || '''NEW'''
+|-
+| jstodala || libvirt should check the permissions on all paths before starting qemu || [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/524033 #524033] || '''ASSIGNED'''
+|-
+| [[User:vbenes|vbenes]] || libvirt should support USB device detach || [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/524035 #524035] || '''ASSIGNED'''
+|-
+| [[User:vbenes|vbenes]] || accessing non existing usb device cause guest to stop || [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/524045 #524045] || '''NEEDINFO'''
+|-
+| [[User:GianlucaCecchi|gianluca]] || virt-viewer outputs nothing if connecting to a non existent VM || [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/524047 #524047] || '''ASSIGNED'''
+|-
+| [[User:Emcnabb|emcnabb]] || virt-manager storage "Allocation" field can be set higher than "Max Capacity" || [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/524083 #524083] || '''ASSIGNED'''
+|-
+| [[User:Emcnabb|emcnabb]] || Help button on virt-manager "New Storage Volume" page broken || [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/524085 #524085] || '''ASSIGNED'''
+|-
+| [[User:lmr|lmr]] || virt-manager: Fails to install guest using ISO file - internal error unable to start guest: qemu: 'iso' invalid format || [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/524109 #524109] || '''POST'''
+|-
+| [[User:lmr|lmr]] || virt-manager can't hold pointer grab on VMs (VNC mode) || [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/524111 #524111] || '''NEEDINFO'''
+|-
+| [[User:lmr|lmr]] || virt-manager: Error installing guests - can't mount the / filesystem after the install process is finished || [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/524117 #524117] || '''NEEDINFO'''
+|-
+| prauser || NFS4 connection to virtual guest NFS4 server fails over bridged interface || [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/524118 #524118] || '''NEEDINFO'''
+|-
+| [[User:vbenes|vbenes]] || virt-manager cloning operations should be cancelable || [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/524205 #524205] || '''ASSIGNED'''
+|-
+| santwana || KVM guest fails to start up after virt-snapshot in Fedora12 || [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/524268 #524268] || '''ASSIGNED'''
+|}
-FIXME
-[[Category:Test Days]]
+[[Category:Test Days]] [[Category:Fedora 12 Test Days]]
+[[Category:Virtualization]]

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