2021-10-08 Virtualization

Fedora Test Days

Virtualization Test Day

Date	2021-10-08
Time	all day

Website	Virtualization
IRC	#fedora-test-day
Mailing list	virt

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What to test?[edit]

Today's installment of Fedora Test Day will focus on Virtualization in Fedora 35. We will be interested covering the regular virt-install, KVM, Boxes, Vbox.

Who's available[edit]

The following cast of characters will be available for testing, workarounds, bug fixes, and general discussion.

Development - Hans de Goede(jwrdegoede), Felipe Borges(feborges)
Quality Assurance - Sumantro Mukherjee (sumantrom), Adam Williamson (adamw), Geoff (coremodule), Lukáš Růžička (lruzicka)

What's needed to test[edit]

For starters, your physical machine should have:

Hardware virtualization support (e.g. Intel VT or AMD-V) (see Is My Guest Using KVM?).
Up to 10-20Gb free disk space. Guest images take up a lot of space.
Get the packages with: dnf groupinstall virtualization

As for getting the latest virt packages, you have a few options:

Fedora 35 on a physical machine[edit]

The preferred testing platform is a fully updated Fedora 35 machine. You have a few options for getting the Fedora 35 bits:

Install with CD/DVD[edit]

You can download the latest Fedora 35 composes here:

Workstation live .ISO: https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/compose/35/latest-Fedora-35/compose/Workstation/
Server DVD: https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/compose/35/latest-Fedora-35/compose/Server/
cloud image: https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/compose/35/latest-Fedora-35/compose/Cloud/

Run Fedora 35 in a VM with nested virtualization[edit]

Do you have a new machine with a ton of ram and storage space, running Fedora 33/34? Nested virt might be an option! This allows you to create KVM guests inside a Fedora 35 VM.

Run the tests[edit]

Visit the result page and click on the column title links to see the tests that need to be run: most column titles are links to a specific test case. Follow the instructions there, then enter your results by clicking the Enter result button for the test.

Reporting bugs[edit]

If you have problems with any of the tests, have a look in the results page.

If you don't see it, please file a new bug to Bugzilla. If you are unsure about exactly how to file the report or what other information to include, just ask on IRC #fedora-test-day or #fedora-qa and we will help you.

Test Results[edit]

KVM Install[edit]

User	Profile	Current KVM install	Previous KVM install	Guest Install Via URL	Import VM	References
adamthiede	Thinkpad T480		pass ^[1]			↑ Fedora 35 KDE spin installed and ran fine.
adamthiede	Thinkpad X230	pass
akumar99	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X		pass
danniel	ideapad s145 8GB	pass		pass	pass
ericp	Dell XPS 9360	pass ^[1]				↑ It was painfully slow. I don't remember what I have to do, but there's something custom I have to do to virt-manager instances, to get them to work without using an excessive amount of CPU. I've done it in the past, but I generally don't use VMs on my laptop these days.
geraldosimiao	Acer Aspire i7-3632QM 15.4 GiB of RAM	pass ^[1]	pass ^[2]		pass	↑ Kernel Version: 5.14.9-300.fc35.x86_64 ↑ kernel-5.13.19-200.fc34
mcinglis	System76 Lemur Pro (lemp10) i7-1165G7 16GB M2.SSD-1; host F35 Workstation; guest F35 Everything Minimal	pass
nalsai	Intel DH67CL i5 2500	pass		pass	pass
rescrack	Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano Gen 1	pass		pass	pass
text		pass
yeats	AMD Ryzen 5 3600	pass

Boxes Install[edit]

User	Profile	Current Boxes Install
adamthiede	Thinkpad X230	pass
akumar99		pass
mcinglis	System76 Lemur Pro (lemp10) i7-1165G7 16GB M2.SSD-1; host F35 Workstation; guest F35 Everything Xfce	pass
nalsai	Intel DH67CL i5 2500	pass
rai510	Boxes Intel	pass
rai510	Boxes Ryzen 1800x	pass
rai510	Boxes Ryzen 3400g	pass
rescrack	Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano Gen 1	pass
yeats	AMD Ryzen 5 3600	pass

Virtual Box[edit]

User	Profile	Install	Shared Clipboard
akumar99	Virtualbox	pass
bittin	Virtualbox	pass	pass
nalsai	Intel DH67CL i5 2500	pass	pass
yeats	AMD Ryzen 5 3600	pass	pass

Standard Features[edit]

User	Profile	VM Lifecycle	VM Sanpshots	Change VM CDROM	Host USB Hotplug	Nested virt	References
adamthiede	Thinkpad X230	fail ^[1]	fail ^[2]		pass		↑ Failed to save virtual machine. Clone/Delete function as expected. ↑ Snapshot creation/restore while powered off functions. Snapshot creation while running fails: Failed to take snapshot: pre-save failed: qxl
geraldosimiao	Acer Aspire i7-3632QM 15.4 GiB of RAM				pass ^[1]		↑ libvirt-libs-7.6.0-3.fc35.x86_64 libvirt-glib-4.0.0-3.fc35.x86_64 libvirt-daemon-kvm-7.6.0-3.fc35.x86_64 virt-manager-3.2.0-4.fc35.noarch virt-viewer-10.0-4.fc35.x86_64
nalsai	Intel DH67CL i5 2500	fail ^[1]	fail ^[2]	pass	pass	pass	↑ Failed to save virtual machine ↑ Failed to take snapshot while virtual machine is running - pre-save failed: qxl
rescrack	Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano Gen 1	fail ^[1]	fail ^[2]			pass	↑ Failed to save virtual machine ↑ Failed to take snapshot while virtual machine was running

[1] Fedora 35 KDE spin installed and ran fine.

[2] It was painfully slow. I don't remember what I have to do, but there's something custom I have to do to virt-manager instances, to get them to work without using an excessive amount of CPU. I've done it in the past, but I generally don't use VMs on my laptop these days.

[3] Kernel Version: 5.14.9-300.fc35.x86_64

[4] rnel-5.13.19-200.fc34

[5] Failed to save virtual machine. Clone/Delete function as expected.

[6] Snapshot creation/restore while powered off functions. Snapshot creation while running fails: Failed to take snapshot: pre-save failed: qxl

[7] virt-libs-7.6.0-3.fc35.x86_64 libvirt-glib-4.0.0-3.fc35.x86_64 libvirt-daemon-kvm-7.6.0-3.fc35.x86_64 virt-manager-3.2.0-4.fc35.noarch virt-viewer-10.0-4.fc35.x86_64

[8] Failed to save virtual machine

[9] Failed to take snapshot while virtual machine is running - pre-save failed: qxl

[10] Failed to save virtual machine

[11] Failed to take snapshot while virtual machine was running

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