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QEMU KVM virsh create issue using xml file.
I'm trying to create vm using the following command.
virsh create vm01.xml
my vm01.xml file contains the following.
<domain type='qemu'> <name>VM01</name> <uuid>5dd97025-0f12-4477-8ce4-d5722828f4a8</uuid> <memory>1024</memory> <currentMemory>1024</currentMemory> <vcpu>1</vcpu> <os> <type arch='x86_64'>hvm</type> <boot dev='cdrom'/> </os> <features> <acpi/> <pae/> </features> <clock offset='utc'/> <devices> <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64</emulator> <disk type='file' device='cdrom'> <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/> <source file='/KVMHosts/templates/ios/myimage.iso'/> <target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/> <readonly/> <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='1' unit='0'/> </disk> <controller type='ide' index='0'/> <graphics type='vnc' port='5950'/> </devices> </domain>
vm creates fine and show the statue as running when I run virsh list but when I logged into vnc I got the following screen & nothing happens.
but when I run the following command all the things are working fine & vm is booting with iso.
qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -m 512 -hda /KVMHosts/storage/vm01.raw -name vm -cdrom /KVMHosts/templates/ios/myimage.iso -vnc :1
I can't figure out what's wrong with virsh xml 
can anyone please help me ?
Best Regards,
Comments
You do realise you only have a cdrom device defined within the XML and no hard drive whereas you have a hda defined on the CLI.
tried adding the following block aslo, but same result ?
<disk type='file' device='disk'> <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/> <source file='/KVMHosts/storage/vm01.raw'/> <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/> <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' unit='0'/> </disk>I can't figure out whats wrong
I highly suggest you create a VM using 'virt-install' and then review the generated XML by using 'virsh dumpxml'.
Thanks buddy. I dump the xml & it's working fine now.