[OmniOS-discuss] Ang: KVM vnics not starting
Graham Stephens
graham at thestephensdomain.com
Fri Jun 26 15:07:51 UTC 2015
On 26/06/2015 15:30, Johan Kragsterman wrote:
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>> Datum: 2015-06-26 11:20
>> Ärende: [OmniOS-discuss] KVM vnics not starting
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>> Guys,
>>
>> Does anyone else here have problems trying to start a kvm due to vnics
>> not initializing properly? It seems to me that the more vnics you add,
>> the more likely the problem is to occur.
>> The firewall that I'm trying to build currently has four vnics attached,
>> and I'm intending to add more before I'm finished - but frequently when
>> I try to start it one will fail to 'catch' (like starting an old car)
>> and kvm fails. It's usually the third or fourth vnic, but not always. I
>> have to keep retrying the start script, and eventually it will work but
>> it can take five minutes for the darn thing to come up.
>>
>> Is there a setting I have missed?
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>> I've never seen this!
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>> I have used VM firewalls/routers with 5 vnic's or more, never seen it.
>>
>> Johan
>>
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> Hi Johan,
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> Can I ask some questions (speculations)?
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> Are you running the VMs from inside zones?
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> No VM's inside zone's, so far....
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Maybe that's where my problems lie - but I don't know what to do about it :(
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> Are they attached to physical nics or virtual ones?
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> That I don't understand, VM's needs virtual nics? Perhaps you mean vnic attached to etherstubs? I use both sorts, both to etherstubs and to phys nics.
Sorry, yes, I meant the vnics virtually attached or physically, as you said.
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> Johan
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