I just started playing with KVM, so learning quite a bit here. I have a guest running, finally got the OS setup the way I want with Virtio SCSI and Net drivers (Win2k3) and am very happy with everything. Then I shutdown the system and added a second data volume as Virtio as well. Once I did this, it bumped my original "Target device" from "VirtIO Disk 1" to "VirtIO disk 2" and now it won't boot unless I manually F12 and select the (now second) disk. Why did it make my original disk the 2nd one, when it was added first? And more importantly, how do I rearrange them? Maybe just remove them both and add them back in reverse order? Seems like there should be a config option or an edit in XML file for this.
I did try editing the vmname.xml file and found the option. I added that to each disk device in the order I prefereed, yet, it always comes up unbootable. Its like it will only try the first HDD and stops there. And it seems to ignore the boot order paremeters in XMl config.
I will go ahead and remove and re-add for now, but I am curious, shouldn't this be a configurable without removing devices?
I am running Ubuntu 14.04, its fairly up to date. I think libvirtd is 1.2.2. Any other specs that may help, just let me know. Thanks for the help! Greg
Quick Update: I tried removing both disks, closing virt-manager, and reopening. Then I added datavol first, then added OSVolume (which should be 1st disk), and it really insists on keeping that backwards order! It didn't work.
How do I get the guest to boot then if the disk order is backwards? (without manually booting to F12 option)
[EDIT: virsh dumpxml of the guest]
I see the boot order tags are removed now though, since I re-added the disks.
I'd like this disk to be first:
/dev/zvol/dpool/vm/kvm/disk/alinos/osvol
<domain type='kvm' id='80'>
<name>alinos</name>
<uuid>a161efe4-245a-953b-89e3-04fa3b914f79</uuid>
<memory unit='KiB'>3145728</memory>
<currentMemory unit='KiB'>2097152</currentMemory>
<vcpu placement='static'>2</vcpu>
<resource>
<partition>/machine</partition>
</resource>
<os>
<type arch='i686' machine='pc-i440fx-trusty'>hvm</type>
<boot dev='hd'/>
<bootmenu enable='yes'/>
</os>
<features>
<acpi/>
<apic/>
<pae/>
</features>
<cpu mode='custom' match='exact'>
<model fallback='allow'>SandyBridge</model>
<vendor>Intel</vendor>
<feature policy='require' name='vme'/>
<feature policy='require' name='dtes64'/>
<feature policy='require' name='vmx'/>
<feature policy='require' name='erms'/>
<feature policy='require' name='xtpr'/>
<feature policy='require' name='smep'/>
<feature policy='require' name='pcid'/>
<feature policy='require' name='est'/>
<feature policy='require' name='monitor'/>
<feature policy='require' name='smx'/>
<feature policy='require' name='tm'/>
<feature policy='require' name='acpi'/>
<feature policy='require' name='osxsave'/>
<feature policy='require' name='ht'/>
<feature policy='require' name='pdcm'/>
<feature policy='require' name='fsgsbase'/>
<feature policy='require' name='f16c'/>
<feature policy='require' name='ds'/>
<feature policy='require' name='tm2'/>
<feature policy='require' name='ss'/>
<feature policy='require' name='pbe'/>
<feature policy='require' name='ds_cpl'/>
<feature policy='require' name='rdrand'/>
</cpu>
<clock offset='localtime'/>
<on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
<on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
<on_crash>restart</on_crash>
<devices>
<emulator>/usr/bin/kvm-spice</emulator>
<disk type='file' device='cdrom'>
<driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='none'/>
<target dev='hdc' bus='ide' tray='open'/>
<readonly/>
<alias name='ide0-1-0'/>
<address type='drive' controller='0' bus='1' target='0' unit='0'/>
</disk>
<disk type='file' device='floppy'>
<driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='none'/>
<target dev='fda' bus='fdc'/>
<alias name='fdc0-0-0'/>
<address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
</disk>
<disk type='block' device='disk'>
<driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='none'/>
<source dev='/dev/zvol/dpool/vm/kvm/disk/alinos/datavol'/>
<target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
<alias name='virtio-disk0'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' function='0x0'/>
</disk>
<disk type='block' device='disk'>
<driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='none'/>
<source dev='/dev/zvol/dpool/vm/kvm/disk/alinos/osvol'/>
<target dev='vdb' bus='virtio'/>
<alias name='virtio-disk1'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x08' function='0x0'/>
</disk>
<controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'>
<alias name='pci.0'/>
</controller>
<controller type='ide' index='0'>
<alias name='ide0'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/>
</controller>
<controller type='fdc' index='0'>
<alias name='fdc0'/>
</controller>
<controller type='scsi' index='0'>
<alias name='scsi0'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x06' function='0x0'/>
</controller>
<controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-ehci1'>
<alias name='usb0'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04' function='0x7'/>
</controller>
<controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-uhci1'>
<alias name='usb0'/>
<master startport='0'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04' function='0x0' multifunction='on'/>
</controller>
<controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-uhci2'>
<alias name='usb0'/>
<master startport='2'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04' function='0x1'/>
</controller>
<controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-uhci3'>
<alias name='usb0'/>
<master startport='4'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04' function='0x2'/>
</controller>
<interface type='bridge'>
<mac address='52:54:00:89:65:18'/>
<source bridge='br0'/>
<target dev='vnet0'/>
<model type='virtio'/>
<alias name='net0'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/>
</interface>
<input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
<input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>
<graphics type='vnc' port='5901' autoport='yes' listen='127.0.0.1'>
<listen type='address' address='127.0.0.1'/>
</graphics>
<video>
<model type='vmvga' vram='9216' heads='1'/>
<alias name='video0'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/>
</video>
<memballoon model='virtio'>
<alias name='balloon0'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x05' function='0x0'/>
</memballoon>
</devices>
<seclabel type='none'/>
</domain>
