Ok so I feel foolish - turns out that there are DHCP issues on this
network, hence why the transfer VM network interface is not working. It is
not receiving a lease.
Please ignore the above!
Thanks
Jon
On 2 February 2015 at 19:45, Jon Marshall <jon@workshopit.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've been writing a script to automatically back up just the first disk
> associated with each running VM on a vhost - the rationale being that in
> most cases the second disk of a VM is usually backed up in some other
> manner, and we only really need a snapshot of the OS disk for disaster
> recovery purposes.
>
> It works fine on XenServer 6.2, by calling the host plugin transfervm and
> then exposing a recently snapshotted VDI on the network. However, since
> upgrading to version 6.5 calling the expose method of the transfer plugin
> fails.
>
> It creates a transfervm fine, but then sits there for 120 seconds and
> returns a XENAPI_PLUGIN_FAILURE, saying the VM started but did not respond.
> I can see the VM come online in xentop and it has a network interface
> assigned to it.
>
> I've done some digging and have found that some people are having issues
> with network interfaces, on both linux and windows virtual machines, on
> this latest release. I was wondering if this was a potentially known issue
> - I know that the transfervm template is a busybox based image, is it
> possible that some change in the virtual interfaces has messed with its
> ability to use the vif?
>
> Apologies if this makes no sense, or if it is a solved issue - as I say
> I've done some digging but not found anyone having similar issues. If
> anyone can help shed some light on this, thanks in advance!
>
> Cheers
> Jon
>
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> Jon Marshall
> *Workshop IT*
> *: *
>
> 5 Cowcross Street
> London EC1M 6DW
> 020 7183 0498
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> Registered in England and Wales: 8366747
>
--
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*Workshop IT*
*: *
5 Cowcross Street
London EC1M 6DW
020 7183 0498
www.workshopit.co.uk
Registered in England and Wales: 8366747
network, hence why the transfer VM network interface is not working. It is
not receiving a lease.
Please ignore the above!
Thanks
Jon
On 2 February 2015 at 19:45, Jon Marshall <jon@workshopit.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've been writing a script to automatically back up just the first disk
> associated with each running VM on a vhost - the rationale being that in
> most cases the second disk of a VM is usually backed up in some other
> manner, and we only really need a snapshot of the OS disk for disaster
> recovery purposes.
>
> It works fine on XenServer 6.2, by calling the host plugin transfervm and
> then exposing a recently snapshotted VDI on the network. However, since
> upgrading to version 6.5 calling the expose method of the transfer plugin
> fails.
>
> It creates a transfervm fine, but then sits there for 120 seconds and
> returns a XENAPI_PLUGIN_FAILURE, saying the VM started but did not respond.
> I can see the VM come online in xentop and it has a network interface
> assigned to it.
>
> I've done some digging and have found that some people are having issues
> with network interfaces, on both linux and windows virtual machines, on
> this latest release. I was wondering if this was a potentially known issue
> - I know that the transfervm template is a busybox based image, is it
> possible that some change in the virtual interfaces has messed with its
> ability to use the vif?
>
> Apologies if this makes no sense, or if it is a solved issue - as I say
> I've done some digging but not found anyone having similar issues. If
> anyone can help shed some light on this, thanks in advance!
>
> Cheers
> Jon
>
> --
> Jon Marshall
> *Workshop IT*
> *: *
>
> 5 Cowcross Street
> London EC1M 6DW
> 020 7183 0498
> www.workshopit.co.uk
> Registered in England and Wales: 8366747
>
--
Jon Marshall
*Workshop IT*
*: *
5 Cowcross Street
London EC1M 6DW
020 7183 0498
www.workshopit.co.uk
Registered in England and Wales: 8366747