[sles-beta] Admin Server fails to boot on Xen
Eugen Block
eblock at nde.ag
Thu Oct 29 02:00:40 MDT 2015
Hi Wesley,
> @Eugene, Does the reboot fail on the first reboot, even with the
> kernel installed?
that is correct. It's the first reboot during installation process. I
checked the file systems before the reboot and the kernel was
installed. So I guess I'll follow up on Mike's suggestion and file a SR.
Regards,
Eugen
Zitat von Wesley Coleman <WColeman at africanbank.co.za>:
> Hi Guys,
>
> @Eugene, Does the reboot fail on the first reboot, even with the
> kernel installed?
> @Aman, Did you manage to sort out your issue. I reinstalled my
> kernel and grub 2 and then fully patched the servers. So far they
> have been stable for a few days.
>
> Kind regards
> Wes
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aman Nijhawan [mailto:anijhawan at vmware.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2015 6:54 PM
> To: Eugen Block
> Cc: Wesley Coleman; sles-beta at lists.suse.com
> Subject: Re: [sles-beta] Admin Server fails to boot on Xen
>
> I have faced similar issues with SLES12SP0 on vmware.
>
>
> On Oct 28, 2015, at 9:51 AM, Eugen Block <eblock at nde.ag> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> thanks for your response.
>> I just tried your suggestion. Before the system rebooted for the
>> first time I took a look into the file system, the kernel ist
>> there, nothings seems to be missing. So I guess I'm facing a
>> different issue. What else can I try to figure that out?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Eugen
>>
>>
>> Zitat von Wesley Coleman <WColeman at africanbank.co.za>:
>>
>>> I've had this issue on SLES 12 installed on VMWare. The cause is
>>> that for some reason the kernel gets deleted/removed. Before the
>>> reboot check that the kernel is still installed. If not,
>>> reinstall the kernel as well as grub2.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: sles-beta-bounces at lists.suse.com
>>> [mailto:sles-beta-bounces at lists.suse.com] On Behalf Of Eugen Block
>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2015 2:03 PM
>>> To: sles-beta at lists.suse.com
>>> Subject: Re: [sles-beta] Admin Server fails to boot on Xen
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> this is a follow up on my problem regarding a SLES12-SP1 virtual
>>> machine on a Xen host.
>>>
>>> The reported issue in my previous mail refers to an installation
>>> where "/boot" was installed on a sperate ext4 partition, the
>>> remaining file system was btrfs. This had to do with earlier
>>> problems, I wanted to avoid them.
>>>
>>> Today I reinstalled SLES12-SP1 with default partitioning. The only
>>> changes I made were in the network settings. But the problem was
>>> the same, after reboot the VM gets stuck in grub. Only this time
>>> I'm not able to boot it manually with any grub commands.
>>>
>>> For reference, I installed SLES12-SP0 again, with the exact same
>>> settings (default except network). This VM reboots successfully.
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Eugen
>>>
>>>
>>> Zitat von Eugen Block <eblock at nde.ag>:
>>>
>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>
>>>> I'm currently trying to upgrade from cloud 5 to cloud 6 beta. During
>>>> installation of the Admin server I'm facing some difficulties. The
>>>> admin server is supposed to run as a xen-guest on a SLES11-SP4 host.
>>>> The installation itself went smoothly, but after reboot the vm gets
>>>> stuck in the grub command line. It is possible to boot the vm,
>>>> though: in grub cmd I just have to execute these commands manually,
>>>> and then it boots successfully (until next reboot):
>>>>
>>>> --- cut here ---
>>>>
>>>> set root='hd0,msdos3'
>>>> linux /vmlinuz-xen root=UUID=e557cc68-5b12-48a2-a15f-da9b2c75dfcb
>>>> 192.168.103.5 resume=/dev/xvda1 splash=silent quiet showopts initrd
>>>> /initrd-xen boot
>>>>
>>>> --- cut here ---
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I have been able to install SLES12 on a xen guest before, but it
>>>> fails now on SLES12-SP1.
>>>> An excerpt of the xen config file for the admin server:
>>>>
>>>> --- cut here ---
>>>>
>>>> builder="linux"
>>>> kernel="/usr/lib/grub2/x86_64-xen/grub.xen"
>>>>
>>>> --- cut here ---
>>>>
>>>> nameserver is also set.
>>>> If you need any further information to analyze I would be happy to
>>>> provide missing info.
>>>>
>>>> I would appreciate any help.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Eugen
>>>>
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