Getting wierd behaviour of SLES11 SP1 on XenCenter5.6 FP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server SLES Virtualization
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Hi,

I am trying to install SLES11 SP1 on XenCenter Virtual image and while
Installation finding that it is showing 4 disks (hda, hdb, sda & sdb)
instead of 2 disks.

Here is my observations:

  1. Checked SLES11SP1 OS installation on Xen virtual image (5.6 FP1 -
    build38895), seeing 4 disks (hda, hdb, sda, sdb) instead of 2 disks
    (either
    hda, hdb, or sda, sdb).
  2. On The same virtual instance, SLES11 GA shows proper 2 disks hda &
    hdb
  3. When upgraded the SLES11GA instance with the SLES11SP1 OS, again
    during
    installation it shows 4 disks and after OS installation completed also
    it shows
    only 4 disks (hda, hdb, sda, sdb). That is, in SLES11 GA it was only 2
    disks
    and now after upgrde it shows 4 disks (hda, hdb, sda, sdb).
  4. On the same instance, SLES10SP3 is installed successfully and shows
    only 2
    disks hda & hdb
  5. Even with the new virtual instance on XenCenter, I am getting the
    same behaviour.

here is the output after SLES11 SP1 installation:

xensles11sp1: # df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1 17G 3.9G 13G 25% /
devtmpfs 939M 152K 939M 1% /dev
tmpfs 939M 24K 939M 1% /dev/shm
/dev/sda2 1004M 42M 912M 5% /boot
/dev/sr0 2.9G 2.9G 0 100% /media/SLES-11-SP1-DVD-x86_64.0432…001

xensles11sp1: #
You have new mail in /var/spool/mail/root
xensles11sp1: #
xensles11sp1: #
xensles11sp1: # cat /etc/*release
LSB_VERSION=“core-2.0-noarch:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-noarch:core-2.0-x86_64:core-3.2-x86_64:core-4.0-x86_64”
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86_64)
VERSION = 11
PATCHLEVEL = 1
xensles11sp1:# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/hdb: 21.5 GB, 21474836480 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2610 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x86aa86aa

Disk /dev/hdb doesn’t contain a valid partition table

Disk /dev/hda: 26.8 GB, 26843545600 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3263 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000b81a5

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 2 2220 17824117+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 * 2221 2350 1044225 83 Linux
/dev/hda3 2351 2872 4192965 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sdb: 21.5 GB, 21474836480 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2610 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x86aa86aa

Disk /dev/sdb doesn’t contain a valid partition table

Disk /dev/sda: 26.8 GB, 26843545600 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3263 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000b81a5

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 2 2220 17824117+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 * 2221 2350 1044225 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 2351 2872 4192965 82 Linux swap / Solaris
xensles11sp1: # df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1 17G 3.9G 12G 25% /
devtmpfs 939M 152K 939M 1% /dev
tmpfs 939M 24K 939M 1% /dev/shm
/dev/sda2 1004M 42M 912M 5% /boot
/dev/sr0 2.9G 2.9G 0 100% /media/SLES-11-SP1-DVD-x86_64.0432…001

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