I am running KVM on my SLES 11 server and at present I have a hung console
on the root system. I have no way of shutting down the KVM virtual instance
under it at this point. I have tried doing a CTL+ALT+F1 to get to another
console to shut down to no avail. The console session is completely hung.
The virtual server is still running just dandy but I have lost control over
the machine. I cannot VNC or ssh into the machine. Any ideas?
GofBorg;2171318 Wrote:[color=blue]
I am running KVM on my SLES 11 server and at present I have a hung
console
on the root system. I have no way of shutting down the KVM virtual
instance
under it at this point. I have tried doing a CTL+ALT+F1 to get to
another
console to shut down to no avail. The console session is completely
hung.
The virtual server is still running just dandy but I have lost control
over
the machine. I cannot VNC or ssh into the machine. Any ideas?[/color]
Pull the plug? :O)
Seriously… it seems you have a rock and a hard place scenario there.
With no console options on the KVM host and no remote options on the
guest… not much you can do as far as I can see.
Any other services running that you might be able to get to on host or
guest (WebYaST, NoRM,…)?
-Willem
–
Novell Knowledge Partner (voluntary sysop)
It ain’t anything like Harry Potter… but you gotta love the magic IT
can bring to this world
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You can’t use Ctrl-Alt-F1, that is used by KVM. Ctrl-Alt-F2 to get the
KVM console then use sendkey to send whatever key combination you
choose. You can also just abort the VM using the CLI. Ctrl-Alt-F1
gets you back to the VM’s console.
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I was able to find a working SSH connection to the guest OS and shut it
down. Beyond that though it was the reset button. Doh!
You can’t use Ctrl-Alt-F1, that is used by KVM. Ctrl-Alt-F2 to get the[color=blue]
KVM console then use sendkey to send whatever key combination you
choose. You can also just abort the VM using the CLI. Ctrl-Alt-F1
gets you back to the VM’s console.– Bob[/color]
Unfortunately Ctrl-Alt-FX was hosed. The SLES 11 console just seemed to go
bye bye. I was able to at least shut down the guest by finding an open SSH
connection. Couldn’t find anything other than the reset button to unlock the
server console. It all began with the keyboard. At first it would not type,
then after fooling with it for a bit it started typing okay. Then I clicked
on YaST and then Doftware Managament and it was all over. The mouse cursor
changed to the pointer that looks like the window resize tool and just
stayed that way.
GofBorg;2171741 Wrote:[color=blue]
Then I clicked
on YaST and then -Doftware Managament- and it was all over.[/color]
“Doftware,” I like it.
Is this SLES 11 SP1 or just SLES 11? We had issues with the GUI going
wonky on SLES 11 FCS.
– Bob
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It’s just SLES11. Don’t think I have access to SP1 just now since
I don’t have a support contract. Maybe in the future. We are looking at
SLES for some other things. This current system is a pilot project…
so far, more problems out of it than OpenSuSE.
Okay, so today I checked my server and it is at SP1.
Here are my latest observations.
If I launch KVM at all, I lose control of the server…even from a shell
console.
So if I run ‘virsh start instance’ then keyboard goes bye bye. Virtual
machine is running but any input into the host is gone. The virtual host
guest is also SLES 11 SP1.
Any ideas?