Thanks for trying ab, but like you said, it’s a MS issue with LIS, not a problem with SUSE per se, so installing SP1 on a production VM may or may not work. plus since MS only shows the OS versions that LIS is compatible with it’s not really that helpful since the links don’t show kernel information which is basically the only thing I’m looking for. (built in is not a kernel…)
I guess I’ll just ask MS and see what they say. They take forever though…
Anyway thanks again for trying
[QUOTE=ab;32049]On 03/29/2016 05:44 AM, mbramadan wrote:[color=blue]
So much for support when the only reply is “fix it”[/color]
Yes indeed.
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1st. LIS stands for Linux Integrated Services. (not Long Term
Support… where did you get the T? )[/color]
Fuzzy vision. Note to self: call an optometrist. Sorry about that
confusion, and thanks for the definition. Googling for “LIS” does not
find what I would have needed either, but the definition did help.
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its integrated into the kernel and allows compatibility between
Microsoft Hyper-v and Linux virtual machines.[/color]
I presume is does something specific, since running fully virtualized
works with all kinds of VM solutions out of the box. Oh well, probably
irrelevant at this point.
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2nd. kernel 229.7.2.el7.x86_64 = 3.10.0-229.7.2.el7.x86_64.
as opposed to kernel 3.10.0-327.4.5.el7.x86_64
Both of them are upgrades to Centos Version 7.2 which has LIS built in
but the newer kernel version isn’t “as” compatible.[/color]
I see. Sorry, I’ve never seen somebody shorthand the kernel version to
just the last few bits.
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since Centos had an issue with newer kernels, I’m looking for the
versions that are officially supported in SUSE 12 LES (linux enterprise
server)[/color]
SUSE and RedHat build kernels very differently. SUSE has tried to b e bit
more up-to-date with technologies than RHEL, hopefully while maintaining
stability, as that is paramount in the enterprise. As a result, we have
seen things like changing kernel minor releases within a line of products
(SLES 11 moved to the 3.0 kernel) while RHEL did not (still on 2.6 in the
RHEL 6.7 release). Perhaps this is one of the reasons I’ve never seen
somebody shorthand kernel versions in SUSE-land, since the main version
could change from time to time. Just guessing…
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These are the SUSE kernels I’m talking about
July-31-2015 3.12.44-52.10.1
Sep-23-2015 3.12.44-52.18.1
Oct-13-2015 3.12.48-52.27.1
Dec-04-2015 3.12.51-52.31.1
Jan-19-2016 3.12.51-52.34.1
Jan-22-2016 3.12.51-52.39.1
Mar-16-2016 3.12.55-52.42.1
we’re using 3.12.51-52.31.1. maybe an older version works better but
which one? I’m hoping I don’t have to go down the list and try them
all.
3rd. Are you a SAN storage admin? maybe that’s why you haven’t seen this
before. Doesn’t mean it’s not an issue.
we’ve opened up support with MS and they’re looking into it also.[/color]
No, definitely I am not, and agreed my knowledge is potentially less than
complete on all topics (or so I am told).
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And while I am aware the problem is related to the virtualization
program, in the end, I’m just looking for a SUSE/LIS kernel
compatibility list in parallel to see if we can downgrade kernels and
find the issue.
Thats all.[/color]
You mentioned SLES 12; have you tried SP1 where the latest fixes reside?
Also, you have probably seen this already:
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn873998.aspx
While you’re presumably not converting VMs at his point, the part I found
interesting was the inclusion of hyper-v modules in the initrd which would
impact booting, though in that case it would probably cause an infinite
stream of reboots, never fully booting, where you described your problem
as rebooting daily (meaning once per day, which sounds more like a cronjob
than a kernel problem). Also, admittedly, SLES 12 is not mentioned in
there, but the doc is a year old so it may just be outdated. A document
on SLES and Hyper-v support here was nicer:
https://technet.microsoft.com/library/dn531027(ws.12).aspx and it was
updated just a few days ago.
From another thread in the forum (
https://forums.suse.com/showthread.php?6714 ) it would appear that there
are hyper-v RPMs that can be installed which may provide some assistance
with the virtualization host. Do you have those installed, or do you see
them as available (zypper se hyper-v)? The bigger takeaway from that
thread looks like it also had to do with the initrd and kernel modules.
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Good luck.
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