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Date:      Tue, 12 Jan 2016 10:54:57 +0100
From:      =?UTF-8?Q?Roger_Pau_Monn=c3=a9?= <roger.pau@citrix.com>
To:        <rainer@ultra-secure.de>
Cc:        <freebsd-xen@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Attach disk to VM
Message-ID:  <5694CD71.2030607@citrix.com>
In-Reply-To: <190120de86eebf1d882ef337a514f826@ultra-secure.de>
References:  <ba4b2cdd1669b171e8f6a8a3021bffc6@ultra-secure.de> <5694C28D.8050404@citrix.com> <190120de86eebf1d882ef337a514f826@ultra-secure.de>

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El 12/01/16 a les 10.54, rainer@ultra-secure.de ha escrit:
> Am 2016-01-12 10:08, schrieb Roger Pau Monné:
>> El 12/01/16 a les 9.53, rainer@ultra-secure.de ha escrit:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> we're running Xen Server 6.5 (as part of a CloudStack deployment)
>>> I run a number of FreeBSD 10.1 guests and it works nicely so far.
>>> However, I can't attach a disk while the VMs are running.
>>>
>>> "You attempted an operation that requires PV drivers to be installed on
>>> the VM. Please install them by inserting xen-pv-drv.iso."
>>>
>>>
>>> How do I fix this?
>>
>> Attaching disks to a FreeBSD VM using Open Source Xen [0] and the xl
>> toolstack works just fine, but I guess the XAPI toolstack requires some
>> kind of signal from the guest in order to know it can hot-attach disks?
>> Have you tried to install the sysutils/xe-guest-utilities port? From the
>> description it looks like it might solve your problem.
>>
>> Roger.
>>
>> [0] http://www.xenproject.org/
> 
> 
> 
> Ah,
> 
> I have
> sysutils/xen-guest-tools
> 
> So, I need the other ones?

xen-guest-tools is mostly for debugging purposes. I think you
specifically need xe-guest-tools, from the description:

"FreeBSD VM tools for Citrix XenServer and XCP"

And you can remove sysutils/xen-guest-tools.

Roger.




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