I have a server here, running Ubuntu 16.04 and libvirt 4.0.0. It is hosting a single KVM, a Jenkins Server. This server however is stuck in a boot loop after it was shut down for maintenance. I cannot quite make sense of the error log of that machine:
2022-02-22 17:47:16.939+0000: starting up libvirt version: 4.0.0, package: 1ubuntu8.20 (Christian Ehrhardt <christian.ehrhardt@canonical.com> Thu, 18 Nov 2021 10:24:01 +0100), qemu version: 2.11.1(Debian 1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.23), hostname: keto
LC_ALL=C PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/snap/bin QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none /usr/bin/kvm -name guest=jenkins,debug-threads=on -S -object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,file=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain-4-jenkins/master-key.aes -machine pc-1.0,accel=kvm,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off -m 24576 -realtime mlock=off -smp 8,sockets=8,cores=1,threads=1 -uuid 29c4f1d3-5352-4d20-8184-9adc9389340a -no-user-config -nodefaults -chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain-4-jenkins/monitor.sock,server,nowait -mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control -rtc base=utc,driftfix=slew -global kvm-pit.lost_tick_policy=delay -no-hpet -no-shutdown -boot strict=on -device ich9-usb-ehci1,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4.0x7 -device ich9-usb-uhci1,masterbus=usb.0,firstport=0,bus=pci.0,multifunction=on,addr=0x4 -device ich9-usb-uhci2,masterbus=usb.0,firstport=2,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4.0x1 -device ich9-usb-uhci3,masterbus=usb.0,firstport=4,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4.0x2 -drive file=/var/lib/libvirt/images/jenkins.img,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0 -device virtio-blk-pci,scsi=off,bus=pci.0,addr=0x6,drive=drive-virtio-disk0,id=virtio-disk0,bootindex=1 -netdev tap,fd=26,id=hostnet0,vhost=on,vhostfd=28 -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=hostnet0,id=net0,mac=52:54:00:fc:63:60,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 -chardev pty,id=charserial0 -device isa-serial,chardev=charserial0,id=serial0 -vnc 0.0.0.0:0 -device cirrus-vga,id=video0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x2 -device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x5 -msg timestamp=on
2022-02-22T17:47:16.964463Z qemu-system-x86_64: -chardev pty,id=charserial0: char device redirected to /dev/pts/0 (label charserial0)
2022-02-22T17:47:16.989222Z qemu-system-x86_64: warning: Unknown firmware file in legacy mode: etc/msr_feature_control
2022-02-22T17:47:59.785029Z qemu-system-x86_64: terminating on signal 15 from pid 4702 (/usr/sbin/libvirtd)
KVM: injection failed, MSI lost (Operation not permitted)
2022-02-22 17:48:00.065+0000: shutting down, reason=shutdown
Here is the xml of that machine:
<domain type='kvm' id='5'>
<name>jenkins</name>
<uuid>29c4f1d3-5352-4d20-8184-9adc9389340a</uuid>
<memory unit='KiB'>25165824</memory>
<currentMemory unit='KiB'>25165824</currentMemory>
<vcpu placement='static'>8</vcpu>
<resource>
<partition>/machine</partition>
</resource>
<os>
<type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-1.0'>hvm</type>
<boot dev='hd'/>
</os>
<features>
<acpi/>
<apic/>
<pae/>
</features>
<clock offset='utc'>
<timer name='rtc' tickpolicy='catchup'/>
<timer name='pit' tickpolicy='delay'/>
<timer name='hpet' present='no'/>
</clock>
<on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
<on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
<on_crash>restart</on_crash>
<devices>
<emulator>/usr/bin/kvm</emulator>
<disk type='file' device='disk'>
<driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
<source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/jenkins.img'/>
<backingStore/>
<target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
<alias name='virtio-disk0'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x06' function='0x0'/>
</disk>
<controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-ehci1'>
<alias name='usb'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04' function='0x7'/>
</controller>
<controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-uhci1'>
<alias name='usb'/>
<master startport='0'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04' function='0x0' multifunction='on'/>
</controller>
<controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-uhci2'>
<alias name='usb'/>
<master startport='2'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04' function='0x1'/>
</controller>
<controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-uhci3'>
<alias name='usb'/>
<master startport='4'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04' function='0x2'/>
</controller>
<controller type='ide' index='0'>
<alias name='ide'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/>
</controller>
<controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'>
<alias name='pci.0'/>
</controller>
<interface type='bridge'>
<mac address='52:54:00:fc:63:60'/>
<source bridge='br0'/>
<target dev='vnet0'/>
<model type='virtio'/>
<alias name='net0'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/>
</interface>
<serial type='pty'>
<source path='/dev/pts/0'/>
<target type='isa-serial' port='0'>
<model name='isa-serial'/>
</target>
<alias name='serial0'/>
</serial>
<console type='pty' tty='/dev/pts/0'>
<source path='/dev/pts/0'/>
<target type='serial' port='0'/>
<alias name='serial0'/>
</console>
<input type='mouse' bus='ps2'>
<alias name='input0'/>
</input>
<input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'>
<alias name='input1'/>
</input>
<graphics type='vnc' port='5900' autoport='yes' listen='0.0.0.0'>
<listen type='address' address='0.0.0.0'/>
</graphics>
<video>
<model type='cirrus' vram='16384' heads='1' primary='yes'/>
<alias name='video0'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/>
</video>
<memballoon model='virtio'>
<alias name='balloon0'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x05' function='0x0'/>
</memballoon>
</devices>
<seclabel type='dynamic' model='apparmor' relabel='yes'>
<label>libvirt-29c4f1d3-5352-4d20-8184-9adc9389340a</label>
<imagelabel>libvirt-29c4f1d3-5352-4d20-8184-9adc9389340a</imagelabel>
</seclabel>
<seclabel type='dynamic' model='dac' relabel='yes'>
<label>+64055:+115</label>
<imagelabel>+64055:+115</imagelabel>
</seclabel>
</domain>
From what I understand this might be a BIOS/UEFI mismatch of some sort. I tried converting the file system of that machine and attaching it to a VSphere VM without success. I can however access the file system and will provide additional info if you point me to it. Very inexperienced with virtualization and libvirt in particular so pretty sure missing something.
Thanks in advance
