[Openstack-operators] [vmware][nova] "could not find capabilities for domaintype=kvm"

Geo Varghese gvarghese at aqorn.com
Tue Mar 8 07:32:44 UTC 2016


Hi Jose,

Thnaks for the detailed steps.

Can you please tell us, is these steps for vsphere client or vshpere
webclient?

On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 6:46 PM, José Manuel Hernández <josemhb at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> For running KVM on ESX you need to make some changes:
>
>
>    1. Edit the virtual machine Hardware (harware virtual 9  or higher)
>    2. Select "Linux" as the guestOS Family and "Other Linux (64-bit)" as
>    the guestOS Version.
>    3. During the customize hardware wizard, expand the "CPU" section and
>    select "Hardware Virtualization" box to enable VHV.
>    4. Check and enable "Hardware vitualization: Expose hardware assited
>    virtualization to the guest OS"
>    5. Complete the wizard
>
>
> I hope this may help you
>
> José M. Hernández
> www.josemhernandez.com
>
>
>
>
> 2016-03-07 11:22 GMT+01:00 Daniel P. Berrange <berrange at redhat.com>:
>
>> On Fri, Mar 04, 2016 at 11:15:23AM -0800, Adam Lawson wrote:
>> > Hey all,
>> >
>> > We're testing OpenStack Liberty on an ESX host and it installs fine.
>> When
>> > attempting to create a VM, receiving an error:
>> >
>> > *libvirtError: invalid argument : could not find capabilities for
>> > domaintype=kvm*
>> >
>> > VMware environment is ESX 5.5:
>> > *Capabilities*
>> >
>> > nestedHVSupported = true
>> >
>> > Intel VT-X = Supported
>> >
>> >
>> > Is there any obvious ways to solve this or clarify whether this is a
>> > physical or ESX configuration issue?
>>
>> Try running 'virt-host-validate' as root in the guest, and it should tell
>> you whether the guest running the kvm compute node is configured suitably
>> for runing KVM and point out any obvious problem it finds.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Daniel
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