<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear All,</div><div><br></div><div>I am using the Debian VMDK image for testing Cinder with VMware vCenter VMDK driver:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://partnerweb.vmware.com/programs/vmdkimage/debian-2.6.32-i686.vmdk">http://partnerweb.vmware.com/programs/vmdkimage/debian-2.6.32-i686.vmdk</a></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/NovaVMware/DeveloperGuide">https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/NovaVMware/DeveloperGuide</a></div><div><br></div><div>It seems by default the above debian vmdk image not configured to load "acpiphp" kernel module at boot time.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Here is /etc/module file after instance launch </div><div><br></div><div># cat /etc/modules</div><div><br></div><div># /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.</div><div>#</div><div># This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded</div><div># at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.</div><div># Parameters can be specified after the module name.</div><div><br></div><div>Loop</div><div><br></div><div># dmesg |grep acpiphp:</div><div><br></div><div>Because of this I am not able see attached volume in instance. After attaching volume I did the below steps manually and still it requires VM reboot to see attached volume.</div><div><br></div><div># modprobe -v acpiphp</div><div>insmod /lib/modules/2.6.32-5-686/kernel/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp.ko</div><div><br></div><div>root@debian:~# dmesg |grep acpiphp:</div><div>[ 2614.352369] acpiphp: ACPI Hot Plug PCI Controller Driver version: 0.5</div><div>[ 2614.352765] acpiphp: Slot [32] registered</div><div>[ 2614.352873] acpiphp: Slot [33] registered</div><div><br></div><div># echo “acpiphp” >> /etc/modules</div><div><br></div><div>My question is:</div><div><br></div><div>Is there any tool in Linux to edit the above VMDK and add acpiphp to load at boot time? </div><div><br></div><div>what are other kernel module required to hotplug volume to running instance?</div><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> </span><div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(57,51,24);line-height:20px;background-color:rgb(252,250,243)"><font size="4" face="georgia, serif">Thanks & Regards</font></span><div><div><span style="color:rgb(57,51,24);line-height:20px;background-color:rgb(252,250,243)"><font size="4" face="georgia, serif">E-Mail: <a href="mailto:thefossgeek@gmail.com" target="_blank">thefossgeek@gmail.com</a></font></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(57,51,24);line-height:20px;background-color:rgb(252,250,243)"><font size="4" face="georgia, serif">IRC: neophy</font></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(252,250,243)"><font color="#393318" size="4" face="georgia, serif"><span style="line-height:20px">Blog : <a href="http://lmohanphy.livejournal.com/" target="_blank">http://lmohanphy.livejournal.com/</a></span></font><br></span></div><div><br></div></div></div></div>
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