Stuck - passing through disk

El Gabito · June 2, 2017

Alright - I'm stuck and can't figure this out. I have an Ubuntu VM that I'm trying to pass through a 2TB drive to. I have the "Unassigned Devices" plugin installed, I've mounted the drive, and added it to the VM. But where does it go? I don't see it mounted anywhere.

My Linux skills are pretty rusty so I could be doing something wrong. XML is below - I"m guessing something needs to be changed in there. This is what the GUI generated.

    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
      <driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='writeback'/>
      <source file='/mnt/disks/WDC_WD20EFRX_68AX9N0_WD_WMC1T1957452/unifi-ubuntu/vdisk2.img'/>
      <backingStore/>
      <target dev='hdd' bus='virtio'/>
      <alias name='virtio-disk3'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x02' slot='0x04' function='0x0'/>
    </disk>

Edited June 2, 2017 by El Gabito

El Gabito · June 2, 2017

And here's the full XML just in case that's needed.

<domain type='kvm' id='2'>
  <name>unifi-ubuntu</name>
  <uuid>ba070313-d44f-a78b-c23f-2cfaacb41b4b</uuid>
  <metadata>
    <vmtemplate xmlns="unraid" name="Linux" icon="linux.png" os="linux"/>
  </metadata>
  <memory unit='KiB'>4194304</memory>
  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>4194304</currentMemory>
  <memoryBacking>
    <nosharepages/>
  </memoryBacking>
  <vcpu placement='static'>2</vcpu>
  <cputune>
    <vcpupin vcpu='0' cpuset='0'/>
    <vcpupin vcpu='1' cpuset='1'/>
  </cputune>
  <resource>
    <partition>/machine</partition>
  </resource>
  <os>
    <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-q35-2.7'>hvm</type>
    <loader readonly='yes' type='pflash'>/usr/share/qemu/ovmf-x64/OVMF_CODE-pure-efi.fd</loader>
    <nvram>/etc/libvirt/qemu/nvram/ba070313-d44f-a78b-c23f-2cfaacb41b4b_VARS-pure-efi.fd</nvram>
  </os>
  <features>
    <acpi/>
    <apic/>
  </features>
  <cpu mode='host-passthrough'>
    <topology sockets='1' cores='2' threads='1'/>
  </cpu>
  <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/local/sbin/qemu</emulator>
    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
      <driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='writeback'/>
      <source file='/mnt/user/domains/unifi-ubuntu/vdisk1.img'/>
      <backingStore/>
      <target dev='hdc' bus='virtio'/>
      <boot order='1'/>
      <alias name='virtio-disk2'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x02' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/>
    </disk>
    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
      <driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='writeback'/>
      <source file='/mnt/disks/WDC_WD20EFRX_68AX9N0_WD_WMC1T1957452/unifi-ubuntu/vdisk2.img'/>
      <backingStore/>
      <target dev='hdd' bus='virtio'/>
      <alias name='virtio-disk3'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x02' slot='0x04' function='0x0'/>
    </disk>
    <disk type='file' device='cdrom'>
      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
      <source file='/mnt/user/ISOs/ubuntu-16.04.2-server-amd64.iso'/>
      <backingStore/>
      <target dev='hda' bus='sata'/>
      <readonly/>
      <boot order='2'/>
      <alias name='sata0-0-0'/>
      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
    </disk>
    <controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-ehci1'>
      <alias name='usb'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' 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='0x07' 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='0x07' 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='0x07' function='0x2'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='sata' index='0'>
      <alias name='ide'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x1f' function='0x2'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pcie-root'>
      <alias name='pcie.0'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='pci' index='1' model='dmi-to-pci-bridge'>
      <model name='i82801b11-bridge'/>
      <alias name='pci.1'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x1e' function='0x0'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='virtio-serial' index='0'>
      <alias name='virtio-serial0'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x02' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='pci' index='2' model='pci-bridge'>
      <model name='pci-bridge'/>
      <target chassisNr='2'/>
      <alias name='pci.2'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x01' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
    </controller>
    <interface type='bridge'>
      <mac address='52:54:00:44:62:58'/>
      <source bridge='br0'/>
      <target dev='vnet0'/>
      <model type='virtio'/>
      <alias name='net0'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x02' slot='0x01' function='0x0'/>
    </interface>
    <serial type='pty'>
      <source path='/dev/pts/0'/>
      <target port='0'/>
      <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>
    <channel type='unix'>
      <source mode='bind' path='/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/channel/target/domain-2-unifi-ubuntu/org.qemu.guest_agent.0'/>
      <target type='virtio' name='org.qemu.guest_agent.0' state='disconnected'/>
      <alias name='channel0'/>
      <address type='virtio-serial' controller='0' bus='0' port='1'/>
    </channel>
    <input type='tablet' bus='usb'>
      <alias name='input0'/>
      <address type='usb' bus='0' port='2'/>
    </input>
    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'>
      <alias name='input1'/>
    </input>
    <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'>
      <alias name='input2'/>
    </input>
    <graphics type='vnc' port='5900' autoport='yes' websocket='5700' listen='0.0.0.0' keymap='en-us'>
      <listen type='address' address='0.0.0.0'/>
    </graphics>
    <video>
      <model type='qxl' ram='65536' vram='65536' vgamem='16384' heads='1' primary='yes'/>
      <alias name='video0'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x0'/>
    </video>
    <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='usb' managed='no'>
      <source>
        <vendor id='0x13d3'/>
        <product id='0x3393'/>
        <address bus='4' device='3'/>
      </source>
      <alias name='hostdev0'/>
      <address type='usb' bus='0' port='1'/>
    </hostdev>
    <memballoon model='virtio'>
      <alias name='balloon0'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x02' slot='0x05' function='0x0'/>
    </memballoon>
  </devices>
  <seclabel type='none' model='none'/>
  <seclabel type='dynamic' model='dac' relabel='yes'>
    <label>+0:+100</label>
    <imagelabel>+0:+100</imagelabel>
  </seclabel>
</domain>

DeeGee · June 2, 2017

Looks to be presented as device hdd on the VM; see if you can see it by typing this on the command line of the VM:

fdisk -l /dev/hdd

El Gabito · June 2, 2017

root@unifi-ubuntu:/# fdisk -l /dev/hdd
fdisk: cannot open /dev/hdd: No such file or directory

root@unifi-ubuntu:/# df
Filesystem                         1K-blocks    Used Available Use% Mounted on
udev                                 2001368       0   2001368   0% /dev
tmpfs                                 404308    5776    398532   2% /run
/dev/mapper/unifi--ubuntu--vg-root  15350768 9858932   4689020  68% /
tmpfs                                2021524       0   2021524   0% /dev/shm
tmpfs                                   5120       0      5120   0% /run/lock
tmpfs                                2021524       0   2021524   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/vda2                             483946  122537    336424  27% /boot
/dev/vda1                             523248    3472    519776   1% /boot/efi
tmpfs                                 606460       0    606460   0% /var/cache/unifi-video
tmpfs                                 404308       0    404308   0% /run/user/1000

El Gabito · June 3, 2017

Well, now it's just broken. Unraid won't even boot. I have no idea what I did that would've caused that, just messing around with an unassigned drive...

*sigh*

Squid · June 3, 2017

Confirm your boot order in the bios.

El Gabito · June 3, 2017

1 minute ago, Squid said:

Confirm your boot order in the bios.

Thanks, good thought. My first thought was to poke around in BIOS - I just have to hunt down a keyboard and monitor. I rarely physically access it!

DeeGee · June 4, 2017

To be honest, its not clear what you are trying to achieve here. Can you explain?

From your original post, you say you want to pass a 2TB drive through to the VM, but the XML suggests you are trying to use a image file as a disk for your VM and that image file is what resides on the 2tb disk; these are two different concepts...

Are you trying to setup a UniFi controller?

If so, you could always just use the docker version; works great when installed from the community apps plugin...

El Gabito · June 5, 2017

On 6/4/2017 at 7:02 AM, DeeGee said:

To be honest, its not clear what you are trying to achieve here. Can you explain?

From your original post, you say you want to pass a 2TB drive through to the VM, but the XML suggests you are trying to use a image file as a disk for your VM and that image file is what resides on the 2tb disk; these are two different concepts...

Are you trying to setup a UniFi controller?

If so, you could always just use the docker version; works great when installed from the community apps plugin...

I'm setting up a Unifi Video controller, which I'm not sure there's a container for.

But yes, the problem is I can't figure out to pass the raw disk through which is all I want. The paths that show "by-id" I could never get to work. If you have any insight into the correct way to do it, that'd be great.

Thanks!

DeeGee · June 5, 2017

I'm not at home right now, but try this (from memory, so backup your XML first )

you need to unmount the disk in unassigned-devices plugin first.

</disk>

DeeGee · June 5, 2017

just had a look on hub.docker.com and it seems there is already a docker image for unifi video.

see: https://hub.docker.com/r/pducharme/unifi-video-controller/

should be able to deploy the docker image directly.

Squid · June 5, 2017

1 hour ago, DeeGee said:

just had a look on hub.docker.com and it seems there is already a docker image for unifi video.

see: https://hub.docker.com/r/pducharme/unifi-video-controller/

should be able to deploy the docker image directly.

Or just always search on the Apps Tab (CA) first.

El Gabito · September 23, 2017

On 6/5/2017 at 11:59 AM, DeeGee said:

I'm not at home right now, but try this (from memory, so backup your XML first )

you need to unmount the disk in unassigned-devices plugin first.

<disk type='block' device='disk'>

<source dev='/dev/disk/by-id/ WDC_WD20EFRX_68AX9N0_WD_WMC1T1957452' />

<target dev='hdd' bus='virtio' />

</disk>

Ok, I'm FINALLY getting back to this. I edited the XML to reflect this, but I get the following error:

Cannot access storage file '/dev/disk/by-id/WDC_WD20EFRX-68AX9N0_WD-WMC1T1957452' (as uid:0, gid:100): No such file or directory

Any thoughts?

El Gabito · September 23, 2017

Nevermind - I THINK I have this working!

I found this post which led me to this command to get the id:

ls /dev/disk/by-id

I was getting the previously mentioned drive label from the GUI, when I run this command it is prefixed by "ata-"

Once I corrected that, it seems to be working!

Thanks for sending me down the right track.

El Gabito · December 16, 2017

Bumping this again - it worked Sept 23, the day I posted, then stopped working. Somehow the device is becoming unmounted. When I edit fstab to try to auto-mount it at boot, it causes the VM to not boot and I have to remove it. Do I have something wrong with my syntax here?

/dev/sda1    /data   ext3    defaults     0        2

How can I get it to auto-mount at boot?

Is /dev/sda1 wrong maybe?

~$sudo lsblk -o NAME,FSTYPE,SIZE,MOUNTPOINT,LABEL
NAME                         FSTYPE       SIZE MOUNTPOINT LABEL
sr0                          iso9660      829M            Ubuntu-Server 16.04.2 LTS amd64
vda                                        40G
├─vda1                       vfat         512M /boot/efi
├─vda2                       ext2         488M /boot
└─vda3                       LVM2_member   19G
  ├─unifi--ubuntu--vg-root   ext4          15G /
  └─unifi--ubuntu--vg-swap_1 swap           4G [SWAP]
vdb                                       1.8T
└─vdb1                       xfs          1.8T

Should I be using /vdb/vdb1 instead?

If it's not clear - I'm sort of a noob when it comes to this stuff...

Edited December 16, 2017 by El Gabito

El Gabito · December 16, 2017

I think I figured it out - changed fstab to be what's below -

/dev/vdb1    /data   xfs    defaults     0        2

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