[ale] KVM, the vm install on SLES and the port issues

[Jim Kinney]

The port is open on the local internal nic only. You'll need to forward the
lo:5900 to your physical nic so it is visible to the external machines.
On Mar 10, 2015 8:57 PM, "Narahari 'n' Savitha" <savithari at gmail.com> wrote:

> Friends:
>
> I installed KVM on SLES 11SP3.  I then tried to create a VM with KVM.  The
> host ip is 25.16.214.41
>
> vm-install --os-type "other" --name "ASB_CD_VM1" --vcpus 2 --memory 3072
>> --max-memory 3072 --disk
>> /var/lib/kvm/images/ASB_CD_VM1/hda,0,disk,w,21000,sparse=0 --disk
>> /tmp/SLES11SP2_.x86_64-0.0.3.install.iso,1,cdrom --nic
>> mac=52:54:00:05:11:11,model=virtio --graphics cirrus --config-dir
>> "/etc/libvirt/qemu"
>>
>
>  It starts the VM creation but then I see this error.
>
> Preparing to start the installation...
>>
>>
>>> Installing...
>>
>>
>>> Failed to display the VM's console because DISPLAY is not set.  Please
>>> connect a VNC viewer to localhost:5900.
>>
>>
> It says that I should be able to connect to port number 5900 using vnc.  I
> went to my windows box and used  vncviewer
> vncviewer 25.16.214.41
>
> However I get connection refused.
>
> I did the following.
>
> I see
> virtual at chris-adp-sec:~> telnet localhost 5900
> Trying 127.0.0.1...
> Connected to localhost.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> RFB 003.008
>
> but if I type
> roselcdv0068958:~ nlakshmi$ telnet 25.16.214.41 5900
> Trying 25.16.214.41...
> telnet: connect to address 25.16.214.41: Connection refused
> telnet: Unable to connect to remote host
>
> So the VM install cannot be seen or interacted with, this is causing
> issues.
>
> My host machine is also a SLES 11SP3 but does not have a display aka 'X'
> on it so I have to use vm-install to install but I have to connect to the
> console using VNC but port is not exposed to outside the machine.
>
> Can you folks help and suggest any ideas ?
>
> -N
>
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