3.4 Memory Hotplug issue?

tomstephens89

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Mar 10, 2014
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Hi, when trying to enable memory hotplug on a VM (Windows Server 2012 R2 with VirtoIO drivers) I get the following error when trying to start the VM. The VM starts fine without memory hotplug.

The VM has 8 cores (2 sockets x 4 cores) and 42GB of memory.

Code:
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=tahoma]kvm_alloc_slot: no free slot available[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=tahoma]TASK ERROR: start failed: command '/usr/bin/kvm -id 104 -chardev 'socket,id=qmp,path=/var/run/qemu-server/104.qmp,server,nowait' -mon 'chardev=qmp,mode=control' -vnc unix:/var/run/qemu-server/104.vnc,x509,password -pidfile /var/run/qemu-server/104.pid -daemonize -smbios 'type=1,uuid=c6e5e231-d8e8-442e-be9b-2b888ce6c08b' -name oss-flt-esight1 -smp '8,sockets=2,cores=4,maxcpus=8' -nodefaults -boot 'menu=on,strict=on,reboot-timeout=1000' -vga std -no-hpet -cpu 'host,hv_spinlocks=0xffff,hv_relaxed,+x2apic' -m 'size=1024,slots=255,maxmem=4194304M' -object 'memory-backend-ram,size=512M,id=ram-node0' -numa 'node,nodeid=0,cpus=0-3,memdev=ram-node0' -object 'memory-backend-ram,size=512M,id=ram-node1' -numa 'node,nodeid=1,cpus=4-7,memdev=ram-node1' -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm0,size=512M' -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm0,memdev=mem-dimm0,node=0' -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm1,size=512M' -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm1,memdev=mem-dimm1,node=1' -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm2,size=512M' -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm2,memdev=mem-dimm2,node=0' -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm3,size=512M' -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm3,memdev=mem-dimm3,node=1' -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm4,size=512M' -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm4,memdev=mem-dimm4,node=0' -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm5,size=512M' -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm5,memdev=mem-dimm5,node=1' -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm6,size=512M' -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm6,memdev=mem-dimm6,node=0' -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm7,size=512M' -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm7,memdev=mem-dimm7,node=1' -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm8,size=512M' -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm8,memdev=mem-dimm8,node=0' -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm9,size=512M' -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm9,memdev=mem-dimm9,node=1' -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm10,size=512M' -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm10,memdev=mem-dimm10,node=0' -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm11,size=512M' -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm11,memdev=mem-dimm11,node=1' -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm12,size=512M' -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm12,memdev=mem-dimm12,node=0' -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm13,size=512M' -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm13,memdev=mem-dimm13,node=1' -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm14,size=512M' -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm14,memdev=mem-dimm14,node=0' -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm15,size=512M' -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm15,memdev=mem-dimm15,node=1' -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm16,size=512M' -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm16,memdev=mem-dimm16,node=0' -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm17,size=512M' -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm17,memdev=mem-dimm17,node=1' -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm18,size=512M' -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm18,memdev=mem-dimm18,node=0' -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm19,size=512M' -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm19,memdev=mem-dimm19,node=1' -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm20,size=512M' -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm20,memdev=mem-dimm20,node=0' -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm21,size=512M' -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm21,memdev=mem-dimm21,node=1' -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm22,size=512M' -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm22,memdev=mem-dimm22,node=0' -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm23,size=512M' -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm23,memdev=mem-dimm23,node=1' -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm24,size=512M' -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm24,memdev=mem-dimm24,node=0' -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm25,size=512M' -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm25,memdev=mem-dimm25,node=1' -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm26,size=512M' -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm26,memdev=mem-dimm26,node=0' -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm27,size=512M' -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm27,memdev=mem-dimm27,node=1' -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm28,size=512M' -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm28,memdev=mem-dimm28,node=0' -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm29,size=512M' -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm29,memdev=mem-dimm29,node=1' -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm30,size=512M' -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm30,memdev=mem-dimm30,node=0' -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm31,size=512M' -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm31,memdev=mem-dimm31,node=1' -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm32,size=1024M' -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm32,memdev=mem-dimm32,node=0' -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm33,size=1024M' -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm33,memdev=mem-dimm33,node=1' -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm34,size=1024M' -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm34,memdev=mem-dimm34,node=0' -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm35,size=1024M' -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm35,memdev=mem-dimm35,node=1' -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm36,size=1024M' -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm36,memdev=mem-dimm36,node=0' -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm37,size=1024M' -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm37,memdev=mem-dimm37,node=1' -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm38,size=1024M' -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm38,memdev=mem-dimm38,node=0' -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm39,size=1024M' -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm39,memdev=mem-dimm39,node=1' -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm40,size=1024M' -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm40,memdev=mem-dimm40,node=0' -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm41,size=1024M' -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm41,memdev=mem-dimm41,node=1' -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm42,size=1024M' -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm42,memdev=mem-dimm42,node=0' -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm43,size=1024M' -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm43,memdev=mem-dimm43,node=1' -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm44,size=1024M' -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm44,memdev=mem-dimm44,node=0' -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm45,size=1024M' -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm45,memdev=mem-dimm45,node=1' -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm46,size=1024M' -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm46,memdev=mem-dimm46,node=0' -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm47,size=1024M' -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm47,memdev=mem-dimm47,node=1' -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm48,size=1024M' -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm48,memdev=mem-dimm48,node=0' -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm49,size=1024M' -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm49,memdev=mem-dimm49,node=1' -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm50,size=1024M' -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm50,memdev=mem-dimm50,node=0' -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm51,size=1024M' -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm51,memdev=mem-dimm51,node=1' -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm52,size=1024M' -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm52,memdev=mem-dimm52,node=0' -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm53,size=1024M' -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm53,memdev=mem-dimm53,node=1' -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm54,size=1024M' -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm54,memdev=mem-dimm54,node=0' -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm55,size=1024M' -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm55,memdev=mem-dimm55,node=1' -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm56,size=1024M' -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm56,memdev=mem-dimm56,node=0' -k en-gb -device 'piix3-usb-uhci,id=uhci,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1.0x2' -device 'usb-tablet,id=tablet,bus=uhci.0,port=1' -device 'virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3' -iscsi 'initiator-name=iqn.1993-08.org.debian:01:a594aa17a89d' -drive 'file=/dev/vgp2000s01-01/vm-104-disk-1,if=none,id=drive-virtio1,aio=native,cache=none,detect-zeroes=on' -device 'virtio-blk-pci,drive=drive-virtio1,id=virtio1,bus=pci.0,addr=0xb' -drive 'if=none,id=drive-ide0,media=cdrom,aio=native' -device 'ide-cd,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0,id=ide0,bootindex=200' -drive 'file=/dev/vgp2000s01-02/vm-104-disk-1,if=none,id=drive-virtio0,aio=native,cache=none,detect-zeroes=on' -device 'virtio-blk-pci,drive=drive-virtio0,id=virtio0,bus=pci.0,addr=0xa,bootindex=101' -netdev 'type=tap,id=net0,ifname=tap104i0,script=/var/lib/qemu-server/pve-bridge,downscript=/var/lib/qemu-server/pve-bridgedown,vhost=on' -device 'virtio-net-pci,mac=0E:7E:C1:28:19:B9,netdev=net0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x12,id=net0,bootindex=300' -rtc 'driftfix=slew,base=localtime' -global 'kvm-pit.lost_tick_policy=discard'' failed: exit code 1[/FONT][/COLOR]

Can anyone help?
 

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