installing qemu-utils in 4.4 removes most of pve.

[mathx]

I accidentally didn't pay enough attention trying to get qemu-utils on the server.

TL;DR: DONT INSTALL QEMU-UTILS in 4.4

I installed pve from proxmox-ve_4.4-eb2d6f1e-2.iso

# pveversion
pve-manager/4.4-5/c43015a5 (running kernel: 4.4.19-1-pve)​

# apt-get install qemu-utils
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
libiscsi2 sharutils
Suggested packages:
debootstrap
The following packages will be REMOVED:
proxmox-ve pve-container pve-ha-manager pve-manager pve-qemu-kvm qemu-server spiceterm
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libiscsi2 qemu-utils sharutils
0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 7 to remove and 0 not upgraded.​

[etc... it removed those packages. ]

Restoring the missing packages from the official repo doesnt work either.

# apt-get install proxmox-ve pve-container pve-ha-manager pve-manager pve-qemu-kvm qemu-server spiceterm
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
libiscsi2 sharutils
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
pve-kernel-4.4.35-2-pve
The following packages will be REMOVED:
qemu-utils
The following NEW packages will be installed:
proxmox-ve pve-container pve-ha-manager pve-kernel-4.4.35-2-pve pve-manager pve-qemu-kvm qemu-server spiceterm
0 upgraded, 8 newly installed, 1 to remove and 22 not upgraded.
Need to get 54.9 MB of archives.
After this operation, 20.0 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
pve-kernel-4.4.35-2-pve pve-qemu-kvm pve-ha-manager qemu-server spiceterm pve-container pve-manager proxmox-ve
Install these packages without verification? [y/N] y
Get:1 http://download.proxmox.com/debian/ jessie/pve-no-subscription pve-kernel-4.4.35-2-pve amd64 4.4.35-78 [44.2 MB]
Get:2 http://download.proxmox.com/debian/ jessie/pve-no-subscription pve-qemu-kvm amd64 2.7.1-1 [5471 kB]
Get:3 http://download.proxmox.com/debian/ jessie/pve-no-subscription pve-ha-manager amd64 1.0-38 [50.9 kB]
Get:4 http://download.proxmox.com/debian/ jessie/pve-no-subscription qemu-server amd64 4.0-102 [140 kB]
Get:5 http://download.proxmox.com/debian/ jessie/pve-no-subscription spiceterm amd64 2.0-1 [49.1 kB]
Get:6 http://download.proxmox.com/debian/ jessie/pve-no-subscription pve-container all 1.0-90 [89.1 kB]
Get:7 http://download.proxmox.com/debian/ jessie/pve-no-subscription pve-manager amd64 4.4-5 [4915 kB]
Get:8 http://download.proxmox.com/debian/ jessie/pve-no-subscription proxmox-ve all 4.4-78 [6048 B]
Fetched 54.9 MB in 3s (14.7 MB/s)
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 37569 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing qemu-utils (1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u6) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.0.2-5) ...
Selecting previously unselected package pve-kernel-4.4.35-2-pve.
(Reading database ... 37557 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../pve-kernel-4.4.35-2-pve_4.4.35-78_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking pve-kernel-4.4.35-2-pve (4.4.35-78) ...
Selecting previously unselected package pve-qemu-kvm.
Preparing to unpack .../pve-qemu-kvm_2.7.1-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking pve-qemu-kvm (2.7.1-1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package pve-ha-manager.
Preparing to unpack .../pve-ha-manager_1.0-38_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking pve-ha-manager (1.0-38) ...
Selecting previously unselected package qemu-server.
Preparing to unpack .../qemu-server_4.0-102_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking qemu-server (4.0-102) ...
Selecting previously unselected package spiceterm.
Preparing to unpack .../spiceterm_2.0-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking spiceterm (2.0-1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package pve-container.
Preparing to unpack .../pve-container_1.0-90_all.deb ...
Unpacking pve-container (1.0-90) ...
Selecting previously unselected package pve-manager.
Preparing to unpack .../pve-manager_4.4-5_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking pve-manager (4.4-5) ...
Selecting previously unselected package proxmox-ve.
Preparing to unpack .../proxmox-ve_4.4-78_all.deb ...
Unpacking proxmox-ve (4.4-78) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.0.2-5) ...
Processing triggers for systemd (215-17+deb8u6) ...
Setting up pve-kernel-4.4.35-2-pve (4.4.35-78) ...
Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal 4.4.35-2-pve /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.35-2-pve
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 4.4.35-2-pve /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.35-2-pve
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.4.35-2-pve
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub 4.4.35-2-pve /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.35-2-pve
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.35-2-pve
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.4.35-2-pve
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: unknown filesystem.
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.19-1-pve
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.4.19-1-pve
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: unknown filesystem.
Found memtest86+ image: /ROOT/pve-1@/boot/memtest86+.bin
Found memtest86+ multiboot image: /ROOT/pve-1@/boot/memtest86+_multiboot.bin
done
Setting up pve-qemu-kvm (2.7.1-1) ...
Setting up spiceterm (2.0-1) ...
Setting up qemu-server (4.0-102) ...
Setting up pve-ha-manager (1.0-38) ...
Setting up pve-container (1.0-90) ...
Setting up pve-manager (4.4-5) ...
Job for pvedaemon.service failed. See 'systemctl status pvedaemon.service' and 'journalctl -xn' for details.
dpkg: error processing package pve-manager (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of proxmox-ve:
proxmox-ve depends on pve-manager; however:
Package pve-manager is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package proxmox-ve (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
pve-manager
proxmox-ve
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates/main amd64 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_jessie_updates_main_binary-amd64_Packages)
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates/contrib amd64 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_jessie_updates_contrib_binary-amd64_Packages)
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)​

As for why:

# systemctl status pvedaemon.service
* pvedaemon.service - PVE API Daemon
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/pvedaemon.service; enabled)
Active: active (running) (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2016-12-15 15:36:19 EST; 1 months 0 days ago
Process: 4411 ExecReload=/usr/bin/pvedaemon restart (code=exited, status=255)
Main PID: 3018 (pvedaemon)
CGroup: /system.slice/pvedaemon.service
|- 3018 pvedaemon
|-26466 pvedaemon worker
|-26854 pvedaemon worker
`-28490 pvedaemon worker

Jan 15 22:43:46 vespa pvedaemon[4411]: Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/API2/Cluster.pm line 15.
Jan 15 22:43:46 vespa pvedaemon[4411]: BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/API2/Cluster.pm line 15.
Jan 15 22:43:46 vespa pvedaemon[4411]: Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/API2.pm line 13.
Jan 15 22:43:46 vespa pvedaemon[4411]: BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/API2.pm line 13.
Jan 15 22:43:46 vespa pvedaemon[4411]: Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/Service/pvedaemon.pm line 8.
Jan 15 22:43:46 vespa pvedaemon[4411]: BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/Service/pvedaemon.pm line 8.
Jan 15 22:43:46 vespa pvedaemon[4411]: Compilation failed in require at /usr/bin/pvedaemon line 11.
Jan 15 22:43:46 vespa pvedaemon[4411]: BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/bin/pvedaemon line 11.
Jan 15 22:43:46 vespa systemd[1]: pvedaemon.service: control process exited, code=exited status=255
Jan 15 22:43:46 vespa systemd[1]: Reload failed for PVE API Daemon.

​

 

[wbumiller]

The tools provided by qemu-utils should be available by the pve-qemu-kvm package already. Is there anything you're missing?

 

[mathx]

Was trying to convert a qcow2, and accidentally followed old instructions that suggested installing qemu-utils - question is why can't I reinstall the removed packages now? I removed qemu-utils and reinstalled, but the failure as above.

 

[udo]

Hi,
how looks your pve-package?

On my home-system I have following installed:

dpkg -l | egrep "pve|proxmox"
ii  cgmanager  0.39-pve1  amd64  Central cgroup manager daemon
ii  corosync-pve  2.4.0-1  amd64  Standards-based cluster framework (daemon and modules)
ii  dmeventd  2:1.02.93-pve3  amd64  Linux Kernel Device Mapper event daemon
ii  dmsetup  2:1.02.93-pve3  amd64  Linux Kernel Device Mapper userspace library
ii  drbdmanage-proxmox  1.0-1  all  DRBD distributed resource management utility
ii  grub-common  2.02-pve5  amd64  GRand Unified Bootloader (common files)
ii  grub-efi-amd64-bin  2.02-pve5  amd64  GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (EFI-AMD64 binaries)
ii  grub-efi-ia32-bin  2.02-pve5  amd64  GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (EFI-IA32 binaries)
ii  grub-pc  2.02-pve5  amd64  GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (PC/BIOS version)
ii  grub-pc-bin  2.02-pve5  amd64  GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (PC/BIOS binaries)
ii  grub2-common  2.02-pve5  amd64  GRand Unified Bootloader (common files for version 2)
ii  libcgmanager0:amd64  0.39-pve1  amd64  Central cgroup manager daemon (client library)
ii  libcorosync4-pve  2.4.0-1  amd64  Standards-based cluster framework (libraries)
ii  libdevmapper-event1.02.1:amd64 2:1.02.93-pve3  amd64  Linux Kernel Device Mapper event support library
ii  libdevmapper1.02.1:amd64  2:1.02.93-pve3  amd64  Linux Kernel Device Mapper userspace library
ii  liblvm2app2.2:amd64  2.02.116-pve3  amd64  LVM2 application library
ii  liblvm2cmd2.02:amd64  2.02.116-pve3  amd64  LVM2 command library
ii  libnvpair1  0.6.5.8-pve13~bpo80  all  transitional package
ii  libnvpair1linux  0.6.5.8-pve13~bpo80  amd64  Solaris name-value library for Linux
ii  libpve-access-control  4.0-19  amd64  Proxmox VE access control library
ii  libpve-common-perl  4.0-85  all  Proxmox VE base library
ii  libpve-storage-perl  4.0-71  all  Proxmox VE storage management library
ii  libuutil1  0.6.5.8-pve13~bpo80  all  transitional package
ii  libuutil1linux  0.6.5.8-pve13~bpo80  amd64  Solaris userland utility library for Linux
ii  libzfs2  0.6.5.8-pve13~bpo80  all  transitional package
ii  libzfs2linux  0.6.5.8-pve13~bpo80  amd64  OpenZFS filesystem library for Linux
ii  libzpool2  0.6.5.8-pve13~bpo80  all  transitional package
ii  libzpool2linux  0.6.5.8-pve13~bpo80  amd64  OpenZFS pool library for Linux
ii  lvm2  2.02.116-pve3  amd64  Linux Logical Volume Manager
ii  lxc-pve  2.0.6-5  amd64  Linux containers usersapce tools
ii  lxcfs  2.0.5-pve2  amd64  LXC userspace filesystem
ii  novnc-pve  0.5-8  amd64  HTML5 VNC client
ii  proxmox-ve  4.4-77  all  The Proxmox Virtual Environment
ii  pve-cluster  4.0-48  amd64  Cluster Infrastructure for Proxmox Virtual Environment
ii  pve-container  1.0-90  all  Proxmox VE Container management tool
ii  pve-docs  4.4-1  all  Proxmox VE Documentation
ii  pve-firewall  2.0-33  amd64  Proxmox VE Firewall
ii  pve-firmware  1.1-10  all  Binary firmware code for the pve-kernel
ii  pve-ha-manager  1.0-38  amd64  Proxmox VE HA Manager
ii  pve-kernel-4.4.35-1-pve  4.4.35-77  amd64  The Proxmox PVE Kernel Image
rc  pve-kernel-4.4.6-1-pve  4.4.6-48  amd64  The Proxmox PVE Kernel Image
ii  pve-libspice-server1  0.12.8-1  amd64  SPICE remote display system server library
ii  pve-manager  4.4-5  amd64  The Proxmox Virtual Environment
ii  pve-qemu-kvm  2.7.0-10  amd64  Full virtualization on x86 hardware
ii  smartmontools  6.5+svn4324-1~pve80  amd64  control and monitor storage systems using S.M.A.R.T.
ii  spl  0.6.5.8-pve7~bpo80  amd64  Solaris Porting Layer user-space utilities for Linux
ii  tar  1.27.1+pve.3  amd64  GNU version of the tar archiving utility
ii  zfs-initramfs  0.6.5.8-pve13~bpo80  all  OpenZFS root filesystem capabilities for Linux - initramfs
ii  zfs-zed  0.6.5.8-pve13~bpo80  amd64  OpenZFS Event Daemon
ii  zfsutils  0.6.5.8-pve13~bpo80  all  transitional package
ii  zfsutils-linux  0.6.5.8-pve13~bpo80  amd64  command-line tools to manage OpenZFS filesystems

manual install all missing (or rc ) packages (except old kernels ;-) )

Udo