Jim -

So here is an update: I have two problems, possibly related.

1) I applied the patch you emailed I applied the latest from CIM

As a result I get a request that starts, but never finishes executing.

The RequestStateChange starts with no errors, but the script just sits

there. Xm list shows the vm at a 'bp' state. If I crtl-C the script and try to run it again, I cannot get past the initial EnumerateInstanceNames at the beginning of the script. I have to ctrl-C openwbem. It's as if there's a locking/spinning issue somewhere.

2) In a possibly related story, I cannot get the embedded instance script

to work either. The setting he is looking for is CMPI_string or CMPI_instance, but not getting it (see ERROR)

If I use the pywbem which comes with my SUSE, I get this in the openwbem output CMPIMethodProviderProxy::invokeMethod() [INFO] [06/13/2007 12:18:18] 17404 --- Xen_VirtualSystemManagementService.c(749) : Entering InvokeMethod() [WARNING] [06/13/2007 12:18:18] 17404 --- Xen_VirtualSystemManagementService.c(750) : --- self="methodXen_VirtualSystemManagementService"

[WARNING] [06/13/2007 12:18:18] 17404 --- Xen_VirtualSystemManagementService.c(751) : --- context="** Object not

recognized (0x0x43002310) **"

[WARNING] [06/13/2007 12:18:18] 17404 --- Xen_VirtualSystemManagementService.c(752) : --- reference="/root/cimv2:Xen_VirtualSystemManagementService.CreationClas sName="Xen_VirtualSystemManagementService",SystemName="1089",Name="Xen Hypervisor",SystemCreationClassName="CIM_ComputerSystem""

[WARNING] [06/13/2007 12:18:18] 17404 --- Xen_VirtualSystemManagementService.c(753) : --- methodname="DefineSystem" [WARNING] [06/13/2007 12:18:18] 17404 --- Xen_VirtualSystemManagementService.c(754) : --- namespace="root/cimv2" [WARNING] [06/13/2007 12:18:18] 17404 --- Xen_VirtualSystemManagementService.c(762) : --- # argsin=3 [ERROR] [06/13/2007 12:18:18] 17404 --- Xen_VirtualSystemManagementService.c(827) : --- Invalid setting type -

UNKNOWN [INFO] [06/13/2007 12:18:18] 17404 --- Xen_VirtualSystemManagementService.c(1076) : Exiting InvokeMethod()=Failed [1124096320] XMLExecute::processSimpleReq caught

CIM exception: Code: 4 File: OW_CMPIMethodProviderProxy.cpp Line: 106 Message: invalid parameter passed to method (Invalid setting type)

I thought maybe this was an outdated pywbem. If I go to the latest from sourceforge, this is the output I get from the embedded script.

Calling DefineSystem to create a new VM ... Traceback (most recent call last): File "inst_embed_test.py", line 66, in ? (rval, out_params) = conn.InvokeMethod('DefineSystem', vsms[0], **in_params) File "/usr/local/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/pywbem/cim_operations.py", line 763, in InvokeMethod result = self.methodcall(MethodName, obj, **params) File "/usr/local/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/pywbem/cim_operations.py", line 262, in methodcall plist = [cim_xml.PARAMVALUE(x[0], paramvalue(x[1]), paramtype(x[1])) File "/usr/local/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/pywbem/cim_operations.py", line 260, in paramvalue raise TypeError('Unsupported parameter type "%s"' % type(obj)) TypeError: Unsupported parameter type "<type 'instance'>"

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If you have seen any of this before and have a fix, then please let me

know. What version is your Xen, SUSE, python, etc.? Maybe I can work

backwords from something that works.

Thanks, Luke