Ah - I think this is where the issue lies...

I can't resolve the ip of the node .....

i.e the node only has a LAN address  -  the desktop i'm connecting from in not connected to that LAN.

All the 3 server can resolve host names as they are in the LAN - however external connections cannot resolv the node (as that only has a LAN IP)

Can you suggest how I can fix this - I could re-install the node with an external ip - but that will be slower... (I want to use the giagbit switch I have..)

Regards

On 2 March 2012 11:57, Andrew Cathrow <acathrow@redhat.com> wrote:

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Morgan Cox" <morgancoxuk@gmail.com>

> To: "Andrew Cathrow" <acathrow@redhat.com>
> Sent: Friday, March 2, 2012 4:38:47 AM
> Subject: Re: [Users] Can anyone help? Spice not connecting - I have spice-xpi installed.
>
> When you say client do you mean my desktop ?
>
> If so no it can't.
>
> The DNS is setup using LAN ip's on the frontend (server 1) all
> servers can resolv each other
>
> So do I need to ensure that my desktop can connect to the DNS for the
> node?
>

The client (your desktop) needs to be able to resolve the hostname of the hypervisor host - the ovirt node.

can you add an entry to the hosts file on your desktop with the hostname of the hypervisor host and it's IP address.

> Cheers
>
>
> On 2 March 2012 03:10, Andrew Cathrow < acathrow@redhat.com > wrote:
>
>
> The webui will write out a hostname and port number to connect to.
> Can your client resolve the ovirt node's name?
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Morgan Cox" < morgancoxuk@gmail.com >
> > To: users@ovirt.org
> > Sent: Thursday, March 1, 2012 8:00:02 PM
> > Subject: [Users] Can anyone help? Spice not connecting - I have
> > spice-xpi installed.
> >
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > I have been trying for hours to install a vm in Ovirt and having no
> > joy., Spice is not working - I just get a black popup window
> >
> > I am connecting from a Fedora16 desktop - I have spice-XPI
> > installed.
> > can see 'press Shift+f12' to release mouse.... etc.
> >
> > My setup :-
> >
> > I have a 3 server setup
> > - 1. Ovirt engine (Lan address + external address)
> > - 2. Storage node - NFS server (LAN address and external address)
> > - 3. Ovirt node (from the node .iso) - only LAN address
> >
> > The Engine server is a default FC16 install. the node is from the
> > ovirt node .iso.
> >
> > I don't think its firewall related - I tried disabling firewalls on
> > all servers.
> >
> > Once I try spice the icon is greyed out afterwards.
> >
> > In IRC it was suggested to run Bind from server 1 - I have done
> > that
> > and added DNS entrys in the LAN range for all 3 servers - all 3
> > servers are using bind from server1 as their only nameserver in
> > resolv.conf
> >
> > I am trying to connect from my Fedora16 Desktop
> >
> > When I try to connect I see in /var/log/messages
> >
> > Mar 1 19:34:43 fedora16 spice: Warning: failed to connect:
> > Connection
> > timed out (110)
> >
> > Any ideas how to investigate this further.
> >
> > I am dying to test out a VM but with no spice I am presently unable
> > to...
> >
> > Any ideas will be welcomed - i'm 1/2 thinking about re-installing
> > with all external ips (but that will make transfer speeds slower..)
> >
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