[Pkg-xen-devel] [Xen-users] Recent hypervisor update on Debian Wheezy breaks domU networking

[Ian Campbell]

On Mon, 2013-02-18 at 13:51 +0000, Gavin wrote:


> I managed to get iDRAC console access and on further inspection it
> appears that grub first boots xen-4.1-amd64.gz and then the Linux
> kernel.

Correct.

> When I updated the Xen Hypervisor does it not also upgrade the
> xen-4.1-amd64.gz file ?? 

Yes. Unless the version number changes in which case you get a new file
in addition to the older version, but that doesn't apply here.

> Are there any better ways to trace where this arp reply is being lost
> apart from just tcpdump ? 

tcpdump is what I would use.

> <stumped! />

If the kenrel hasn't changed and you are 100% sure the network
configuration before and after the reboot is the same then so am I.

All I can suggest is to reinstall the previous version of Xen.

Ian.



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