VIAVI TestCenter Virtual QEMU - Why do I get an Application Error from the GUI, that my QEMU virtual ports failed to reserve.
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VIAVI TestCenter Virtual QEMU - Why do I get an Application Error from the GUI, that my QEMU virtual ports failed to reserve.
This error is caused by the QEMU port group size not being set correctly when the VM is started:
In this example, the port group size is set to 6 when the QEMU VM is started. Once the QEMU VM is up, you can log into the VM and see that the port group size is set to 1 (auto):
To correct this problem, simply use the "portgroupsize" command to change the port groupsize to the correct size ("6" for this example):
And perfrom an "activate" and "reboot" to lock in the new settings, and reboot the VM. You should now be able to reserve your QEMU VM ports: