# Adding Raw Data to VM Templates - SMBIOS

**URL:** <https://forum.opennebula.io/t/adding-raw-data-to-vm-templates-smbios/14181>\
**Category:** Operations\
**Created:** [August 14, 2025, 12:59pm UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/adding-raw-data-to-vm-templates-smbios/14181 "2025-08-14T12:59:47Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 14, 2025, 12:59pm UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/adding-raw-data-to-vm-templates-smbios/14181/1 "2025-08-14T12:59:47Z")

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Hello

i am testing out how to pass some SMBIOS information to the guest vms using the RAW Data section of the OS & CPU section of a VM Template.

Right now i am just trying to pass some information to block 11 of SMBIOS (dmidecode --type 11) which is the oemStrings to see if it woudl work. As per [libvirt: Domain XML format](https://libvirt.org/formatdomain.html) , this could contain arbitrary data.

See current VM template below.

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/opennebula/original/2X/5/59b2a3dda86cfdcfb459f1aefd664af78defbd38.png)

```auto
{
  "CONTEXT": {
    "NETWORK": "YES",
    "PASSWORD": "OgCVPM6rmNBt/2PmmFCpcQ==",
    "REPORT_READY": "NO",
    "SET_HOSTNAME": "$NAME",
    "SSH_PUBLIC_KEY": "$USER[SSH_PUBLIC_KEY]",
    "TOKEN": "NO",
    "USERNAME": "admin"
  },
  "CPU": "1",
  "DISK": {
    "IMAGE_ID": "0"
  },
  "GRAPHICS": {
    "LISTEN": "0.0.0.0",
    "TYPE": "vnc"
  },
  "HYPERVISOR": "kvm",
  "LOGO": "images/logos/linux.png",
  "LXD_SECURITY_PRIVILEGED": "true",
  "MEMORY": "256",
  "NIC": {
    "NETWORK": "public_vnet",
    "NETWORK_ID": "4",
    "NETWORK_UID": "0",
    "NETWORK_UNAME": "oneadmin"
  },
  "NIC_DEFAULT": {
    "MODEL": "virtio"
  },
  "OS": {
    "ARCH": "x86_64"
  },
  "RAW": {
    "DATA": "<sysinfo type='smbios'>\n <oemStrings>\n <entry>foo: bar</entry>\n <entry>hello: world</entry>\n <entry>sneed: feed</entry>\n </oemStrings>\n</sysinfo>",
    "TYPE": "kvm",
    "VALIDATE": "YES"
  },
  "SCHED_REQUIREMENTS": "HYPERVISOR=kvm"
}

```

Upon instantiating the vm, and checking `dmidecode –type 11` , i dont see the oemstring that i have set in the template.

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/opennebula/original/2X/b/b4b0b141e4e4e51fd5d67646f0adcf2e37b3ff14.png)

Also another thing i noticed, upon instantiating the vm, i dont see the information ive conigured in the vm template reflecting on the curren vm configuration as seen here

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/opennebula/original/2X/3/300d3bc8fbaff8312126a491ab93bc51bdb410a0.png)

Thoughts on what possibly is the mistake here? Thanks in advance!  
(P.S.

Testing it out on both 6.10.0.1 and 6.99 (minione). Although in 6.10.0.1, i could see the RAW data in the VM configuration although it doesn’t reflect inside the dmidecode. )

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**Post date:** [August 18, 2025, 8:59am UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/adding-raw-data-to-vm-templates-smbios/14181/2 "2025-08-18T08:59:49Z")

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Could you check the VM’s domain xml what is passed to the libvirt? The generated file should be located on the KVM host in /var/lib/one/datastores/${SYSTEM\_DS\_ID}/${VM\_ID}/deployment.X (look at the file with the highest X)

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**Post date:** [August 18, 2025, 11:32am UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/adding-raw-data-to-vm-templates-smbios/14181/3 "2025-08-18T11:32:38Z")

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```auto
<domain type='kvm' xmlns:qemu='http://libvirt.org/schemas/domain/qemu/1.0'>
        <name>one-182</name>
        <title>Debian 12-182</title>
        <uuid>49106190-2618-4556-84e2-68797bcf0fd1</uuid>
        <vcpu current='1'><![CDATA[16]]></vcpu>
        <cputune>
                <shares>100</shares>
        </cputune>
        <memory>1048576</memory>
        <os>
                <type arch='x86_64'>hvm</type>
        </os>
        <cpu mode='host-passthrough'>
        </cpu>
        <devices>
                <emulator><![CDATA[/usr/bin/qemu-kvm-one]]></emulator>
                <disk type='file' device='disk'>
                        <source file='/var/lib/one//datastores/104/182/disk.0.snap/0'/>
                        <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
                        <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2' cache='none' discard='unmap'/>
                </disk>
                <disk type='file' device='cdrom'>
                        <source file='/var/lib/one//datastores/104/182/disk.1'/>
                        <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
                        <readonly/>
                        <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
                </disk>
                <controller type='scsi' index='0' model='virtio-scsi'>
                        <driver queues='1'/>
                </controller>
                <interface type='bridge'>
                        <source bridge='onbr0'/>
                        <mac address='02:00:0a:01:33:0b'/>
                        <target dev='one-182-0'/>
                        <model type='virtio'/>
                        <bandwidth>
                                <outbound average='2048'/>
                        </bandwidth>
                </interface>
                <graphics type='vnc' listen='0.0.0.0' port='6082'/>
        </devices>
        <features>
                <acpi/>
        </features>
        <devices>
                <channel type='unix'>
                        <source mode='bind'/><target type='virtio' name='org.qemu.guest_agent.0'/>
                </channel>
        </devices>
        <sysinfo type='smbios'><oemStrings><entry>myappname:test</entry></oemStrings></sysinfo>
        <metadata>
                <one:vm xmlns:one="http://opennebula.org/xmlns/libvirt/1.0">
                        <one:system_datastore><![CDATA[/var/lib/one//datastores/104/182]]></one:system_datastore>
                        <one:name><![CDATA[Debian 12-182]]></one:name>
                        <one:uname><![CDATA[oneadmin]]></one:uname>
                        <one:uid>0</one:uid>
                        <one:gname><![CDATA[oneadmin]]></one:gname>
                        <one:gid>0</one:gid>
                        <one:opennebula_version>6.10.0.1</one:opennebula_version>
                        <one:stime>1755516132</one:stime>
                        <one:deployment_time>1755516142</one:deployment_time>
                </one:vm>
        </metadata>
</domain>

```

Hi Anton, heres’s the contents of the “deployment.0” file

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> [@quasiqloud](#):
>
> ```auto
> <sysinfo type='smbios'><oemStrings><entry>myappname:test</entry></oemStrings></sysinfo>
> 
> ```

This does not match the RAW section from the previous comment. Some consistency in the comments will help.  
For example, the following piece in the the VM xml:

```auto
  <sysinfo type='smbios'>
    <oemStrings>
      <entry>foo:bar</entry>
      <entry>second: spaced</entry>
      <entry>third:value</entry>
    </oemStrings>
  </sysinfo>

```

Is shown in the VM as follows:

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/opennebula/original/2X/3/3dda322dbfcaf4a8a74b7ae384b23d5fa143c03e.png)

Hope this helps,  
Anton Todorov

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**Post date:** [August 18, 2025, 2:56pm UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/adding-raw-data-to-vm-templates-smbios/14181/5 "2025-08-18T14:56:26Z")

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Oh right, sorry. The domain pasted earlier was from a 6.10.0.1 installation.

Here’s the one from minione v6.99 (well as i mentioned in my OP, with 6.99, it doesnt even show up in the vm configuration)

```xml
<domain type='qemu' xmlns:qemu='http://libvirt.org/schemas/domain/qemu/1.0'>
        <name>one-63</name>
        <title>Alpine Linux 3.20-63</title>
        <uuid>27773526-6411-4f4c-9f22-2aa8679a418e</uuid>
        <cputune>
                <shares>100</shares>
        </cputune>
        <memory>262144</memory>
        <os>
                <type arch='x86_64'>hvm</type>
        </os>
        <devices>
                <emulator><![CDATA[/usr/bin/qemu-kvm-one]]></emulator>
                <disk type='file' device='disk'>
                        <source file='/var/lib/one//datastores/0/63/disk.0.snap/0'/>
                        <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
                        <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2' cache='none' discard='unmap'/>
                </disk>
                <disk type='file' device='cdrom'>
                        <source file='/var/lib/one//datastores/0/63/disk.1'/>
                        <target dev='sda'/>
                        <readonly/>
                        <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
                </disk>
                <controller type='scsi' index='0' model='virtio-scsi'>
                        <driver queues='1'/>
                </controller>
                <interface type='bridge'>
                        <source bridge='br-pub'/>
                        <mac address='02:00:0a:14:1e:9b'/>
                        <target dev='one-63-0'/>
                        <model type='virtio'/>
                </interface>
                <graphics type='vnc' listen='0.0.0.0' port='5963'/>
        </devices>
        <features>
                <acpi/>
        </features>
        <devices>
                <channel type='unix'>
                        <source mode='bind'/><target type='virtio' name='org.qemu.guest_agent.0'/>
                </channel>
        </devices>

        <metadata>
                <one:vm xmlns:one="http://opennebula.org/xmlns/libvirt/1.0">
                        <one:system_datastore><![CDATA[/var/lib/one//datastores/0/63]]></one:system_datastore>
                        <one:name><![CDATA[Alpine Linux 3.20-63]]></one:name>
                        <one:uname><![CDATA[oneadmin]]></one:uname>
                        <one:uid>0</one:uid>
                        <one:gname><![CDATA[oneadmin]]></one:gname>
                        <one:gid>0</one:gid>
                        <one:opennebula_version>6.99.90</one:opennebula_version>
                        <one:stime>1755528755</one:stime>
                        <one:deployment_time>1755528757</one:deployment_time>
                </one:vm>
        </metadata>
</domain>

```

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**Post date:** [August 18, 2025, 3:07pm UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/adding-raw-data-to-vm-templates-smbios/14181/6 "2025-08-18T15:07:25Z")

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Please show your VM Template contents with `onevm show <vm_template_id>`. Ideally use a 7.0 instead of devel 6.99.

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**Post date:** [August 18, 2025, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/adding-raw-data-to-vm-templates-smbios/14181/7 "2025-08-18T15:12:21Z")

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Hello,

Here the output of the onetemplate command

```auto
oneadmin@vm-openneb-v7:~/datastores/0/63$ onetemplate list
  ID USER GROUP NAME REGTIME
   2 oneadmin oneadmin Debian 12 07/20 12:26:11
   1 oneadmin oneadmin Service Virtual Router 07/09 13:48:45
   0 oneadmin oneadmin Alpine Linux 3.20 07/02 07:00:18
oneadmin@vm-openneb-v7:~/datastores/0/63$ onetemplate show 0
TEMPLATE 0 INFORMATION
ID : 0
NAME : Alpine Linux 3.20
USER : oneadmin
GROUP : oneadmin
LOCK : None
REGISTER TIME : 07/02 07:00:18

PERMISSIONS
OWNER : um-
GROUP : ---
OTHER : ---

TEMPLATE CONTENTS
CONTEXT=[
  NETWORK="YES",
  PASSWORD="OgCVPM6rmNBt/2PmmFCpcQ==",
  REPORT_READY="NO",
  SET_HOSTNAME="$NAME",
  SSH_PUBLIC_KEY="$USER[SSH_PUBLIC_KEY]",
  TOKEN="NO",
  USERNAME="admin" ]
CPU="1"
DISK=[
  IMAGE_ID="0" ]
FEATURES=[
  GUEST_AGENT="yes" ]
GRAPHICS=[
  LISTEN="0.0.0.0",
  TYPE="vnc" ]
HYPERVISOR="kvm"
LOGO="images/logos/linux.png"
LXD_SECURITY_PRIVILEGED="true"
MEMORY="256"
NIC=[
  NETWORK="public_vnet",
  NETWORK_ID="4",
  NETWORK_UID="0",
  NETWORK_UNAME="oneadmin" ]
NIC_DEFAULT=[
  MODEL="virtio" ]
OS=[
  ARCH="x86_64" ]
RAW=[
  DATA="<sysinfo type='smbios'>
        <oemStrings>
                <entry>foo: bar</entry>
                <entry>hello: world</entry>
                <entry>sneed: feed</entry>
        </oemStrings>
</sysinfo>",
  TYPE="kvm",
  VALIDATE="YES" ]
SCHED_REQUIREMENTS="HYPERVISOR=kvm"

```

And heres something from the onevm show

```auto
oneadmin@vm-openneb-v7:~/datastores/0/63$ onevm list
  ID USER GROUP NAME STAT CPU MEM HOST TIME
  63 oneadmin oneadmin Alpine Linux 3.20-63 runn 1 256M localhost 0d 00h18
oneadmin@vm-openneb-v7:~/datastores/0/63$ onevm show 0
VIRTUAL MACHINE 0 INFORMATION
ID : 0
NAME : vm-alpine-linux-01
USER : oneadmin
GROUP : oneadmin
STATE : DONE
LCM_STATE : LCM_INIT
LOCK : None
RESCHED : No
START TIME : 07/09 13:42:48
END TIME : 07/09 13:46:25
DEPLOY ID : 3fec46a0-3b2d-43a9-97ea-244b6a251777

VIRTUAL MACHINE MONITORING [-]
METRIC VALUE FORECAST FORECAST_FAR
CPU - - -
MEMORY - - -
NETTX - - -
NETTX_BW - - -
NETRX - - -
NETRX_BW - - -
DISKRDBYTES - - -
DISKRDBYTES_BW - - -
DISKRDIOPS - - -
DISKRDIOPS_BW - - -
DISKWRBYTES - - -
DISKWRBYTES_BW - - -
DISKWRIOPS_BW - - -
DISKWRIOPS - - -

PERMISSIONS
OWNER : um-
GROUP : ---
OTHER : ---

VM DISKS
 ID DATASTORE TARGET IMAGE SIZE TYPE SAVE
  0 default vda Alpine Linux 3.20 -/512M file NO
  1 - sda CONTEXT -/- - -

VM NICS
 ID NETWORK BRIDGE IP MAC PCI_ID
  0 vnet minionebr 172.16.100.2 02:00:ac:10:64:02

SECURITY

NIC_ID NETWORK SECURITY_GROUPS
     0 vnet 0

SECURITY GROUP TYPE PROTOCOL NETWORK RANGE
  ID NAME VNET START SIZE
   0 default OUTBOUND ALL
   0 default INBOUND ALL

VIRTUAL MACHINE HISTORY
SEQ UID REQ HOST ACTION DS START TIME PROLOG
  0 0 2464 localhost terminate 0 07/09 13:42:51 0d 00h03m 0h00m02s

USER TEMPLATE
HYPERVISOR="kvm"
LOGO="images/logos/linux.png"
LXD_SECURITY_PRIVILEGED="true"
SCHED_REQUIREMENTS="HYPERVISOR=kvm"

VIRTUAL MACHINE TEMPLATE
AUTOMATIC_DS_REQUIREMENTS="(\"CLUSTERS/ID\" @> 0)"
AUTOMATIC_NIC_REQUIREMENTS="(\"CLUSTERS/ID\" @> 0)"
AUTOMATIC_REQUIREMENTS="(CLUSTER_ID = 0) & !(PIN_POLICY = PINNED)"
CONTEXT=[
  DISK_ID="1",
  ETH0_DNS="172.16.100.1",
  ETH0_EXTERNAL="",
  ETH0_GATEWAY="172.16.100.1",
  ETH0_IP="172.16.100.2",
  ETH0_IP6="",
  ETH0_IP6_GATEWAY="",
  ETH0_IP6_METHOD="",
  ETH0_IP6_METRIC="",
  ETH0_IP6_PREFIX_LENGTH="",
  ETH0_IP6_ULA="",
  ETH0_MAC="02:00:ac:10:64:02",
  ETH0_MASK="",
  ETH0_METHOD="",
  ETH0_METRIC="",
  ETH0_MTU="",
  ETH0_NETWORK="",
  ETH0_SEARCH_DOMAIN="",
  ETH0_VLAN_ID="",
  ETH0_VROUTER_IP="",
  ETH0_VROUTER_IP6="",
  ETH0_VROUTER_MANAGEMENT="",
  NETWORK="YES",
  ONEGATE_ENDPOINT="http://172.16.100.1:5030",
  PASSWORD="D5oZKLfo32m3ko1nmAHB5w==",
  REPORT_READY="YES",
  SSH_PUBLIC_KEY="ssh-rsa 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 oneadmin@vm-openneb-v7
ssh-rsa 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 root@vm-openneb-v7",
  TARGET="sda",
  TOKEN="YES",
  USERNAME="admin",
  VMID="0" ]
CPU="1"
CREATED_BY="0"
GRAPHICS=[
  LISTEN="0.0.0.0",
  TYPE="vnc" ]
MEMORY="256"
NIC_DEFAULT=[
  MODEL="virtio" ]
OS=[
  ARCH="x86_64",
  UUID="3fec46a0-3b2d-43a9-97ea-244b6a251777" ]
TEMPLATE_ID="0"
TM_MAD_SYSTEM="qcow2"
VMID="0"

```

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**Post date:** [August 18, 2025, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/adding-raw-data-to-vm-templates-smbios/14181/8 "2025-08-18T15:42:47Z")

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While looking into this I found [a bug](https://github.com/OpenNebula/one/issues/7200) related to the web interface where it swallows the whole RAW section, exactly as you seem to have. Since you showcase a picture of FireEdge Sunstone in your initial report, this is likely what is happening to you. Please use the CLI and check if your RAW as Anton suggested appears.

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**Author:** ![quasiqloud](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.opennebula.io/quasiqloud/32/8726_2.png) [@quasiqloud](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/quasiqloud)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2025, 5:20pm UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/adding-raw-data-to-vm-templates-smbios/14181/9 "2025-08-18T17:20:00Z")

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Thank you for the information! I tried instantiating the vm through the cli and i could now see the RAW data being passed.

```auto
oneadmin@vm-openneb-v7:~/datastores/0/64$ cat deployment.0
<domain type='qemu' xmlns:qemu='http://libvirt.org/schemas/domain/qemu/1.0'>
        <name>one-64</name>
        <title>Alpine Linux 3.20-64</title>
        <uuid>50687a63-6148-4bea-9eb7-5f032e8a4a1f</uuid>
        <cputune>
                <shares>100</shares>
        </cputune>
        <memory>262144</memory>
        <os>
                <type arch='x86_64'>hvm</type>
        </os>
        <devices>
                <emulator><![CDATA[/usr/bin/qemu-kvm-one]]></emulator>
                <disk type='file' device='disk'>
                        <source file='/var/lib/one//datastores/0/64/disk.0.snap/0'/>
                        <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
                        <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2' cache='none' discard='unmap'/>
                </disk>
                <disk type='file' device='cdrom'>
                        <source file='/var/lib/one//datastores/0/64/disk.1'/>
                        <target dev='sda'/>
                        <readonly/>
                        <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
                </disk>
                <controller type='scsi' index='0' model='virtio-scsi'>
                        <driver queues='1'/>
                </controller>
                <interface type='bridge'>
                        <source bridge='br-pub'/>
                        <mac address='02:00:0a:14:1e:9c'/>
                        <target dev='one-64-0'/>
                        <model type='virtio'/>
                </interface>
                <graphics type='vnc' listen='0.0.0.0' port='5964'/>
        </devices>
        <features>
                <acpi/>
        </features>
        <devices>
                <channel type='unix'>
                        <source mode='bind'/><target type='virtio' name='org.qemu.guest_agent.0'/>
                </channel>
        </devices>
        <sysinfo type='smbios'>
        <oemStrings>
                <entry>foo: bar</entry>
                <entry>hello: world</entry>
                <entry>sneed: feed</entry>
        </oemStrings>
</sysinfo>
        <metadata>
                <one:vm xmlns:one="http://opennebula.org/xmlns/libvirt/1.0">
                        <one:system_datastore><![CDATA[/var/lib/one//datastores/0/64]]></one:system_datastore>
                        <one:name><![CDATA[Alpine Linux 3.20-64]]></one:name>
                        <one:uname><![CDATA[oneadmin]]></one:uname>
                        <one:uid>0</one:uid>
                        <one:gname><![CDATA[oneadmin]]></one:gname>
                        <one:gid>0</one:gid>
                        <one:opennebula_version>6.99.90</one:opennebula_version>
                        <one:stime>1755536877</one:stime>
                        <one:deployment_time>1755536884</one:deployment_time>
                </one:vm>
        </metadata>
</domain>

```

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/opennebula/original/2X/0/0a161c9c7286e81fdd93d7e49b2607f14ede2d49.png)

However, dmidecode doesn’t really show the that i tried to pass. i expect it would show up when running `dmidecode --type 11` but unfortunately i dont see it.

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/opennebula/original/2X/f/fa8cd43f0af97ace4dc90cbf4c81f0f00b9282f7.png)

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**Post date:** [September 17, 2025, 5:20pm UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/adding-raw-data-to-vm-templates-smbios/14181/10 "2025-09-17T17:20:43Z")

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