[libvirt] default storage pool will not start
Albert Hopkins
marduk at letterboxes.org
Sun Aug 1 03:15:21 UTC 2010
On Sun, 2010-08-01 at 12:21 +1000, Justin Clift wrote:
> No worries. As a start, so we have some idea of your set up and what
> might be happening:
Thanks for the reply. Here is the info you requested.
>
> + Which Linux distribution (and version) is this happening on?
Gentoo Linux x64 (Gentoo doesn't really have "versions" per-se)
> + Which version(s) of libvirt is installed?
libvirt 0.8.2
virt-manager 0.8.4
> If you're running on Fedora or RHEL, can you please do this and
> include
> the output in your reply?
>
> $ sudo ls -laR /etc/libvirt /var/lib/libvirt/
/etc/libvirt:
total 40
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Jul 14 06:54 .
drwxr-xr-x 79 root root 4096 Jul 31 22:34 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10231 Jul 14 06:53 libvirtd.conf
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 30 19:47 nwfilter
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jul 28 22:00 qemu
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6693 Jul 14 06:54 qemu.conf
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jul 31 22:48 storage
/etc/libvirt/nwfilter:
total 68
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 30 19:47 .
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Jul 14 06:54 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 92 Jul 30 19:47 allow-arp.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 841 Jul 30 19:47 allow-dhcp-server.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 695 Jul 30 19:47 allow-dhcp.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 100 Jul 30 19:47 allow-incoming-ipv4.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 94 Jul 30 19:47 allow-ipv4.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 667 Jul 30 19:47 clean-traffic.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1193 Jul 30 19:47 no-arp-spoofing.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 290 Jul 30 19:47 no-ip-multicast.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 216 Jul 30 19:47 no-ip-spoofing.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 269 Jul 30 19:47 no-mac-broadcast.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 161 Jul 30 19:47 no-mac-spoofing.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 247 Jul 30 19:47 no-other-l2-traffic.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 121 Jul 30 19:47 no-other-rarp-traffic.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 584 Jul 30 19:47 qemu-announce-self-rarp.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 432 Jul 30 19:47 qemu-announce-self.xml
/etc/libvirt/qemu:
total 52
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jul 28 22:00 .
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Jul 14 06:54 ..
-rw------- 1 root root 1432 Jul 27 23:16 TeamPlayer.xml
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 26 2010 autostart
-rw------- 1 root root 1039 Mar 5 19:22 centos54.xml
-rw------- 1 root root 1419 Mar 24 21:43 centos54mm.xml
-rw------- 1 root root 1683 Jul 30 21:01 gentoo-base.xml
-rw------- 1 root root 1542 Jul 11 10:41 gnome.xml
-rw------- 1 root root 1538 Jul 11 10:48 kde.xml
-rw------- 1 root root 1546 Jul 28 08:42 lodgeit.xml
-rw------- 1 root root 1116 Apr 8 19:26 mm2.xml
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Mar 13 22:19 networks
-rw------- 1 root root 1550 Jul 30 21:02 vmbuilder.xml
/etc/libvirt/qemu/autostart:
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 26 2010 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jul 28 22:00 ..
/etc/libvirt/qemu/networks:
total 16
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Mar 13 22:19 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jul 28 22:00 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 30 19:47 autostart
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 334 Mar 5 15:36 default.xml
/etc/libvirt/qemu/networks/autostart:
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 30 19:47 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Mar 13 22:19 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Jul 30 19:47 default.xml -> ../default.xml
/etc/libvirt/storage:
total 20
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jul 31 22:48 .
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Jul 14 06:54 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 31 07:49 autostart
-rw------- 1 root root 378 Jul 31 07:49 default.xml
-rw------- 1 root root 450 Jul 30 19:29 sda8.xml
/etc/libvirt/storage/autostart:
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 31 07:49 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jul 31 22:48 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 Jul 31 07:49 default.xml
-> /etc/libvirt/storage/default.xml
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 Jul 30 19:29 sda8.xml
-> /etc/libvirt/storage/sda8.xml
/var/lib/libvirt/:
total 28
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Jul 31 07:35 .
drwxr-xr-x 30 root root 4096 Jul 29 10:31 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 27 2010 boot
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 3 19:27 dnsmasq
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 31 08:13 images
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 31 22:44 network
drwxr-xr-x 4 root kvm 4096 Jul 31 22:50 qemu
/var/lib/libvirt/boot:
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 27 2010 .
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Jul 31 07:35 ..
/var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq:
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 3 19:27 .
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Jul 31 07:35 ..
/var/lib/libvirt/images:
total 9175980
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 31 08:13 .
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Jul 31 07:35 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root kvm 127598592 Jul 31 21:09 base.qcow
-rw-r--r-- 1 root kvm 269418496 Apr 28 21:46 centos54.qcow2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 508690432 Mar 29 22:47 centos54_x64-mm1.qcow2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 677904384 May 11 16:19 centos54mm.qcow2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root kvm 543752192 Jul 31 22:51 gnome.qcow
-rw-r--r-- 1 root kvm 655622144 Jul 31 21:04 kde.qcow
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 159449088 Jul 28 08:50 lodgeit.qcow
-rw-r--r-- 1 root kvm 153354240 Apr 16 15:29 lodgeit.qcow2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root kvm 5695275008 Jul 28 16:08 mm2.qcow2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root kvm 59113472 Mar 31 18:26 pypy.qcow
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 569507840 Jul 30 09:29 teamplayer.qcow
/var/lib/libvirt/network:
total 12
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 31 22:44 .
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Jul 31 07:35 ..
-rw------- 1 root root 312 Jul 31 21:19 default.xml
/var/lib/libvirt/qemu:
total 16
drwxr-xr-x 4 root kvm 4096 Jul 31 22:50 .
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Jul 31 07:35 ..
srwxr-xr-x 1 root kvm 0 Apr 28 20:51 centos54.monitor
srwxr-xr-x 1 root kvm 0 Mar 30 08:10 centostest01.monitor
srwxr-xr-x 1 root kvm 0 Mar 30 08:10 centostest02.monitor
srwxr-xr-x 1 root kvm 0 Mar 30 08:10 centostest03.monitor
srwxr-xr-x 1 root kvm 0 Mar 30 08:11 centostest04.monitor
srwxr-xr-x 1 root kvm 0 Jul 31 20:11 gentoo-base.monitor
srwxr-xr-x 1 root kvm 0 Jul 10 20:29 gentoo.monitor
srwxr-xr-x 1 root kvm 0 Jul 31 22:50 gnome.monitor
srwxr-xr-x 1 root kvm 0 Jul 31 15:05 kde.monitor
srwxr-xr-x 1 root kvm 0 Jul 28 15:14 mm2.monitor
srwxr-xr-x 1 root kvm 0 Mar 31 16:45 pypy.monitor
drwxr-xr-x 2 root kvm 4096 Jul 29 08:12 save
drwxr-xr-x 2 root kvm 4096 May 3 19:33 snapshot
/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/save:
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 2 root kvm 4096 Jul 29 08:12 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 root kvm 4096 Jul 31 22:50 ..
/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/snapshot:
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 2 root kvm 4096 May 3 19:33 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 root kvm 4096 Jul 31 22:50 ..
> On (recent) Fedora or RHEL, that will generally show the main files
> of
> interest, so help reduce the back-and-forth emailing. :)
>
> Also, is there a "default.xml" anywhere on your system?
> $ sudo locate default.xml | grep virt
> /etc/libvirt/storage/default.xml
> /etc/libvirt/storage/autostart/default.xml
/etc/libvirt/storage/default.xml
/etc/libvirt/storage/autostart/default.xml
/etc/libvirt/qemu/networks/default.xml
/etc/libvirt/qemu/networks/autostart/default.xml
/var/lib/libvirt/network/default.xml
> $ sudo ls -la /etc/libvirt/storage/default.xml
> /etc/libvirt/storage/autostart/default.xml
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 Jun 14 20:31
> /etc/libvirt/storage/autostart/default.xml ->
> /etc/libvirt/storage/default.xml
> -rw------- 1 root root 378 Jun 14
> 20:31 /etc/libvirt/storage/default.x
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 Jul 31
07:49 /etc/libvirt/storage/autostart/default.xml
-> /etc/libvirt/storage/default.xml
-rw------- 1 root root 378 Jul 31 07:49 /etc/libvirt/storage/default.xml
> ml
> $
>
> ???
>
> (Btw, the "sudo" is important for the "locate" command. It won't
> otherwise display files that are only accessible to the root user,
> thereby missing out on many libvirt ones.)
>
> Regards and best wishes,
>
> Justin Clift
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