[libvirt] Virt-install Error on Centos 5.4 64bit and kvm

[Cristian Rojas]

Hi everyone:

using this command to install a kvm virtual machine:

virt-install --connect qemu:///system \
--name p3k0401 \
--ram 2048 \
--file //dev/VolGroup01/p3k0401logvol \
--accelerate \
-s 10 \
--nographics \
--hvm \
--location='http://10.1.4.80'

I get:

Starting install...
Retrieving file vmlinuz... | 1.8 MB 00:00
Retrieving file initrd.img... | 7.1 MB 00:00
ERROR internal error Domain p3k0401 didn't show up

Domain installation may not have been
successful. If it was, you can restart your domain
by running 'virsh start p3k0401'; otherwise, please
restart your installation.
ERROR internal error Domain p3k0401 didn't show up
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/sbin/virt-install", line 889, in ?
main()
File "/usr/sbin/virt-install", line 751, in main
start_time, guest.start_install)
File "/usr/sbin/virt-install", line 813, in do_install
dom = install_func(conscb, progresscb, wait=(not wait))
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line 541, in
start_install
return self._do_install(consolecb, meter, removeOld, wait)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line 633, in
_do_install
self.domain = self.conn.createLinux(install_xml, 0)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 974, in
createLinux
if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virDomainCreateLinux() failed',
conn=self)
libvirtError: internal error Domain p3k0401 didn't show up


On the /var/log/libvirt/qemu/p3k0401.log:

LC_ALL=C PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin HOME=/
/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 -S -M rhel5.4.0 -m 1024 -smp 1 -name p3k0401
-uuid 7658c102-0738-724c-40eb-e1c58b2c2369 -domid 3 -nographic -monitor
pty -pidfile /var/run/libvirt/qemu//p3k0401.pid -no-reboot -boot c
-kernel /var/lib/libvirt/boot/virtinst-vmlinuz.O_SOVo -initrd
/var/lib/libvirt/boot/virtinst-initrd.img.0ba0Fp -append
method=http://10.1.4.80  -drive
file=//dev/VolGroup01/p3k0401logvol,if=ide,index=0,cache=none -net
nic,macaddr=54:52:00:15:c4:50,vlan=0 -net
tap,fd=16,script=,vlan=0,ifname=vnet0 -serial pty -parallel none -usb
Supported machines are:
pc Standard PC (alias of pc-0.12)
pc-0.12 Standard PC (default)
pc-0.11 Standard PC, qemu 0.11
pc-0.10 Standard PC, qemu 0.10
isapc ISA-only PC
xenpv Xen Para-virtualized PC


And my packages installed:

# rpm -qa | grep qemu
qemu-0.12.4-1.el5.rf

# rpm -qa | grep kvm
etherboot-zroms-kvm-5.4.4-13.el5.centos
kmod-kvm-83-164.el5_5.12
kvm-83-164.el5_5.12

# rpm -qa | grep libvirt
libvirt-0.6.3-33.el5_5.1
libvirt-0.6.3-33.el5_5.1
libvirt-python-0.6.3-33.el5_5.1

# uname -a
Linux gs1p304 2.6.18-164.el5 #1 SMP Thu Sep 3 03:28:30 EDT 2009 x86_64
x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Please any pointer is appreciated...

Thanks

Cris