[libvirt-users] Error creating a new vm

[Anthony Davis]

Hi,

I wonder if anyone can help me with this, I have been trying to get a vm up and running for a while now and cant for the life of me work out why it isnt working. The errors I get arnt very helpful and im at a loss as how to debug this any further.

Here is the command and output that I get...(Also nothing shows up with virsh list --all after so its starting to install then dropping out)

Hope someone can help. Thanks!

[root at server ~]# /usr/bin/virt-install -n test01 -r 512 --os-variant=virtio26 -l http://172.16.0.100/iso/centos-5.5/ --nographics --noautoconsole --disk path=/dev/vg_storage/test01, bus=virtio -w bridge:br0 -x "console=ttyS0 ks=http://172.16.0.100/ks/ks-vm.cfg" -d -v
Sun, 19 Dec 2010 20:45:05 DEBUG    Requesting libvirt URI default
Sun, 19 Dec 2010 20:45:05 DEBUG    Received libvirt URI 'qemu:///system'
Sun, 19 Dec 2010 20:45:05 DEBUG    Requesting virt method 'hvm'
Sun, 19 Dec 2010 20:45:05 DEBUG    Received virt method 'hvm'
Sun, 19 Dec 2010 20:45:05 DEBUG    Hypervisor name is 'qemu'
Sun, 19 Dec 2010 20:45:05 DEBUG    parse_disk: returning ('/dev/vg_storage/test01', None, None, 'disk', None, False, False, None, True, None)
Sun, 19 Dec 2010 20:45:05 DEBUG    Setting size for existing storage to '10.0'
Sun, 19 Dec 2010 20:45:05 DEBUG    Detected storage as type 'block'
Sun, 19 Dec 2010 20:45:05 DEBUG    Setting size for existing storage to '10.0'
Sun, 19 Dec 2010 20:45:05 DEBUG    Detected storage as type 'block'
Sun, 19 Dec 2010 20:45:05 DEBUG    Setting size for existing storage to '10.0'
Sun, 19 Dec 2010 20:45:05 DEBUG    Detected storage as type 'block'
Sun, 19 Dec 2010 20:45:05 DEBUG    Setting os type to 'linux' for variant 'virtio26'
Sun, 19 Dec 2010 20:45:05 DEBUG    DistroInstaller location is a network source.


Starting install...
Sun, 19 Dec 2010 20:45:05 DEBUG    Attempting to detect distro:
Sun, 19 Dec 2010 20:45:05 DEBUG    HTTP hasFile: didn't find http://172.16.0.100/iso/centos-5.5/.treeinfo
Sun, 19 Dec 2010 20:45:05 DEBUG    HTTP hasFile: didn't find http://172.16.0.100/iso/centos-5.5/Fedora
Sun, 19 Dec 2010 20:45:05 DEBUG    HTTP hasFile: didn't find http://172.16.0.100/iso/centos-5.5/Server
Sun, 19 Dec 2010 20:45:05 DEBUG    HTTP hasFile: didn't find http://172.16.0.100/iso/centos-5.5/Client
Sun, 19 Dec 2010 20:45:05 DEBUG    HTTP hasFile: didn't find http://172.16.0.100/iso/centos-5.5/RedHat
Sun, 19 Dec 2010 20:45:05 DEBUG    Detected a CentOS distro
Sun, 19 Dec 2010 20:45:05 DEBUG    Fetching URI: http://172.16.0.100/iso/centos-5.5/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz
Sun, 19 Dec 2010 20:45:05 DEBUG    Saved file to /var/lib/libvirt/boot/virtinst-vmlinuz.MKBsh1
Retrieving file vmlinuz...                                                                                                                        | 1.9 MB     00:00     
Sun, 19 Dec 2010 20:45:05 DEBUG    Fetching URI: http://172.16.0.100/iso/centos-5.5/images/pxeboot/initrd.img
Sun, 19 Dec 2010 20:45:05 DEBUG    Saved file to /var/lib/libvirt/boot/virtinst-initrd.img.T2dfhc
Retrieving file initrd.img...                                                                                                                     | 7.7 MB     00:00     
Sun, 19 Dec 2010 20:45:05 DEBUG    Creating guest from:

<domain type='qemu'>
  <name>test01</name>
  <currentMemory>524288</currentMemory>
  <memory>524288</memory>
  <uuid>5cbb288b-d9f7-bae4-0d05-9157553f53fe</uuid>
  <os>
    <type arch='x86_64'>hvm</type>
    <kernel>/var/lib/libvirt/boot/virtinst-vmlinuz.oddwKg</kernel>
    <initrd>/var/lib/libvirt/boot/virtinst-initrd.img.POxZ5X</initrd>
    <cmdline>method=http://172.16.0.100/iso/centos-5.5/ console=ttyS0 ks=http://172.16.0.100/ks/ks-vm.cfg</cmdline>
  </os>
  <features>
    <acpi/><apic/><pae/>
  </features>
  <clock offset="utc"/>
  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
  <on_reboot>destroy</on_reboot>
  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
  <vcpu>1</vcpu>
  <devices>
    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64</emulator>
    <console type='pty'/>
    <disk type='block' device='disk'>
      <driver name='qemu' cache='none'/>
      <source dev='/dev/vg_storage/test01'/>
      <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
    </disk>
    <interface type='bridge'>
      <source bridge='br0'/>
      <mac address='54:52:00:66:25:22'/>
    </interface>
    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
  </devices>
</domain>

Sun, 19 Dec 2010 20:44:48 DEBUG    Removing /var/lib/libvirt/boot/virtinst-vmlinuz.oddwKg
Sun, 19 Dec 2010 20:44:48 DEBUG    Removing /var/lib/libvirt/boot/virtinst-initrd.img.POxZ5X
Sun, 19 Dec 2010 20:44:48 ERROR    internal error Domain ims-gl-lin01g01 didn't show up

Domain installation may not have been
 successful.  If it was, you can restart your domain
 by running 'virsh start test01'; otherwise, please
 restart your installation.
Sun, 19 Dec 2010 20:44:48 ERROR    internal error Domain test01 didn't show up
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/virt-install", line 889, in ?
    main()
  File "/usr/bin/virt-install", line 751, in main
    start_time, guest.start_install)
  File "/usr/bin/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 ims-gl-lin01g01 didn't show up