[Ovirt-devel] "Call to function virStoragePoolDefineXML failed" error when trying to boot ISO

[Perry Myers]

Mike Butler wrote:
> I copied two ISO files into the /cobblernfs directory...
> 
> CentOS-5.2-i386-netinstall.iso
> win2003ent.iso
> 
> After copy I ran as root:
> 
> cobbler image add --name=CentOS-5.2 
> --file=/cobblernfs/CentOS-5.2-i386-netinstall.iso --image-type=iso
> cobbler image add --name=Windows_Server_2003 
> --file=/cobblernfs/win2003ent.iso --image-type=iso
> 
> In the web gui i can now see the new additions in the drop down for 
> "Operating System", but when I turn the VM on I never get the ability to 
> click over to the Console viewer.  After a few seconds it powers itself 
> back off.  In tasks I get the following...
> 
> Action: start_vm
> State: failed
> User: ovirtadmin
> Message: Call to function virStoragePoolDefineXML failed
> 
> Any ideas on how to get it to properly boot to one of those ISOs?  I 
> also tried a "cobbler sync" no workie.  Side question....  how can I 
> remove a cobbler entry after it's been added to the drop down list?

There have been other threads on the list about this.  Please see:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/ovirt-devel/2009-January/msg00374.html

which references:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/ovirt-devel/2008-December/msg00234.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/ovirt-devel/2008-December/msg00247.html
https://fedorahosted.org/cobbler/wiki/AllAboutImages

Thanks,

Perry