[virt-tools-list] Unable to Create an Oracle Linux VM Using virt-install or virt-manager

Eric epretorious at yahoo.com
Fri Feb 15 03:15:28 UTC 2013 

The irony of the entire situation is that...

	1. There was a .treeinfo file on the Oracle Linux 6.3 ISO - Somehow it was removed from the local installation repository.
	2. The .treeinfo file from the Oracle Linux 6.3 ISO doesn't work - When using the  .treeinfo file from the Oracle Linux 6.3 ISO, virt-install complains...
xen2:~ # virt-install -p --name oracle3 --ram 786 --disk /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-14945540000000000705f69534353492d73616e325f310000 --location nfs://192.168.0.2/srv/md128/repositories/oracle/6.3/os/x86_64/ --debug
...
NoOptionError: No option 'boot.iso' in section: 'images-x86_64'

However, when using the  .treeinfo file from the CentOS 6.3 ISO to install Oracle Linux 6.3 (see below), virt-install works without complaint.

Comparing the two .treeinfo files, the CentOS 6.3 file contains the line...

boot.iso = ../../isos/x86_64/CentOS-6.3-x86_64-netinstall.iso


...and the Oracle Linux 6.3 file does NOT contain a line to define boot.iso so I added the line...

boot.iso = foo.iso


...to the  .treeinfo file from the Oracle Linux 6.3 ISO and, automagically, virt-install finishes without complaint!

This seems like a bug to me. Thoughts, anyone?

Eric Pretorious
Truckee, CA



>________________________________
> From: Eric <epretorious at yahoo.com>
>To: "virt-tools-list at redhat.com" <virt-tools-list at redhat.com> 
>Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 2:34 PM
>Subject: Re: [virt-tools-list] Unable to Create an Oracle Linux VM Using virt-install or virt-manager
> 
>
>Thanks, Cole:
>
>You are correct! i.e., The lack of a .treeinfo file in the directory was the root case...
>
>It appears that the last line provided the vital clue. i.e., The Oracle Linux 6.3 .iso is lacking a .treeinfo file. CentOS, however, includes a .treeinfo file for each of it's installation .iso's:
>
>
>san2:/srv/md128/repositories/centos # find . -name .treeinfo
>./5.7/os/i386/.treeinfo
>./5.7/os/x86_64/.treeinfo
>./5.8/os/i386/.treeinfo
>./5.8/os/x86_64/.treeinfo
>./5.9/os/i386/.treeinfo
>./5.9/os/x86_64/.treeinfo
>./6.0/os/x86_64/.treeinfo
>./6.2/os/i386/.treeinfo
>./6.2/os/x86_64/.treeinfo
>./6.3/os/i386/.treeinfo
>./6.3/os/x86_64/.treeinfo
>
>The contents of .treeinfo seem fairly straight-forward:
>
>
>san2:/srv/md128/repositories # cat ./centos/6.3/os/x86_64/.treeinfo 
>[general]
>family = CentOS
>timestamp = 1341569485.3
>variant = 
>totaldiscs = 1
>version = 6.3
>discnum = 1
>packagedir = 
>arch = x86_64
>
>[images-x86_64]
>kernel = images/pxeboot/vmlinuz
>initrd = images/pxeboot/initrd.img
>boot.iso = ../../isos/x86_64/CentOS-6.3-x86_64-netinstall.iso
>[images-xen]
>kernel = images/pxeboot/vmlinuz
>initrd = images/pxeboot/initrd.img
>
>[stage2]
>mainimage = images/install.img
>
>...so I started with the .treeinfo file for CentOS 6.3 and verified that it reflected the contents of the Oracle Linux 6.3 directory as well:
>
>
>san2:/srv/md128/repositories/centos # ll ./6.3/os/x86_64/
>total 472
>-rw-r--r--. 1 59999 59999     14 Jul  6  2012 CentOS_BuildTag
>-rw-rw-r--. 1 59999 59999     33 Jul  6 
 2012 .discinfo
>drwxrwxr-x. 3 59999 59999     17 Jul  6  2012 EFI
>-rw-rw-r--. 1 59999 59999    212 Jun 23  2012 EULA
>-rw-rw-r--. 1 59999 59999  18009 Jun 23  2012 GPL
>drwxr-xr-x. 3 59999 59999     74 Jul  6  2012 images
>drwxr-xr-x. 2 59999 59999   4096 Jul  6  2012 isolinux
>drwxrwxr-x. 2 59999 59999 339968 Jul  5  2012 Packages
>-rw-rw-r--. 1 59999 59999   1354 Jun 23  2012 RELEASE-NOTES-en-US.html
>drwxr-xr-x. 2 59999 59999   4096 Jul  6  2012 repodata
>-rw-rw-r--. 1 59999 59999   1706 Jun 23  2012 RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-6
>-rw-rw-r--. 1 59999 59999   1730 Jun 23  2012 RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-Debug-6
>-rw-rw-r--. 1 59999 59999   1730 Jun 23  2012 RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-Security-6
>-rw-rw-r--. 1 59999 59999   1734 Jun 23  2012
 RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-Testing-6
>-rw-rw-r--. 1 59999 59999    398 Jul  6  2012 .treeinfo
>
>san2:/srv/md128/repositories/centos # ll ./6.3/os/x86_64/images/
>total 168904
>-rw-r--r--. 1 59999 59999    372736 Jul  6  2012 efiboot.img
>-rw-r--r--. 1 59999 59999  35997696 Jul  6  2012 efidisk.img
>-rw-r--r--. 1 59999 59999 136585216 Jul  6  2012 install.img
>drwxr-xr-x. 2 59999 59999        37 Jul  6  2012 pxeboot
>
>san2:/srv/md128/repositories/centos # ll ./6.3/os/x86_64/images/pxeboot/
>total 34756
>-rw-r--r--. 1 59999 59999 31596586 Jul  6  2012 initrd.img
>-rwxr-xr-x. 1 59999 59999  3986608 Jul  6  2012 vmlinuz
>
>san2:/srv/md128/repositories/centos # ll ../oracle/6.3/os/x86_64/
>total 504
>drwxr-xr-x 3 root root     33 Feb  8 18:09 EFI
>-rw-r--r-- 1
 root root   7041 Feb  8 18:09 EULA
>-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   7041 Feb  8 18:09 eula.en_US
>-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   3334 Feb  8 18:09 eula.py
>-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  18390 Feb  8 18:09 GPL
>drwxr-xr-x 3 root root     66 Feb  8 18:09 HighAvailability
>drwxr-xr-x 3 root root    103 Feb  8 18:09 images
>drwxr-xr-x 2 root root   4096 Feb  8 18:09 isolinux
>drwxr-xr-x 3 root root     66 Feb  8 18:09 LoadBalancer
>-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    196 Feb  8 18:09 media.repo
>drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 188416 Feb  8 18:10 Packages
>-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2619 Feb  8 18:10 README-en
>-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   7054 Feb  8 18:10 README-en.html
>-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  29531 Feb  8 18:10 RELEASE-NOTES-en
>-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  32428
 Feb  8 18:10 RELEASE-NOTES-en.html
>-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  29531 Feb  8 18:10 RELEASE-NOTES-x86_64-en
>-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  32428 Feb  8 18:10 RELEASE-NOTES-x86_64-en.html
>-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  29531 Feb  8 18:10 RELEASE-NOTES-x86-en
>-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  32428 Feb  8 18:10 RELEASE-NOTES-x86-en.html
>lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     15 Feb  8 18:10 repodata -> Server/repodata
>drwxr-xr-x 3 root root     66 Feb  8 18:10 ResilientStorage
>-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   1011 Feb  8 18:10 RPM-GPG-KEY
>-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   1011 Feb  8 18:10 RPM-GPG-KEY-oracle
>drwxr-xr-x 3 root root     66 Feb  8 18:10 ScalableFileSystem
>drwxr-xr-x 4 root root     87 Feb  8 18:10 Server
>-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    108 Feb  8 18:10 supportinfo
>-r--r--r--
 1 root root   6517 Feb  8 18:10 TRANS.TBL
>drwxr-xr-x 3 root root     66 Feb  8 18:10 UEK2
>
>san2:/srv/md128/repositories/centos # ll ../oracle/6.3/os/x86_64/images/
>total 167692
>-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    376832 Feb  8 18:09 efiboot.img
>-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  34924544 Feb  8 18:09 efidisk.img
>-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 136404992 Feb  8 18:09 install.img
>drwxr-xr-x 2 root root        53 Feb  8 18:09 pxeboot
>-rw-r--r-- 1 root root       541 Feb  8 18:09 README
>-r--r--r-- 1 root root      1106 Feb  8 18:09 TRANS.TBL
>
>san2:/srv/md128/repositories/centos # ll ../oracle/6.3/os/x86_64/images/pxeboot/
>total 33668
>-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 30481341 Feb  8 18:09 initrd.img
>-r--r--r-- 1 root root      441 Feb  8
 18:09 TRANS.TBL
>-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  3986992 Feb  8 18:09 vmlinuz
>
>...and then I used the CentOS 6.3 .treeinfo file _verbatim_ to guide virt-install through the process of creating an Oracle 6.3 PV:
>
>
>san2:/srv/md128/repositories # cp ./centos/6.3/os/x86_64/.treeinfo ./oracle/6.3/os/x86_64/
>
>Problem solved! 
>
>Thanks, again!
>
>Eric Pretorious
>Truckee, CA
>
>
>
>
>
>
>>________________________________
>> From: Cole Robinson <crobinso at redhat.com>
>>To: Eric <epretorious at yahoo.com> 
>>Cc: "virt-tools-list at redhat.com" <virt-tools-list at redhat.com> 
>>Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 12:15 PM
>>Subject: Re: [virt-tools-list] Unable to Create an Oracle Linux VM Using virt-install or virt-manager
>> 
>>On 02/14/2013 03:13 PM, Eric wrote:
>>> Once more, with --debug:
>>> 
>>
>><snip>
>>
>>> 
>>> Does this have anything to do with the lack of a .treeinfo as you mentioned
>>> (below), Cole?
>>> 
>>
>>I meant debug info for virt-manager, since I'm curious of the root of:
>>
>>Error: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, instance found
>>
>>But I'm 99% sure the root issue with virt-install is the lack of .treeinfo
>>
>>- Cole
>>
>>
>>
>>
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