Oracle VM 3.1.1 - Failed to start PVM machine

Question

Hi,
We're using Oracle VM 3.1.1 on HP ProLiant BL460c G7 servers. We have a 2-node cluster running. We've just recently installed them, and succesfuly created PVM vms but when trying to start them we're receiving the following error on OVM Manager:
Starting operation 'Bridge Configure Operation' on object '0004fb0000200000bff878c5197d0da1 (network.EthernetPort (2) in ovm01)'
Bridge [0004fb0010df7d1] already exists (and should exist) on interface [eth1] on server [ovm01]; skipping bridge creation
Completed operation 'Bridge Configure Operation' completed with direction ==> DONE
Starting operation 'Virtual Machine Start' on object '0004fb000006000073354ef14166aee6 (fblvm01)'
Job Internal Error (Operation)com.oracle.ovm.mgr.api.exception.FailedOperationException: OVMAPI_4010E Attempt to send command: dispatch to server: ovm01 failed. OVMAPI_4004E Server Failed Command: dispatch https://?uname?:[email protected]:8899/api/2 start_vm 0004fb0000030000af269b04471b29e5 0004fb000006000073354ef14166aee6, Status: org.apache.xmlrpc.XmlRpcException: exceptions.RuntimeError:Command: ['xm', 'create', '/OVS/Repositories/0004fb0000030000af269b04471b29e5/VirtualMachines/0004fb000006000073354ef14166aee6/vm.cfg'] failed (1): stderr: Error: (22, 'Invalid argument')
stdout: Using config file "/OVS/Repositories/0004fb0000030000af269b04471b29e5/VirtualMachines/0004fb000006000073354ef14166aee6/vm.cfg".
This is the vm.cfg filed created by ovmm:
vif = ['mac=00:21:f6:00:00:27,bridge=0004fb0010df7d1']
OVM_simple_name = 'fblvm01'
guest_os_type = 'linux'
disk = ['file:/OVS/Repositories/0004fb0000030000af269b04471b29e5/VirtualDisks/0004fb00001200004acb9a7d32512731.img,xvda,w']
bootargs = 'nfs:ovmm:/data/ol58'
uuid = '0004fb00-0006-0000-7335-4ef14166aee6'
on_reboot = 'restart'
boot = 'n'
cpu_weight = 27500
memory = 4096
cpu_cap = 0
maxvcpus = 2
OVM_high_availability = True
OVM_description = 'fblvm01'
on_poweroff = 'destroy'
on_crash = 'restart'
bootloader = '/usr/bin/xenpvboot'
maxmem = 4096
name = '0004fb000006000073354ef14166aee6'
vfb = ['type=vnc,vncunused=1,vnclisten=127.0.0.1,keymap=es']
vcpus = 1
OVM_os_type = 'Oracle Linux 5'
OVM_cpu_compat_group = ''
OVM_domain_type = 'xen_pvm'
This is the complete error on ovs-agent.log:
[2011-06-04 05:13:12 9908] DEBUG (common:46) dispatch function discover_network to server https://oracle:******@172.16.7.3:8899/api/2
[2011-06-04 05:13:12 9909] DEBUG (service:77) discover_network: ()
[2011-06-04 05:13:12 9909] DEBUG (service:85) discover_network: call completed.
[2011-06-04 05:13:12 9910] DEBUG (common:46) dispatch function start_vm to server https://oracle:******@172.16.7.3:8899/api/2
[2011-06-04 05:13:12 9911] DEBUG (service:77) start_vm: ('0004fb0000030000af269b04471b29e5', '0004fb000006000073354ef14166aee6')
[2011-06-04 05:13:13 9911] ERROR (service:96) catch_error: Command: ['xm', 'create', '/OVS/Repositories/0004fb0000030000af269b04471b29e5/VirtualMachines/0004fb000006000073354ef14166aee6/vm.cfg'] failed (1): stderr: Error: (22, 'Invalid argument')
stdout: Using config file "/OVS/Repositories/0004fb0000030000af269b04471b29e5/VirtualMachines/0004fb000006000073354ef14166aee6/vm.cfg".
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/agent/service.py", line 94, in wrapper
return func(*args)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/agent/hypervisor/xenxm.py", line 719, in start_vm
run_cmd(['xm', 'create', path])
File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/agent/common.py", line 66, in run_cmd
raise RuntimeError('Command: %s failed (%s): stderr: %s stdout: %s'
RuntimeError: Command: ['xm', 'create', '/OVS/Repositories/0004fb0000030000af269b04471b29e5/VirtualMachines/0004fb000006000073354ef14166aee6/vm.cfg'] failed (1): stderr: Error: (22, 'Invalid argument')
stdout: Using config file "/OVS/Repositories/0004fb0000030000af269b04471b29e5/VirtualMachines/0004fb000006000073354ef14166aee6/vm.cfg".
[2011-06-04 05:13:13 9910] ERROR (common:50) dispatch error: start_vm: <Fault 1: 'exceptions.RuntimeError:Command: [\'xm\', \'create\', \'/OVS/Repositories/0004
fb0000030000af269b04471b29e5/VirtualMachines/0004fb000006000073354ef14166aee6/vm.cfg\'] failed (1): stderr: Error: (22, \'Invalid argument\')\n stdout: Using config file "/OVS/Repositories/0004fb0000030000af269b04471b29e5/VirtualMachines/0004fb000006000073354ef14166aee6/vm.cfg".\n'>
[2011-06-04 05:13:13 9910] ERROR (service:96) catch_error: <Fault 1: 'exceptions.RuntimeError:Command: [\'xm\', \'create\', \'/OVS/Repositories/0004fb0000030000af269b04471b29e5/VirtualMachines/0004fb000006000073354ef14166aee6/vm.cfg\'] failed (1): stderr: Error: (22, \'Invalid argument\')\n stdout: Using config file "/OVS/Repositories/0004fb0000030000af269b04471b29e5/VirtualMachines/0004fb000006000073354ef14166aee6/vm.cfg".\n'>
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/agent/service.py", line 94, in wrapper
return func(*args)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/agent/common.py", line 48, in dispatch
return getattr(sp, func)(*args)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/agent/utils/xmlrpclib.py", line 1099, in __call__
return self.__send(self.__name, args)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/agent/utils/xmlrpclib.py", line 1386, in __request
verbose=self.__verbose
File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/agent/utils/xmlrpclib.py", line 1150, in request
return self._parse_response(h.getfile(), sock)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/agent/utils/xmlrpclib.py", line 1289, in parseresponse
return u.close()
File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/agent/utils/xmlrpclib.py", line 746, in close
raise Fault(**self._stack[0])
Fault: <Fault 1: 'exceptions.RuntimeError:Command: [\'xm\', \'create\', \'/OVS/Repositories/0004fb0000030000af269b04471b29e5/VirtualMachines/0004fb000006000073354ef14166aee6/vm.cfg\'] failed (1): stderr: Error: (22, \'Invalid argument\')\n stdout: Using config file "/OVS/Repositories/0004fb0000030000af269b04471b29e5/VirtualMachines/0004fb000006000073354ef14166aee6/vm.cfg".\n'>
Has anyone seen this problem before?
Thanks, Franco.

Answer 1

Well, in the end we had a problem we the NFS share, it was possible to mount it on other servers but all read operation failed, we moved the iso to a different nfs server and it worked just fine. Closing the thread.