[one-users] OpenNebula 3.4- A possible misleading "Rdy" state in "oneimage list"

Ruben S. Montero rsmontero at opennebula.org
Mon Apr 30 12:22:03 PDT 2012


Hi

That's in fact the intended behavior of the enable command. Move to
ready state an image in error after manual supervision or fix. Maybe
the documentation should state this more clear.

Cheers

Ruben

On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 8:57 PM, cloud.b.lab <cloud.b.lab at zoho.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I have got the image status as "Rdy" in oneimage list, while the image was
> actually not copied properly and was in error state.
> Steps to reproduce:
> 1. Have two VMDK files [ Ubuntu1010-i386-flat.vmdk and
> Ubuntu1010-i386.vmdk]  and store them in /var/images/ubuntu1010 folder.
> [Please note that I forgot to rename the Ubuntu1010-i386.vmdk to disk.vmdk.
> So don't rename now]
> 2. create a image template with following contents and save it as
> ubuntu1010.img
>       NAME = Ubuntu_1010
>       PATH = /var/images/ubuntu1010
>       TYPE = OS
> 3. upload the image to datastore using following command
>       oneimage create ~/templates/ubuntu1010.img --datastore 100
> 4. You will get the following errors in oned.log and image moves to "Err"
> state
>       Apr 30 23:59:17 2012 [ImG][D]: Message received: LOG I 5 cp: Copying
> local disk folder /var/images/ubuntu1010 to the image repository
>       Mon Apr 30 23:59:17 2012 [ImM][I]: cp: Copying local disk folder
> /var/images/ubuntu1010 to the image repository
>       Mon Apr 30 23:59:17 2012 [ImG][D]: Message received: LOG E 5 cp:
> Command "mv -f
> /var/lib/one/var/datastores/100/033af89b33c36b478aaf9ff7d2624aae/Ubuntu1010-
> i386-flat.vmdk
>
>       Mon Apr 30 23:59:17 2012 [ImM][E]: cp: Command "mv -f
> /var/lib/one/var/datastores/100/033af89b33c36b478aaf9ff7d2624aae/Ubuntu1010-i386-flat.vmdk
>       Mon Apr 30 23:59:17 2012 [ImG][D]: Message received: LOG I 5
> Ubuntu1010-i386.vmdk
> /var/lib/one/var/datastores/100/033af89b33c36b478aaf9ff7d2624aae/disk.vmdk"
> failed: mv: target
> `/var/lib/one/var/datastores/100/033af89b33c36b478aaf9ff7d2624aae/disk.vmdk'
> is not a directory
>
>       Mon Apr 30 23:59:17 2012 [ImM][I]: Ubuntu1010-i386.vmdk
> /var/lib/one/var/datastores/100/033af89b33c36b478aaf9ff7d2624aae/disk.vmdk"
> failed: mv: target
> `/var/lib/one/var/datastores/100/033af89b33c36b478aaf9ff7d2624aae/disk.vmdk'
> is not a directory
>       Mon Apr 30 23:59:17 2012 [ImG][D]: Message received: LOG E 5 Error
> renaming disk file Ubuntu1010-i386-flat.vmdk
>
>       Mon Apr 30 23:59:17 2012 [ImM][E]: Error renaming disk file
> Ubuntu1010-i386-flat.vmdk
>       Mon Apr 30 23:59:17 2012 [ImG][D]: Message received: LOG E 5
> Ubuntu1010-i386.vmdk to disk.vmdk
>
>       Mon Apr 30 23:59:17 2012 [ImM][E]: Ubuntu1010-i386.vmdk to disk.vmdk
>       Mon Apr 30 23:59:17 2012 [ImG][D]: Message received: LOG I 5 ExitCode:
> 1
>
>       Mon Apr 30 23:59:17 2012 [ImM][I]: ExitCode: 1
>       Mon Apr 30 23:59:17 2012 [ImG][D]: Message received: CP FAILURE 5
> Error renaming disk file Ubuntu1010-i386-flat.vmdk
>
>       Mon Apr 30 23:59:17 2012 [ImM][E]: Error copying image in the
> repository: Error renaming disk file Ubuntu1010-i386-flat.vmdk
>       Mon Apr 30 23:59:17 2012 [ImG][D]: Message received:
> Ubuntu1010-i386.vmdk to disk.vmdk
> 5. Now oneimage list shows Err state.
>
> oneadmin at OneHost:/var/images/ubuntu1010$ oneimage list
>   ID USER     GROUP    NAME         DATASTORE     SIZE TYPE PER STAT  RVMS
>    5 oneadmin oneadmin Ubuntu_1010  production      0M     OS  No  Err
> 0
> 6. Rename Ubuntu1010-i386.vmdk to disk.vmdk in the folder
> /var/images/ubuntu1010
> 7. Provide the following command [I know this is not the correct command at
> this time]
>       oneimage enable 5
> 8. Image now moved to ready state without doing anything....... I think,
> this is a misleading state for an image which is actually in "Err" state.
>
> 9. oneimage list shows
> oneadmin at OneHost:/var/images/ubuntu1010$ oneimage list
>   ID USER     GROUP    NAME         DATASTORE     SIZE TYPE PER STAT  RVMS
>    5 oneadmin oneadmin Ubuntu_1010  production      0M   OS  No  rdy     0
> 10. However oneimage show 5 - shows the correct error message, howerver with
> a misleading "State" value.
>
> oneadmin at OneHost:/var/images/ubuntu1010$ oneimage show 5
> IMAGE 5 INFORMATION
> ID             : 5
> NAME           : Ubuntu_1010
> USER           : oneadmin
> GROUP          : oneadmin
> DATASTORE      : production
> TYPE           : OS
> REGISTER TIME  : 04/30 23:58:17
> PERSISTENT     : No
> SOURCE         :
> PATH           : /var/images/ubuntu1010
> SIZE           : 0
> STATE          : rdy
> RUNNING_VMS    : 0
>
> PERMISSIONS
> OWNER          : um-
> GROUP          : ---
> OTHER          : ---
>
> IMAGE TEMPLATE
> DEV_PREFIX="hd"
> ERROR=[
>   MESSAGE="Error copying image in the repository: Error renaming disk file
> Ubuntu1010-i386-flat.vmdk",
>   TIMESTAMP="Mon Apr 30 23:59:17 2012" ]
> oneadmin at OneHost:/var/images/ubuntu1010$
>
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Anil Kumar A.N.
> [cloud-b-lab]
>
>
>
>
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Ruben S. Montero, PhD
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