[Users] vdsmd doesn't restart after rebooting

[Dan Kenigsberg]

On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 03:42:38PM +0200, Joop wrote:
> Dan Kenigsberg wrote:
> 
> I have the same problem, see for answers below.
> 
> >On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 11:36:01AM -0400, Douglas Landgraf wrote:
> >>Hi Nathanaël,
> >>
> >>On 09/21/2012 10:18 AM, Nathanaël Blanchet wrote:
> >>>Hi all,
> >>>
> >>>In the latest vdsm build from git
> >>>(vdsm-4.10.0-0.452.git87594e3.fc17.x86_64), vdsmd.service never
> >>>starts alone after rebooting.
> >
> >Does it start well when you restart it later, manually?
> >Do you see "failed to connect to libvirt" slightly up the log?
> >
> manually restarting it works OK, service vdsmd restart
> 
> >>>I have had a look to journalctl anfd I've found this :
> >>>
> >>>systemd-vdsmd[538]: vdsm: Failed to define network filters on
> >>>libvirt[FAILED]
> >>>
> >>>[root at node ~]# service vdsmd status
> >>>Redirecting to /bin/systemctl  status vdsmd.service
> >>>vdsmd.service - Virtual Desktop Server Manager
> >>>         Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/vdsmd.service; enabled)
> >>>         Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Fri, 21 Sep
> >>>2012 12:13:01 +0200; 4min 56s ago
> >>>        Process: 543 ExecStart=/lib/systemd/systemd-vdsmd start
> >>>(code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
> >>>         CGroup: name=systemd:/system/vdsmd.service
> >>>
> >>>Sep 21 12:12:55 node.abes.fr systemd-vdsmd[543]: Note: Forwarding
> >>>request to 'systemctl disable libvirt-guests.service'.
> >>>Sep 21 12:12:56 node.abes.fr systemd-vdsmd[543]: vdsm: libvirt
> >>>already configured for vdsm [  OK  ]
> >>>Sep 21 12:12:56 node.abes.fr systemd-vdsmd[543]: Starting wdmd...
> >>>Sep 21 12:12:56 node.abes.fr systemd-vdsmd[543]: Starting sanlock...
> >>>Sep 21 12:12:56 node.abes.fr systemd-vdsmd[543]: Starting iscsid:
> >>>Sep 21 12:13:01 node.abes.fr systemd-vdsmd[543]: Starting libvirtd
> >>>(via systemctl):  [  OK  ]
> >>>
> >>>May this nwfilter be the cause of the failure? If yes, do I need
> >>>to open a BZ?
> >>>
> >>Thanks for your report. If you can, please open a BZ.
> >
> >... but please first check whether running
> >
> >    python /usr/share/vdsm/nwfilter.pyc
> >
> >reports anything fishy.
> >
> I don't have that file in /usr/share/vdsm
> 
> rpm -aq | grep vdsm reports:
> vdsm-4.10.0-7.fc17.x86_64
> vdsm-gluster-4.10.0-7.fc17.noarch
> vdsm-python-4.10.0-7.fc17.x86_64
> vdsm-cli-4.10.0-7.fc17.noarch
> vdsm-xmlrpc-4.10.0-7.fc17.noarch
> vdsm-rest-4.10.0-7.fc17.noarch

You are using an older code base, relative to the original poster, and
it seems that the mode of failure is different. I suppose you do not
have

> >>>systemd-vdsmd[538]: vdsm: Failed to define network filters on
> >>>libvirt[FAILED]

but something else causing vdsm to fail to start. Could you look in the
logs for clues?

Regards,
Dan.