[Users] can't get VM working (no ISO images, no Console)

[Itamar Heim]

On 04/24/2012 06:41 PM, Frank Wall wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've setup a test instance of ovirt like this...
>
> - setup ovirt engine on Fedora 16 using yum (ovirt-engine-3.0.0_0001-1.6.fc16.x86_64)
> - setup ovirt node "ovirt-node1" using the ISO image ovirt-node-iso-2.3.0-1.0.fc16.iso
> - created a new datacenter with NFS storage ("datacenter2")
> - created a new cluster ("cluster2")
> - added ovirt node "ovirt-node1" to cluster "cluster2"
> - created an NFS storage for virtual machines ("nfs_storage1")
> - created an NFS storage for ISO images ("iso_images1")
> - created a new VM on "cluster2" with disk space provided by "nfs_storage1"
>
> ...but I fail to get any VM working. First of all, I've uploaded an ISO image with
> the iso-uploader. I can verify that it was uploaded successfully:
>
> [root at ovirt-engine ~]# engine-iso-uploader -v -i iso_images1 upload FreeBSD-8.2-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso
> Please provide the REST API password for the admin at internal oVirt Engine user (CTRL+D to abort):
> DEBUG: URL is https://ovirt-engine.EXAMPLE.COM:8443/api/storagedomains?search=name%3Diso_images1
> DEBUG: Returned XML is
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
> <storage_domains>
>      <storage_domain href="/api/storagedomains/b2d11688-84ce-40ef-b10f-f036ac806cf9" id="b2d11688-84ce-40ef-b10f-f036ac806cf9">
>          <name>iso_images1</name>
>          <link href="/api/storagedomains/b2d11688-84ce-40ef-b10f-f036ac806cf9/permissions" rel="permissions"/>
>          <link href="/api/storagedomains/b2d11688-84ce-40ef-b10f-f036ac806cf9/files" rel="files"/>
>          <type>iso</type>
>          <master>false</master>
>          <storage>
>              <type>nfs</type>
>              <address>192.168.200.108</address>
>              <path>/mnt/iso1</path>
>          </storage>
>          <available>15032385536</available>
>          <used>3221225472</used>
>          <committed>0</committed>
>          <storage_format>v1</storage_format>
>      </storage_domain>
> </storage_domains>
>
> DEBUG: id=b2d11688-84ce-40ef-b10f-f036ac806cf9 address=192.168.200.108 path=/mnt/iso1
> DEBUG: local NFS mount point is /tmp/tmpxG6M3H
> DEBUG: NFS mount command (/bin/mount -t nfs -o rw,sync,soft 192.168.200.108:/mnt/iso1 /tmp/tmpxG6M3H)
> DEBUG: /bin/mount -t nfs -o rw,sync,soft 192.168.200.108:/mnt/iso1 /tmp/tmpxG6M3H
> DEBUG: _cmds(['/bin/mount', '-t', 'nfs', '-o', 'rw,sync,soft', '192.168.200.108:/mnt/iso1', '/tmp/tmpxG6M3H'])
> DEBUG: returncode(0)
> DEBUG: STDOUT()
> DEBUG: STDERR()
> ERROR: FreeBSD-8.2-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso exists on 192.168.200.108.  Either remove it or supply the --force option to overwrite it.
> DEBUG: /bin/umount -t nfs -f  /tmp/tmpxG6M3H
> DEBUG: /bin/umount -t nfs -f  /tmp/tmpxG6M3H
> DEBUG: _cmds(['/bin/umount', '-t', 'nfs', '-f', '/tmp/tmpxG6M3H'])
> DEBUG: returncode(0)
> DEBUG: STDOUT()
> DEBUG: STDERR()
>
> Still I am unable to select the ISO image from the VM configuration menu,
> the "change CD" function doesn't show the ISO image either.
>
> Besides that my test VM is in status "Up", but I can't select the
> "console" option, it is grayed out.
>
> So maybe you can advise me how to get the first test VM working. I'd like
> to continue with further tests as soon as possible :-)

please try following this:
http://www.ovirt.org/wiki/Troubleshooting_NFS_Storage_Issues