[Users] vdsmd doesn't restart after rebooting

[Dan Kenigsberg]

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?

> >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.

> Just for the record: I remember we have fixed something really
> similar of this report with the below patch, I am going to check..
> 
> commit dccf4d0260f735265158c3d0cda6e65a0d8c9a4d
> Author: Dan Kenigsberg <danken at redhat.com>
> Date:   Thu Sep 6 16:37:32 2012 +0300
> 
>     vdsmd: set nwfilter on ovirt-node
> 
>     ovirt-node is shipped with .pyc only. Do not try running a missing
>     executable.
> 
>     Change-Id: I35e9a3526f6ec70ef40f586319259903e9e1f5fe
>     Signed-off-by: Dan Kenigsberg <danken at redhat.com>
>     Reviewed-on: http://gerrit.ovirt.org/7821
>     Reviewed-by: Douglas Schilling Landgraf <dougsland at redhat.com>
>     Tested-by: Moti Asayag <masayag at redhat.com>
>     Tested-by: Douglas Schilling Landgraf <dougsland at redhat.com>
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Cheers
> Douglas
>