VM's disappear after Proxmox shutdown

[Ralf]

Hello,
I have a new server with fresh installed Proxmox 3.2 and I created a Debian VM. I shutdown the VM and thereafter shutdown the Proxmox host, then I started the Proxmox host and tried to start the VM, but got the message "TASK ERROR: volume 'local:iso/debian-7.6.0-amd64-CD-1.iso' does not exist". I checked the directory /var/lib/vz/template/iso/ and it was empty, and the directory /var/lib/vz/Images/ was also empty. The problem is reproducible. I have never observed such a behaviour and it would be great if someone could help me.
Kind regards,
Ralf.

 

[mir]

Just remove the CD from the vm or change the boot order.

 

[wahmed]

Just remove the CD from the vm or change the boot order.

Also check errorlog. Because if you have just installed Debian from an ISO stored locally, the directory /var/lib/vz/template/iso should not be empty. Something is up with your storage.

 

[Ralf]

Thank you very much for the hints!

Also check errorlog. Because if you have just installed Debian from an ISO stored locally, the directory /var/lib/vz/template/iso should not be empty. Something is up with your storage.

According to that, I started with a look at /var/log/syslog. In fact, there are lines like

Aug 10 14:48:49 81-7-13-161 kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Unhandled error code
Aug 10 14:48:49 81-7-13-161 kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Result: hostbyte=DID_BAD_TARGET driverbyte=DRIVER_OK
Aug 10 14:48:49 81-7-13-161 kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] CDB: Write(10): 2a 00 00 3d 09 00 00 00 02 00
Aug 10 14:48:49 81-7-13-161 kernel: md/raid1:md0: Disk failure on sda1, disabling device.
Aug 10 14:48:49 81-7-13-161 kernel: md/raid1:md0: Operation continuing on 1 devices.
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I have contacted the provider and sent him the syslog and he told me they will replace the hardware.

But what I do not understand: I used the time till the replacement starts and did a "smartctl -d ata -t long /dev/sda". After it has finished "smartctl -d ata -l selftest /dev/sda" provided

Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error
# 1 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 236 -
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Why doesn't smartctl show the disk problem?

Kind regards, Ralf.

 

[Ralf]

The server was replaced by a new one and since then the described problem has not occured anymore. Thanks for your help.