VM Start Error

[VC-Mike]

Hello,

I'm getting the following error after creating a VM (KVM) and trying to start it - I've setup using ZFS RAID 0;

kvm: -drive file=/var/lib/vz/images/100/vm-100-disk-1.qcow2,if=none,id=drive-ide0,format=qcow2,aio=native,cache=none,detect-zeroes=on: file system may not support O_DIRECT
kvm: -drive file=/var/lib/vz/images/100/vm-100-disk-1.qcow2,if=none,id=drive-ide0,format=qcow2,aio=native,cache=none,detect-zeroes=on: could not open disk image /var/lib/vz/images/100/vm-100-disk-1.qcow2: Could not open '/var/lib/vz/images/100/vm-100-disk-1.qcow2': Invalid argument
TASK ERROR: start failed: command '/usr/bin/kvm -id 100 -chardev 'socket,id=qmp,path=/var/run/qemu-server/100.qmp,server,nowait' -mon 'chardev=qmp,mode=control' -vnc unix:/var/run/qemu-server/100.vnc,x509,password -pidfile /var/run/qemu-server/100.pid -daemonize -smbios 'type=1,uuid=6184821e-ab15-41da-bbc5-3aa9627c4f2b' -name vm100 -smp '1,sockets=1,cores=1,maxcpus=1' -nodefaults -boot 'menu=on,strict=on,reboot-timeout=1000' -vga cirrus -cpu kvm64,+lahf_lm,+x2apic,+sep -m 512 -k en-us -cpuunits 1000 -device 'piix3-usb-uhci,id=uhci,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1.0x2' -device 'usb-tablet,id=tablet,bus=uhci.0,port=1' -device 'virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3' -iscsi 'initiator-name=iqn.1993-08.org.debian:01:a2b8fef714c2' -drive 'if=none,id=drive-ide2,media=cdrom,aio=native' -device 'ide-cd,bus=ide.1,unit=0,drive=drive-ide2,id=ide2,bootindex=200' -drive 'file=/var/lib/vz/images/100/vm-100-disk-1.qcow2,if=none,id=drive-ide0,format=qcow2,aio=native,cache=none,detect-zeroes=on' -device 'ide-hd,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0,id=ide0,bootindex=100' -netdev 'type=tap,id=net0,ifname=tap100i0,script=/var/lib/qemu-server/pve-bridge,downscript=/var/lib/qemu-server/pve-bridgedown' -device 'e1000,mac=DE:8D:71:9A:3A:CF,netdev=net0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x12,id=net0,bootindex=300'' failed: exit code 1

Any advice would be appreciated!

Thanks,

Mike

 

[udo]

Hello,

I'm getting the following error after creating a VM (KVM) and trying to start it - I've setup using ZFS RAID 0;

kvm: -drive file=/var/lib/vz/images/100/vm-100-disk-1.qcow2,if=none,id=drive-ide0,format=qcow2,aio=native,cache=none,detect-zeroes=on: file system may not support O_DIRECT
kvm: -drive file=/var/lib/vz/images/100/vm-100-disk-1.qcow2,if=none,id=drive-ide0,format=qcow2,aio=native,cache=none,detect-zeroes=on: could not open disk image /var/lib/vz/images/100/vm-100-disk-1.qcow2: Could not open '/var/lib/vz/images/100/vm-100-disk-1.qcow2': Invalid argument
TASK ERROR: start failed: command '/usr/bin/kvm -id 100 -chardev 'socket,id=qmp,path=/var/run/qemu-server/100.qmp,server,nowait' -mon 'chardev=qmp,mode=control' -vnc unix:/var/run/qemu-server/100.vnc,x509,password -pidfile /var/run/qemu-server/100.pid -daemonize -smbios 'type=1,uuid=6184821e-ab15-41da-bbc5-3aa9627c4f2b' -name vm100 -smp '1,sockets=1,cores=1,maxcpus=1' -nodefaults -boot 'menu=on,strict=on,reboot-timeout=1000' -vga cirrus -cpu kvm64,+lahf_lm,+x2apic,+sep -m 512 -k en-us -cpuunits 1000 -device 'piix3-usb-uhci,id=uhci,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1.0x2' -device 'usb-tablet,id=tablet,bus=uhci.0,port=1' -device 'virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3' -iscsi 'initiator-name=iqn.1993-08.org.debian:01:a2b8fef714c2' -drive 'if=none,id=drive-ide2,media=cdrom,aio=native' -device 'ide-cd,bus=ide.1,unit=0,drive=drive-ide2,id=ide2,bootindex=200' -drive 'file=/var/lib/vz/images/100/vm-100-disk-1.qcow2,if=none,id=drive-ide0,format=qcow2,aio=native,cache=none,detect-zeroes=on' -device 'ide-hd,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0,id=ide0,bootindex=100' -netdev 'type=tap,id=net0,ifname=tap100i0,script=/var/lib/qemu-server/pve-bridge,downscript=/var/lib/qemu-server/pve-bridgedown' -device 'e1000,mac=DE:8D:71:9A:3A:CF,netdev=net0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x12,id=net0,bootindex=300'' failed: exit code 1

Any advice would be appreciated!

Thanks,

Mike

Hi,
try another cache settings for your harddrive (cache=writethrough).

Udo

 

[udo]

BTW: Raid 0 ?? You know, what you are doing?

 

[VC-Mike]

Yes, we're going to setup external backups.

I'll try a different cache and update here shortly.

Thanks,

Mike

 

[VC-Mike]

OK, changing it to Write Through fixed it. Is there a specific reason this is needed?

Thanks,

Mike

 

[dietmar]

OK, changing it to Write Through fixed it. Is there a specific reason this is needed?

Should be fixed with latest zfs packages (0.6.4)

 

[udo]

Yes, we're going to setup external backups.

Hi,
I use external backups also - but I would never ever use RAID 0 in production!!
And also not at home (I like my private pictures and don't want to loose it).

If one HDD fails (and this will happens, and normaly at a time you don't like) you lost all.

Then you have an downtime till you installed/restore all you VMs.
You have dataloss between last backup and recovered time!
Perhaps much more trouble because of open databases, which are not valid in the backup.

The only thing, where you can think about RAID 0 IMHO is in an DRBD-scenario.

Udo