Bug 1093791

Summary: "cannot find session" error when trying to create iSCSI storage pool
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Ian Pilcher <ipilcher>
Component: libvirtAssignee: Libvirt Maintainers <libvirt-maint>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 20CC: agedosier, berrange, clalancette, itamar, jforbes, jtomko, laine, libvirt-maint, veillard, virt-maint
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Description Ian Pilcher 2014-05-02 16:45:46 UTC
libvirt-1.1.3.4-4.fc20.x86_64
virt-manager-1.0.1-2.fc20.noarch
libiscsi-1.9.0-4.fc20.x86_64

Trying to create an iSCSI storage pool.  (Using virt-manager, but I don't think that matters.)  Enter target information, click finish, and get the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/asyncjob.py", line 91, in cb_wrapper
    callback(asyncjob, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/createpool.py", line 431, in _async_pool_create
    poolobj = self._pool.install(create=True, meter=meter, build=build)
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtinst/storage.py", line 498, in install
    raise RuntimeError(errmsg)
RuntimeError: Could not start storage pool: internal error: cannot find session

Log entries:

May 02 10:52:37 ian.penurio.us systemd[1]: Starting Virtualization daemon...
May 02 10:52:37 ian.penurio.us systemd[1]: Started Virtualization daemon.
May 02 10:52:40 ian.penurio.us libvirtd[16181]: libvirt version: 1.1.3.4, package: 4.fc20 (Fedora Project, 2014-03-18-18:53:51, buildvm-21.phx2.fedoraproject.org)
May 02 10:52:40 ian.penurio.us libvirtd[16181]: internal error: Child process (/usr/sbin/iscsiadm --mode session) unexpected exit status 21
May 02 10:53:27 ian.penurio.us libvirtd[16181]: metadata not found: Requested metadata element is not present
May 02 10:53:50 ian.penurio.us libvirtd[16181]: internal error: Child process (/usr/sbin/iscsiadm --mode session) unexpected exit status 21
May 02 10:53:50 ian.penurio.us libvirtd[16181]: internal error: Child process (/usr/sbin/iscsiadm --mode node --portal n5550.penurio.us:3260,1 --targetname iqn.2013-08.us.penurio:n5550.libvirt0 --op update --name node.startup --value manual --interface libvirt-iface-1094cf00) unexpected exit status 21: iscsiadm: No records found
May 02 10:53:50 ian.penurio.us libvirtd[16181]: Unable to disable auto-login on iSCSI target n5550.penurio.us:3260,1: iqn.2013-08.us.penurio:n5550.libvirt0
May 02 10:53:50 ian.penurio.us libvirtd[16181]: internal error: Child process (/usr/sbin/iscsiadm --mode node --portal n5550.penurio.us:3260,1 --targetname iqn.2013-08.us.penurio:n5550.rhev0 --op update --name node.startup --value manual --interface libvirt-iface-1094cf00) unexpected exit status 21: iscsiadm: No records found
May 02 10:53:50 ian.penurio.us libvirtd[16181]: Unable to disable auto-login on iSCSI target n5550.penurio.us:3260,1: iqn.2013-08.us.penurio:n5550.rhev0
May 02 10:53:50 ian.penurio.us libvirtd[16181]: internal error: Child process (/usr/sbin/iscsiadm --mode node --portal n5550.penurio.us:3260,1 --targetname iqn.2013-08.us.penurio:n5550.libvirt0 --login --interface libvirt-iface-1094cf00) unexpected exit status 21: iscsiadm: No records found
May 02 10:55:44 ian.penurio.us libvirtd[16181]: internal error: Child process (/usr/sbin/iscsiadm --mode session) unexpected exit status 21
May 02 10:55:45 ian.penurio.us libvirtd[16181]: internal error: cannot find session
May 02 11:08:05 ian.penurio.us libvirtd[16181]: internal error: Child process (/usr/sbin/iscsiadm --mode session) unexpected exit status 21
May 02 11:08:05 ian.penurio.us libvirtd[16181]: internal error: cannot find session

I can log in to the target from the command line:

[pilcher@ian ~]$ sudo /usr/sbin/iscsiadm --mode node --portal n5550.penurio.us:3260,1 --targetname iqn.2013-08.us.penurio:n5550.libvirt0 --op update --name node.startup --value manual --interface libvirt-iface-1094cf00 
[pilcher@ian ~]$ sudo /usr/sbin/iscsiadm --mode node --portal n5550.penurio.us:3260,1 --targetname iqn.2013-08.us.penurio:n5550.libvirt0 --login --interface libvirt-iface-1094cf00
Logging in to [iface: libvirt-iface-1094cf00, target: iqn.2013-08.us.penurio:n5550.libvirt0, portal: 172.31.248.1,3260] (multiple)
Login to [iface: libvirt-iface-1094cf00, target: iqn.2013-08.us.penurio:n5550.libvirt0, portal: 172.31.248.1,3260] successful.
[pilcher@ian ~]$ sudo iscsiadm --mode session
tcp: [8] 172.31.248.1:3260,1 iqn.2013-08.us.penurio:n5550.libvirt0 (non-flash)

I have verified that this is not SELinux-related (setenforce 0).

Comment 1 Ján Tomko 2014-05-02 19:17:38 UTC
Fixed upstream by:
commit a099cf9dee110a85a9838ee1c6fd645305c0285c
Author:     Ján Tomko <jtomko>
CommitDate: 2014-02-21 10:35:57 +0100

    Ignore additional fields in iscsiadm output

git describe: v1.2.1-290-g57e17a7

Now backported to v1.1.3-maint as v1.1.3.4-21-ga099cf9
to v1.0.5-maint as v1.0.5.9-33-g8d4100b

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2014-05-03 22:57:00 UTC
libvirt-1.1.3.5-1.fc20 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 20.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/libvirt-1.1.3.5-1.fc20

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2014-05-06 03:37:02 UTC
Package libvirt-1.1.3.5-1.fc20:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 20 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing libvirt-1.1.3.5-1.fc20'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2014-6018/libvirt-1.1.3.5-1.fc20
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2014-05-08 10:09:23 UTC
libvirt-1.1.3.5-1.fc20 has been pushed to the Fedora 20 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.