Description of problem: trying to create a guest system using virt-install. ks install start out but during the disk init part, a prompt appers with the message: Operation not permitted during write on /dev/xvdb [Retry Ignore ... pressed Ignore and goes to an anaconda trace window. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): python-virtinst-0.300.2-8.el5 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. virt-install -p -n node01 -r 1000 -f /dev/Virtual00VG/lvNODE01 -m 00:16:3e:21:c5:c1 -w network:public1 --os-type=linux --os-variant=rhel5 --arch=x86_64 -l /var/ftp/pub/rhel5u2/rhel-5-server-x86_64-dvd.iso -x ks=http://192.168.222.1/rhel5u2/node01_ks.cfg ksdevice=eth0 --vnc --debug 2. check the vnc session a prompt appears 3. press ignore and trace dump appears and then prompts to reboot Actual results: guest creation is unsuccessful Expected results: disk initialization should be ok Additional info: anaconda trace and virt-install log (combined) attached.
Created attachment 309026 [details] anacdump and virt-install log
Created attachment 309027 [details] kickstart file
i've recreated the LV: lvcreate -L 30G -n lvNODE01 Virtual00VG and re-installed using the same virt-install syntax, and it got through the whole process. previously, lvNODE01 used in guest system is created using this syntax: lvcreate -L 30G -i 2 -n lvNODE01 Virtual00VG # Virtual00VG has 2 x 100G HP EVA8K LUN so does my problem has something to do with the striped LV?
Your virt-install command line only specifies a single disk (ie f /dev/Virtual00VG/lvNODE01) which will become xvda. Your kickstart file specifies two disks xvda and xvdb. Since xvdb does not exit (you didn't ask virt-install for 2 disks) it will obvious fail to install.