Public bug reported: Then trying to use 'virt-install' to install a domain which had been created with 'virt-convirt' the install failed.
The cryptic message was: $ virt-image --connect=qemu+ssh:///system dir/image.xml Creating guest <ImageName>... ERROR Unable to read from monitor: Connection reset by peer Domain installation does not appear to have been successful. If it was, you can restart your domain by running: virsh --connect qemu+ssh:///system start <ImageName> otherwise, please restart your installation. The problem was that I was trying to install a domain with 8G, when the system only had 4G of physical memory. Reducing the amount of memory defined in the XML file to 2G, and the running the command again fixed the issue. Messages in the log file pointed to an erroneous apparmor bug - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvirt/+bug/545302 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: virtinst 0.600.1-1ubuntu3.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-29.46-generic 3.2.24 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-29-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu12 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Sep 7 17:02:23 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120328) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_AU:en TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_AU.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: virtinst UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: virtinst (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1047204 Title: virt-install will fail with cryptic message if not enough memory available for VM. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/virtinst/+bug/1047204/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
