Hi Dmitri, The pastebin is truncating it. I have the correct version, I'll find an alternative place to put it.
James -----Original Message----- From: Dmitri Chebotarov [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 4:56 PM To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Stuck after creating Linux Base Image (KVM) Hi James The log seems to be incomplete On Jun 27, 2013, at 14:11 , "James A.s. Trimbee" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Aaron, > > I pasted the log extract here: > > http://apaste.info/0bd4 > > The wiki states "You must add the image to an image group using the VCL > website after the image capture process is complete. Reservations for the > image cannot be made until this is done. To add the image to an image group, > browse to the VCL website and select Manage Images > Edit Image Grouping." > What's meant to happen after this step? > > My initial thought was try 'Manage Computers'>'Computer Utilities'>'Confirm > Reload' as the host suggested this under the 'State' column but I'm not > certain that's the right step, and when I tried that I couldn't see anything > happening on the hypervisor or log, apart from messages suggesting the > computer wasn't available. > > James > > -----Original Message----- > From: Aaron Peeler [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 9:06 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Stuck after creating Linux Base Image (KVM) > > Hello James, > > Yes, part of the process is to destroy the vm itself and all that should > remain are the qcow or vmdk files with a reference file. > > Can you send the vcld.log file? It should contain the image capture part and > a reload reservation. Also can use pastbin or send the log file directly to > me if needed. > > Apache's public pastebin http://apaste.info/ > > Aaron > > > On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 4:45 PM, James A.s. Trimbee <[email protected]> wrote: >> I captured a base image successfully following the instructions on >> the wiki >> here: >> >> >> >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/VCL/Create+a+Linux+Base+I >> m >> age >> >> >> >> I have followed the procedure up to and including adding the image to >> an image group, but I'm not getting any further. >> >> >> >> The VM guest I captured the image from now shows a state of 'reload', >> and while I can request a reload, nothing appears to happen. I note >> that the original KVM guest is deleted from the hypervisor after >> imaging has taken place - is this normal? The image file is all that >> remains. I can restart it the long way (using virsh or virt-manager) >> so the image file itself is good, but I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong on >> the VCL end. >> >> >> >> There's a suggestion in vcld.log that there is an outstanding >> reservation, but I cleared them all in the web interface. >> >> >> >> My objective was to capture an image, redeploy it, and update it then >> redeploy it again. >> >> >> >> What is supposed to happen after a successful capture? I feel like >> I'm missing a step, and dead guest VM seems suspicious to me. >> >> >> >> Rgds >> >> >> >> James > > > > -- > Aaron Peeler > Program Manager > Virtual Computing Lab > NC State University > > All electronic mail messages in connection with State business which are sent > to or received by this account are subject to the NC Public Records Law and > may be disclosed to third parties. > -- Thank you, Dmitri Chebotarov VCL Sys Eng, Engineering & Architectural Support, TSD - Ent Servers & Messaging 223 Aquia Building, Ffx, MSN: 1B5 Phone: (703) 993-6175 | Fax: (703) 993-3404
