Adding a task for libvirt at Ubuntu/focal since this patch[0] might need to be backported.
[0] https://github.com/libvirt/libvirt/commit/ae9e6c2a2b75d958995c661f7bb64ed4353a6404 ** Also affects: libvirt (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: libvirt (Ubuntu Focal) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: nova (Ubuntu Focal) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: libvirt (Ubuntu Groovy) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: nova (Ubuntu Groovy) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: libvirt (Ubuntu Groovy) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Yahoo! Engineering Team, which is subscribed to OpenStack Compute (nova). https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1906266 Title: After upgrade: "libvirt.libvirtError: Requested operation is not valid: format of backing image %s of image %s was not specified" Status in OpenStack Compute (nova): Won't Fix Status in libvirt package in Ubuntu: New Status in nova package in Ubuntu: New Status in libvirt source package in Focal: New Status in nova source package in Focal: New Status in libvirt source package in Groovy: Invalid Status in nova source package in Groovy: New Bug description: In a site upgraded to Ussuri we are getting faults starting instances 2020-11-30 13:41:40.586 232871 ERROR oslo_messaging.rpc.server libvirt.libvirtError: Requested operation is not valid: format of backing image '/var/lib/nova/instances/_base/xxx' of image '/var/lib/nova/instances/xxx' was not specified in the image metadata (See https://libvirt.org/kbase/backing_chains.html for troubleshooting) Bug #1864020 reports similar symptoms, where due to an upstream change in Libvirt v6.0.0+ images need the backing format specified. The fix for Bug #1864020 handles the case for new instances. However, for upgraded instances we're hitting the same problem, as those still don't have backing format specified. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1906266/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~yahoo-eng-team Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~yahoo-eng-team More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
