Ok, I could consistently reproduce on F19, w/ latest devstack, at least. This is how I gave a re-try. Am I still doing something incorrect here ? # Update all git repositories $ cd /opt/stack/ ; for i in `echo cinder glance nova horizon keystone noVNC \ pbr python-cinderclient python-glanceclient python-keystoneclient python-novaclient \ python-openstackclient \python-quantumclient python-swiftclient tempest`; \ do cd $i; git pull; cd ..; done # Add a patch that lets Fedora-19+ systems can have devstack successfully configured $ git fetch https://review.openstack.org/openstack-dev/devstack refs/changes/84/29784/1 && git checkout FETCH_HEAD # Cleanup; fresh setup $ ./unstack.sh && ./stack.sh [...] 2013-05-24 04:04:16 + set +o xtrace 2013-05-24 04:04:16 stack.sh completed in 148 seconds. # List the images $ glance image-list +--------------------------------------+---------------------------------+-------------+------------------+-----------+--------+ | ID | Name | Disk Format | Container Format | Size | Status | +--------------------------------------+---------------------------------+-------------+------------------+-----------+--------+ | a5dc830a-2a9f-410c-a435-b49e7fb4abc6 | cirros-0.3.0-x86_64-uec | ami | ami | 25165824 | active | | af6cc743-d24e-4e16-85c3-bf02221d14bd | cirros-0.3.0-x86_64-uec-kernel | aki | aki | 4731440 | active | | 156f93d0-1808-4f72-9401-0cd43679f467 | cirros-0.3.0-x86_64-uec-ramdisk | ari | ari | 2254249 | active | | 9d517cee-92d0-4975-8346-2bd2fd4ecf47 | f17-x86_64-openstack-sda | qcow2 | bare | 251985920 | active | | a20e86fd-08ce-4245-b01b-0be23540de3f | Fedora18-Cloud-x86_64-latest | qcow2 | bare | 227409920 | active | +--------------------------------------+---------------------------------+-------------+------------------+-----------+--------+ # Create a volume $ cinder create --display-name image_vol-test-n1 --image_id 9d517cee-92d0-4975-8346-2bd2fd4ecf47 1 +---------------------+--------------------------------------+ | Property | Value | +---------------------+--------------------------------------+ | attachments | [] | | availability_zone | nova | | bootable | false | | created_at | 2013-05-24T08:05:36.135398 | | display_description | None | | display_name | image_vol-test-n1 | | id | 94ac47f5-71d8-4adf-aa15-cbd758ed2b7f | | image_id | 9d517cee-92d0-4975-8346-2bd2fd4ecf47 | | metadata | {} | | size | 1 | | snapshot_id | None | | source_volid | None | | status | creating | | volume_type | None | +---------------------+--------------------------------------+ # List them $ cinder list +--------------------------------------+--------+-------------------+------+-------------+----------+-------------+ | ID | Status | Display Name | Size | Volume Type | Bootable | Attached to | +--------------------------------------+--------+-------------------+------+-------------+----------+-------------+ | 94ac47f5-71d8-4adf-aa15-cbd758ed2b7f | error | image_vol-test-n1 | 1 | None | false | | | c2094b47-f60f-481b-b49d-46e7ebe7c15c | error | image_vol-test-n2 | 1 | None | false | | +--------------------------------------+--------+-------------------+------+-------------+----------+-------------+ Log Info: ========= From less -R /home/kashyap/src/devstack-2-logs/data/logs/screen-c-vol.2013-05-24-040145.log [...] 2013-05-24 04:05:39.481 ERROR cinder.volume.driver [req-fd01bf63-f2ef-4d6c-8974-7383d1f6044e 2dbbf38c7ac344c99c4b2a5813733454 273e1a6b14db4490a9a87e0e6584fd13] Recovering from a failed execute. Try number 1 2013-05-24 04:05:39.481 TRACE cinder.volume.driver Traceback (most recent call last): 2013-05-24 04:05:39.481 TRACE cinder.volume.driver File "/opt/stack/cinder/cinder/volume/driver.py", line 88, in _try_execute 2013-05-24 04:05:39.481 TRACE cinder.volume.driver self._execute(*command, **kwargs) 2013-05-24 04:05:39.481 TRACE cinder.volume.driver File "/opt/stack/cinder/cinder/utils.py", line 193, in execute 2013-05-24 04:05:39.481 TRACE cinder.volume.driver cmd=' '.join(cmd)) 2013-05-24 04:05:39.481 TRACE cinder.volume.driver ProcessExecutionError: Unexpected error while running command. 2013-05-24 04:05:39.481 TRACE cinder.volume.driver Command: sudo cinder-rootwrap /etc/cinder/rootwrap.conf lvcreate -L 1G -n volume-94ac47f5-71d8-4adf-aa15-cbd758ed2b7f stack-volumes 2013-05-24 04:05:39.481 TRACE cinder.volume.driver Exit code: 5 2013-05-24 04:05:39.481 TRACE cinder.volume.driver Stdout: '' 2013-05-24 04:05:39.481 TRACE cinder.volume.driver Stderr: ' Logical volume "volume-94ac47f5-71d8-4adf-aa15-cbd758ed2b7f" already exists in volume group "stack-volumes"\n' 2013-05-24 04:05:39.481 TRACE cinder.volume.driver 2013-05-24 04:05:40.484 DEBUG cinder.utils [req-fd01bf63-f2ef-4d6c-8974-7383d1f6044e 2dbbf38c7ac344c99c4b2a5813733454 273e1a6b14db4490a9a87e0e6584fd13] Running cmd (subprocess): sudo cinder-rootwrap /etc/cinder/rootwrap.conf lvcreate -L 1G -n volume-94ac47f5-71d8-4adf-aa15-cbd758ed2b7f stack-volumes from (pid=29275) execute /opt/stack/cinder/cinder/utils.py:169 2013-05-24 04:05:40.674 DEBUG cinder.utils [req-fd01bf63-f2ef-4d6c-8974-7383d1f6044e 2dbbf38c7ac344c99c4b2a5813733454 273e1a6b14db4490a9a87e0e6584fd13] Result was 5 from (pid=29275) execute /opt/stack/cinder/cinder/utils.py:186 2013-05-24 04:05:40.675 ERROR cinder.volume.driver [req-fd01bf63-f2ef-4d6c-8974-7383d1f6044e 2dbbf38c7ac344c99c4b2a5813733454 273e1a6b14db4490a9a87e0e6584fd13] Recovering from a failed execute. Try number 2 2013-05-24 04:05:40.675 TRACE cinder.volume.driver Traceback (most recent call last): 2013-05-24 04:05:40.675 TRACE cinder.volume.driver File "/opt/stack/cinder/cinder/volume/driver.py", line 88, in _try_execute 2013-05-24 04:05:40.675 TRACE cinder.volume.driver self._execute(*command, **kwargs) 2013-05-24 04:05:40.675 TRACE cinder.volume.driver File "/opt/stack/cinder/cinder/utils.py", line 193, in execute 2013-05-24 04:05:40.675 TRACE cinder.volume.driver cmd=' '.join(cmd)) 2013-05-24 04:05:40.675 TRACE cinder.volume.driver ProcessExecutionError: Unexpected error while running command. 2013-05-24 04:05:40.675 TRACE cinder.volume.driver Command: sudo cinder-rootwrap /etc/cinder/rootwrap.conf lvcreate -L 1G -n volume-94ac47f5-71d8-4adf-aa15-cbd758ed2b7f stack-volumes 2013-05-24 04:05:40.675 TRACE cinder.volume.driver Exit code: 5 2013-05-24 04:05:40.675 TRACE cinder.volume.driver Stdout: '' 2013-05-24 04:05:40.675 TRACE cinder.volume.driver Stderr: ' Logical volume "volume-94ac47f5-71d8-4adf-aa15-cbd758ed2b7f" already exists in volume group "stack-volumes"\n' [...] Other info: =========== SELinux details. $ getenforce Permissive $ cat /var/log/audit/audit.log | audit2allow -R $