when we try to boot an instance from a volume we get a wrong mapping error:
root@nott-vdsa ~(keystone_admin)]# egrep 2d16a3cd-a29f-4d9b-858a-b2e0eb6dec62 /var/log/*/*
/var/log/horizon/horizon.log:Recoverable error: Block Device Mapping is Invalid: failed to get volume 2d16a3cd-a29f-4d9b-858a-b2e0eb6dec62. (HTTP 400) (Request-ID: req-64a2cdee-6c76-4bb5-a4d8-0a2bf935e4da)
/var/log/horizon/horizon.log:Recoverable error: Block Device Mapping is Invalid: failed to get volume 2d16a3cd-a29f-4d9b-858a-b2e0eb6dec62. (HTTP 400) (Request-ID: req-24f8e28e-8e18-452a-9373-10e903d8a9c9)
/var/log/horizon/horizon.log:Recoverable error: Block Device Mapping is Invalid: failed to get volume 2d16a3cd-a29f-4d9b-858a-b2e0eb6dec62. (HTTP 400) (Request-ID: req-3a3891f6-e489-41e9-bd1b-8dad63a8bfc8)
/var/log/httpd/access_log:10.32.224.231 - - [11/Sep/2013:16:20:19 +0300] "GET /dashboard/project/volumes/?action=row_update&table=volumes&obj_id=2d16a3cd-a29f-4d9b-858a-b2e0eb6dec62 HTTP/1.1" 200 577 "http://nott-vdsa.qa.lab.tlv.redhat.com/dashboard/project/volumes/" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130619 Firefox/17.0"
/var/log/nova/api.log:2013-09-11 16:32:52.772 19836 DEBUG nova.api.openstack.wsgi [req-64a2cdee-6c76-4bb5-a4d8-0a2bf935e4da 0007c2f5563c4cc883c0c8d9e7f7d6f8 532307bfce18431ba50d309622619b66] Action: 'create', body: {"server": {"name": "dafna", "imageRef": "", "block_device_mapping": [{"volume_id": "2d16a3cd-a29f-4d9b-858a-b2e0eb6dec62", "delete_on_termination": "0", "device_name": "vda"}], "flavorRef": "1", "max_count": 1, "min_count": 1, "security_groups": [{"name": "default"}]}} _process_stack /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/nova/api/openstack/wsgi.py:935
/var/log/nova/api.log:2013-09-11 16:32:52.939 19836 DEBUG urllib3.connectionpool [-] "GET /v1/532307bfce18431ba50d309622619b66/volumes/2d16a3cd-a29f-4d9b-858a-b2e0eb6dec62 HTTP/1.1" 200 546 _make_request /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py:295
/var/log/nova/api.log:2013-09-11 16:32:52.949 19836 INFO nova.api.openstack.wsgi [req-64a2cdee-6c76-4bb5-a4d8-0a2bf935e4da 0007c2f5563c4cc883c0c8d9e7f7d6f8 532307bfce18431ba50d309622619b66] HTTP exception thrown: Block Device Mapping is Invalid: failed to get volume 2d16a3cd-a29f-4d9b-858a-b2e0eb6dec62.
/var/log/nova/api.log:2013-09-11 16:32:52.977 19836 DEBUG nova.api.openstack.wsgi [req-64a2cdee-6c76-4bb5-a4d8-0a2bf935e4da 0007c2f5563c4cc883c0c8d9e7f7d6f8 532307bfce18431ba50d309622619b66] Returning 400 to user: Block Device Mapping is Invalid: failed to get volume 2d16a3cd-a29f-4d9b-858a-b2e0eb6dec62. __call__ /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/nova/api/openstack/wsgi.py:1198
/var/log/nova/api.log:2013-09-11 16:33:18.632 19829 DEBUG nova.api.openstack.wsgi [req-24f8e28e-8e18-452a-9373-10e903d8a9c9 0007c2f5563c4cc883c0c8d9e7f7d6f8 532307bfce18431ba50d309622619b66] Action: 'create', body: {"server": {"name": "dafba", "imageRef": "", "block_device_mapping": [{"volume_id": "2d16a3cd-a29f-4d9b-858a-b2e0eb6dec62", "delete_on_termination": "0", "device_name": "vda"}], "flavorRef": "1", "max_count": 1, "min_count": 1, "security_groups": [{"name": "default"}]}} _process_stack /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/nova/api/openstack/wsgi.py:935
/var/log/nova/api.log:2013-09-11 16:33:18.794 19829 DEBUG urllib3.connectionpool [-] "GET /v1/532307bfce18431ba50d309622619b66/volumes/2d16a3cd-a29f-4d9b-858a-b2e0eb6dec62 HTTP/1.1" 200 546 _make_request /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py:295
/var/log/nova/api.log:2013-09-11 16:33:18.804 19829 INFO nova.api.openstack.wsgi [req-24f8e28e-8e18-452a-9373-10e903d8a9c9 0007c2f5563c4cc883c0c8d9e7f7d6f8 532307bfce18431ba50d309622619b66] HTTP exception thrown: Block Device Mapping is Invalid: failed to get volume 2d16a3cd-a29f-4d9b-858a-b2e0eb6dec62.
/var/log/nova/api.log:2013-09-11 16:33:18.804 19829 DEBUG nova.api.openstack.wsgi [req-24f8e28e-8e18-452a-9373-10e903d8a9c9 0007c2f5563c4cc883c0c8d9e7f7d6f8 532307bfce18431ba50d309622619b66] Returning 400 to user: Block Device Mapping is Invalid: failed to get volume 2d16a3cd-a29f-4d9b-858a-b2e0eb6dec62. __call__ /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/nova/api/openstack/wsgi.py:1198
/var/log/nova/api.log:2013-09-11 18:29:31.216 19832 DEBUG nova.api.openstack.wsgi [req-3a3891f6-e489-41e9-bd1b-8dad63a8bfc8 0007c2f5563c4cc883c0c8d9e7f7d6f8 532307bfce18431ba50d309622619b66] Action: 'create', body: {"server": {"name": "bla", "imageRef": "", "block_device_mapping": [{"volume_id": "2d16a3cd-a29f-4d9b-858a-b2e0eb6dec62", "delete_on_termination": "0", "device_name": "vda"}], "flavorRef": "1", "max_count": 1, "min_count": 1, "security_groups": [{"name": "default"}]}} _process_stack /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/nova/api/openstack/wsgi.py:935
/var/log/nova/api.log:2013-09-11 18:29:31.381 19832 DEBUG urllib3.connectionpool [-] "GET /v1/532307bfce18431ba50d309622619b66/volumes/2d16a3cd-a29f-4d9b-858a-b2e0eb6dec62 HTTP/1.1" 200 546 _make_request /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py:295
/var/log/nova/api.log:2013-09-11 18:29:31.392 19832 INFO nova.api.openstack.wsgi [req-3a3891f6-e489-41e9-bd1b-8dad63a8bfc8 0007c2f5563c4cc883c0c8d9e7f7d6f8 532307bfce18431ba50d309622619b66] HTTP exception thrown: Block Device Mapping is Invalid: failed to get volume 2d16a3cd-a29f-4d9b-858a-b2e0eb6dec62.
/var/log/nova/api.log:2013-09-11 18:29:31.418 19832 DEBUG nova.api.openstack.wsgi [req-3a3891f6-e489-41e9-bd1b-8dad63a8bfc8 0007c2f5563c4cc883c0c8d9e7f7d6f8 532307bfce18431ba50d309622619b66] Returning 400 to user: Block Device Mapping is Invalid: failed to get volume 2d16a3cd-a29f-4d9b-858a-b2e0eb6dec62. __call__ /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/nova/api/openstack/wsgi.py:1198
[root@nott-vdsa ~(keystone_admin)]# cinder list
+--------------------------------------+-----------+--------------+------+-------------+----------+-------------+
| ID | Status | Display Name | Size | Volume Type | Bootable | Attached to |
+--------------------------------------+-----------+--------------+------+-------------+----------+-------------+
| 2d16a3cd-a29f-4d9b-858a-b2e0eb6dec62 | available | dafna | 10 | None | False | |
+--------------------------------------+-----------+--------------+------+-------------+----------+-------------+
This is a bug in nova which has already been reported. Marking as a duplicate.