[root@artim-cloud01 nova]# nova list
+--------------------------------------+-----------+---------+----------------------+
| ID | Name | Status | Networks |
+--------------------------------------+-----------+---------+----------------------+
| 80aa96a7-405e-4231-a91a-ac8ca943541a | Server 26 | SHUTOFF | private=172.65.184.4 |
+--------------------------------------+-----------+---------+----------------------+
We are having the same issue right now, we built CentOS 6.2 64-bit from an ISO image, I try to snapshot it as a baseline image and I get the following: manager [req-86422db7- f199-4870- a1b6-66cd26a27c 43 b814182cb2ef464 9add2f4194401cb 8e 35dd40c123c74d9 0841c9802b10612 29] instance 80aa96a7- 405e-4231- a91a-ac8ca94354 1a: snapshotting manager [-] Found 1 in the database and 0 on the hypervisor. libvirt. connection [-] Compute_service record updated for artim-cloud01. td.teradata. com manager [-] Updating host status f199-4870- a1b6-66cd26a27c 43 b814182cb2ef464 9add2f4194401cb 8e 35dd40c123c74d9 0841c9802b10612 29] Exception during message handling python2. 6/site- packages/ nova/rpc/ amqp.py" , line 253, in _process_data context= ctxt, **node_args) python2. 6/site- packages/ nova/exception. py", line 114, in wrapped python2. 6/site- packages/ nova/compute/ manager. py", line 183, in decorated_function python2. 6/contextlib. py", line 23, in __exit__ python2. 6/site- packages/ nova/compute/ manager. py", line 177, in decorated_function python2. 6/site- packages/ nova/compute/ manager. py", line 952, in snapshot_instance snapshot( context, instance_ref, image_id) python2. 6/site- packages/ nova/exception. py", line 114, in wrapped python2. 6/site- packages/ nova/virt/ libvirt/ connection. py", line 708, in snapshot python2. 6/site- packages/ nova/virt/ libvirt/ utils.py" , line 223, in extract_snapshot *qemu_img_ cmd) python2. 6/site- packages/ nova/virt/ libvirt/ utils.py" , line 35, in execute *args, **kwargs) python2. 6/site- packages/ nova/utils. py", line 243, in execute nError: Unexpected error while running command. 4bb9d926e9b7971 a7 /var/lib/ nova/instances/ artim-cloud- instance- 0000001a/ disk /tmp/tmplv5E0Y/ 115b87f7c3d7437 4bb9d926e9b7971 a7
2012-07-12 10:10:04 AUDIT nova.compute.
2012-07-12 10:11:09 WARNING nova.compute.
2012-07-12 10:11:11 INFO nova.virt.
2012-07-12 10:11:11 INFO nova.compute.
2012-07-12 10:11:15 ERROR nova.rpc.amqp [req-86422db7-
2012-07-12 10:11:15 TRACE nova.rpc.amqp Traceback (most recent call last):
2012-07-12 10:11:15 TRACE nova.rpc.amqp File "/usr/lib/
2012-07-12 10:11:15 TRACE nova.rpc.amqp rval = node_func(
2012-07-12 10:11:15 TRACE nova.rpc.amqp File "/usr/lib/
2012-07-12 10:11:15 TRACE nova.rpc.amqp return f(*args, **kw)
2012-07-12 10:11:15 TRACE nova.rpc.amqp File "/usr/lib/
2012-07-12 10:11:15 TRACE nova.rpc.amqp sys.exc_info())
2012-07-12 10:11:15 TRACE nova.rpc.amqp File "/usr/lib64/
2012-07-12 10:11:15 TRACE nova.rpc.amqp self.gen.next()
2012-07-12 10:11:15 TRACE nova.rpc.amqp File "/usr/lib/
2012-07-12 10:11:15 TRACE nova.rpc.amqp return function(self, context, instance_uuid, *args, **kwargs)
2012-07-12 10:11:15 TRACE nova.rpc.amqp File "/usr/lib/
2012-07-12 10:11:15 TRACE nova.rpc.amqp self.driver.
2012-07-12 10:11:15 TRACE nova.rpc.amqp File "/usr/lib/
2012-07-12 10:11:15 TRACE nova.rpc.amqp return f(*args, **kw)
2012-07-12 10:11:15 TRACE nova.rpc.amqp File "/usr/lib/
2012-07-12 10:11:15 TRACE nova.rpc.amqp image_format)
2012-07-12 10:11:15 TRACE nova.rpc.amqp File "/usr/lib/
2012-07-12 10:11:15 TRACE nova.rpc.amqp execute(
2012-07-12 10:11:15 TRACE nova.rpc.amqp File "/usr/lib/
2012-07-12 10:11:15 TRACE nova.rpc.amqp return utils.execute(
2012-07-12 10:11:15 TRACE nova.rpc.amqp File "/usr/lib/
2012-07-12 10:11:15 TRACE nova.rpc.amqp cmd=' '.join(cmd))
2012-07-12 10:11:15 TRACE nova.rpc.amqp ProcessExecutio
2012-07-12 10:11:15 TRACE nova.rpc.amqp Command: qemu-img convert -f qcow2 -O iso -s 115b87f7c3d7437
2012-07-12 10:11:15 TRACE nova.rpc.amqp Exit code: 1
2012-07-12 10:11:15 TRACE nova.rpc.amqp Stdout: ''
2012-07-12 10:11:15 TRACE nova.rpc.amqp Stderr: "qemu-img: Unknown file format 'iso'\n"
2012-07-12 10:11:15 TRACE nova.rpc.amqp
Also kvm restarted the machine but dashboard, nova list, and euca-describe- instances still shows the machine as "shut off"
[root@artim-cloud01 nova]# euca-describe- instances 0841c9802b10612 29 default 90841c9802b1061 229, artim-cloud01. td.teradata. com) 0 m1.small 2012-07- 12T13:43: 09.000Z nova
RESERVATION r-jqgr8cur 35dd40c123c74d9
INSTANCE i-0000001a ami-00000005 server-26 server-26 shutoff key (35dd40c123c74d
[root@artim-cloud01 nova]# nova list ------- ------- ------- ------- ----+-- ------- --+---- -----+- ------- ------- ------- + ------- ------- ------- ------- ----+-- ------- --+---- -----+- ------- ------- ------- + 405e-4231- a91a-ac8ca94354 1a | Server 26 | SHUTOFF | private= 172.65. 184.4 | ------- ------- ------- ------- ----+-- ------- --+---- -----+- ------- ------- ------- +
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| ID | Name | Status | Networks |
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| 80aa96a7-
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