test_large_ops_scenario: BuildErrorException: Server failed to build and is in ERROR status

[Chris Buccella]

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "tempest/scenario/test_large_ops.py", line 105, in test_large_ops_scenario
     self.nova_boot()
   File "tempest/scenario/test_large_ops.py", line 98, in nova_boot
     self._wait_for_server_status('ACTIVE')
   File "tempest/scenario/test_large_ops.py", line 42, in _wait_for_server_status
     self.compute_client.servers, server.id, status)
   File "tempest/scenario/manager.py", line 349, in status_timeout
     not_found_exception=not_found_exception)
   File "tempest/scenario/manager.py", line 407, in _status_timeout
     self.config.compute.build_interval):
   File "tempest/test.py", line 337, in call_until_true
     if func():
   File "tempest/scenario/manager.py", line 398, in check_status
     raise exceptions.BuildErrorException(message)
 BuildErrorException: Server %(server_id)s failed to build and is in ERROR status
 Details: <Server: scenario-server--tempest-1228972259-648628fe-b6f2-486c-928c-77466a852c32> failed to get to expected status. In ERROR state.

http://logs.openstack.org/62/65762/1/check/gate-tempest-dsvm-large-ops/4004ce5/

The change is not a functional change (just syncs some oslo code), so it must be a non-deterministic failure caused by something else.

[Nilesh Bhosale (nilesh-bhosale)]

Hit this issue while running the cinder driver certification tests manually (4 tests failed) for the change https://review.openstack.org/#/c/64290/.

[Matt Riedemann (mriedem)]

Duplicate when you look at the n-cpu logs:

http://logs.openstack.org/62/65762/1/check/gate-tempest-dsvm-large-ops/4004ce5/logs/screen-n-cpu.txt.gz?level=TRACE#_2014-01-09_21_14_47_344