ISST:Tuleta-L:Ubuntu installation failing on virtio-scsi disk with disk image type qcow.

Bug #1291337 reported by Indira Priya Darsini
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Bug Description

Classification the type of defect

  DEFECT :distro
  TYPE OF DEFECT:Ubuntu 14.04

Description of the defect:

Ubuntu installation to virtio-scsi disk type of qcow , not able to find the driver by default and not listing virtio-scsi drivers to
choose

EXECUTION STEPS :

1)
[root@magkvm images]# virsh define vscqcow.xml
Domain vscqcow defined from vscqcow.xml

2)
root@magkvm images]# virsh dumpxml vscqcow
<domain type='kvm' id='3'>
  <name>vscqcow</name>
  <uuid>97d4979e-c707-4698-a767-31ce79963112</uuid>
  <memory unit='KiB'>5242880</memory>
  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>5242880</currentMemory>
  <vcpu placement='static'>4</vcpu>
  <resource>
    <partition>/machine</partition>
  </resource>
  <os>
    <type arch='ppc64' machine='pseries'>hvm</type>
    <boot dev='hd'/>
    <boot dev='cdrom'/>
  </os>
  <clock offset='utc'/>
  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
  <on_crash>preserve</on_crash>
  <devices>
    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-ppc64</emulator>
    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
      <driver name='qemu' type='qcow'/>
      <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/vqcow.img'/>
      <target dev='sde' bus='scsi'/>
      <alias name='scsi0-0-0-0'/>
      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
    </disk>
    <disk type='file' device='cdrom'>
      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
      <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/trusty-server-ppc64el.iso'/>
      <target dev='sdf' bus='scsi'/>
      <readonly/>
      <alias name='scsi1-0-0-0'/>
      <address type='drive' controller='1' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
    </disk>
    <controller type='scsi' index='0' model='virtio-scsi'>
      <alias name='scsi0'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x0'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='scsi' index='1' model='ibmvscsi'>
      <alias name='scsi1'/>
      <address type='spapr-vio' reg='0x2000'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='usb' index='0'>
      <alias name='usb0'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'>
      <alias name='pci.0'/>
    </controller>
    <interface type='bridge'>
      <mac address='52:54:00:24:15:c9'/>
      <source bridge='breth0'/>
      <target dev='vnet0'/>
      <model type='virtio'/>
      <alias name='net0'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x06' function='0x0'/>
    </interface>
    <serial type='pty'>
      <source path='/dev/pts/2'/>
      <target port='0'/>
      <alias name='serial0'/>
      <address type='spapr-vio' reg='0x30000000'/>
    </serial>
    <console type='pty' tty='/dev/pts/2'>
      <source path='/dev/pts/2'/>
      <target type='serial' port='0'/>
      <alias name='serial0'/>
      <address type='spapr-vio' reg='0x30000000'/>
    </console>
    <video>
      <model type='vga' vram='9216' heads='1'/>
      <alias name='video0'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/>
    </video>
    <memballoon model='none'>
      <alias name='balloon0'/>
    </memballoon>
  </devices>
  <seclabel type='none' model='selinux'/>
</domain>

[root@magkvm images]#

3)
[root@magkvm images]# virsh start --console vscqcow
Domain vscqcow started
Connected to domain vscqcow
Escape character is ^]

SLOF **************************

4)

Proceeded with the installation and when the disk parition screen comes up. Installer is not able to indentify the disk and asks to
choose from the list of drivers as below

─────────────────────────┤ [!] Detect disks ├───────────────────────────
  │ │
  │ No disk drive was detected. If you know the name of the driver needed │
  │ by your disk drive, you can select it from the list. │
  │ │
  │ Driver needed for your disk drive: │
  │ │
  │ continue with no disk drive │
  │ login to iSCSI targets │
  │ 3w-9xxx ▒ │
  │ 3w-sas ▒ │
  │ 3w-xxxx ▒ │
  │ DAC960 ▒ │
  │ a100u2w ▒ │
  │ aacraid ▒ │
  │ aic79xx ▒ │
  │ aic7xxx │
  │ │
  │ <Go Back> │
  │ │
  └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

<Tab> moves; <Space> selects; <Enter> activates b

4) verified for the drivers from the list and none of them belongs to virtio-scsi

optional driver listed are:

  continue with no disk drive │
  │ login to iSCSI targets │
  │ 3w-9xxx ▒ │
  │ 3w-sas ▒ │
  │ 3w-xxxx ▒ │
  │ DAC960 ▒ │
  │ a100u2w ▒ │
  │ aacraid ▒ │
  │ aic79xx ▒ │
  │ aic7xxx
aic94xx │
  │ aoe ▒ │
  │ arcmsr │
  │ aten ▒ │
  │ atp870u ▒ │
  │ bpck ▒ │
  │ cciss ▒ │
  │ comm ▒ │
  │ cryptoloop ▒ │
  │ dc395x
dmx3191d │
  │ dstr ▒ │
  │ eata ▒ │
  │ epat │
  │ epia ▒ │
  │ fdomain ▒ │
  │ fit2 ▒ │
  │ fit3 ▒ │
  │ floppy ▒ │
  │ friq
frpw │
  │ gdth ▒ │
  │ hpsa ▒ │
  │ hptiop ▒ │
  │ imm │
  │ initio ▒ │
  │ ips ▒ │
  │ kbic ▒ │
  │ ktti ▒ │
  │ libsas

lpfc │
  │ megaraid ▒ │
  │ megaraid_mbox ▒ │
  │ megaraid_mm ▒ │
  │ megaraid_sas ▒ │
  │ mpt2sas │
  │ mptbase ▒ │
  │ mptctl ▒ │
  │ mptfc ▒ │
  │ mptlan

 mptsas ▒ │
  │ mptscsih ▒ │
  │ mptspi ▒ │
  │ mtip32xx ▒ │
  │ mvsas │
  │ nbd ▒ │
  │ on20 ▒ │
  │ on26 ▒ │
  │ paride

pcd ▒ │
  │ pd ▒ │
  │ pf ▒ │
  │ pg ▒ │
  │ ppa ▒ │
  │ pt ▒ │
  │ qla1280 │
  │ qla2xxx ▒ │
  │ qla4xxx
raid_class ▒ │
  │ scsi_debug ▒ │
  │ scsi_dh ▒ │
  │ scsi_dh_alua ▒ │
  │ scsi_dh_rdac │
  │ scsi_transport_sas ▒ │
  │ stex ▒ │
  │ sx8
                          tmscsim ▒ │
  │ umem │
  │ none of the above

NOTE:-
--------

System is on a private network. Access the private network via SSH to "banner.isst.aus.stglabs.ibm.com" using your GSA ID and
password.(Banner itself is behind a BSO, so must authenticate through that first.)

or

ssh banner.isst.aus.stglabs.ibm.com [debug/don2rry ]

Host : -

magkvm.isst.aus.stglabs.ibm.com [10.33.11.5]
[root/don2rry ]

Guests : -

vscqcow.isst.aus.stglabs.ibm.com [ind/welcome2u]

To open a Guest console :

virsh console vscqcow --force

To open IPMI console :

ipmitool -I lanplus -H 10.33.11.4 -P don2rry sol activate

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                             TESTING INFORMATION
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

SYSTEM INFORMATION
-----------------------------------

  HOST NAME or NETWORK ADDRESS: magkvm.isst.aus.stglabs.ibm.com (10.33.11.5)

  FSP NAME and FSP ip fsp-mag.isst.aus.stglabs.ibm.com. (10.33.11.4)

  KVM BUILD LEVEL: build 11

  Sapphire FIRMWARE LEVEL: - Sapphire b0228d_1411.810

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                            DEBUGGING INFORMATION
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DEBUG / LOGIN INFORMATION
-----------------------------------------------
  FSP LOGIN: see name above dev/FipSdev

RECENT SYSTEM CHANGES
-----------------------------------------
none

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Juan G Rivera (jgrivera) wrote :

any updates? is this related to 1288607 by any chance?

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Francesco Apollonio (lorddex) wrote : Re: [Bug 1291337] Re: ISST:Tuleta-L:Ubuntu installation failing on virtio-scsi disk with disk image type qcow.
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Hi all,

sorry but this is not the right place where to talk about virsh, this
is the bug mgmt of Virtualbricks which doesn't support virsh and has
nothing related to it.

Francesco

On 15 March 2014 20:02, Juan G Rivera <email address hidden> wrote:
> any updates? is this related to 1288607 by any chance?
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1291337
>
> Title:
> ISST:Tuleta-L:Ubuntu installation failing on virtio-scsi disk with
> disk image type qcow.
>
> Status in Virtualbricks:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> Classification the type of defect
>
> DEFECT :distro
> TYPE OF DEFECT:Ubuntu 14.04
>
> Description of the defect:
>
> Ubuntu installation to virtio-scsi disk type of qcow , not able to find the driver by default and not listing virtio-scsi drivers to
> choose
>
> EXECUTION STEPS :
>
> 1)
> [root@magkvm images]# virsh define vscqcow.xml
> Domain vscqcow defined from vscqcow.xml
>
> 2)
> root@magkvm images]# virsh dumpxml vscqcow
> <domain type='kvm' id='3'>
> <name>vscqcow</name>
> <uuid>97d4979e-c707-4698-a767-31ce79963112</uuid>
> <memory unit='KiB'>5242880</memory>
> <currentMemory unit='KiB'>5242880</currentMemory>
> <vcpu placement='static'>4</vcpu>
> <resource>
> <partition>/machine</partition>
> </resource>
> <os>
> <type arch='ppc64' machine='pseries'>hvm</type>
> <boot dev='hd'/>
> <boot dev='cdrom'/>
> </os>
> <clock offset='utc'/>
> <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
> <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
> <on_crash>preserve</on_crash>
> <devices>
> <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-ppc64</emulator>
> <disk type='file' device='disk'>
> <driver name='qemu' type='qcow'/>
> <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/vqcow.img'/>
> <target dev='sde' bus='scsi'/>
> <alias name='scsi0-0-0-0'/>
> <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
> </disk>
> <disk type='file' device='cdrom'>
> <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
> <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/trusty-server-ppc64el.iso'/>
> <target dev='sdf' bus='scsi'/>
> <readonly/>
> <alias name='scsi1-0-0-0'/>
> <address type='drive' controller='1' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
> </disk>
> <controller type='scsi' index='0' model='virtio-scsi'>
> <alias name='scsi0'/>
> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x0'/>
> </controller>
> <controller type='scsi' index='1' model='ibmvscsi'>
> <alias name='scsi1'/>
> <address type='spapr-vio' reg='0x2000'/>
> </controller>
> <controller type='usb' index='0'>
> <alias name='usb0'/>
> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/>
> </controller>
> <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'>
> <alias name='pci.0'/>
> </controller>
> <interface type='bridge'>
> <mac address='52:54:00:24:15:c9'/>
> <source bridge='breth0'/>
> ...

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Indira Priya Darsini (indira-priya) wrote :

Hi,

To Track the current issue, opened new bug at lauchpad Bug:1294073

Pls refer to the link
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+bug/1294073

Thanks
Indira

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Juan G Rivera (jgrivera) wrote :

Can we close this bug, we are using a different one for this issue

Juan G Rivera (jgrivera)
Changed in virtualbrick:
status: New → Invalid
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Indira Priya Darsini (indira-priya) wrote :

HI Juan,

We can close this bug

Regards,
Indira

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