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Re: nova volume creation problem

 

On May 7, 2012, at 11:14, Shashi Kanth Boddula <shashi.bsd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Essex.
> 
> I am not able to create nova volumes, the command never ends up, and the volume status will be always "creating".
> 
> # nova volume-list
> +----+----------+-------------------+------+-------------+-------------+
> | ID |  Status  |    Display Name   | Size | Volume Type | Attached to |
> +----+----------+-------------------+------+-------------+-------------+
> | 1  | creating | OpenStack Volume1 | 16   | None        |             |
> | 2  | creating | shashi            | 1    | None        |             |
> | 3  | creating | v1                | 2    | None        |             |
> | 4  | creating | v1                | 2    | None        |             |
> +----+----------+-------------------+------+-------------+-------------+
> 
> The nova volume service is running.
> 
> # nova-manage service list | grep volume
> 2012-05-07 23:40:30 DEBUG nova.utils [req-0f8aa0b7-fa77-4e5b-93de-fc1621b575c9 None None] backend <module 'nova.db.sqlalchemy.api' from '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/db/sqlalchemy/api.pyc'> from (pid=9641) __get_backend /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/utils.py:658
> nova-volume      OpenStack                            nova             enabled    XXX   2012-05-06 08:40:57
> 
> 
> In the nova.conf the volume is defined.
> 
> # Volumes
> --volume_group=nova-volumes
> --volume_name_template=volume-%08x
> --iscsi_helper=tgtadm
> 
> 
> And in the system nova VG is already created, but no logical volumes are getting created whenever i issue "nova volume-create" command.
> 
> # vgdisplay | grep nova
>   VG Name               nova-volumes
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Thanks & Regards,
> Shashi Kanth
> 
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What command are you issuing to create the volume, specifically, what zone are you passing?

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