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[Matt Riedemann <mriedem.os@xxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

This came up in IRC while debugging a separate problem with a user.

They are booting from volume where nova creates the volume, and were
getting this unhelpful error message in the end:

BuildAbortException: Build of instance
9484f5a7-3198-47ff-b728-178515a26277 aborted: Block Device Mapping is
Invalid.

That's from this generic exception that is raised up:

https://github.com/openstack/nova/blob/81bdbd0b50aeac9a677a0cef9001081008a2c407/nova/compute/manager.py#L1595

The actual exception in the traceback is much more specific:

http://paste.as47869.net/p/9qbburh7z3w3toi

2017-05-24 16:33:26.127 2331 ERROR nova.compute.manager [instance:
9484f5a7-3198-47ff-b728-178515a26277] VolumeNotCreated: Volume
da947c97-66c6-4b7e-9ae6-54eb8128bb75 did not finish being created even
after we waited 3 seconds or 2 attempts. And its status is error.

That's showing that the volume failed to be created almost immediately.

It would be better to include that error message in what goes into the
BuildAbortException which is what ultimately goes into the recorded
instance fault:

https://github.com/openstack/nova/blob/81bdbd0b50aeac9a677a0cef9001081008a2c407/nova/compute/manager.py#L1878

** Affects: nova
     Importance: Medium
     Assignee: Matt Riedemann (mriedem)
         Status: Triaged


** Tags: serviceability volumes

** Changed in: nova
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Matt Riedemann (mriedem)

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1693315

Title:
  Unhelpful invalid bdm error in compute logs when volume creation fails
  during boot from volume

Status in OpenStack Compute (nova):
  Triaged

Bug description:
  This came up in IRC while debugging a separate problem with a user.

  They are booting from volume where nova creates the volume, and were
  getting this unhelpful error message in the end:

  BuildAbortException: Build of instance
  9484f5a7-3198-47ff-b728-178515a26277 aborted: Block Device Mapping is
  Invalid.

  That's from this generic exception that is raised up:

  https://github.com/openstack/nova/blob/81bdbd0b50aeac9a677a0cef9001081008a2c407/nova/compute/manager.py#L1595

  The actual exception in the traceback is much more specific:

  http://paste.as47869.net/p/9qbburh7z3w3toi

  2017-05-24 16:33:26.127 2331 ERROR nova.compute.manager [instance:
  9484f5a7-3198-47ff-b728-178515a26277] VolumeNotCreated: Volume
  da947c97-66c6-4b7e-9ae6-54eb8128bb75 did not finish being created even
  after we waited 3 seconds or 2 attempts. And its status is error.

  That's showing that the volume failed to be created almost
  immediately.

  It would be better to include that error message in what goes into the
  BuildAbortException which is what ultimately goes into the recorded
  instance fault:

  https://github.com/openstack/nova/blob/81bdbd0b50aeac9a677a0cef9001081008a2c407/nova/compute/manager.py#L1878

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