Re: [zones-discuss] booting zone after system restart fails with ERROR: no active dataset
On 05/30/10 16:45, Ian Collins wrote: I've tracked down the cause. It was my backup copy of the zone ZFS tree on another pool: backup/zoneRoot 1.64G 89.3G 26K /backup/zoneRoot backup/zoneRoot/svn 439M 89.3G 24K /backup/zoneRoot/svn backup/zoneRoot/svn/ROOT 439M 89.3G 21K legacy backup/zoneRoot/svn/ROOT/zbe 439M 89.3G 437M legacy Even though the mountpoints and ZFS names differ, their presence appears to have been causing confusion. When I export the backup pool, all boots and creates work. So my problem is solved, but there appears to be an issue with keeping backup copies on the same machine. Can you file a bug on this at defect.opensolaris.org under product: pkg, component: zones. Thanks, Jerry ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [zones-discuss] booting zone after system restart fails with ERROR: no active dataset
On 05/29/10 10:16 AM, Ian Collins wrote: All the zones fail to bot with the same error r...@i7:~# zoneadm -z ldap boot zone 'ldap': ERROR: no active dataset. zone 'ldap': zoneadm: zone 'ldap': call to zoneadmd failed Another data point: I just tried creating another zone, with the following config: r...@i7:~# zonecfg -z test export create -b set zonepath=/zoneRoot/test set brand=ipkg set autoboot=true set ip-type=shared add net set address=192.168.42.44 set physical=rge0 set defrouter=192.168.42.3 end The install failed: r...@i7:~# zoneadm -z test install A ZFS file system has been created for this zone. ERROR: Unable to create the zone's ZFS dataset. It was partly added: r...@i7:~# zfs list -r rpool/zoneRoot/test NAME USED AVAIL REFER MOUNTPOINT rpool/zoneRoot/test 42K 542G21K /zoneRoot/test rpool/zoneRoot/test/ROOT21K 542G21K legacy A manual create worked: r...@i7:~# zfs create -o mountpoint=legacy rpool/zoneRoot/test/ROOT/zbe r...@i7:~# zfs list -r rpool/zoneRoot/test NAME USED AVAIL REFER MOUNTPOINT rpool/zoneRoot/test 63K 542G21K /zoneRoot/test rpool/zoneRoot/test/ROOT42K 542G21K legacy rpool/zoneRoot/test/ROOT/zbe21K 542G21K legacy I see in the truss output from the create: 4101: write(2, t o o m a n y a r g.., 19) = 19 4101: write(2, u s a g e :\n, 7) = 7 4101: write(2, \t c r e a t e [ - p ].., 122) = 122 4101: write(2, \n F o r t h e p r o.., 29) = 29 4101: write(2, z f s s e t | g e t, 11) = 11 4101: write(2, \n, 1) = 1 4101: write(2, \n F o r t h e d e l.., 41) = 41 4101: write(2, z f s a l l o w | u n.., 17) = 17 4101: write(2, \n, 1) = 1 4101: _exit(2) I have the full output if it helps. -- Ian. ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [zones-discuss] booting zone after system restart fails with ERROR: no active dataset
I've tracked down the cause. It was my backup copy of the zone ZFS tree on another pool: backup/zoneRoot 1.64G 89.3G26K /backup/zoneRoot backup/zoneRoot/svn 439M 89.3G24K /backup/zoneRoot/svn backup/zoneRoot/svn/ROOT 439M 89.3G21K legacy backup/zoneRoot/svn/ROOT/zbe 439M 89.3G 437M legacy Even though the mountpoints and ZFS names differ, their presence appears to have been causing confusion. When I export the backup pool, all boots and creates work. So my problem is solved, but there appears to be an issue with keeping backup copies on the same machine. -- Ian. ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [zones-discuss] booting zone after system restart fails with ERROR: no active dataset
On 05/26/10 17:14, Ian Collins wrote: I have just restarted a b133 host with several zones and no none of them will boot. They all report: # zoneadm -z svn boot zone 'svn': ERROR: no active dataset. zone 'svn': zoneadm: zone 'svn': call to zoneadmd failed I've seen this mentioned as an issue after an upgrade, but this system only has one BE (the active one) and all I have done is a restart. Is there any way to get them back? You haven't provided any information to enable anyone to help you. Are the datasets still there? What does 'zfs list' show? What is the zonepath of one of the zones which won't boot? Did you do anything with your BE's on this system since you installed the zone? Thanks, Jerry ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [zones-discuss] booting zone after system restart fails with ERROR: no active dataset
On 05/29/10 12:25 AM, Jerry Jelinek wrote: On 05/26/10 17:14, Ian Collins wrote: I have just restarted a b133 host with several zones and no none of them will boot. They all report: # zoneadm -z svn boot zone 'svn': ERROR: no active dataset. zone 'svn': zoneadm: zone 'svn': call to zoneadmd failed I've seen this mentioned as an issue after an upgrade, but this system only has one BE (the active one) and all I have done is a restart. Is there any way to get them back? You haven't provided any information to enable anyone to help you. I thought I had, all I did was a reboot. Are the datasets still there? Yes. What does 'zfs list' show? rpool 46.3G 542G 81.5K /rpool rpool/ROOT 5.98G 542G21K legacy rpool/ROOT/opensolaris 5.98G 542G 5.93G / rpool/build 438M 542G 424M /build rpool/depot 42K 542G24K /depot rpool/dump 3.00G 542G 3.00G - rpool/export16.0M 542G23K /export rpool/export/home 16.0M 542G23K /export/home rpool/export/home/admin 15.9M 542G 15.9M /export/home/admin rpool/on 545M 542G 545M /rpool/on rpool/play 17.0G 542G27K /rpool/play rpool/play/test 6.68G 542G 6.68G /rpool/play/test rpool/play/vol10G 10.3G 552G 21.5M - rpool/swap 3.28G 545G 52.3M - rpool/vdi 14.2G 542G 13.9G /vdi rpool/zoneRoot 1.28G 542G26K /zoneRoot rpool/zoneRoot/svn 439M 542G24K /zoneRoot/svn rpool/zoneRoot/ftp 472M 542G24K /zoneRoot/ftp rpool/zoneRoot/ftp/ROOT 472M 542G21K legacy rpool/zoneRoot/ftp/ROOT/zbe 472M 542G 470M legacy rpool/zoneRoot/ldap32.9M 542G25K /zoneRoot/ldap rpool/zoneRoot/ldap/ROOT 32.9M 542G21K legacy rpool/zoneRoot/ldap/ROOT/zbe 32.8M 542G 369M legacy rpool/zoneRoot/pdc 369M 542G24K /zoneRoot/pdc rpool/zoneRoot/pdc/ROOT 369M 542G21K legacy rpool/zoneRoot/pdc/ROOT/zbe 369M 542G 366M legacy None of the zones boot. What is the zonepath of one of the zones which won't boot? Did you do anything with your BE's on this system since you installed the zone? zonepath=/zoneRoot/svn ls /zoneRoot/svn/ dev root There is only one BE. the system was installed with b133. -- Ian. ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [zones-discuss] booting zone after system restart fails with ERROR: no active dataset
On 05/28/10 15:16, Ian Collins wrote: On 05/29/10 12:25 AM, Jerry Jelinek wrote: On 05/26/10 17:14, Ian Collins wrote: I have just restarted a b133 host with several zones and no none of them will boot. They all report: # zoneadm -z svn boot zone 'svn': ERROR: no active dataset. zone 'svn': zoneadm: zone 'svn': call to zoneadmd failed I've seen this mentioned as an issue after an upgrade, but this system only has one BE (the active one) and all I have done is a restart. Is there any way to get them back? You haven't provided any information to enable anyone to help you. I thought I had, all I did was a reboot. Are the datasets still there? Yes. What does 'zfs list' show? rpool 46.3G 542G 81.5K /rpool rpool/ROOT 5.98G 542G 21K legacy rpool/ROOT/opensolaris 5.98G 542G 5.93G / rpool/build 438M 542G 424M /build rpool/depot 42K 542G 24K /depot rpool/dump 3.00G 542G 3.00G - rpool/export 16.0M 542G 23K /export rpool/export/home 16.0M 542G 23K /export/home rpool/export/home/admin 15.9M 542G 15.9M /export/home/admin rpool/on 545M 542G 545M /rpool/on rpool/play 17.0G 542G 27K /rpool/play rpool/play/test 6.68G 542G 6.68G /rpool/play/test rpool/play/vol10G 10.3G 552G 21.5M - rpool/swap 3.28G 545G 52.3M - rpool/vdi 14.2G 542G 13.9G /vdi rpool/zoneRoot 1.28G 542G 26K /zoneRoot rpool/zoneRoot/svn 439M 542G 24K /zoneRoot/svn rpool/zoneRoot/ftp 472M 542G 24K /zoneRoot/ftp rpool/zoneRoot/ftp/ROOT 472M 542G 21K legacy rpool/zoneRoot/ftp/ROOT/zbe 472M 542G 470M legacy rpool/zoneRoot/ldap 32.9M 542G 25K /zoneRoot/ldap rpool/zoneRoot/ldap/ROOT 32.9M 542G 21K legacy rpool/zoneRoot/ldap/ROOT/zbe 32.8M 542G 369M legacy rpool/zoneRoot/pdc 369M 542G 24K /zoneRoot/pdc rpool/zoneRoot/pdc/ROOT 369M 542G 21K legacy rpool/zoneRoot/pdc/ROOT/zbe 369M 542G 366M legacy None of the zones boot. What is the zonepath of one of the zones which won't boot? Did you do anything with your BE's on this system since you installed the zone? zonepath=/zoneRoot/svn ls /zoneRoot/svn/ dev root There is only one BE. the system was installed with b133. The svn zone won't boot because there is no zfs dataset for the zonepath root. There should be two datasets named rpool/zoneRoot/svn/ROOT and rpool/zoneRoot/svn/ROOT/zbe. You might be able to determine some information about what happened using the 'zpool history' command. That would show you if the dataset was created and then later destroyed. That might give you a clue when that happened and you could try to narrow down what happened from there. It looks like you have datasets for other zones with zonepaths of /zoneRoot/ftp, /zoneRoot/ldap and /zoneRoot/pdc. What is the error you get when you try to boot one of those zones? Jerry ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [zones-discuss] booting zone after system restart fails with ERROR: no active dataset
On 05/29/10 09:51 AM, Jerry Jelinek wrote: On 05/28/10 15:16, Ian Collins wrote: What does 'zfs list' show? rpool 46.3G 542G 81.5K /rpool rpool/ROOT 5.98G 542G 21K legacy rpool/ROOT/opensolaris 5.98G 542G 5.93G / rpool/build 438M 542G 424M /build rpool/depot 42K 542G 24K /depot rpool/dump 3.00G 542G 3.00G - rpool/export 16.0M 542G 23K /export rpool/export/home 16.0M 542G 23K /export/home rpool/export/home/admin 15.9M 542G 15.9M /export/home/admin rpool/on 545M 542G 545M /rpool/on rpool/play 17.0G 542G 27K /rpool/play rpool/play/test 6.68G 542G 6.68G /rpool/play/test rpool/play/vol10G 10.3G 552G 21.5M - rpool/swap 3.28G 545G 52.3M - rpool/vdi 14.2G 542G 13.9G /vdi rpool/zoneRoot 1.28G 542G 26K /zoneRoot rpool/zoneRoot/svn 439M 542G 24K /zoneRoot/svn rpool/zoneRoot/ftp 472M 542G 24K /zoneRoot/ftp rpool/zoneRoot/ftp/ROOT 472M 542G 21K legacy rpool/zoneRoot/ftp/ROOT/zbe 472M 542G 470M legacy rpool/zoneRoot/ldap 32.9M 542G 25K /zoneRoot/ldap rpool/zoneRoot/ldap/ROOT 32.9M 542G 21K legacy rpool/zoneRoot/ldap/ROOT/zbe 32.8M 542G 369M legacy rpool/zoneRoot/pdc 369M 542G 24K /zoneRoot/pdc rpool/zoneRoot/pdc/ROOT 369M 542G 21K legacy rpool/zoneRoot/pdc/ROOT/zbe 369M 542G 366M legacy None of the zones boot. What is the zonepath of one of the zones which won't boot? Did you do anything with your BE's on this system since you installed the zone? zonepath=/zoneRoot/svn ls /zoneRoot/svn/ dev root There is only one BE. the system was installed with b133. The svn zone won't boot because there is no zfs dataset for the zonepath root. There should be two datasets named rpool/zoneRoot/svn/ROOT and rpool/zoneRoot/svn/ROOT/zbe. I'm sorry, that was a slip of the past buffer, the datasets are there: rpool/zoneRoot 1.28G 542G26K /zoneRoot rpool/zoneRoot/svn 439M 542G24K /zoneRoot/svn rpool/zoneRoot/svn/ROOT 439M 542G21K legacy rpool/zoneRoot/svn/ROOT/zbe 439M 542G 437M legacy It looks like you have datasets for other zones with zonepaths of /zoneRoot/ftp, /zoneRoot/ldap and /zoneRoot/pdc. What is the error you get when you try to boot one of those zones? All the zones fail to bot with the same error r...@i7:~# zoneadm -z ldap boot zone 'ldap': ERROR: no active dataset. zone 'ldap': zoneadm: zone 'ldap': call to zoneadmd failed -- Ian. ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [zones-discuss] booting zone after system restart fails with ERROR: no active dataset
On 05/27/10 11:14 AM, Ian Collins wrote: I have just restarted a b133 host with several zones and no none of them will boot. They all report: # zoneadm -z svn boot zone 'svn': ERROR: no active dataset. zone 'svn': zoneadm: zone 'svn': call to zoneadmd failed I've seen this mentioned as an issue after an upgrade, but this system only has one BE (the active one) and all I have done is a restart. Is there any way to get them back? Anyone? I'd really hate to loose these zones and if there is a lurking bug, it could catch anyone on a production box. -- Ian. ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org
[zones-discuss] booting zone after system restart fails with ERROR: no active dataset
I have just restarted a b133 host with several zones and no none of them will boot. They all report: # zoneadm -z svn boot zone 'svn': ERROR: no active dataset. zone 'svn': zoneadm: zone 'svn': call to zoneadmd failed I've seen this mentioned as an issue after an upgrade, but this system only has one BE (the active one) and all I have done is a restart. Is there any way to get them back? -- Ian. ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org
