Public bug reported: In some cases (not for all instances, just for some) the following error prevents creating the snapshot:
2013-10-25 14:49:30.724 22980 AUDIT nova.compute.manager [req-6e9326d7-64df-40f7-bc81-190ec5234de2 657f1aca48d24eaf9655e0b77b2bc6d9 35b2b08cc3f44a538cf3535043793a2a] [instance: db9c8a72-6ce2-41b7-8f7a-be0be8468667] instance snapshotting 2013-10-25 14:49:30.944 22980 INFO nova.virt.libvirt.driver [req-6e9326d7-64df-40f7-bc81-190ec5234de2 657f1aca48d24eaf9655e0b77b2bc6d9 35b2b08cc3f44a538cf3535043793a2a] [instance: db9c8a72-6ce2-41b7-8f7a-be0be8468667] Beginning live snapshot process 2013-10-25 14:49:32.006 22980 INFO nova.virt.libvirt.driver [req-6e9326d7-64df-40f7-bc81-190ec5234de2 657f1aca48d24eaf9655e0b77b2bc6d9 35b2b08cc3f44a538cf3535043793a2a] [instance: db9c8a72-6ce2-41b7-8f7a-be0be8468667] Snapshot extracted, beginning image upload 2013-10-25 14:49:32.329 22980 ERROR nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp [req-6e9326d7-64df-40f7-bc81-190ec5234de2 657f1aca48d24eaf9655e0b77b2bc6d9 35b2b08cc3f44a538cf3535043793a2a] Exception during message handling 2013-10-25 14:49:32.329 22980 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp Traceback (most recent call last): 2013-10-25 14:49:32.329 22980 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/openstack/common/rpc/amqp.py", line 461, in _process_data 2013-10-25 14:49:32.329 22980 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp **args) 2013-10-25 14:49:32.329 22980 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/openstack/common/rpc/dispatcher.py", line 172, in dispatch 2013-10-25 14:49:32.329 22980 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp result = getattr(proxyobj, method)(ctxt, **kwargs) 2013-10-25 14:49:32.329 22980 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/compute/manager.py", line 353, in decorated_function 2013-10-25 14:49:32.329 22980 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp return function(self, context, *args, **kwargs) 2013-10-25 14:49:32.329 22980 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/exception.py", line 90, in wrapped 2013-10-25 14:49:32.329 22980 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp payload) 2013-10-25 14:49:32.329 22980 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/exception.py", line 73, in wrapped 2013-10-25 14:49:32.329 22980 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp return f(self, context, *args, **kw) 2013-10-25 14:49:32.329 22980 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/compute/manager.py", line 243, in decorated_function 2013-10-25 14:49:32.329 22980 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp pass 2013-10-25 14:49:32.329 22980 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/compute/manager.py", line 229, in decorated_function 2013-10-25 14:49:32.329 22980 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp return function(self, context, *args, **kwargs) 2013-10-25 14:49:32.329 22980 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/compute/manager.py", line 271, in decorated_function 2013-10-25 14:49:32.329 22980 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp e, sys.exc_info()) 2013-10-25 14:49:32.329 22980 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/compute/manager.py", line 258, in decorated_function 2013-10-25 14:49:32.329 22980 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp return function(self, context, *args, **kwargs) 2013-10-25 14:49:32.329 22980 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/compute/manager.py", line 319, in decorated_function 2013-10-25 14:49:32.329 22980 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp % image_id, instance=instance) 2013-10-25 14:49:32.329 22980 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/compute/manager.py", line 309, in decorated_function 2013-10-25 14:49:32.329 22980 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp *args, **kwargs) 2013-10-25 14:49:32.329 22980 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/compute/manager.py", line 2293, in snapshot_instance 2013-10-25 14:49:32.329 22980 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp task_states.IMAGE_SNAPSHOT) 2013-10-25 14:49:32.329 22980 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/compute/manager.py", line 2324, in _snapshot_instance 2013-10-25 14:49:32.329 22980 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp update_task_state) 2013-10-25 14:49:32.329 22980 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py", line 1397, in snapshot 2013-10-25 14:49:32.329 22980 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp image_format) 2013-10-25 14:49:32.329 22980 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py", line 1483, in _live_snapshot 2013-10-25 14:49:32.329 22980 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp libvirt.VIR_DOMAIN_BLOCK_REBASE_SHALLOW) 2013-10-25 14:49:32.329 22980 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/eventlet/tpool.py", line 179, in doit 2013-10-25 14:49:32.329 22980 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp result = proxy_call(self._autowrap, f, *args, **kwargs) 2013-10-25 14:49:32.329 22980 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/eventlet/tpool.py", line 139, in proxy_call 2013-10-25 14:49:32.329 22980 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp rv = execute(f,*args,**kwargs) 2013-10-25 14:49:32.329 22980 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/eventlet/tpool.py", line 77, in tworker 2013-10-25 14:49:32.329 22980 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp rv = meth(*args,**kwargs) 2013-10-25 14:49:32.329 22980 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/libvirt.py", line 646, in blockRebase 2013-10-25 14:49:32.329 22980 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp if ret == -1: raise libvirtError ('virDomainBlockRebase() failed', dom=self) 2013-10-25 14:49:32.329 22980 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp libvirtError: internal error: unable to execute QEMU command 'drive-mirror': Could not open '/var/lib/nova/instances/snapshots/tmp5DdrIO/236df3e170e64fabaeb3c7601e2d6c47.delta' 2013-10-25 14:49:32.329 22980 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp The directory /var/lib/nova/instances/snapshots/tmp5DdrIO does not exist immidiately after this error shows up. Permissions to the parent directory are nova:nova 755, I believe they are correct. Package: nova-compute Version: 1:2013.2-0ubuntu1~cloud0 ** Affects: nova Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: nova (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: nova (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1244694 Title: Creating snapshot fails due to nonexistent temporary directory To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1244694/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs