This is a problem only with the version of qemu-img shipped in RHEL 6.5 which lacks the -s option.
** Changed in: nova Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Yahoo! Engineering Team, which is subscribed to OpenStack Compute (nova). https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1240140 Title: fail to create a snapshot for instance in gluster Status in OpenStack Compute (Nova): Invalid Bug description: we fail to create a snapshot for an instance booted from image. looking at the compute log I can see that that qemu-img is getting exit 1: Command: qemu-img convert -f qcow2 -O qcow2 -s 45b38831085a4b9ab7390eef35bc1070 /var/lib/nova/instances/9d411b4a-49cf-478d-b464-ebe053daedd0/disk /var/lib/nova/instances/snapshots/tmpaiU9IA/45b38831085a4b9ab7390eef35bc1070 2013-10-15 19:14:11.203 3065 TRACE nova.compute.manager [instance: 9d411b4a-49cf-478d-b464-ebe053daedd0] Exit code: 1 running the command manually: [root@nott-vdsa ~(keystone_admin)]# qemu-img convert -f qcow2 -O qcow2 -s 45b38831085a4b9ab7390eef35bc1070 /var/lib/nova/instances/9d411b4a-49cf-478d-b464-ebe053daedd0/disk /var/lib/nova/instances/snapshots/tmpaiU9IA/45b38831085a4b9ab7390eef35bc1070fgfg convert: invalid option -- 's' qemu-img version 0.12.1, Copyright (c) 2004-2008 Fabrice Bellard usage: qemu-img command [command options] QEMU disk image utility Command syntax: check [-f fmt] [--output=ofmt] [-r [leaks | all]] filename create [-f fmt] [-o options] filename [size] commit [-f fmt] [-t cache] filename convert [-c] [-p] [-f fmt] [-t cache] [-O output_fmt] [-o options] [-S sparse_size] filename [filename2 [...]] output_filename info [-f fmt] filename map [-f fmt] [--output=ofmt] filename snapshot [-l | -a snapshot | -c snapshot | -d snapshot] filename rebase [-f fmt] [-t cache] [-p] [-u] -b backing_file [-F backing_fmt] filename resize filename [+ | -]size not sure its related but I am working with gluster storage as backend for both cinder and glance To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1240140/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~yahoo-eng-team Post to : yahoo-eng-team@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~yahoo-eng-team More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp