Nova instance launch failed with error "Block Device Mapping is Invalid"

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Issue

  • Nova instance launch failed with error "Block Device Mapping is Invalid"
Error: Failed to launch instance "vol-example": Please try again later [Error: Block Device Mapping is Invalid.].

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5,6

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