Installing Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization on an existing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 host fails with the error 'OSError: [Errno 18] Invalid cross-device link'

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Issue

  • Installing RHEV on an existing RHEL5.4 host fails with the error 'OSError: [Errno 18] Invalid cross-device link'

The following error appears in the file C:\Program Files\RedHat\RHEVManager\Service\log\vdc-log.txt on the RHEV Manager:

08Dec 15:21:35 [2844] ERROR - Installation of 172.18.75.66. Error:     os.rename(tmpName, VDSM_CONF)
. (Stage: Running first installation script on Host)
08Dec 15:21:35 [2844] ERROR - Installation of 172.18.75.66. Error: OSError: [Errno 18] Invalid cross-device link

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager (RHEV-M) 2.1

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