OpenStack: Creating a Cinder Volume Failed
Issue
Tried to create a new volume with cinder and it failed, with no indication that it failed from lack of storage space. - The failure didn't show up until I listed information about the volume:
# cinder create --display-name=bigvol 25 ... # cinder list +--------------------------------------+-----------+--------------+------+-------------+----------+-------------+ | ID | Status | Display Name | Size | Volume Type | Bootable | Attached to | +--------------------------------------+-----------+--------------+------+-------------+----------+-------------+ | 78a852e2-7f02-4272-a2ac-ec08cbee854f | error | bigvol | 25 | None | | | +--------------------------------------+-----------+--------------+------+-------------+----------+-------------+ # less /var/log/cinder/volume.log ... 2013-03-21 13:14:25 2556 TRACE cinder.openstack.common.rpc.amqp Command: sudo cinder-rootwrap /etc/cinder/rootwrap.conf lvcreate -L 25G -n volume-78a852e2-7f02-4272-a2ac-ec08cbee854f cinder-volumes 2013-03-21 13:14:25 2556 TRACE cinder.openstack.common.rpc.amqp Exit code: 5 2013-03-21 13:14:25 2556 TRACE cinder.openstack.common.rpc.amqp Stdout: '' 2013-03-21 13:14:25 2556 TRACE cinder.openstack.common.rpc.amqp Stderr: ' Volume group "cinder-volumes" has insufficient free space (5913 extents): 6400 required.\n'
Environment
- OpenStack Folsom (Preview)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4
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