Why does VM fails to start with 'Exit message: XML error: Attempted double use of PCI Address 'X:X:X.X' ?
Issue
- Virtual Machine fails to start with following error message in
/var/log/ovirt-engine/engine.log.
VM test.xxx is down. Exit message: XML error: Attempted double use of PCI Address '0:0:6.0'.
<disk device="disk" snapshot="no" type="block">
<address domain="0x0000" function="0x0" slot="0x06" type="pci" bus="0x00"/>
<source dev="/rhev/data-center/e1ead2fe-5b3b-11e2-941e-0024e867790a/912f4997-6530-4250-ac77-f16fdbc329cd/images/dc15d426-3ac2-4e7c-982d-a8acd1f9e3fc/a8f18984-f979-4c82-9b16-375057a5c52d"/>
<target bus="virtio" dev="vda"/>
<serial>dc15d426-3ac2-4e7c-982d-a8acd1f9e3fc</serial>
<boot order="1"/>
<driver cache="none" error_policy="stop" io="native" name="qemu" type="raw"/>
</disk>
<disk device="disk" snapshot="no" type="block">
<address domain="0x0000" function="0x0" slot="0x07" type="pci" bus="0x00"/>
<source dev="/rhev/data-center/e1ead2fe-5b3b-11e2-941e-0024e867790a/edd4d4aa-4a49-423f-b1da-1318c5ca8809/images/22085d96-732d-44ad-88fc-d0c549644565/d3ff1047-f1c6-4cd7-9b60-b6caa1bc1093"/>
<target bus="virtio" dev="vdb"/>
<serial>22085d96-732d-44ad-88fc-d0c549644565</serial>
<driver cache="none" error_policy="stop" io="native" name="qemu" type="raw"/>
</disk>
<disk device="disk" snapshot="no" type="block">
<address domain="0x0000" function="0x0" slot="0x06" type="pci" bus="0x00"/>
<source dev="/rhev/data-center/e1ead2fe-5b3b-11e2-941e-0024e867790a/912f4997-6530-4250-ac77-f16fdbc329cd/images/2b528ee2-a9a3-418d-9db0-53518f8fcc98/3b565b0d-cdc3-4e9d-a6de-373e0a823dc7"/>
<target bus="virtio" dev="vdc"/>
<shareable/>
<serial>2b528ee2-a9a3-418d-9db0-53518f8fcc98</serial>
<driver cache="none" error_policy="stop" io="native" name="qemu" type="raw"/>
</disk>
</devices>
2013-07-12 11:48:35.748+0000: 21253: debug : qemuCollectPCIAddress:1044 : Remembering PCI addr 0:0:7.7 (multifunction=off for function 0)
2013-07-12 11:48:35.748+0000: 21253: error : qemuCollectPCIAddress:1013 : XML error: Attempted double use of PCI Address '0:0:6.0'
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.2
- Shared disk attached to the guest being started.
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