Why "packstack --allinone" fails with "Cinder's volume group 'cinder-volumes' could not be created" error message?
Issue
- Packstack fails with below error message.
Installing dependencies for Cinder... [ DONE ]
Checking if the Cinder server has a cinder-volumes vg...[ ERROR ]
ERROR : Cinder's volume group 'cinder-volumes' could not be created
Please check log file /var/tmp/packstack/20130730-055308-cOjCoi/openstack-setup.log for more information
- From log file,
2013-07-30 05:53:10::INFO::cinder_250::191::root:: A new cinder volumes group will be created
2013-07-30 05:53:10::ERROR::shell::83::root:: ============= STDERR ==========
2013-07-30 05:53:10::ERROR::shell::85::root:: Warning: Permanently added '10.9.10.43' (RSA) to the list of known hos
ts.
+ trap t ERR
+ mkdir -p /var/lib/cinder
+ dd if=/dev/zero of=/var/lib/cinder/cinder-volumes bs=1 count=0 seek=20G
0+0 records in
0+0 records out
0 bytes (0 B) copied, 8.848e-06 s, 0.0 kB/s
++ losetup --show -f /var/lib/cinder/cinder-volumes
+ LOFI=/dev/loop0
+ pvcreate /dev/loop0
Can't initialize physical volume "/dev/loop0" of volume group "cinder-volumes" without -ff
++ t
++ exit 5
2013-07-30 05:53:11::ERROR::run_setup::889::root:: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/packstack/installer/run_setup.py", line 870, in main
single_step_aio_install(options)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/packstack/installer/run_setup.py", line 658, in single_step_aio_install
single_step_install(options)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/packstack/installer/run_setup.py", line 688, in single_step_install
_main(answerfilepath)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/packstack/installer/run_setup.py", line 577, in _main
runSequences()
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/packstack/installer/run_setup.py", line 554, in runSequences
controller.runAllSequences()
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/packstack/installer/setup_controller.py", line 90, in runAllSequences
sequence.run(self.CONF)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/packstack/installer/core/sequences.py", line 105, in run
step.run(config=config)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/packstack/installer/core/sequences.py", line 52, in run
raise SequenceError(str(ex))
SequenceError: Cinder's volume group 'cinder-volumes' could not be created
Environment
- Red Hat OpenStack v3.0
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