Opened 17 years ago
Closed 17 years ago
#112 closed defect (wontfix)
on /create: "Error: Device 768 (vbd) could not be connected"
| Reported by: | price | Owned by: | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Priority: | minor | Milestone: | |
| Component: | xen | Version: | |
| Keywords: | Cc: |
Description
What's up with this?
Error on operation /create for user jjzhu: "Error: Device 768 (vbd) could not be connected. Hotplug scripts not working.
" on "control jjzhu2 create windows-xp-sp2
Fields:
back=list
name=jjzhu2
description=Backup
memory=256
disksize=24.9
vmtype=linux-hvm
cd_or_auto=on
cdrom=windows-xp-sp2
owner=jjzhu
Error output:
---- end error output
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/var/www/sipb-xen-www/main.py", line 690, in __iter__
output = handler(self.username, self.state, operation, fields)
File "/var/www/sipb-xen-www/main.py", line 663, in handler
return fun(username, state, path, fields)
File "/var/www/sipb-xen-www/main.py", line 158, in create
machine = controls.createVm(username, state, **parsed_fields)
File "/var/www/sipb-xen-www/controls.py", line 148, in createVm
bootMachine(machine, cdrom)
File "/var/www/sipb-xen-www/controls.py", line 104, in bootMachine
raise CodeError('"%s" on "control %s create %s'
CodeError: "Error: Device 768 (vbd) could not be connected. Hotplug scripts not working.
" on "control jjzhu2 create windows-xp-sp2
Change History (1)
comment:1 Changed 17 years ago by broder
- Resolution set to wontfix
- Status changed from new to closed
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I believe this is related to using file: instead of the tap:aio: URI specification for CD images in the Xen config. This should be fixed by using phy: URIs (and LVs for CD images) on the prod cluster.