Activity log for bug #871278

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2011-10-09 12:56:11 Eric Dodemont bug added bug
2011-10-09 12:57:56 Eric Dodemont description I cannot attach a volume to an instance if both are on different hosts. This a problem which is specific to tgt which is used on Oneiric. I file that bug in Nova (Ubuntu) and not in Nova (Openstack), even though it is not an Ubuntu packaging problem. Example: SW: OpenStack 2011.3 (Diablo) -- Package: 2011.3-0ubuntu6 OS: Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric -- Beta2) node1 (192.168.1.201): vol-00000004 node2 (192.168.1.202): i-00000004 root@node1:~# euca-attach-volume -i i-00000004 -d /dev/vdc vol-00000004 Error seen in nova-compute.log: Error: iSCSI device not found at /dev/disk/by-path/ip-192.168.1.201:3260-iscsi-iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004-lun-0 Explanation: nova-compute is waiting for a device to be configured as /dev/disk/by-path/ip-192.168.1.201:3260-iscsi-iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004-lun-1 but the device is configued as /dev/disk/by-path/ip-192.168.1.201:3260-iscsi-iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004-lun-0 nova-compute waits for xxx-lun-0, but xxx-lun-1 is configured: root@node2:/dev/disk/by-path# ls -l lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2011-10-08 22:02 ip-192.168.1.201:3260-iscsi-iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004-lun-1 -> ../../sdd I guess this is a difference between the iet and tgt softwares used to configure iSCSI targets. On Oneiric, tgt is used by default, and iet cannot be used because the kernel module is no more available. In nova.conf: --iscsi_helper=tgtadm If I adapt the code from lun-0 to lun-1, everything works well: diff /usr/share/pyshared/nova/volume/driver.py-patched /usr/share/pyshared/nova/volume/driver.py-unpatched 536c536 < mount_device = ("/dev/disk/by-path/ip-%s-iscsi-%s-lun-1" % --- > mount_device = ("/dev/disk/by-path/ip-%s-iscsi-%s-lun-0" % Complete nova-compute.log: root@node2:~# tail -50 /var/log/nova/nova-compute.log 2011-10-08 22:02:31,179 DEBUG nova.rpc [-] received {u'_context_roles': [u'projectmanager'], u'_context_request_id': u'8911d1d6-66eb-48eb-ab9a-f7a387d858fa', u'_context_read_deleted': False, u'args': {u'instance_id': 4, u'mountpoint': u'/dev/vdc', u'volume_id': 4}, u'_context_auth_token': None, u'_context_strategy': u'noauth', u'_context_is_admin': True, u'_context_project_id': u'project-one', u'_context_timestamp': u'2011-10-08T20:02:31.145628', u'_context_user_id': u'admin', u'method': u'attach_volume', u'_context_remote_address': u'192.168.1.201'} from (pid=1585) __call__ /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/rpc/impl_kombu.py:600 2011-10-08 22:02:31,180 DEBUG nova.rpc [-] unpacked context: {'user_id': u'admin', 'roles': [u'projectmanager'], 'timestamp': u'2011-10-08T20:02:31.145628', 'auth_token': None, 'msg_id': None, 'remote_address': u'192.168.1.201', 'strategy': u'noauth', 'is_admin': True, 'request_id': u'8911d1d6-66eb-48eb-ab9a-f7a387d858fa', 'project_id': u'project-one', 'read_deleted': False} from (pid=1585) _unpack_context /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/rpc/impl_kombu.py:646 2011-10-08 22:02:31,181 INFO nova.compute.manager [8911d1d6-66eb-48eb-ab9a-f7a387d858fa admin project-one] check_instance_lock: decorating: |<function attach_volume at 0x2946230>| 2011-10-08 22:02:31,181 INFO nova.compute.manager [8911d1d6-66eb-48eb-ab9a-f7a387d858fa admin project-one] check_instance_lock: arguments: |<nova.compute.manager.ComputeManager object at 0x21e5790>| | <nova.rpc.impl_kombu.RpcContext object at 0x43fdf10>| |4| 2011-10-08 22:02:31,181 DEBUG nova.compute.manager [8911d1d6-66eb-48eb-ab9a-f7a387d858fa admin project-one] instance 4: getting locked state from (pid=1585) get_lock /usr/lib/python2.7/dist- packages/nova/compute/manager.py:1165 2011-10-08 22:02:31,333 INFO nova.compute.manager [8911d1d6-66eb-48eb-ab9a-f7a387d858fa admin project-one] check_instance_lock: locked: |False| 2011-10-08 22:02:31,334 INFO nova.compute.manager [8911d1d6-66eb-48eb-ab9a-f7a387d858fa admin project-one] check_instance_lock: admin: |True| 2011-10-08 22:02:31,334 INFO nova.compute.manager [8911d1d6-66eb-48eb-ab9a-f7a387d858fa admin project-one] check_instance_lock: executing: |<function attach_volume at 0x2946230>| 2011-10-08 22:02:31,410 AUDIT nova.compute.manager [8911d1d6-66eb-48eb-ab9a-f7a387d858fa admin project-one] instance 4: attaching volume 4 to /dev/vdc 2011-10-08 22:02:31,447 WARNING nova.volume.driver [-] ISCSI provider_location not stored, using discovery 2011-10-08 22:02:31,447 DEBUG nova.utils [-] Running cmd (subprocess): sudo iscsiadm -m discovery -t sendtargets -p node1 from (pid=1585) execute /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/utils.py:168 2011-10-08 22:02:31,489 DEBUG nova.volume.driver [-] ISCSI Discovery: Found 192.168.1.201:3260,1 iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004 from (pid=1585) _get_iscsi_properties /usr/lib/python2.7/dist- packages/nova/volume/driver.py:479 2011-10-08 22:02:31,490 DEBUG nova.utils [-] Running cmd (subprocess): sudo iscsiadm -m node -T iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004 -p 192.168.1.201:3260 --login from (pid=1585) execute /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/utils.py:168 2011-10-08 22:02:32,015 DEBUG nova.volume.driver [-] iscsiadm ('--login',): stdout=Logging in to [iface: default, target: iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004, portal: 192.168.1.201,3260] Login to [iface: default, target: iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004, portal: 192.168.1.201,3260]: successful stderr= from (pid=1585) _run_iscsiadm /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/volume/driver.py:506 2011-10-08 22:02:32,015 DEBUG nova.utils [-] Running cmd (subprocess): sudo iscsiadm -m node -T iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004 -p 192.168.1.201:3260 --op update -n node.startup -v automatic from (pid=1585) execute /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/utils.py:168 2011-10-08 22:02:32,033 DEBUG nova.volume.driver [-] iscsiadm ('--op', 'update', '-n', 'node.startup', '-v', 'automatic'): stdout= stderr= from (pid=1585) _run_iscsiadm /usr/lib/python2.7/dist- packages/nova/volume/driver.py:506 2011-10-08 22:02:32,033 WARNING nova.volume.driver [-] ISCSI volume not yet found at: /dev/disk/by-path/ip-192.168.1.201:3260-iscsi-iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004-lun-0. Will rescan & retry. Try number: 0 2011-10-08 22:02:32,034 DEBUG nova.utils [-] Running cmd (subprocess): sudo iscsiadm -m node -T iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004 -p 192.168.1.201:3260 --rescan from (pid=1585) execute /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/utils.py:168 2011-10-08 22:02:32,052 DEBUG nova.volume.driver [-] iscsiadm ('--rescan',): stdout=Rescanning session [sid: 3, target: iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004, portal: 192.168.1.201,3260] stderr= from (pid=1585) _run_iscsiadm /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/volume/driver.py:506 2011-10-08 22:02:33,054 WARNING nova.volume.driver [-] ISCSI volume not yet found at: /dev/disk/by-path/ip-192.168.1.201:3260-iscsi-iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004-lun-0. Will rescan & retry. Try number: 1 2011-10-08 22:02:33,054 DEBUG nova.utils [-] Running cmd (subprocess): sudo iscsiadm -m node -T iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004 -p 192.168.1.201:3260 --rescan from (pid=1585) execute /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/utils.py:168 2011-10-08 22:02:33,073 DEBUG nova.volume.driver [-] iscsiadm ('--rescan',): stdout=Rescanning session [sid: 3, target: iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004, portal: 192.168.1.201,3260] stderr= from (pid=1585) _run_iscsiadm /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/volume/driver.py:506 2011-10-08 22:02:37,077 WARNING nova.volume.driver [-] ISCSI volume not yet found at: /dev/disk/by-path/ip-192.168.1.201:3260-iscsi-iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004-lun-0. Will rescan & retry. Try number: 2 2011-10-08 22:02:37,077 DEBUG nova.utils [-] Running cmd (subprocess): sudo iscsiadm -m node -T iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004 -p 192.168.1.201:3260 --rescan from (pid=1585) execute /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/utils.py:168 2011-10-08 22:02:37,095 DEBUG nova.volume.driver [-] iscsiadm ('--rescan',): stdout=Rescanning session [sid: 3, target: iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004, portal: 192.168.1.201,3260] stderr= from (pid=1585) _run_iscsiadm /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/volume/driver.py:506 2011-10-08 22:02:46,100 ERROR nova.rpc [-] Exception during message handling (nova.rpc): TRACE: Traceback (most recent call last): (nova.rpc): TRACE: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/rpc/impl_kombu.py", line 620, in _process_data (nova.rpc): TRACE: rval = node_func(context=ctxt, **node_args) (nova.rpc): TRACE: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/compute/manager.py", line 117, in decorated_function (nova.rpc): TRACE: function(self, context, instance_id, *args, **kwargs) (nova.rpc): TRACE: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/compute/manager.py", line 1242, in attach_volume (nova.rpc): TRACE: volume_id) (nova.rpc): TRACE: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/volume/manager.py", line 245, in setup_compute_volume (nova.rpc): TRACE: path = self.driver.discover_volume(context, volume_ref) (nova.rpc): TRACE: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/volume/driver.py", line 546, in discover_volume (nova.rpc): TRACE: (mount_device)) (nova.rpc): TRACE: Error: iSCSI device not found at /dev/disk/by-path/ip-192.168.1.201:3260-iscsi-iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004-lun-0 (nova.rpc): TRACE: 2011-10-08 22:03:52,889 INFO nova.compute.manager [-] Updating host status 2011-10-08 22:05:55,440 INFO nova.compute.manager [-] Updating host status root@node2:/dev/disk/by-path# ls -l total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2011-10-08 22:02 ip-192.168.1.201:3260-iscsi-iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004-lun-1 -> ../../sdd lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2011-10-08 20:35 pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-0:0:0:0 -> ../../sda lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2011-10-08 20:35 pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-0:0:0:0-part1 -> ../../sda1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2011-10-08 20:35 pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-0:0:0:0-part2 -> ../../sda2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2011-10-08 20:35 pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-0:0:0:0-part5 -> ../../sda5 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2011-10-08 20:35 pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-0:0:1:0 -> ../../sdb lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2011-10-08 21:38 pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-0:0:1:0-part1 -> ../../sdb1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2011-10-08 20:35 pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-1:0:0:0 -> ../../sdc lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2011-10-08 20:35 pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-1:0:0:0-part1 -> ../../sdc1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2011-10-08 20:35 pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-1:0:1:0 -> ../../sr0 root@node1:~# tgtadm --lld iscsi --op show --mode target Target 1: iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004 System information: Driver: iscsi State: ready I_T nexus information: I_T nexus: 1 Initiator: iqn.1993-08.org.debian:01:63503b146b7 Connection: 0 IP Address: 192.168.1.202 <========= initiator (i-00000004) on node2 is connected to target (vol-00000004) on node1 LUN information: LUN: 0 Type: controller SCSI ID: IET 00010000 SCSI SN: beaf10 Size: 0 MB, Block size: 1 Online: Yes Removable media: No Readonly: No Backing store type: null Backing store path: None Backing store flags: LUN: 1 <==================================== LUN = 1 (and not 0) Type: disk SCSI ID: IET 00010001 SCSI SN: beaf11 Size: 1074 MB, Block size: 512 Online: Yes Removable media: No Readonly: No Backing store type: rdwr Backing store path: /dev/nova-volumes/volume-00000004 Backing store flags: Account information: ACL information: ALL I cannot attach a volume to an instance if both are on different hosts. This is a problem which is specific to tgt which is used on Oneiric. I file that bug in Nova (Ubuntu) and not in Nova (Openstack), even though it is not an Ubuntu packaging problem. Example: SW: OpenStack 2011.3 (Diablo) -- Package: 2011.3-0ubuntu6 OS: Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric -- Beta2) node1 (192.168.1.201): vol-00000004 node2 (192.168.1.202): i-00000004 root@node1:~# euca-attach-volume -i i-00000004 -d /dev/vdc vol-00000004 Error seen in nova-compute.log: Error: iSCSI device not found at /dev/disk/by-path/ip-192.168.1.201:3260-iscsi-iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004-lun-0 Explanation: nova-compute is waiting for a device to be configured as /dev/disk/by-path/ip-192.168.1.201:3260-iscsi-iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004-lun-1 but the device is configued as  /dev/disk/by-path/ip-192.168.1.201:3260-iscsi-iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004-lun-0 nova-compute waits for xxx-lun-0, but xxx-lun-1 is configured: root@node2:/dev/disk/by-path# ls -l lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2011-10-08 22:02 ip-192.168.1.201:3260-iscsi-iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004-lun-1 -> ../../sdd I guess this is a difference between the iet and tgt softwares used to configure iSCSI targets. On Oneiric, tgt is used by default, and iet cannot be used because the kernel module is no more available. In nova.conf: --iscsi_helper=tgtadm If I adapt the code from lun-0 to lun-1, everything works well: diff /usr/share/pyshared/nova/volume/driver.py-patched /usr/share/pyshared/nova/volume/driver.py-unpatched 536c536 < mount_device = ("/dev/disk/by-path/ip-%s-iscsi-%s-lun-1" % --- > mount_device = ("/dev/disk/by-path/ip-%s-iscsi-%s-lun-0" % Complete nova-compute.log: root@node2:~# tail -50 /var/log/nova/nova-compute.log 2011-10-08 22:02:31,179 DEBUG nova.rpc [-] received {u'_context_roles': [u'projectmanager'], u'_context_request_id': u'8911d1d6-66eb-48eb-ab9a-f7a387d858fa', u'_context_read_deleted': False, u'args': {u'instance_id': 4, u'mountpoint': u'/dev/vdc', u'volume_id': 4}, u'_context_auth_token': None, u'_context_strategy': u'noauth', u'_context_is_admin': True, u'_context_project_id': u'project-one', u'_context_timestamp': u'2011-10-08T20:02:31.145628', u'_context_user_id': u'admin', u'method': u'attach_volume', u'_context_remote_address': u'192.168.1.201'} from (pid=1585) __call__ /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/rpc/impl_kombu.py:600 2011-10-08 22:02:31,180 DEBUG nova.rpc [-] unpacked context: {'user_id': u'admin', 'roles': [u'projectmanager'], 'timestamp': u'2011-10-08T20:02:31.145628', 'auth_token': None, 'msg_id': None, 'remote_address': u'192.168.1.201', 'strategy': u'noauth', 'is_admin': True, 'request_id': u'8911d1d6-66eb-48eb-ab9a-f7a387d858fa', 'project_id': u'project-one', 'read_deleted': False} from (pid=1585) _unpack_context /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/rpc/impl_kombu.py:646 2011-10-08 22:02:31,181 INFO nova.compute.manager [8911d1d6-66eb-48eb-ab9a-f7a387d858fa admin project-one] check_instance_lock: decorating: |<function attach_volume at 0x2946230>| 2011-10-08 22:02:31,181 INFO nova.compute.manager [8911d1d6-66eb-48eb-ab9a-f7a387d858fa admin project-one] check_instance_lock: arguments: |<nova.compute.manager.ComputeManager object at 0x21e5790>| |<nova.rpc.impl_kombu.RpcContext object at 0x43fdf10>| |4| 2011-10-08 22:02:31,181 DEBUG nova.compute.manager [8911d1d6-66eb-48eb-ab9a-f7a387d858fa admin project-one] instance 4: getting locked state from (pid=1585) get_lock /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/compute/manager.py:1165 2011-10-08 22:02:31,333 INFO nova.compute.manager [8911d1d6-66eb-48eb-ab9a-f7a387d858fa admin project-one] check_instance_lock: locked: |False| 2011-10-08 22:02:31,334 INFO nova.compute.manager [8911d1d6-66eb-48eb-ab9a-f7a387d858fa admin project-one] check_instance_lock: admin: |True| 2011-10-08 22:02:31,334 INFO nova.compute.manager [8911d1d6-66eb-48eb-ab9a-f7a387d858fa admin project-one] check_instance_lock: executing: |<function attach_volume at 0x2946230>| 2011-10-08 22:02:31,410 AUDIT nova.compute.manager [8911d1d6-66eb-48eb-ab9a-f7a387d858fa admin project-one] instance 4: attaching volume 4 to /dev/vdc 2011-10-08 22:02:31,447 WARNING nova.volume.driver [-] ISCSI provider_location not stored, using discovery 2011-10-08 22:02:31,447 DEBUG nova.utils [-] Running cmd (subprocess): sudo iscsiadm -m discovery -t sendtargets -p node1 from (pid=1585) execute /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/utils.py:168 2011-10-08 22:02:31,489 DEBUG nova.volume.driver [-] ISCSI Discovery: Found 192.168.1.201:3260,1 iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004 from (pid=1585) _get_iscsi_properties /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/volume/driver.py:479 2011-10-08 22:02:31,490 DEBUG nova.utils [-] Running cmd (subprocess): sudo iscsiadm -m node -T iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004 -p 192.168.1.201:3260 --login from (pid=1585) execute /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/utils.py:168 2011-10-08 22:02:32,015 DEBUG nova.volume.driver [-] iscsiadm ('--login',): stdout=Logging in to [iface: default, target: iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004, portal: 192.168.1.201,3260] Login to [iface: default, target: iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004, portal: 192.168.1.201,3260]: successful stderr= from (pid=1585) _run_iscsiadm /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/volume/driver.py:506 2011-10-08 22:02:32,015 DEBUG nova.utils [-] Running cmd (subprocess): sudo iscsiadm -m node -T iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004 -p 192.168.1.201:3260 --op update -n node.startup -v automatic from (pid=1585) execute /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/utils.py:168 2011-10-08 22:02:32,033 DEBUG nova.volume.driver [-] iscsiadm ('--op', 'update', '-n', 'node.startup', '-v', 'automatic'): stdout= stderr= from (pid=1585) _run_iscsiadm /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/volume/driver.py:506 2011-10-08 22:02:32,033 WARNING nova.volume.driver [-] ISCSI volume not yet found at: /dev/disk/by-path/ip-192.168.1.201:3260-iscsi-iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004-lun-0. Will rescan & retry. Try number: 0 2011-10-08 22:02:32,034 DEBUG nova.utils [-] Running cmd (subprocess): sudo iscsiadm -m node -T iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004 -p 192.168.1.201:3260 --rescan from (pid=1585) execute /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/utils.py:168 2011-10-08 22:02:32,052 DEBUG nova.volume.driver [-] iscsiadm ('--rescan',): stdout=Rescanning session [sid: 3, target: iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004, portal: 192.168.1.201,3260] stderr= from (pid=1585) _run_iscsiadm /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/volume/driver.py:506 2011-10-08 22:02:33,054 WARNING nova.volume.driver [-] ISCSI volume not yet found at: /dev/disk/by-path/ip-192.168.1.201:3260-iscsi-iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004-lun-0. Will rescan & retry. Try number: 1 2011-10-08 22:02:33,054 DEBUG nova.utils [-] Running cmd (subprocess): sudo iscsiadm -m node -T iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004 -p 192.168.1.201:3260 --rescan from (pid=1585) execute /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/utils.py:168 2011-10-08 22:02:33,073 DEBUG nova.volume.driver [-] iscsiadm ('--rescan',): stdout=Rescanning session [sid: 3, target: iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004, portal: 192.168.1.201,3260] stderr= from (pid=1585) _run_iscsiadm /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/volume/driver.py:506 2011-10-08 22:02:37,077 WARNING nova.volume.driver [-] ISCSI volume not yet found at: /dev/disk/by-path/ip-192.168.1.201:3260-iscsi-iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004-lun-0. Will rescan & retry. Try number: 2 2011-10-08 22:02:37,077 DEBUG nova.utils [-] Running cmd (subprocess): sudo iscsiadm -m node -T iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004 -p 192.168.1.201:3260 --rescan from (pid=1585) execute /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/utils.py:168 2011-10-08 22:02:37,095 DEBUG nova.volume.driver [-] iscsiadm ('--rescan',): stdout=Rescanning session [sid: 3, target: iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004, portal: 192.168.1.201,3260] stderr= from (pid=1585) _run_iscsiadm /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/volume/driver.py:506 2011-10-08 22:02:46,100 ERROR nova.rpc [-] Exception during message handling (nova.rpc): TRACE: Traceback (most recent call last): (nova.rpc): TRACE: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/rpc/impl_kombu.py", line 620, in _process_data (nova.rpc): TRACE: rval = node_func(context=ctxt, **node_args) (nova.rpc): TRACE: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/compute/manager.py", line 117, in decorated_function (nova.rpc): TRACE: function(self, context, instance_id, *args, **kwargs) (nova.rpc): TRACE: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/compute/manager.py", line 1242, in attach_volume (nova.rpc): TRACE: volume_id) (nova.rpc): TRACE: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/volume/manager.py", line 245, in setup_compute_volume (nova.rpc): TRACE: path = self.driver.discover_volume(context, volume_ref) (nova.rpc): TRACE: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/volume/driver.py", line 546, in discover_volume (nova.rpc): TRACE: (mount_device)) (nova.rpc): TRACE: Error: iSCSI device not found at /dev/disk/by-path/ip-192.168.1.201:3260-iscsi-iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004-lun-0 (nova.rpc): TRACE: 2011-10-08 22:03:52,889 INFO nova.compute.manager [-] Updating host status 2011-10-08 22:05:55,440 INFO nova.compute.manager [-] Updating host status root@node2:/dev/disk/by-path# ls -l total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2011-10-08 22:02 ip-192.168.1.201:3260-iscsi-iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004-lun-1 -> ../../sdd lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2011-10-08 20:35 pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-0:0:0:0 -> ../../sda lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2011-10-08 20:35 pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-0:0:0:0-part1 -> ../../sda1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2011-10-08 20:35 pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-0:0:0:0-part2 -> ../../sda2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2011-10-08 20:35 pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-0:0:0:0-part5 -> ../../sda5 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2011-10-08 20:35 pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-0:0:1:0 -> ../../sdb lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2011-10-08 21:38 pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-0:0:1:0-part1 -> ../../sdb1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2011-10-08 20:35 pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-1:0:0:0 -> ../../sdc lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2011-10-08 20:35 pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-1:0:0:0-part1 -> ../../sdc1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2011-10-08 20:35 pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-1:0:1:0 -> ../../sr0 root@node1:~# tgtadm --lld iscsi --op show --mode target Target 1: iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004     System information:         Driver: iscsi         State: ready     I_T nexus information:         I_T nexus: 1             Initiator: iqn.1993-08.org.debian:01:63503b146b7             Connection: 0                 IP Address: 192.168.1.202 <========= initiator (i-00000004) on node2 is connected to target (vol-00000004) on node1     LUN information:         LUN: 0             Type: controller             SCSI ID: IET 00010000             SCSI SN: beaf10             Size: 0 MB, Block size: 1             Online: Yes             Removable media: No             Readonly: No             Backing store type: null             Backing store path: None             Backing store flags:         LUN: 1 <==================================== LUN = 1 (and not 0)             Type: disk             SCSI ID: IET 00010001             SCSI SN: beaf11             Size: 1074 MB, Block size: 512             Online: Yes             Removable media: No             Readonly: No             Backing store type: rdwr             Backing store path: /dev/nova-volumes/volume-00000004             Backing store flags:     Account information:     ACL information:         ALL
2011-10-09 13:00:12 Eric Dodemont description I cannot attach a volume to an instance if both are on different hosts. This is a problem which is specific to tgt which is used on Oneiric. I file that bug in Nova (Ubuntu) and not in Nova (Openstack), even though it is not an Ubuntu packaging problem. Example: SW: OpenStack 2011.3 (Diablo) -- Package: 2011.3-0ubuntu6 OS: Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric -- Beta2) node1 (192.168.1.201): vol-00000004 node2 (192.168.1.202): i-00000004 root@node1:~# euca-attach-volume -i i-00000004 -d /dev/vdc vol-00000004 Error seen in nova-compute.log: Error: iSCSI device not found at /dev/disk/by-path/ip-192.168.1.201:3260-iscsi-iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004-lun-0 Explanation: nova-compute is waiting for a device to be configured as /dev/disk/by-path/ip-192.168.1.201:3260-iscsi-iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004-lun-1 but the device is configued as  /dev/disk/by-path/ip-192.168.1.201:3260-iscsi-iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004-lun-0 nova-compute waits for xxx-lun-0, but xxx-lun-1 is configured: root@node2:/dev/disk/by-path# ls -l lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2011-10-08 22:02 ip-192.168.1.201:3260-iscsi-iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004-lun-1 -> ../../sdd I guess this is a difference between the iet and tgt softwares used to configure iSCSI targets. On Oneiric, tgt is used by default, and iet cannot be used because the kernel module is no more available. In nova.conf: --iscsi_helper=tgtadm If I adapt the code from lun-0 to lun-1, everything works well: diff /usr/share/pyshared/nova/volume/driver.py-patched /usr/share/pyshared/nova/volume/driver.py-unpatched 536c536 < mount_device = ("/dev/disk/by-path/ip-%s-iscsi-%s-lun-1" % --- > mount_device = ("/dev/disk/by-path/ip-%s-iscsi-%s-lun-0" % Complete nova-compute.log: root@node2:~# tail -50 /var/log/nova/nova-compute.log 2011-10-08 22:02:31,179 DEBUG nova.rpc [-] received {u'_context_roles': [u'projectmanager'], u'_context_request_id': u'8911d1d6-66eb-48eb-ab9a-f7a387d858fa', u'_context_read_deleted': False, u'args': {u'instance_id': 4, u'mountpoint': u'/dev/vdc', u'volume_id': 4}, u'_context_auth_token': None, u'_context_strategy': u'noauth', u'_context_is_admin': True, u'_context_project_id': u'project-one', u'_context_timestamp': u'2011-10-08T20:02:31.145628', u'_context_user_id': u'admin', u'method': u'attach_volume', u'_context_remote_address': u'192.168.1.201'} from (pid=1585) __call__ /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/rpc/impl_kombu.py:600 2011-10-08 22:02:31,180 DEBUG nova.rpc [-] unpacked context: {'user_id': u'admin', 'roles': [u'projectmanager'], 'timestamp': u'2011-10-08T20:02:31.145628', 'auth_token': None, 'msg_id': None, 'remote_address': u'192.168.1.201', 'strategy': u'noauth', 'is_admin': True, 'request_id': u'8911d1d6-66eb-48eb-ab9a-f7a387d858fa', 'project_id': u'project-one', 'read_deleted': False} from (pid=1585) _unpack_context /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/rpc/impl_kombu.py:646 2011-10-08 22:02:31,181 INFO nova.compute.manager [8911d1d6-66eb-48eb-ab9a-f7a387d858fa admin project-one] check_instance_lock: decorating: |<function attach_volume at 0x2946230>| 2011-10-08 22:02:31,181 INFO nova.compute.manager [8911d1d6-66eb-48eb-ab9a-f7a387d858fa admin project-one] check_instance_lock: arguments: |<nova.compute.manager.ComputeManager object at 0x21e5790>| |<nova.rpc.impl_kombu.RpcContext object at 0x43fdf10>| |4| 2011-10-08 22:02:31,181 DEBUG nova.compute.manager [8911d1d6-66eb-48eb-ab9a-f7a387d858fa admin project-one] instance 4: getting locked state from (pid=1585) get_lock /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/compute/manager.py:1165 2011-10-08 22:02:31,333 INFO nova.compute.manager [8911d1d6-66eb-48eb-ab9a-f7a387d858fa admin project-one] check_instance_lock: locked: |False| 2011-10-08 22:02:31,334 INFO nova.compute.manager [8911d1d6-66eb-48eb-ab9a-f7a387d858fa admin project-one] check_instance_lock: admin: |True| 2011-10-08 22:02:31,334 INFO nova.compute.manager [8911d1d6-66eb-48eb-ab9a-f7a387d858fa admin project-one] check_instance_lock: executing: |<function attach_volume at 0x2946230>| 2011-10-08 22:02:31,410 AUDIT nova.compute.manager [8911d1d6-66eb-48eb-ab9a-f7a387d858fa admin project-one] instance 4: attaching volume 4 to /dev/vdc 2011-10-08 22:02:31,447 WARNING nova.volume.driver [-] ISCSI provider_location not stored, using discovery 2011-10-08 22:02:31,447 DEBUG nova.utils [-] Running cmd (subprocess): sudo iscsiadm -m discovery -t sendtargets -p node1 from (pid=1585) execute /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/utils.py:168 2011-10-08 22:02:31,489 DEBUG nova.volume.driver [-] ISCSI Discovery: Found 192.168.1.201:3260,1 iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004 from (pid=1585) _get_iscsi_properties /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/volume/driver.py:479 2011-10-08 22:02:31,490 DEBUG nova.utils [-] Running cmd (subprocess): sudo iscsiadm -m node -T iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004 -p 192.168.1.201:3260 --login from (pid=1585) execute /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/utils.py:168 2011-10-08 22:02:32,015 DEBUG nova.volume.driver [-] iscsiadm ('--login',): stdout=Logging in to [iface: default, target: iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004, portal: 192.168.1.201,3260] Login to [iface: default, target: iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004, portal: 192.168.1.201,3260]: successful stderr= from (pid=1585) _run_iscsiadm /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/volume/driver.py:506 2011-10-08 22:02:32,015 DEBUG nova.utils [-] Running cmd (subprocess): sudo iscsiadm -m node -T iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004 -p 192.168.1.201:3260 --op update -n node.startup -v automatic from (pid=1585) execute /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/utils.py:168 2011-10-08 22:02:32,033 DEBUG nova.volume.driver [-] iscsiadm ('--op', 'update', '-n', 'node.startup', '-v', 'automatic'): stdout= stderr= from (pid=1585) _run_iscsiadm /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/volume/driver.py:506 2011-10-08 22:02:32,033 WARNING nova.volume.driver [-] ISCSI volume not yet found at: /dev/disk/by-path/ip-192.168.1.201:3260-iscsi-iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004-lun-0. Will rescan & retry. Try number: 0 2011-10-08 22:02:32,034 DEBUG nova.utils [-] Running cmd (subprocess): sudo iscsiadm -m node -T iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004 -p 192.168.1.201:3260 --rescan from (pid=1585) execute /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/utils.py:168 2011-10-08 22:02:32,052 DEBUG nova.volume.driver [-] iscsiadm ('--rescan',): stdout=Rescanning session [sid: 3, target: iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004, portal: 192.168.1.201,3260] stderr= from (pid=1585) _run_iscsiadm /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/volume/driver.py:506 2011-10-08 22:02:33,054 WARNING nova.volume.driver [-] ISCSI volume not yet found at: /dev/disk/by-path/ip-192.168.1.201:3260-iscsi-iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004-lun-0. Will rescan & retry. Try number: 1 2011-10-08 22:02:33,054 DEBUG nova.utils [-] Running cmd (subprocess): sudo iscsiadm -m node -T iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004 -p 192.168.1.201:3260 --rescan from (pid=1585) execute /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/utils.py:168 2011-10-08 22:02:33,073 DEBUG nova.volume.driver [-] iscsiadm ('--rescan',): stdout=Rescanning session [sid: 3, target: iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004, portal: 192.168.1.201,3260] stderr= from (pid=1585) _run_iscsiadm /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/volume/driver.py:506 2011-10-08 22:02:37,077 WARNING nova.volume.driver [-] ISCSI volume not yet found at: /dev/disk/by-path/ip-192.168.1.201:3260-iscsi-iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004-lun-0. Will rescan & retry. Try number: 2 2011-10-08 22:02:37,077 DEBUG nova.utils [-] Running cmd (subprocess): sudo iscsiadm -m node -T iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004 -p 192.168.1.201:3260 --rescan from (pid=1585) execute /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/utils.py:168 2011-10-08 22:02:37,095 DEBUG nova.volume.driver [-] iscsiadm ('--rescan',): stdout=Rescanning session [sid: 3, target: iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004, portal: 192.168.1.201,3260] stderr= from (pid=1585) _run_iscsiadm /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/volume/driver.py:506 2011-10-08 22:02:46,100 ERROR nova.rpc [-] Exception during message handling (nova.rpc): TRACE: Traceback (most recent call last): (nova.rpc): TRACE: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/rpc/impl_kombu.py", line 620, in _process_data (nova.rpc): TRACE: rval = node_func(context=ctxt, **node_args) (nova.rpc): TRACE: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/compute/manager.py", line 117, in decorated_function (nova.rpc): TRACE: function(self, context, instance_id, *args, **kwargs) (nova.rpc): TRACE: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/compute/manager.py", line 1242, in attach_volume (nova.rpc): TRACE: volume_id) (nova.rpc): TRACE: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/volume/manager.py", line 245, in setup_compute_volume (nova.rpc): TRACE: path = self.driver.discover_volume(context, volume_ref) (nova.rpc): TRACE: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/volume/driver.py", line 546, in discover_volume (nova.rpc): TRACE: (mount_device)) (nova.rpc): TRACE: Error: iSCSI device not found at /dev/disk/by-path/ip-192.168.1.201:3260-iscsi-iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004-lun-0 (nova.rpc): TRACE: 2011-10-08 22:03:52,889 INFO nova.compute.manager [-] Updating host status 2011-10-08 22:05:55,440 INFO nova.compute.manager [-] Updating host status root@node2:/dev/disk/by-path# ls -l total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2011-10-08 22:02 ip-192.168.1.201:3260-iscsi-iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004-lun-1 -> ../../sdd lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2011-10-08 20:35 pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-0:0:0:0 -> ../../sda lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2011-10-08 20:35 pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-0:0:0:0-part1 -> ../../sda1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2011-10-08 20:35 pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-0:0:0:0-part2 -> ../../sda2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2011-10-08 20:35 pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-0:0:0:0-part5 -> ../../sda5 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2011-10-08 20:35 pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-0:0:1:0 -> ../../sdb lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2011-10-08 21:38 pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-0:0:1:0-part1 -> ../../sdb1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2011-10-08 20:35 pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-1:0:0:0 -> ../../sdc lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2011-10-08 20:35 pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-1:0:0:0-part1 -> ../../sdc1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2011-10-08 20:35 pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-1:0:1:0 -> ../../sr0 root@node1:~# tgtadm --lld iscsi --op show --mode target Target 1: iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004     System information:         Driver: iscsi         State: ready     I_T nexus information:         I_T nexus: 1             Initiator: iqn.1993-08.org.debian:01:63503b146b7             Connection: 0                 IP Address: 192.168.1.202 <========= initiator (i-00000004) on node2 is connected to target (vol-00000004) on node1     LUN information:         LUN: 0             Type: controller             SCSI ID: IET 00010000             SCSI SN: beaf10             Size: 0 MB, Block size: 1             Online: Yes             Removable media: No             Readonly: No             Backing store type: null             Backing store path: None             Backing store flags:         LUN: 1 <==================================== LUN = 1 (and not 0)             Type: disk             SCSI ID: IET 00010001             SCSI SN: beaf11             Size: 1074 MB, Block size: 512             Online: Yes             Removable media: No             Readonly: No             Backing store type: rdwr             Backing store path: /dev/nova-volumes/volume-00000004             Backing store flags:     Account information:     ACL information:         ALL I cannot attach a volume to an instance if both are on different hosts. This is a problem which is specific to tgt which is used on Oneiric. I file that bug in Nova (Ubuntu) and not in Nova (Openstack), even though it is not an Ubuntu packaging problem. Example: SW: OpenStack 2011.3 (Diablo) -- Package: 2011.3-0ubuntu6 OS: Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric -- Beta2) node1 (192.168.1.201): vol-00000004 node2 (192.168.1.202): i-00000004 root@node1:~# euca-attach-volume -i i-00000004 -d /dev/vdc vol-00000004 Error seen in nova-compute.log: Error: iSCSI device not found at /dev/disk/by-path/ip-192.168.1.201:3260-iscsi-iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004-lun-0 Explanation: nova-compute is waiting for a device to be configured as: /dev/disk/by-path/ip-192.168.1.201:3260-iscsi-iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004-lun-1 but the device is configured as: /dev/disk/by-path/ip-192.168.1.201:3260-iscsi-iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004-lun-0 nova-compute waits for xxx-lun-0, but xxx-lun-1 is configured: root@node2:/dev/disk/by-path# ls -l lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2011-10-08 22:02 ip-192.168.1.201:3260-iscsi-iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004-lun-1 -> ../../sdd I guess this is a difference between the iet and tgt softwares used to configure iSCSI targets. On Oneiric, tgt is used by default, and iet cannot be used because the kernel module is no more available. In nova.conf: --iscsi_helper=tgtadm If I adapt the code from lun-0 to lun-1, everything works well: diff /usr/share/pyshared/nova/volume/driver.py-patched /usr/share/pyshared/nova/volume/driver.py-unpatched 536c536 < mount_device = ("/dev/disk/by-path/ip-%s-iscsi-%s-lun-1" % --- > mount_device = ("/dev/disk/by-path/ip-%s-iscsi-%s-lun-0" % Complete nova-compute.log: root@node2:~# tail -50 /var/log/nova/nova-compute.log 2011-10-08 22:02:31,179 DEBUG nova.rpc [-] received {u'_context_roles': [u'projectmanager'], u'_context_request_id': u'8911d1d6-66eb-48eb-ab9a-f7a387d858fa', u'_context_read_deleted': False, u'args': {u'instance_id': 4, u'mountpoint': u'/dev/vdc', u'volume_id': 4}, u'_context_auth_token': None, u'_context_strategy': u'noauth', u'_context_is_admin': True, u'_context_project_id': u'project-one', u'_context_timestamp': u'2011-10-08T20:02:31.145628', u'_context_user_id': u'admin', u'method': u'attach_volume', u'_context_remote_address': u'192.168.1.201'} from (pid=1585) __call__ /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/rpc/impl_kombu.py:600 2011-10-08 22:02:31,180 DEBUG nova.rpc [-] unpacked context: {'user_id': u'admin', 'roles': [u'projectmanager'], 'timestamp': u'2011-10-08T20:02:31.145628', 'auth_token': None, 'msg_id': None, 'remote_address': u'192.168.1.201', 'strategy': u'noauth', 'is_admin': True, 'request_id': u'8911d1d6-66eb-48eb-ab9a-f7a387d858fa', 'project_id': u'project-one', 'read_deleted': False} from (pid=1585) _unpack_context /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/rpc/impl_kombu.py:646 2011-10-08 22:02:31,181 INFO nova.compute.manager [8911d1d6-66eb-48eb-ab9a-f7a387d858fa admin project-one] check_instance_lock: decorating: |<function attach_volume at 0x2946230>| 2011-10-08 22:02:31,181 INFO nova.compute.manager [8911d1d6-66eb-48eb-ab9a-f7a387d858fa admin project-one] check_instance_lock: arguments: |<nova.compute.manager.ComputeManager object at 0x21e5790>| |<nova.rpc.impl_kombu.RpcContext object at 0x43fdf10>| |4| 2011-10-08 22:02:31,181 DEBUG nova.compute.manager [8911d1d6-66eb-48eb-ab9a-f7a387d858fa admin project-one] instance 4: getting locked state from (pid=1585) get_lock /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/compute/manager.py:1165 2011-10-08 22:02:31,333 INFO nova.compute.manager [8911d1d6-66eb-48eb-ab9a-f7a387d858fa admin project-one] check_instance_lock: locked: |False| 2011-10-08 22:02:31,334 INFO nova.compute.manager [8911d1d6-66eb-48eb-ab9a-f7a387d858fa admin project-one] check_instance_lock: admin: |True| 2011-10-08 22:02:31,334 INFO nova.compute.manager [8911d1d6-66eb-48eb-ab9a-f7a387d858fa admin project-one] check_instance_lock: executing: |<function attach_volume at 0x2946230>| 2011-10-08 22:02:31,410 AUDIT nova.compute.manager [8911d1d6-66eb-48eb-ab9a-f7a387d858fa admin project-one] instance 4: attaching volume 4 to /dev/vdc 2011-10-08 22:02:31,447 WARNING nova.volume.driver [-] ISCSI provider_location not stored, using discovery 2011-10-08 22:02:31,447 DEBUG nova.utils [-] Running cmd (subprocess): sudo iscsiadm -m discovery -t sendtargets -p node1 from (pid=1585) execute /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/utils.py:168 2011-10-08 22:02:31,489 DEBUG nova.volume.driver [-] ISCSI Discovery: Found 192.168.1.201:3260,1 iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004 from (pid=1585) _get_iscsi_properties /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/volume/driver.py:479 2011-10-08 22:02:31,490 DEBUG nova.utils [-] Running cmd (subprocess): sudo iscsiadm -m node -T iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004 -p 192.168.1.201:3260 --login from (pid=1585) execute /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/utils.py:168 2011-10-08 22:02:32,015 DEBUG nova.volume.driver [-] iscsiadm ('--login',): stdout=Logging in to [iface: default, target: iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004, portal: 192.168.1.201,3260] Login to [iface: default, target: iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004, portal: 192.168.1.201,3260]: successful  stderr= from (pid=1585) _run_iscsiadm /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/volume/driver.py:506 2011-10-08 22:02:32,015 DEBUG nova.utils [-] Running cmd (subprocess): sudo iscsiadm -m node -T iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004 -p 192.168.1.201:3260 --op update -n node.startup -v automatic from (pid=1585) execute /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/utils.py:168 2011-10-08 22:02:32,033 DEBUG nova.volume.driver [-] iscsiadm ('--op', 'update', '-n', 'node.startup', '-v', 'automatic'): stdout= stderr= from (pid=1585) _run_iscsiadm /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/volume/driver.py:506 2011-10-08 22:02:32,033 WARNING nova.volume.driver [-] ISCSI volume not yet found at: /dev/disk/by-path/ip-192.168.1.201:3260-iscsi-iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004-lun-0. Will rescan & retry. Try number: 0 2011-10-08 22:02:32,034 DEBUG nova.utils [-] Running cmd (subprocess): sudo iscsiadm -m node -T iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004 -p 192.168.1.201:3260 --rescan from (pid=1585) execute /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/utils.py:168 2011-10-08 22:02:32,052 DEBUG nova.volume.driver [-] iscsiadm ('--rescan',): stdout=Rescanning session [sid: 3, target: iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004, portal: 192.168.1.201,3260]  stderr= from (pid=1585) _run_iscsiadm /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/volume/driver.py:506 2011-10-08 22:02:33,054 WARNING nova.volume.driver [-] ISCSI volume not yet found at: /dev/disk/by-path/ip-192.168.1.201:3260-iscsi-iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004-lun-0. Will rescan & retry. Try number: 1 2011-10-08 22:02:33,054 DEBUG nova.utils [-] Running cmd (subprocess): sudo iscsiadm -m node -T iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004 -p 192.168.1.201:3260 --rescan from (pid=1585) execute /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/utils.py:168 2011-10-08 22:02:33,073 DEBUG nova.volume.driver [-] iscsiadm ('--rescan',): stdout=Rescanning session [sid: 3, target: iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004, portal: 192.168.1.201,3260]  stderr= from (pid=1585) _run_iscsiadm /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/volume/driver.py:506 2011-10-08 22:02:37,077 WARNING nova.volume.driver [-] ISCSI volume not yet found at: /dev/disk/by-path/ip-192.168.1.201:3260-iscsi-iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004-lun-0. Will rescan & retry. Try number: 2 2011-10-08 22:02:37,077 DEBUG nova.utils [-] Running cmd (subprocess): sudo iscsiadm -m node -T iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004 -p 192.168.1.201:3260 --rescan from (pid=1585) execute /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/utils.py:168 2011-10-08 22:02:37,095 DEBUG nova.volume.driver [-] iscsiadm ('--rescan',): stdout=Rescanning session [sid: 3, target: iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004, portal: 192.168.1.201,3260]  stderr= from (pid=1585) _run_iscsiadm /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/volume/driver.py:506 2011-10-08 22:02:46,100 ERROR nova.rpc [-] Exception during message handling (nova.rpc): TRACE: Traceback (most recent call last): (nova.rpc): TRACE: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/rpc/impl_kombu.py", line 620, in _process_data (nova.rpc): TRACE: rval = node_func(context=ctxt, **node_args) (nova.rpc): TRACE: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/compute/manager.py", line 117, in decorated_function (nova.rpc): TRACE: function(self, context, instance_id, *args, **kwargs) (nova.rpc): TRACE: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/compute/manager.py", line 1242, in attach_volume (nova.rpc): TRACE: volume_id) (nova.rpc): TRACE: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/volume/manager.py", line 245, in setup_compute_volume (nova.rpc): TRACE: path = self.driver.discover_volume(context, volume_ref) (nova.rpc): TRACE: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/volume/driver.py", line 546, in discover_volume (nova.rpc): TRACE: (mount_device)) (nova.rpc): TRACE: Error: iSCSI device not found at /dev/disk/by-path/ip-192.168.1.201:3260-iscsi-iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004-lun-0 (nova.rpc): TRACE: 2011-10-08 22:03:52,889 INFO nova.compute.manager [-] Updating host status 2011-10-08 22:05:55,440 INFO nova.compute.manager [-] Updating host status root@node2:/dev/disk/by-path# ls -l total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2011-10-08 22:02 ip-192.168.1.201:3260-iscsi-iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004-lun-1 -> ../../sdd lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2011-10-08 20:35 pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-0:0:0:0 -> ../../sda lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2011-10-08 20:35 pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-0:0:0:0-part1 -> ../../sda1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2011-10-08 20:35 pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-0:0:0:0-part2 -> ../../sda2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2011-10-08 20:35 pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-0:0:0:0-part5 -> ../../sda5 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2011-10-08 20:35 pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-0:0:1:0 -> ../../sdb lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2011-10-08 21:38 pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-0:0:1:0-part1 -> ../../sdb1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2011-10-08 20:35 pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-1:0:0:0 -> ../../sdc lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2011-10-08 20:35 pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-1:0:0:0-part1 -> ../../sdc1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2011-10-08 20:35 pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-1:0:1:0 -> ../../sr0 root@node1:~# tgtadm --lld iscsi --op show --mode target Target 1: iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004     System information:         Driver: iscsi         State: ready     I_T nexus information:         I_T nexus: 1             Initiator: iqn.1993-08.org.debian:01:63503b146b7             Connection: 0                 IP Address: 192.168.1.202 <========= initiator (i-00000004) on node2 is connected to target (vol-00000004) on node1     LUN information:         LUN: 0             Type: controller             SCSI ID: IET 00010000             SCSI SN: beaf10             Size: 0 MB, Block size: 1             Online: Yes             Removable media: No             Readonly: No             Backing store type: null             Backing store path: None             Backing store flags:         LUN: 1 <==================================== LUN = 1 (and not 0)             Type: disk             SCSI ID: IET 00010001             SCSI SN: beaf11             Size: 1074 MB, Block size: 512             Online: Yes             Removable media: No             Readonly: No             Backing store type: rdwr             Backing store path: /dev/nova-volumes/volume-00000004             Backing store flags:     Account information:     ACL information:         ALL
2011-10-09 16:55:08 Dave Walker nova (Ubuntu): milestone oneiric-updates
2011-10-09 16:55:18 Dave Walker nova (Ubuntu): assignee Chuck Short (zulcss)
2011-10-09 16:55:31 Dave Walker nova (Ubuntu): importance Undecided High
2011-10-09 16:55:34 Dave Walker nova (Ubuntu): status New Triaged
2011-10-09 16:55:45 Dave Walker tags iscsi tgt volume iscsi server-o-rs tgt volume
2011-10-09 19:35:39 Eric Dodemont description I cannot attach a volume to an instance if both are on different hosts. This is a problem which is specific to tgt which is used on Oneiric. I file that bug in Nova (Ubuntu) and not in Nova (Openstack), even though it is not an Ubuntu packaging problem. Example: SW: OpenStack 2011.3 (Diablo) -- Package: 2011.3-0ubuntu6 OS: Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric -- Beta2) node1 (192.168.1.201): vol-00000004 node2 (192.168.1.202): i-00000004 root@node1:~# euca-attach-volume -i i-00000004 -d /dev/vdc vol-00000004 Error seen in nova-compute.log: Error: iSCSI device not found at /dev/disk/by-path/ip-192.168.1.201:3260-iscsi-iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004-lun-0 Explanation: nova-compute is waiting for a device to be configured as: /dev/disk/by-path/ip-192.168.1.201:3260-iscsi-iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004-lun-1 but the device is configured as: /dev/disk/by-path/ip-192.168.1.201:3260-iscsi-iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004-lun-0 nova-compute waits for xxx-lun-0, but xxx-lun-1 is configured: root@node2:/dev/disk/by-path# ls -l lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2011-10-08 22:02 ip-192.168.1.201:3260-iscsi-iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004-lun-1 -> ../../sdd I guess this is a difference between the iet and tgt softwares used to configure iSCSI targets. On Oneiric, tgt is used by default, and iet cannot be used because the kernel module is no more available. In nova.conf: --iscsi_helper=tgtadm If I adapt the code from lun-0 to lun-1, everything works well: diff /usr/share/pyshared/nova/volume/driver.py-patched /usr/share/pyshared/nova/volume/driver.py-unpatched 536c536 < mount_device = ("/dev/disk/by-path/ip-%s-iscsi-%s-lun-1" % --- > mount_device = ("/dev/disk/by-path/ip-%s-iscsi-%s-lun-0" % Complete nova-compute.log: root@node2:~# tail -50 /var/log/nova/nova-compute.log 2011-10-08 22:02:31,179 DEBUG nova.rpc [-] received {u'_context_roles': [u'projectmanager'], u'_context_request_id': u'8911d1d6-66eb-48eb-ab9a-f7a387d858fa', u'_context_read_deleted': False, u'args': {u'instance_id': 4, u'mountpoint': u'/dev/vdc', u'volume_id': 4}, u'_context_auth_token': None, u'_context_strategy': u'noauth', u'_context_is_admin': True, u'_context_project_id': u'project-one', u'_context_timestamp': u'2011-10-08T20:02:31.145628', u'_context_user_id': u'admin', u'method': u'attach_volume', u'_context_remote_address': u'192.168.1.201'} from (pid=1585) __call__ /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/rpc/impl_kombu.py:600 2011-10-08 22:02:31,180 DEBUG nova.rpc [-] unpacked context: {'user_id': u'admin', 'roles': [u'projectmanager'], 'timestamp': u'2011-10-08T20:02:31.145628', 'auth_token': None, 'msg_id': None, 'remote_address': u'192.168.1.201', 'strategy': u'noauth', 'is_admin': True, 'request_id': u'8911d1d6-66eb-48eb-ab9a-f7a387d858fa', 'project_id': u'project-one', 'read_deleted': False} from (pid=1585) _unpack_context /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/rpc/impl_kombu.py:646 2011-10-08 22:02:31,181 INFO nova.compute.manager [8911d1d6-66eb-48eb-ab9a-f7a387d858fa admin project-one] check_instance_lock: decorating: |<function attach_volume at 0x2946230>| 2011-10-08 22:02:31,181 INFO nova.compute.manager [8911d1d6-66eb-48eb-ab9a-f7a387d858fa admin project-one] check_instance_lock: arguments: |<nova.compute.manager.ComputeManager object at 0x21e5790>| |<nova.rpc.impl_kombu.RpcContext object at 0x43fdf10>| |4| 2011-10-08 22:02:31,181 DEBUG nova.compute.manager [8911d1d6-66eb-48eb-ab9a-f7a387d858fa admin project-one] instance 4: getting locked state from (pid=1585) get_lock /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/compute/manager.py:1165 2011-10-08 22:02:31,333 INFO nova.compute.manager [8911d1d6-66eb-48eb-ab9a-f7a387d858fa admin project-one] check_instance_lock: locked: |False| 2011-10-08 22:02:31,334 INFO nova.compute.manager [8911d1d6-66eb-48eb-ab9a-f7a387d858fa admin project-one] check_instance_lock: admin: |True| 2011-10-08 22:02:31,334 INFO nova.compute.manager [8911d1d6-66eb-48eb-ab9a-f7a387d858fa admin project-one] check_instance_lock: executing: |<function attach_volume at 0x2946230>| 2011-10-08 22:02:31,410 AUDIT nova.compute.manager [8911d1d6-66eb-48eb-ab9a-f7a387d858fa admin project-one] instance 4: attaching volume 4 to /dev/vdc 2011-10-08 22:02:31,447 WARNING nova.volume.driver [-] ISCSI provider_location not stored, using discovery 2011-10-08 22:02:31,447 DEBUG nova.utils [-] Running cmd (subprocess): sudo iscsiadm -m discovery -t sendtargets -p node1 from (pid=1585) execute /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/utils.py:168 2011-10-08 22:02:31,489 DEBUG nova.volume.driver [-] ISCSI Discovery: Found 192.168.1.201:3260,1 iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004 from (pid=1585) _get_iscsi_properties /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/volume/driver.py:479 2011-10-08 22:02:31,490 DEBUG nova.utils [-] Running cmd (subprocess): sudo iscsiadm -m node -T iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004 -p 192.168.1.201:3260 --login from (pid=1585) execute /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/utils.py:168 2011-10-08 22:02:32,015 DEBUG nova.volume.driver [-] iscsiadm ('--login',): stdout=Logging in to [iface: default, target: iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004, portal: 192.168.1.201,3260] Login to [iface: default, target: iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004, portal: 192.168.1.201,3260]: successful  stderr= from (pid=1585) _run_iscsiadm /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/volume/driver.py:506 2011-10-08 22:02:32,015 DEBUG nova.utils [-] Running cmd (subprocess): sudo iscsiadm -m node -T iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004 -p 192.168.1.201:3260 --op update -n node.startup -v automatic from (pid=1585) execute /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/utils.py:168 2011-10-08 22:02:32,033 DEBUG nova.volume.driver [-] iscsiadm ('--op', 'update', '-n', 'node.startup', '-v', 'automatic'): stdout= stderr= from (pid=1585) _run_iscsiadm /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/volume/driver.py:506 2011-10-08 22:02:32,033 WARNING nova.volume.driver [-] ISCSI volume not yet found at: /dev/disk/by-path/ip-192.168.1.201:3260-iscsi-iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004-lun-0. Will rescan & retry. Try number: 0 2011-10-08 22:02:32,034 DEBUG nova.utils [-] Running cmd (subprocess): sudo iscsiadm -m node -T iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004 -p 192.168.1.201:3260 --rescan from (pid=1585) execute /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/utils.py:168 2011-10-08 22:02:32,052 DEBUG nova.volume.driver [-] iscsiadm ('--rescan',): stdout=Rescanning session [sid: 3, target: iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004, portal: 192.168.1.201,3260]  stderr= from (pid=1585) _run_iscsiadm /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/volume/driver.py:506 2011-10-08 22:02:33,054 WARNING nova.volume.driver [-] ISCSI volume not yet found at: /dev/disk/by-path/ip-192.168.1.201:3260-iscsi-iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004-lun-0. Will rescan & retry. Try number: 1 2011-10-08 22:02:33,054 DEBUG nova.utils [-] Running cmd (subprocess): sudo iscsiadm -m node -T iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004 -p 192.168.1.201:3260 --rescan from (pid=1585) execute /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/utils.py:168 2011-10-08 22:02:33,073 DEBUG nova.volume.driver [-] iscsiadm ('--rescan',): stdout=Rescanning session [sid: 3, target: iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004, portal: 192.168.1.201,3260]  stderr= from (pid=1585) _run_iscsiadm /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/volume/driver.py:506 2011-10-08 22:02:37,077 WARNING nova.volume.driver [-] ISCSI volume not yet found at: /dev/disk/by-path/ip-192.168.1.201:3260-iscsi-iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004-lun-0. Will rescan & retry. Try number: 2 2011-10-08 22:02:37,077 DEBUG nova.utils [-] Running cmd (subprocess): sudo iscsiadm -m node -T iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004 -p 192.168.1.201:3260 --rescan from (pid=1585) execute /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/utils.py:168 2011-10-08 22:02:37,095 DEBUG nova.volume.driver [-] iscsiadm ('--rescan',): stdout=Rescanning session [sid: 3, target: iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004, portal: 192.168.1.201,3260]  stderr= from (pid=1585) _run_iscsiadm /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/volume/driver.py:506 2011-10-08 22:02:46,100 ERROR nova.rpc [-] Exception during message handling (nova.rpc): TRACE: Traceback (most recent call last): (nova.rpc): TRACE: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/rpc/impl_kombu.py", line 620, in _process_data (nova.rpc): TRACE: rval = node_func(context=ctxt, **node_args) (nova.rpc): TRACE: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/compute/manager.py", line 117, in decorated_function (nova.rpc): TRACE: function(self, context, instance_id, *args, **kwargs) (nova.rpc): TRACE: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/compute/manager.py", line 1242, in attach_volume (nova.rpc): TRACE: volume_id) (nova.rpc): TRACE: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/volume/manager.py", line 245, in setup_compute_volume (nova.rpc): TRACE: path = self.driver.discover_volume(context, volume_ref) (nova.rpc): TRACE: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/volume/driver.py", line 546, in discover_volume (nova.rpc): TRACE: (mount_device)) (nova.rpc): TRACE: Error: iSCSI device not found at /dev/disk/by-path/ip-192.168.1.201:3260-iscsi-iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004-lun-0 (nova.rpc): TRACE: 2011-10-08 22:03:52,889 INFO nova.compute.manager [-] Updating host status 2011-10-08 22:05:55,440 INFO nova.compute.manager [-] Updating host status root@node2:/dev/disk/by-path# ls -l total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2011-10-08 22:02 ip-192.168.1.201:3260-iscsi-iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004-lun-1 -> ../../sdd lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2011-10-08 20:35 pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-0:0:0:0 -> ../../sda lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2011-10-08 20:35 pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-0:0:0:0-part1 -> ../../sda1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2011-10-08 20:35 pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-0:0:0:0-part2 -> ../../sda2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2011-10-08 20:35 pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-0:0:0:0-part5 -> ../../sda5 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2011-10-08 20:35 pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-0:0:1:0 -> ../../sdb lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2011-10-08 21:38 pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-0:0:1:0-part1 -> ../../sdb1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2011-10-08 20:35 pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-1:0:0:0 -> ../../sdc lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2011-10-08 20:35 pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-1:0:0:0-part1 -> ../../sdc1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2011-10-08 20:35 pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-1:0:1:0 -> ../../sr0 root@node1:~# tgtadm --lld iscsi --op show --mode target Target 1: iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004     System information:         Driver: iscsi         State: ready     I_T nexus information:         I_T nexus: 1             Initiator: iqn.1993-08.org.debian:01:63503b146b7             Connection: 0                 IP Address: 192.168.1.202 <========= initiator (i-00000004) on node2 is connected to target (vol-00000004) on node1     LUN information:         LUN: 0             Type: controller             SCSI ID: IET 00010000             SCSI SN: beaf10             Size: 0 MB, Block size: 1             Online: Yes             Removable media: No             Readonly: No             Backing store type: null             Backing store path: None             Backing store flags:         LUN: 1 <==================================== LUN = 1 (and not 0)             Type: disk             SCSI ID: IET 00010001             SCSI SN: beaf11             Size: 1074 MB, Block size: 512             Online: Yes             Removable media: No             Readonly: No             Backing store type: rdwr             Backing store path: /dev/nova-volumes/volume-00000004             Backing store flags:     Account information:     ACL information:         ALL I cannot attach a volume to an instance if both are on different hosts. This is a problem which is specific to tgt which is used on Oneiric. I file that bug in Nova (Ubuntu) and not in Nova (Openstack), even though it is not an Ubuntu packaging problem. Example: SW: OpenStack 2011.3 (Diablo) -- Package: 2011.3-0ubuntu6 OS: Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric -- Beta2) node1 (192.168.1.201): vol-00000004 node2 (192.168.1.202): i-00000004 root@node1:~# euca-attach-volume -i i-00000004 -d /dev/vdc vol-00000004 Error seen in nova-compute.log: Error: iSCSI device not found at /dev/disk/by-path/ip-192.168.1.201:3260-iscsi-iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004-lun-0 Explanation: nova-compute is waiting for a device to be configured as: /dev/disk/by-path/ip-192.168.1.201:3260-iscsi-iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004-lun-0 but the device is configured as: /dev/disk/by-path/ip-192.168.1.201:3260-iscsi-iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004-lun-1 nova-compute waits for xxx-lun-0, but xxx-lun-1 is configured: root@node2:/dev/disk/by-path# ls -l lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2011-10-08 22:02 ip-192.168.1.201:3260-iscsi-iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004-lun-1 -> ../../sdd I guess this is a difference between the iet and tgt softwares used to configure iSCSI targets. On Oneiric, tgt is used by default, and iet cannot be used because the kernel module is no more available. In nova.conf: --iscsi_helper=tgtadm If I adapt the code from lun-0 to lun-1, everything works well: diff /usr/share/pyshared/nova/volume/driver.py-patched /usr/share/pyshared/nova/volume/driver.py-unpatched 536c536 < mount_device = ("/dev/disk/by-path/ip-%s-iscsi-%s-lun-1" % --- > mount_device = ("/dev/disk/by-path/ip-%s-iscsi-%s-lun-0" % Complete nova-compute.log: root@node2:~# tail -50 /var/log/nova/nova-compute.log 2011-10-08 22:02:31,179 DEBUG nova.rpc [-] received {u'_context_roles': [u'projectmanager'], u'_context_request_id': u'8911d1d6-66eb-48eb-ab9a-f7a387d858fa', u'_context_read_deleted': False, u'args': {u'instance_id': 4, u'mountpoint': u'/dev/vdc', u'volume_id': 4}, u'_context_auth_token': None, u'_context_strategy': u'noauth', u'_context_is_admin': True, u'_context_project_id': u'project-one', u'_context_timestamp': u'2011-10-08T20:02:31.145628', u'_context_user_id': u'admin', u'method': u'attach_volume', u'_context_remote_address': u'192.168.1.201'} from (pid=1585) __call__ /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/rpc/impl_kombu.py:600 2011-10-08 22:02:31,180 DEBUG nova.rpc [-] unpacked context: {'user_id': u'admin', 'roles': [u'projectmanager'], 'timestamp': u'2011-10-08T20:02:31.145628', 'auth_token': None, 'msg_id': None, 'remote_address': u'192.168.1.201', 'strategy': u'noauth', 'is_admin': True, 'request_id': u'8911d1d6-66eb-48eb-ab9a-f7a387d858fa', 'project_id': u'project-one', 'read_deleted': False} from (pid=1585) _unpack_context /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/rpc/impl_kombu.py:646 2011-10-08 22:02:31,181 INFO nova.compute.manager [8911d1d6-66eb-48eb-ab9a-f7a387d858fa admin project-one] check_instance_lock: decorating: |<function attach_volume at 0x2946230>| 2011-10-08 22:02:31,181 INFO nova.compute.manager [8911d1d6-66eb-48eb-ab9a-f7a387d858fa admin project-one] check_instance_lock: arguments: |<nova.compute.manager.ComputeManager object at 0x21e5790>| |<nova.rpc.impl_kombu.RpcContext object at 0x43fdf10>| |4| 2011-10-08 22:02:31,181 DEBUG nova.compute.manager [8911d1d6-66eb-48eb-ab9a-f7a387d858fa admin project-one] instance 4: getting locked state from (pid=1585) get_lock /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/compute/manager.py:1165 2011-10-08 22:02:31,333 INFO nova.compute.manager [8911d1d6-66eb-48eb-ab9a-f7a387d858fa admin project-one] check_instance_lock: locked: |False| 2011-10-08 22:02:31,334 INFO nova.compute.manager [8911d1d6-66eb-48eb-ab9a-f7a387d858fa admin project-one] check_instance_lock: admin: |True| 2011-10-08 22:02:31,334 INFO nova.compute.manager [8911d1d6-66eb-48eb-ab9a-f7a387d858fa admin project-one] check_instance_lock: executing: |<function attach_volume at 0x2946230>| 2011-10-08 22:02:31,410 AUDIT nova.compute.manager [8911d1d6-66eb-48eb-ab9a-f7a387d858fa admin project-one] instance 4: attaching volume 4 to /dev/vdc 2011-10-08 22:02:31,447 WARNING nova.volume.driver [-] ISCSI provider_location not stored, using discovery 2011-10-08 22:02:31,447 DEBUG nova.utils [-] Running cmd (subprocess): sudo iscsiadm -m discovery -t sendtargets -p node1 from (pid=1585) execute /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/utils.py:168 2011-10-08 22:02:31,489 DEBUG nova.volume.driver [-] ISCSI Discovery: Found 192.168.1.201:3260,1 iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004 from (pid=1585) _get_iscsi_properties /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/volume/driver.py:479 2011-10-08 22:02:31,490 DEBUG nova.utils [-] Running cmd (subprocess): sudo iscsiadm -m node -T iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004 -p 192.168.1.201:3260 --login from (pid=1585) execute /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/utils.py:168 2011-10-08 22:02:32,015 DEBUG nova.volume.driver [-] iscsiadm ('--login',): stdout=Logging in to [iface: default, target: iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004, portal: 192.168.1.201,3260] Login to [iface: default, target: iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004, portal: 192.168.1.201,3260]: successful  stderr= from (pid=1585) _run_iscsiadm /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/volume/driver.py:506 2011-10-08 22:02:32,015 DEBUG nova.utils [-] Running cmd (subprocess): sudo iscsiadm -m node -T iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004 -p 192.168.1.201:3260 --op update -n node.startup -v automatic from (pid=1585) execute /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/utils.py:168 2011-10-08 22:02:32,033 DEBUG nova.volume.driver [-] iscsiadm ('--op', 'update', '-n', 'node.startup', '-v', 'automatic'): stdout= stderr= from (pid=1585) _run_iscsiadm /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/volume/driver.py:506 2011-10-08 22:02:32,033 WARNING nova.volume.driver [-] ISCSI volume not yet found at: /dev/disk/by-path/ip-192.168.1.201:3260-iscsi-iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004-lun-0. Will rescan & retry. Try number: 0 2011-10-08 22:02:32,034 DEBUG nova.utils [-] Running cmd (subprocess): sudo iscsiadm -m node -T iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004 -p 192.168.1.201:3260 --rescan from (pid=1585) execute /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/utils.py:168 2011-10-08 22:02:32,052 DEBUG nova.volume.driver [-] iscsiadm ('--rescan',): stdout=Rescanning session [sid: 3, target: iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004, portal: 192.168.1.201,3260]  stderr= from (pid=1585) _run_iscsiadm /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/volume/driver.py:506 2011-10-08 22:02:33,054 WARNING nova.volume.driver [-] ISCSI volume not yet found at: /dev/disk/by-path/ip-192.168.1.201:3260-iscsi-iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004-lun-0. Will rescan & retry. Try number: 1 2011-10-08 22:02:33,054 DEBUG nova.utils [-] Running cmd (subprocess): sudo iscsiadm -m node -T iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004 -p 192.168.1.201:3260 --rescan from (pid=1585) execute /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/utils.py:168 2011-10-08 22:02:33,073 DEBUG nova.volume.driver [-] iscsiadm ('--rescan',): stdout=Rescanning session [sid: 3, target: iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004, portal: 192.168.1.201,3260]  stderr= from (pid=1585) _run_iscsiadm /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/volume/driver.py:506 2011-10-08 22:02:37,077 WARNING nova.volume.driver [-] ISCSI volume not yet found at: /dev/disk/by-path/ip-192.168.1.201:3260-iscsi-iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004-lun-0. Will rescan & retry. Try number: 2 2011-10-08 22:02:37,077 DEBUG nova.utils [-] Running cmd (subprocess): sudo iscsiadm -m node -T iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004 -p 192.168.1.201:3260 --rescan from (pid=1585) execute /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/utils.py:168 2011-10-08 22:02:37,095 DEBUG nova.volume.driver [-] iscsiadm ('--rescan',): stdout=Rescanning session [sid: 3, target: iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004, portal: 192.168.1.201,3260]  stderr= from (pid=1585) _run_iscsiadm /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/volume/driver.py:506 2011-10-08 22:02:46,100 ERROR nova.rpc [-] Exception during message handling (nova.rpc): TRACE: Traceback (most recent call last): (nova.rpc): TRACE: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/rpc/impl_kombu.py", line 620, in _process_data (nova.rpc): TRACE: rval = node_func(context=ctxt, **node_args) (nova.rpc): TRACE: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/compute/manager.py", line 117, in decorated_function (nova.rpc): TRACE: function(self, context, instance_id, *args, **kwargs) (nova.rpc): TRACE: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/compute/manager.py", line 1242, in attach_volume (nova.rpc): TRACE: volume_id) (nova.rpc): TRACE: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/volume/manager.py", line 245, in setup_compute_volume (nova.rpc): TRACE: path = self.driver.discover_volume(context, volume_ref) (nova.rpc): TRACE: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/volume/driver.py", line 546, in discover_volume (nova.rpc): TRACE: (mount_device)) (nova.rpc): TRACE: Error: iSCSI device not found at /dev/disk/by-path/ip-192.168.1.201:3260-iscsi-iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004-lun-0 (nova.rpc): TRACE: 2011-10-08 22:03:52,889 INFO nova.compute.manager [-] Updating host status 2011-10-08 22:05:55,440 INFO nova.compute.manager [-] Updating host status root@node2:/dev/disk/by-path# ls -l total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2011-10-08 22:02 ip-192.168.1.201:3260-iscsi-iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004-lun-1 -> ../../sdd lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2011-10-08 20:35 pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-0:0:0:0 -> ../../sda lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2011-10-08 20:35 pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-0:0:0:0-part1 -> ../../sda1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2011-10-08 20:35 pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-0:0:0:0-part2 -> ../../sda2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2011-10-08 20:35 pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-0:0:0:0-part5 -> ../../sda5 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2011-10-08 20:35 pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-0:0:1:0 -> ../../sdb lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2011-10-08 21:38 pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-0:0:1:0-part1 -> ../../sdb1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2011-10-08 20:35 pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-1:0:0:0 -> ../../sdc lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2011-10-08 20:35 pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-1:0:0:0-part1 -> ../../sdc1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2011-10-08 20:35 pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-1:0:1:0 -> ../../sr0 root@node1:~# tgtadm --lld iscsi --op show --mode target Target 1: iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000004     System information:         Driver: iscsi         State: ready     I_T nexus information:         I_T nexus: 1             Initiator: iqn.1993-08.org.debian:01:63503b146b7             Connection: 0                 IP Address: 192.168.1.202 <========= initiator (i-00000004) on node2 is connected to target (vol-00000004) on node1     LUN information:         LUN: 0             Type: controller             SCSI ID: IET 00010000             SCSI SN: beaf10             Size: 0 MB, Block size: 1             Online: Yes             Removable media: No             Readonly: No             Backing store type: null             Backing store path: None             Backing store flags:         LUN: 1 <==================================== LUN = 1 (and not 0)             Type: disk             SCSI ID: IET 00010001             SCSI SN: beaf11             Size: 1074 MB, Block size: 512             Online: Yes             Removable media: No             Readonly: No             Backing store type: rdwr             Backing store path: /dev/nova-volumes/volume-00000004             Backing store flags:     Account information:     ACL information:         ALL
2011-10-12 17:58:24 Launchpad Janitor branch linked lp:~ubuntu-server-dev/nova/diablo
2011-10-14 08:16:37 Martin Pitt nominated for series Ubuntu Oneiric
2011-10-14 08:16:37 Martin Pitt bug task added nova (Ubuntu Oneiric)
2011-10-14 08:17:52 Martin Pitt nova (Ubuntu Oneiric): status New Fix Committed
2011-10-14 08:17:53 Martin Pitt bug added subscriber Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team
2011-10-14 08:17:54 Martin Pitt bug added subscriber SRU Verification
2011-10-14 08:17:58 Martin Pitt tags iscsi server-o-rs tgt volume iscsi server-o-rs tgt verification-needed volume
2011-10-16 19:59:36 Dave Walker nominated for series Ubuntu Precise
2011-10-16 19:59:36 Dave Walker bug task added nova (Ubuntu Precise)
2011-10-16 19:59:49 Dave Walker nova (Ubuntu Oneiric): milestone oneiric-updates
2011-10-16 19:59:52 Dave Walker nova (Ubuntu Precise): milestone oneiric-updates precise-alpha-1
2011-10-16 20:00:02 Dave Walker bug added subscriber ubuntu-server-release-tracking
2011-10-16 22:05:11 Launchpad Janitor nova (Ubuntu Precise): status Triaged Fix Released
2011-10-18 15:53:08 Martin Pitt tags iscsi server-o-rs tgt verification-needed volume iscsi server-o-rs tgt verification-failed volume
2011-10-18 20:56:25 Launchpad Janitor branch linked lp:ubuntu/nova
2011-10-18 20:56:31 Launchpad Janitor branch linked lp:ubuntu/oneiric-proposed/nova
2011-10-25 03:37:42 livemoon bug added subscriber deadsun
2011-10-25 05:00:33 livemoon nova (Ubuntu Oneiric): status Fix Committed Incomplete
2011-10-26 17:22:27 Chuck Short bug task added nova
2011-10-26 17:22:39 Chuck Short nova (Ubuntu Precise): status Fix Released In Progress
2011-11-03 18:12:32 Nathan Koterba bug added subscriber Nathan Koterba
2011-11-05 15:10:58 Albert Damen bug added subscriber Albert Damen
2011-12-01 22:23:26 Dave Walker nova (Ubuntu): milestone precise-alpha-1 precise-alpha-2
2011-12-02 14:02:02 Thierry Carrez nova: importance Undecided Medium
2011-12-02 14:02:02 Thierry Carrez nova: status New Confirmed
2011-12-02 14:03:16 Thierry Carrez nova: status Confirmed In Progress
2011-12-02 14:03:16 Thierry Carrez nova: assignee Chuck Short (zulcss)
2011-12-16 18:38:24 Launchpad Janitor branch linked lp:~ubuntu-server-dev/nova/essex
2011-12-16 18:40:14 Launchpad Janitor nova (Ubuntu Precise): status In Progress Fix Released
2012-01-13 10:12:58 Mark McLoughlin nova: status In Progress Fix Committed
2012-01-25 09:54:03 Thierry Carrez nova: status Fix Committed Fix Released
2012-01-25 09:54:03 Thierry Carrez nova: milestone essex-3
2012-03-09 14:27:09 Tom Ellis bug added subscriber Tom Ellis
2012-04-05 09:59:58 Thierry Carrez nova: milestone essex-3 2012.1
2013-01-22 16:06:46 Launchpad Janitor branch linked lp:~openstack-ubuntu-testing/nova/raring-grizzly
2014-12-03 09:34:55 Rolf Leggewie nova (Ubuntu Oneiric): status Incomplete Won't Fix