Completed a quick and dirty test build with parted as a build dependency for Maverick: this appears to resolve the issue (partitions are created to support volumes within the pool).
** Description changed: + IMPACT: + libvirt is unable to create partitions to support volumes in physical disk devices (or logical disk devices). + TEST CASE (using lvm): Create a new logical volume: lvcreate -n sde -L 500M <vgname> Initialise the volume using fdisk fdisk /dev/mapper/<vgname>-sde (exit using w to initialize partition table) Create a new pool using this device (using attached sde.xml) virsh pool-define sde.xml virsh pool-start sde Create a new volume in the pool: virsh vol-create-as --pool sde --name 1 --capacity 100M --allocation 100M ORIGINAL BUG REPORT: Ubuntu 10.10 x64 libvirt-bin: Installed: 0.8.3-1ubuntu14 Candidate: 0.8.3-1ubuntu14 Error: r...@codis:/etc/libvirt/storage# virsh vol-create-as --pool sde --name 1 --capacity 100M --allocation 100M error: Failed to create vol 1 error: internal error ' /dev/sde mkpart --script primary ext2 17408B 106928639B' exited with non-zero status 1 and signal 0: libvir: error : cannot execute binary : No such file or directory Similar error in syslog: Jan 2 23:30:03 codis libvirtd: 23:30:03.221: error : virRunWithHook:857 : internal error ' /dev/sde mkpart --script primary 1000341504B 1524629503B' exited with non-zero status 1 and signal 0: libvir: error : cannot execute binary : No such file or directory#012 Pool "sde" is a disk pool using GPT format: <pool type='disk'> <name>sde</name> <uuid>5bdde906-722c-981c-128c-bf4496f5c508</uuid> <capacity>0</capacity> <allocation>0</allocation> <available>0</available> <source> <device path='/dev/sde'/> <format type='gpt'/> </source> <target> <path>/dev</path> <permissions> <mode>0700</mode> <owner>-1</owner> <group>-1</group> </permissions> </target> </pool> From build log, looks like parted headers are found, but not the binary, causing an empty DEFINE in config.h Really this should be handled more gracefully, but that's another story.... https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/maverick/+source/libvirt/+builds?build_state=all checking for DEVMAPPER... yes checking for parted... no checking parted/parted.h usability... yes checking parted/parted.h presence... yes checking for parted/parted.h... yes checking for uuid_generate in -luuid... yes checking for ped_device_read in -lparted... yes Manually rebuilding it locally fixed the problem for me... ** Changed in: libvirt (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: libvirt (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to libvirt in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/697046 Title: Unable to create volumes on disk pools as parted support is missing -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
