Hi,

I'm using virsh to instance a VM in my environment, but I'm running on some issues. I created the following domain file:

<domain type='kvm'> <name>demovm</name> <uuid>4a9b3f53-fa2a-47f3-a757-dd87720d9d1d</uuid> <memory unit='KiB'>4194304</memory> <currentMemory unit='KiB'>4194304</currentMemory> <memoryBacking> <hugepages> <page size='2' unit='M' nodeset='0'/> </hugepages> </memoryBacking> <vcpu placement='static'>2</vcpu> <cputune> <shares>4096</shares> <vcpupin vcpu='0' cpuset='4'/> <vcpupin vcpu='1' cpuset='5'/> <emulatorpin cpuset='4,5'/> </cputune> <os> <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc'>hvm</type> <boot dev='hd'/> </os> <features> <acpi/> <apic/> </features> <cpu mode='host-model'> <model fallback='allow'/> <topology sockets='2' cores='1' threads='1'/> <numa> <cell id='0' cpus='0-1' memory='4194304' unit='KiB' memAccess='shared'/> </numa> </cpu> <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff> <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot> <on_crash>destroy</on_crash> <devices> <emulator>/usr/libexec/qemu-kvm</emulator> <disk type='file' device='disk'> <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2' cache='none'/> <source file='/root/cirros-0.3.5-x86_64-disk.img'/> <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/> </disk> <disk type='dir' device='disk'> <driver name='qemu' type='fat'/> <source dir='/usr/src/dpdk-stable-16.11.1'/> <target dev='vdb' bus='virtio'/> <readonly/> </disk> <interface type='vhostuser'> <mac address='00:00:00:00:00:01'/> <source type='unix' path='/var/run/openvswitch/dpdkvhostuser0' mode='client'/> <model type='virtio'/> <driver queues='2'> <host mrg_rxbuf='off'/> </driver> </interface> <serial type='pty'> <target port='0'/> </serial> <console type='pty'> <target type='serial' port='0'/> </console> </devices> </domain>

When I run:

virsh create domain.xml

I got the following error:

error: Failed to create domain from domain.xml error: internal error: qemu unexpectedly closed the monitor: 2017-04-17T17:00:37.012369Z qemu-kvm: -drive file=fat:/usr/src/dpdk-stable-16.11.1,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk1,readonly=on: Driver 'vvfat' is not whitelisted

If I comment the disk that cause this error, the instance starts without error. Is there a way to whitelist this vvfat driver to instance this VM?

And the strange thing about this error is that when I check the available drives, there is vvfat in the list:

/usr/libexec/qemu-kvm -drive format=? Supported formats: ftps http null-aio null-co file quorum blkverify vvfat blkreplay qed raw qcow2 bochs dmg vmdk parallels vhdx vpc https sheepdog host_cdrom ssh host_device nbd gluster qcow iscsi rbd tftp ftp vdi blkdebug luks cloop

Here some information about the environment:

cat /etc/redhat-release CentOS Linux release 7.3.1611 (Core)

virsh --version 2.0.0

/usr/libexec/qemu-kvm --version QEMU emulator version 2.6.0 (qemu-kvm-ev-2.6.0-28.el7_3.6.1), Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Fabrice Bellard

Thanks in advance for the help

Marco Aurelio Gomes NCC - UNESP