On 01/17/2012 06:46 PM, James B. Byrne wrote: > > On Mon, January 16, 2012 17:01, Dennis Jacobfeuerborn wrote: >> On 01/16/2012 10:16 PM, James B. Byrne wrote: >> >> ... >>> The xmldump for this guest instance contains this: >> ... >> >> Please post the xmldumps of the original guest and cloned >> guest right after >> cloning and without any modifications. >> >> Regards, >> Dennis > > Prototype dumpxml > > virsh # dumpxml vm-centos-6 > <domain type='kvm' id='34'> ... > <source dev='/dev/vg_vhost01/lv_vm_base'/> > </domain> > virsh # dumpxml sshpipe.harte-lyne.ca > <domain type='kvm' id='19'> ... > <source > dev='/dev/vg_vhost01/lv_vm_sshipe.harte-lyne.ca_00'/> > </domain> > > The second guest, sshpipe, shows this for pvdisplay: > > [root at sshpipe ~]# pvdisplay > Couldn't find device with uuid > umrIn6-Np0c-NC4Z-MuUo-5TBj-IKRE-XBU0De. > --- Physical volume --- > PV Name /dev/vda2 > VG Name vg_vm_centos_6 > PV Size 7.32 GiB / not usable 3.00 MiB > Allocatable yes (but full) > PE Size 4.00 MiB > Total PE 1874 > Free PE 0 > Allocated PE 1874 > PV UUID > djM23m-6Yeb-BQ2x-gPh9-ORMt-dX2i-Ou9xBQ > > --- Physical volume --- > PV Name unknown device > VG Name vg_vm_centos_6 > PV Size 31.25 GiB / not usable 3.97 MiB > Allocatable yes > PE Size 4.00 MiB > Total PE 7999 > Free PE 1855 > Allocated PE 6144 > PV UUID > umrIn6-Np0c-NC4Z-MuUo-5TBj-IKRE-XBU0De > What does the first guest say for pvdisplay? The key here is the PV UUID "umrIn6-Np0c...". Either this PV must exists somewhere else on the host or in one of the guest or maybe the cloning process has corrupted the LVM metadata. Regards, Dennis