Re: [libvirt-users] Live blockcopy onto storage pool that is an NFS mount?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Blake" <eblake(a)redhat.com>
To: "Andrew Martin" <amartin(a)xes-inc.com>, libvirt-users(a)redhat.com
Sent: Friday, August 1, 2014 4:40:28 PM
Subject: Re: [libvirt-users] Live blockcopy onto storage pool that is an NFS mount?
>
> However when I attempt the blockcopy command, I receive this error:
> Failed to create file '/var/lib/libvirt/images/nfs2/vm.qcow2': Operation
> not permitted
Hmm, I know we've had problems in the past about labeling NFS files
correctly, particularly when root squash is in play. Do you have root
squash turned on in your NFS servers? If so, can you turn it off, and
see if that improves the situation? Also, libvirt 1.0.2 is a bit old;
you may be encountering a bug that has been fixed in the meantime.
Would you mind retrying with 1.2.7-rc2, to see if we need a last-minute
bug-fix before this weekend's release of 1.2.7?
--
Eric,
Thanks for the help. Mounting the NFS exports with no_root_squash solved
the problem! In fact, I was able to successfully blockpull from one NFS
mountpoint to another with only these steps (without making it transient):
virsh snapshot-create-as --domain <vm_name> --disk-only --atomic --no-metadata
--diskspec vda,snapshot=external,file=/path/to/nfs1/<vm_name>.qcow2
virsh blockpull --domain <vm_name> --path /path/to/nfs2/<vm_name>.qcow2
Since this works in libvirt 1.0.2 I imagine it will work just as well in
libvirt 1.2.7 as well.
Thanks,
Andrew