Re: [libvirt-users] Block Commit: [100 %]error: failed to pivot job for disk vda

Am 07.01.15 um 18:26 schrieb Thomas Stein: >> Based on this message, it is qemu that is refusing to do the pivot, but >> I don't know if that is because of permissions on the destination file, >> or something else (that is, it may still be a libvirt bug for not >> putting things in the right state for the qemu command to have a chance >> of succeeding). What distro are you using? Is AppArmor or SELinux at >> play, where temporarily getting that out of the way might change things? > > I'm using Gentoo. There is no selinux or apparmor enabled on this machine. > Should i file a bug report? A colleague of mine pointed me in the right direction. There was a cdrom defined in the virtual machine. After removing it the process runs as expected: + virsh blockcommit kaltura vda --active --verbose --pivot Block Commit: [100 %] Successfully pivoted