CentOS virt - Dec 2009 - virt-install failed while install windows2003 guest

Here's the procedure:
# qemu-img -f qcow2 /vm/win2k3.img 8G
# virt-install --connect qemu:///system -n win2k3 -r 512 --vcpus=1 -c
/home/temp/win2003sp2ins.iso -f /vm/win2k3.img -s 4
--network=bridge:br0 --mac=00:ff:ff:ff:58:58 --noautoconsole --vnc
--os-type=windows --os-variant=win2k3 --hvm --accelerate

And I get error as below:
Starting install...
internal error unable to start guest: qemu: could not open disk image
/vm/win2k3.img
Domain installation may not have been
 successful.  If it was, you can restart your domain
 by running 'virsh start win2k3'; otherwise, please
 restart your installation.
ERROR    internal error unable to start guest: qemu: could not open disk image
/vm/win2k3.img
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/virt-install", line 861, in ?
    main()
  File "/usr/sbin/virt-install", line 759, in main
    start_time, guest.start_install)
  File "/usr/sbin/virt-install", line 814, in do_install
    dom = install_func(conscb, progresscb, wait=(not wait))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line 541,
in start_install
    return self._do_install(consolecb, meter, removeOld, wait)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line 633,
in _do_install
    self.domain = self.conn.createLinux(install_xml, 0)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 974, in
createLinux
    if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virDomainCreateLinux() failed',
conn=self)
libvirtError: internal error unable to start guest: qemu: could not open disk
image /vm/win2k3.img

any idea?


2009-12-08 



rewing 
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On 8 Dec 2009, at 09:58, rewing wrote:
> libvirtError: internal error unable to start guest: qemu: could not  
> open disk image /vm/win2k3.img
Do you have selinux enabled ? As far as I know the location for images  
is restricted to /var/lib/libvirt/images by default.

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Hi,All

I've solve this problem by doing a 
chcon --reference=/var/lib/libvirt/images /vm 

this solve selinux block kvm from accessing disk image outside of
/var/lib/libvirt/images

Thanks

2009-12-09 



rewing 



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Here's the procedure:
# qemu-img -f qcow2 /vm/win2k3.img 8G
# virt-install --connect qemu:///system -n win2k3 -r 512 --vcpus=1 -c
/home/temp/win2003sp2ins.iso -f /vm/win2k3.img -s 4
--network=bridge:br0 --mac=00:ff:ff:ff:58:58 --noautoconsole --vnc
--os-type=windows --os-variant=win2k3 --hvm --accelerate
And I get error as below:
Starting install...
internal error unable to start guest: qemu: could not open disk image
/vm/win2k3.img
Domain installation may not have been
 successful.  If it was, you can restart your domain
 by running 'virsh start win2k3'; otherwise, please
 restart your installation.
ERROR    internal error unable to start guest: qemu: could not open disk image
/vm/win2k3.img
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/virt-install", line 861, in ?
    main()
  File "/usr/sbin/virt-install", line 759, in main
    start_time, guest.start_install)
  File "/usr/sbin/virt-install", line 814, in do_install
    dom = install_func(conscb, progresscb, wait=(not wait))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line 541,
in start_install
    return self._do_install(consolecb, meter, removeOld, wait)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line 633,
in _do_install
    self.domain = self.conn.createLinux(install_xml, 0)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 974, in
createLinux
    if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virDomainCreateLinux() failed',
conn=self)
libvirtError: internal error unable to start guest: qemu: could not open disk
image /vm/win2k3.img
any idea?
2009-12-08 
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Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 12:41:34 +0100
From: Markus Falb <markus.falb at fasel.at>
Subject: Re: [CentOS-virt] virt-install failed while install
windows2003 guest
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On 8 Dec 2009, at 09:58, rewing wrote:
> libvirtError: internal error unable to start guest: qemu: could not  
> open disk image /vm/win2k3.img
Do you have selinux enabled ? As far as I know the location for images  
is restricted to /var/lib/libvirt/images by default.
-- 
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Date: Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:11:02 -0500
From: Tait Clarridge <tait at clarridge.ca>
Subject: Re: [CentOS-virt] virt-install failed while install
windows2003 guest
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On Tue, 2009-12-08 at 12:41 +0100, Markus Falb wrote:
> 
> On 8 Dec 2009, at 09:58, rewing wrote:
> > libvirtError: internal error unable to start guest: qemu: could not
open disk image /vm/win2k3.img
> 
> 
> Do you have selinux enabled ? As far as I know the location for images
> is restricted to /var/lib/libvirt/images by default.
> 
> -- 
Or does the actual disk image exist at /vm/win2k3.img with r/w access to
whoever is running the virt-install command?
Does the /vm directory exist and does the user have permissions to
access it?
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