openstack-manuals/doc/admin-guide-cloud/source/ts-failed-attach-vol-no-sysfsutils.rst

Failed to attach volume, systool is not installed

Problem

This warning and error occurs if you do not have the required sysfsutils package installed on the compute node:

WARNING nova.virt.libvirt.utils [req-1200f887-c82b-4e7c-a891-fac2e3735dbb\
admin admin|req-1200f887-c82b-4e7c-a891-fac2e3735dbb admin admin] systool\
is not installed
ERROR nova.compute.manager [req-1200f887-c82b-4e7c-a891-fac2e3735dbb admin\
admin|req-1200f887-c82b-4e7c-a891-fac2e3735dbb admin admin]
[instance: df834b5a-8c3f-477a-be9b-47c97626555c|instance: df834b5a-8c3f-47\
7a-be9b-47c97626555c]
Failed to attach volume 13d5c633-903a-4764-a5a0-3336945b1db1 at /dev/vdk.

Solution

Run the following command on the compute node to install the sysfsutils packages:

# apt-get install sysfsutils