I just hit this on Ubuntu 12.10 running trunk nova to try and spin up nested kvm VMs:
# virsh capabilities <capabilities> <host> <uuid>3d39c1b1-7f6a-5536-de6e-c450da2036c8</uuid> <cpu> <arch>i686</arch> <model>qemu32</model> <vendor>Intel</vendor> <topology sockets='1' cores='1' threads='1'/> <feature name='hypervisor'/> <feature name='popcnt'/> </cpu> <power_management> <suspend_mem/> <suspend_disk/> <suspend_hybrid/> </power_management> <migration_features> <live/> <uri_transports> <uri_transport>tcp</uri_transport> </uri_transports> </migration_features> <secmodel> <model>apparmor</model> <doi>0</doi> </secmodel> </host> <guest> <os_type>hvm</os_type> <arch name='i686'> <wordsize>32</wordsize> <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64</emulator> <machine>pc-1.2</machine> <machine>none</machine> <machine canonical='pc-1.2'>pc</machine> <machine>pc-1.1</machine> <machine>pc-1.0</machine> <machine>pc-0.15</machine> <machine>pc-0.14</machine> <machine>pc-0.13</machine> <machine>pc-0.12</machine> <machine>pc-0.11</machine> <machine>pc-0.10</machine> <machine>isapc</machine> <domain type='qemu'> </domain> </arch> <features> <cpuselection/> <deviceboot/> <pae/> <nonpae/> <acpi default='on' toggle='yes'/> <apic default='on' toggle='no'/> </features> </guest> <guest> <os_type>hvm</os_type> <arch name='x86_64'> <wordsize>64</wordsize> <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64</emulator> <machine>pc-1.2</machine> <machine>none</machine> <machine canonical='pc-1.2'>pc</machine> <machine>pc-1.1</machine> <machine>pc-1.0</machine> <machine>pc-0.15</machine> <machine>pc-0.14</machine> <machine>pc-0.13</machine> <machine>pc-0.12</machine> <machine>pc-0.11</machine> <machine>pc-0.10</machine> <machine>isapc</machine> <domain type='qemu'> </domain> </arch> <features> <cpuselection/> <deviceboot/> <acpi default='on' toggle='yes'/> <apic default='on' toggle='no'/> </features> </guest> </capabilities> 2013-05-30 17:19:06,688.688 18123 ERROR nova.compute.manager [req-a6ee869a-1875-4dd1-a832-1311cf208239 8a4a185b7a9f4256 92145162eef5a8da c82b41ffcf5e4d63bce6d2520b26dbf1] [instance: fd55b74c-48b3-43ee-ad24-f20efaeb2b88] Error: ['Traceback (most recent call last):\n', ' File "/opt/stack/venvs/nova/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nova/compute/manager.py", line 949, in _build_instance\n set_access_ip=set_access_ip)\n', ' File "/opt/stack/venvs/nova/local/lib/python2.7/ site-packages/nova/compute/manager.py", line 1154, in _spawn\n LOG.exception(_(\'Instance failed to spawn\'), instan ce=instance)\n', ' File "/usr/lib/python2.7/contextlib.py", line 24, in __exit__\n self.gen.next()\n', ' File "/op t/stack/venvs/nova/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nova/compute/manager.py", line 1150, in _spawn\n block_device_i nfo)\n', ' File "/opt/stack/venvs/nova/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py", line 1534, in s pawn\n block_device_info)\n', ' File "/opt/stack/venvs/nova/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py", line 2451, in _create_domain_and_network\n domain = self._create_domain(xml, instance=instance)\n', ' File "/opt/stack/venvs/nova/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py", line 2411, in _create_domain\n domain = self._conn.defineXML(xml)\n', ' File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/eventlet/tpool.py", line 187, in doit\n result = proxy_call(self._autowrap, f, *args, **kwargs)\n', ' File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/eventlet/tpool.py", line 147, in proxy_call\n rv = execute(f,*args,**kwargs)\n', ' File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/eventlet/tpool.py", line 76, in tworker\n rv = meth(*args,**kwargs)\n', ' File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/libvirt.py", line 2539, in defineXML\n if ret is None:raise libvirtError(\'virDomainDefineXML() failed\', conn=self)\n', "libvirtError: internal error no supported architecture for os type 'hvm'\n"] -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1031063 Title: internal error no supported architecture for os type 'hvm' To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1031063/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs