[lxc-users] lxc move - "error: checkpoint failed"

[Tomasz Chmielewski]

Trying to move a running container between hosts, unfortunately, it 
fails:

# lxc move dp02:nominatim dp03:nominatim
error: checkpoint failed

Both hosts are running Ubuntu 14.04, package versions are:

ii  criu                                1.6-2~ubuntu14.04.1~ppa1         
    amd64        checkpoint and restore in userspace
ii  liblxc1                             
1.1.2-0ubuntu5~ubuntu14.04.1~ppa1   amd64        Linux Containers 
userspace tools (library)
ii  lxc                                 
1.1.2-0ubuntu5~ubuntu14.04.1~ppa1   amd64        Linux Containers 
userspace tools
ii  lxc-templates                       
1.1.2-0ubuntu5~ubuntu14.04.1~ppa1   amd64        Linux Containers 
userspace tools (templates)
ii  lxcfs                               0.9-0ubuntu1~ubuntu14.04.1~ppa1  
    amd64        FUSE based filesystem for LXC
ii  lxd                                 0.14-0ubuntu3~ubuntu14.04.1~ppa1 
    amd64        Container hypervisor based on LXC - daemon
ii  lxd-client                          0.14-0ubuntu3~ubuntu14.04.1~ppa1 
    amd64        Container hypervisor based on LXC - client
ii  python3-lxc                         
1.1.2-0ubuntu5~ubuntu14.04.1~ppa1   amd64        Linux Containers 
userspace tools (Python 3.x bindings)


Kernel is 3.13.0-55-generic #94-Ubuntu.


Log entries created on dp02:

   lxc_container 1438767790.340 WARN     lxc_log - log.c:lxc_log_init:316 
- lxc_log_init called with log already initialized
   lxc_container 1438767790.340 WARN     lxc_confile - 
confile.c:config_pivotdir:1768 - lxc.pivotdir is ignored.  It will soon 
become an error.
   lxc_container 1438767790.342 INFO     lxc_confile - 
confile.c:config_idmap:1376 - read uid map: type u nsid 0 hostid 100000 
range 65536
   lxc_container 1438767790.342 INFO     lxc_confile - 
confile.c:config_idmap:1376 - read uid map: type g nsid 0 hostid 100000 
range 65536
   lxc_container 1438767790.343 DEBUG    lxc_commands - 
commands.c:lxc_cmd_handler:888 - peer has disconnected
   lxc_container 1438767790.344 DEBUG    lxc_commands - 
commands.c:lxc_cmd_get_state:574 - 'nominatim' is in 'RUNNING' state
   lxc_container 1438767790.344 DEBUG    lxc_commands - 
commands.c:lxc_cmd_handler:888 - peer has disconnected
   lxc_container 1438767790.344 DEBUG    lxc_commands - 
commands.c:lxc_cmd_handler:888 - peer has disconnected
   lxc_container 1438767790.344 DEBUG    lxc_commands - 
commands.c:lxc_cmd_handler:888 - peer has disconnected
   lxc_container 1438767790.345 DEBUG    lxc_commands - 
commands.c:lxc_cmd_get_state:574 - 'nominatim' is in 'RUNNING' state
   lxc_container 1438767790.345 DEBUG    lxc_commands - 
commands.c:lxc_cmd_handler:888 - peer has disconnected
   lxc_container 1438767790.346 DEBUG    lxc_commands - 
commands.c:lxc_cmd_handler:888 - peer has disconnected
   lxc_container 1438767790.347 DEBUG    lxc_commands - 
commands.c:lxc_cmd_handler:888 - peer has disconnected
   lxc_container 1438767790.348 DEBUG    lxc_commands - 
commands.c:lxc_cmd_get_state:574 - 'nominatim' is in 'RUNNING' state
   lxc_container 1438767790.348 DEBUG    lxc_commands - 
commands.c:lxc_cmd_handler:888 - peer has disconnected
   lxc_container 1438767790.348 DEBUG    lxc_commands - 
commands.c:lxc_cmd_handler:888 - peer has disconnected
   lxc_container 1438767790.349 DEBUG    lxc_commands - 
commands.c:lxc_cmd_handler:888 - peer has disconnected
   lxc_container 1438767790.349 DEBUG    lxc_commands - 
commands.c:lxc_cmd_handler:888 - peer has disconnected
   lxc_container 1438767790.350 DEBUG    lxc_commands - 
commands.c:lxc_cmd_handler:888 - peer has disconnected
   lxc_container 1438767790.350 DEBUG    lxc_commands - 
commands.c:lxc_cmd_get_state:574 - 'nominatim' is in 'RUNNING' state
   lxc_container 1438767790.350 DEBUG    lxc_commands - 
commands.c:lxc_cmd_handler:888 - peer has disconnected
   lxc_container 1438767790.351 DEBUG    lxc_commands - 
commands.c:lxc_cmd_handler:888 - peer has disconnected
   lxc_container 1438767791.333 WARN     lxc_log - log.c:lxc_log_init:316 
- lxc_log_init called with log already initialized
   lxc_container 1438767791.333 WARN     lxc_confile - 
confile.c:config_pivotdir:1768 - lxc.pivotdir is ignored.  It will soon 
become an error.
   lxc_container 1438767791.334 INFO     lxc_confile - 
confile.c:config_idmap:1376 - read uid map: type u nsid 0 hostid 100000 
range 65536
   lxc_container 1438767791.334 INFO     lxc_confile - 
confile.c:config_idmap:1376 - read uid map: type g nsid 0 hostid 100000 
range 65536
   lxc_container 1438767791.335 DEBUG    lxc_commands - 
commands.c:lxc_cmd_handler:888 - peer has disconnected
   lxc_container 1438767791.336 DEBUG    lxc_commands - 
commands.c:lxc_cmd_handler:888 - peer has disconnected
   lxc_container 1438767791.336 DEBUG    lxc_commands - 
commands.c:lxc_cmd_get_state:574 - 'nominatim' is in 'RUNNING' state
   lxc_container 1438767798.810 DEBUG    lxc_commands - 
commands.c:lxc_cmd_handler:888 - peer has disconnected
   lxc_container 1438767798.811 DEBUG    lxc_commands - 
commands.c:lxc_cmd_get_state:574 - 'nominatim' is in 'RUNNING' state
   lxc_container 1438767798.811 DEBUG    lxc_commands - 
commands.c:lxc_cmd_handler:888 - peer has disconnected
   lxc_container 1438767798.811 ERROR    lxc_container - 
lxccontainer.c:criu_ok:3799 - couldn't find devices.deny = c 5:1 rwm



Log entries created on dp03:

   lxc_container 1438767791.422 WARN     lxc_log - log.c:lxc_log_init:316 
- lxc_log_init called with log already initialized
   lxc_container 1438767791.422 WARN     lxc_confile - 
confile.c:config_pivotdir:1768 - lxc.pivotdir is ignored.  It will soon 
become an error.
   lxc_container 1438767791.424 INFO     lxc_confile - 
confile.c:config_idmap:1376 - read uid map: type u nsid 0 hostid 100000 
range 65536
   lxc_container 1438767791.424 INFO     lxc_confile - 
confile.c:config_idmap:1376 - read uid map: type g nsid 0 hostid 100000 
range 65536

-- 
Tomasz Chmielewski
http://wpkg.org