# Unable to deploy VM: (Command execution fail: cat \<\< EOT | /var/tmp/one/vmm/kvm/deploy)

**URL:** <https://forum.opennebula.io/t/unable-to-deploy-vm-command-execution-fail-cat-eot-var-tmp-one-vmm-kvm-deploy/3393>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [November 30, 2016, 6:43pm UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/unable-to-deploy-vm-command-execution-fail-cat-eot-var-tmp-one-vmm-kvm-deploy/3393 "2016-11-30T18:43:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![ericw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/97f17d/32.png) [@ericw](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/ericw)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2016, 6:43pm UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/unable-to-deploy-vm-command-execution-fail-cat-eot-var-tmp-one-vmm-kvm-deploy/3393/1 "2016-11-30T18:43:31Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to deploy a VM in OpenNebula, but always running into the same problem. I tailed the /var/log/one/oned.log and the error message is as below:

Wed Nov 30 11:16:04 2016 [Z0][ReM][D]: Req:1008 UID:0 TemplateInfo invoked , 2  
Wed Nov 30 11:16:04 2016 [Z0][ReM][D]: Req:1008 UID:0 TemplateInfo result SUCCESS, "2\</I…"  
Wed Nov 30 11:16:04 2016 [Z0][ReM][D]: Req:6368 UID:0 TemplateInstantiate invoked , 2, “nov30 test”, false, ""  
Wed Nov 30 11:16:04 2016 [Z0][ReM][D]: Req:6368 UID:0 TemplateInstantiate result SUCCESS, 7  
Wed Nov 30 11:16:08 2016 [Z0][ImM][D]: Datastore system (0) successfully monitored.  
Wed Nov 30 11:16:08 2016 [Z0][ImM][D]: Datastore netapp\_system (106) successfully monitored.  
Wed Nov 30 11:16:08 2016 [Z0][InM][D]: Host 10.135.195.93 (0) successfully monitored.  
Wed Nov 30 11:16:13 2016 [Z0][ReM][D]: Req:9968 UID:0 VirtualMachinePoolInfo invoked , -2, 0, -2000, -1  
Wed Nov 30 11:16:13 2016 [Z0][ReM][D]: Req:9968 UID:0 VirtualMachinePoolInfo result SUCCESS, "\<VM\_POOL\>4\</…"  
Wed Nov 30 11:16:16 2016 [Z0][ReM][D]: Req:5728 UID:0 VirtualMachineInfo invoked , 7  
Wed Nov 30 11:16:16 2016 [Z0][ReM][D]: Req:5728 UID:0 VirtualMachineInfo result SUCCESS, "70…"  
Wed Nov 30 11:16:23 2016 [Z0][ReM][D]: Req:1232 UID:0 VirtualMachineInfo invoked , 7  
Wed Nov 30 11:16:23 2016 [Z0][ReM][D]: Req:1232 UID:0 VirtualMachineInfo result SUCCESS, "70…"  
Wed Nov 30 11:16:28 2016 [Z0][ReM][D]: Req:4608 UID:0 VirtualMachinePoolInfo invoked , -2, -1, -1, -1  
Wed Nov 30 11:16:28 2016 [Z0][ReM][D]: Req:4608 UID:0 VirtualMachinePoolInfo result SUCCESS, "\<VM\_POOL\>4\</…"  
Wed Nov 30 11:16:28 2016 [Z0][ReM][D]: Req:320 UID:0 VirtualMachinePoolInfo invoked , -2, -1, -1, -1  
Wed Nov 30 11:16:28 2016 [Z0][ReM][D]: Req:320 UID:0 VirtualMachinePoolInfo result SUCCESS, "\<VM\_POOL\>4\</…"  
Wed Nov 30 11:16:28 2016 [Z0][ReM][D]: Req:2160 UID:0 DatastorePoolInfo invoked  
Wed Nov 30 11:16:28 2016 [Z0][ReM][D]: Req:2160 UID:0 DatastorePoolInfo result SUCCESS, "\<DATASTORE\_POOL\>\<DAT…"  
Wed Nov 30 11:16:28 2016 [Z0][ReM][D]: Req:1520 UID:0 DatastorePoolInfo invoked  
Wed Nov 30 11:16:28 2016 [Z0][ReM][D]: Req:1520 UID:0 DatastorePoolInfo result SUCCESS, "\<DATASTORE\_POOL\>\<DAT…"  
Wed Nov 30 11:16:28 2016 [Z0][ReM][D]: Req:7104 UID:0 HostPoolInfo invoked  
Wed Nov 30 11:16:28 2016 [Z0][ReM][D]: Req:7104 UID:0 HostPoolInfo result SUCCESS, "\<HOST\_POOL\>\<ID…"  
Wed Nov 30 11:16:28 2016 [Z0][ReM][D]: Req:6864 UID:0 ClusterPoolInfo invoked  
Wed Nov 30 11:16:28 2016 [Z0][ReM][D]: Req:6864 UID:0 ClusterPoolInfo result SUCCESS, "\<CLUSTER\_POOL\>\<CLUST…"  
Wed Nov 30 11:16:28 2016 [Z0][ReM][D]: Req:80 UID:0 AclInfo invoked  
Wed Nov 30 11:16:28 2016 [Z0][ReM][D]: Req:80 UID:0 AclInfo result SUCCESS, "\<ACL\_POOL\>0…"  
Wed Nov 30 11:16:28 2016 [Z0][ReM][D]: Req:3904 UID:0 VirtualMachineDeploy invoked , 7, 0, false, 106  
Wed Nov 30 11:16:28 2016 [Z0][DiM][D]: Deploying VM 7  
Wed Nov 30 11:16:28 2016 [Z0][ReM][D]: Req:3904 UID:0 VirtualMachineDeploy result SUCCESS, 7  
Wed Nov 30 11:16:28 2016 [Z0][ImM][D]: Datastore system (0) successfully monitored.  
Wed Nov 30 11:16:28 2016 [Z0][ImM][D]: Datastore netapp\_system (106) successfully monitored.  
Wed Nov 30 11:16:28 2016 [Z0][InM][D]: Host 10.135.195.93 (0) successfully monitored.  
Wed Nov 30 11:16:28 2016 [Z0][VMM][I]: --Mark–  
Wed Nov 30 11:16:29 2016 [Z0][TM][D]: Message received: TRANSFER SUCCESS 7 -

Wed Nov 30 11:16:30 2016 [Z0][VMM][D]: Message received: LOG I 7 ExitCode: 0

Wed Nov 30 11:16:30 2016 [Z0][VMM][D]: Message received: LOG I 7 Successfully execute network driver operation: pre.

Wed Nov 30 11:16:30 2016 [Z0][VMM][D]: Message received: LOG I 7 Command execution fail: cat \<\< EOT | /var/tmp/one/vmm/kvm/deploy ‘/var/lib/one//datastores/106/7/deployment.0’ ‘10.135.195.93’ 7 10.135.195.93

Wed Nov 30 11:16:30 2016 [Z0][VMM][D]: Message received: LOG I 7 error: Failed to create domain from /var/lib/one//datastores/106/7/deployment.0

Wed Nov 30 11:16:30 2016 [Z0][VMM][D]: Message received: LOG I 7 error: XML error: expected unicast mac address, found multicast ‘09:01:28:9b:12:03’

Wed Nov 30 11:16:30 2016 [Z0][VMM][D]: Message received: LOG E 7 Could not create domain from /var/lib/one//datastores/106/7/deployment.0

Wed Nov 30 11:16:30 2016 [Z0][VMM][D]: Message received: LOG I 7 ExitCode: 255

Wed Nov 30 11:16:30 2016 [Z0][VMM][D]: Message received: LOG I 7 Failed to execute virtualization driver operation: deploy.

Wed Nov 30 11:16:30 2016 [Z0][VMM][D]: Message received: DEPLOY FAILURE 7 Could not create domain from /var/lib/one//datastores/106/7/deployment.0

# Wed Nov 30 11:16:34 2016 [Z0][ImM][I]: --Mark– Wed Nov 30 11:16:40 2016 [Z0][AuM][D]: Message received: AUTHENTICATE SUCCESS 12 -

so I noticed in OpenNebula, when I created a datastore, the base path comes up in a strange way:

/var/lib/one//datastores/107 (NOTE THE double slash). I’m not sure if this is causing this script to fail: /var/tmp/one/vmm/kvm/deploy (THIS IS THE FIRST ERROR, see above)

/var/tmp/one/vmm/kvm/deploy script content:  
[root@localhost 8]# cat /var/tmp/one/vmm/kvm/deploy  
#!/bin/bash

# I removed the script header…

source $(dirname $0)/kvmrc  
source $(dirname $0)/…/…/scripts\_common.sh

domain=$1

mkdir -p `dirname $domain`  
cat \> $domain

data=`virsh --connect $LIBVIRT_URI create $domain`

if [“x$?” = “x0”]; then  
echo $data | sed ‘s/Domain //’ | sed 's/ created from .\*$//'  
else  
error\_message "Could not create domain from $domain"  
exit -1  
fi

Could someone please help me with this problem? Thanks.

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**Author:** ![atodorov\_storpool](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.opennebula.io/atodorov_storpool/32/5327_2.png) [@atodorov\_storpool](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/atodorov_storpool)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 8:52am UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/unable-to-deploy-vm-command-execution-fail-cat-eot-var-tmp-one-vmm-kvm-deploy/3393/2 "2016-12-01T08:52:06Z")

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Hi,

I think you must resolve this error message

> [@ericw](#):
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> Wed Nov 30 11:16:30 2016 [Z0][VMM][D]: Message received: LOG I 7 error: XML error: expected unicast mac address, found multicast ‘09:01:28:9b:12:03’

Your libvirt is refusing the NIC mac address because the least significant bit of the first byte in the mac address is set to 1 which defines multicast MAC.

Kind Regards,  
Anton Todorov