# Unable to Start VM

**URL:** <https://forum.opennebula.io/t/unable-to-start-vm/2472>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [June 28, 2016, 9:19am UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/unable-to-start-vm/2472 "2016-06-28T09:19:05Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 28, 2016, 9:19am UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/unable-to-start-vm/2472/1 "2016-06-28T09:19:05Z")

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Instantiated a VM from a template and getting error after boot state:

[oneadmin@node01 8]$ cat /var/log/one/9.log  
Tue Jun 28 12:09:40 2016 [Z0][VM][I]: New state is ACTIVE  
Tue Jun 28 12:09:40 2016 [Z0][VM][I]: New LCM state is PROLOG  
Tue Jun 28 12:09:41 2016 [Z0][VM][I]: New LCM state is BOOT  
Tue Jun 28 12:09:41 2016 [Z0][VMM][I]: Generating deployment file: /var/lib/one/vms/9/deployment.0  
Tue Jun 28 12:09:42 2016 [Z0][VMM][I]: Successfully execute transfer manager driver operation: tm\_context.  
Tue Jun 28 12:09:42 2016 [Z0][VMM][I]: Successfully execute network driver operation: pre.  
Tue Jun 28 12:09:42 2016 [Z0][VMM][I]: Command execution fail: cat \<\< EOT | /var/tmp/one/vmm/kvm/deploy ‘/var/lib/one//datastores/100/9/deployment.0’ ‘host-node03’ 9 host-node03  
Tue Jun 28 12:09:42 2016 [Z0][VMM][I]: error: Failed to create domain from /var/lib/one//datastores/100/9/deployment.0  
Tue Jun 28 12:09:42 2016 [Z0][VMM][I]: error: XML error: Invalid value ‘-2147483648’ for element or attribute './memory[1]'  
Tue Jun 28 12:09:42 2016 [Z0][VMM][E]: Could not create domain from /var/lib/one//datastores/100/9/deployment.0  
Tue Jun 28 12:09:42 2016 [Z0][VMM][I]: ExitCode: 255  
Tue Jun 28 12:09:42 2016 [Z0][VMM][I]: Failed to execute virtualization driver operation: deploy.  
Tue Jun 28 12:09:42 2016 [Z0][VMM][E]: Error deploying virtual machine: Could not create domain from /var/lib/one//datastores/100/9/deployment.0  
Tue Jun 28 12:09:42 2016 [Z0][VM][I]: New LCM state is BOOT\_FAILURE

Any advise please?

Thanks,  
Orhan

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