OVM - Not able to Install an OVS Server due to Storage Activation Failed (Doc ID 2641155.1)

Last updated on MAY 26, 2021

Applies to:

Oracle VM - Version 3.4.6 and later
Linux x86-64

After selecting the disk to use for the installation, customer gets read and write errors( Code :5 - I/O error )

Even when booting from OVS/OL in rescue mode there still I/O error when trying to access the device.

   # fdisk -lu /dev/sda
   fdisk: cannot open /dev/sda: Input/output Error

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