Re: [ovirt-users] unsuccessful hosted engine install

On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 4:45 AM, Brendan Hartzell <mrrex4(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > Can you please elaborate about the failure you see here and how are you > trying to manually partition the host? > > Sure, I will start from the beginning. > - Using: ovirt-node-ng-installer-ovirt-4.1-2017052604 <(201)%20705-2604> > .iso > - During installation I setup one of the two interfaces and check the box > to automatically use the connection. > - I'm currently providing a host name of node-1.test.net until I have a > successful process. > - I configure date and time for my timezone and to use an internal NTP > server. > - On Installation Destination, I pick my 128GB USB3.0 SanDisk flash > drive, check the box that I would like to make additional space, and click > done. In the reclaim disk space window, I click delete all, and then > reclaim space. I go back into the Installation Destination, select that I > will configure partitioning, and click done. The Manual Partitioning > window opens, I use the option to automatically create mount points. > In this screen, please change partitioning scheme from LVM to LVM Thin Provisioning: it should solve your following error. > At this point, /boot is 1024MB, /var is 15GB, / is 88.11 GB, and swap > is 11.57GB. I then change / to 23.11 GB, update settings, change /var to > 80GB, update settings again, and click done. I accept the changes and > begin installation. > > I tried these changes based on this article: http://www.ovirt.org/ > documentation/self-hosted/chap-Deploying_Self-Hosted_Engine/ > > The article does say that you can specify a different directory than > /var/tmp, but I don't recall seeing that option. > If the setup detects not enough space in /var/tmp for extracting the appliance it will ask about a different directory. > > After some time, I get the following error: > There was an error running the kickstart script at line 7. This is a > fatal error and installation will be aborted. The details of this error > are: > > [INFO] Trying to create a manageable base from '/' > [ERROR] LVM Thin Provisioning partitioning scheme is required. For > autoinstall via Kickstart with LVM Thin Provisioning check options > --thinpool and --grow. Please consult documentation for details. > ^^ this one should be solved by the LVM Thin Provisioning scheme mentioned above.. > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/runpy.py", line 162, in _run_module_as_main > "__main__", fname, loader, pkg_name) > File "/usr/lib64/python2.7runpy.py", line 72, in _run_code exec code in > run_globals > File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/imgbased/__main__.py", line 51, > in <module> CliApplication() > File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/imgbased/__init__.py", line 82, > in CliApplication() > File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/imgbased/hooks.py", line 120, in > emit cb(self.context, *args) > File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/imgbased/plugins/core.py", line > 169, in post_argparse layout.initialize(args.source, args.init_nvr) > File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/imgbased/plugins/core.py", line > 216, in initialize self.app.imgbase.init_layout_from(source, init_nvr) > File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/imgbased/imgbase.py", line 271, > in init_layout_from self.init_tags_on(existing_lv) > File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/imgbased/imgbase.py", line 243, > in init_tags_on pool = lv.thinpool() > File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/imgbased/lvm.py", line 250, in > thinpool raise MissingLvmThinPool() imgbased.lvm.MissingLvmThinPool > > At this point, the only option is to exit the installer. > > **************************** > > Being this a new install, please use 4.1. oVirt 4.0 is not supported > anymore. > > Not a problem. > > **************************** > > Can you please provide hosted engine setup logs or better a full sos > report? (sosreport -a) > > Again, the process I'm following: > - Using: ovirt-node-ng-installer-ovirt-4.1-2017052604 <(201)%20705-2604> > .iso > - During installation I setup one of the two interfaces and check the box > to automatically use the connection. > - I'm currently providing a host name of node-1.test.net until I have a > successful process. > - I configure date and time for my timezone and to use an internal NTP > server. > - On Installation Destination, I pick my 128GB USB3.0 SanDisk flash > drive, check the box that I would like to make additional space, and click > done. In the reclaim disk space window, I click delete all, and then > reclaim space. > - Begin Installation and set a root password. > - Perform a yum update - no packages marked for update (as expected) > - Use vi to update /etc/hosts with a reference for node-1.test.net and > engine.test.net > - First attempt at hosted-engine from web-UI > - Setup downloads and installs ovirt-engine-applianc > e-4.1-20170523.1.el7.centos.noarch.rpm > *Failed to execute stage 'Environment setup': Failed to reconfigure > libvirt for VDSM > *Hosted Engine deployment failed > - Attached SOS report > The checksum is: aa56097edc0b63c49caaf1a1fde021bc > > At this point, I would run ovirt-hosted-engine-cleanup and I would get > further along in the install process. However, because this is a fresh > install, I'm going to leave things here for now so you can review the SOS. > Thanks for the SOS report! Hosted Engine setup fails on: 2017-05-30 19:24:39 DEBUG otopi.plugins.gr_he_setup.system.vdsmenv plugin.execute:921 execute-output: ('/bin/vdsm-tool', 'configure', '--force') stdout: Checking configuration status... Current revision of multipath.conf detected, preserving lvm is configured for vdsm libvirt is already configured for vdsm SUCCESS: ssl configured to true. No conflicts Running configure... Reconfiguration of libvirt is done. 2017-05-30 19:24:39 DEBUG otopi.plugins.gr_he_setup.system.vdsmenv plugin.execute:926 execute-output: ('/bin/vdsm-tool', 'configure', '--force') stderr: Error: ServiceOperationError: _systemctlStart failed Job for libvirtd.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status libvirtd.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details. At the same time journalctl shows: May 30 19:24:39 node-1.test.net libvirtd[20954]: libvirt version: 2.0.0, package: 10.el7_3.5 (CentOS BuildSystem <http://bugs.centos.org>;, 2017-03-03-02:09:45, c1bm.rdu2.centos.org) May 30 19:24:39 node-1.test.net libvirtd[20954]: hostname: node-1.test.net May 30 19:24:39 node-1.test.net libvirtd[20954]: The server certificate /etc/pki/vdsm/certs/vdsmcert.pem is not yet active May 30 19:24:39 node-1.test.net systemd[1]: libvirtd.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=6/NOTCONFIGURED May 30 19:24:39 node-1.test.net systemd[1]: Failed to start Virtualization daemon. May 30 19:24:39 node-1.test.net systemd[1]: Unit libvirtd.service entered failed state. May 30 19:24:39 node-1.test.net systemd[1]: libvirtd.service failed. May 30 19:24:39 node-1.test.net systemd[1]: libvirtd.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart. > > **************************** > > I'd like to understand the issues you faced before suggesting to restart > from scratch. > > Too late... I did two re-installs to get a more accurate account of my > install process for above. > > **************************** > > Thank you for your help! > > Brendan > > On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 12:17 AM, Sandro Bonazzola <sbonazzo(a)redhat.com&gt; > wrote: > >> >> >> On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 6:49 AM, Brendan Hartzell <mrrex4(a)gmail.com&gt; >> wrote: >> >>> oVirt users list, >>> >>> Long story short, I've been spending weeks on this project for my home >>> lab with no success. >>> >>> I would like to successfully install two nodes that host a highly >>> available engine with an iSCSI storage back-end. >>> >>> I have read through most, if not all, of the guides on ovirt.org with >>> no substantial help. >>> >>> Successfully, I have done the following: >>> Install oVirt Engine on a bare metal system, added a node, and started >>> exploring - not desired. >>> Install oVirt Node 4.0.6 on a bare metal system - fails if partitions >>> are not done automatically. >>> Install oVirt Node 4.1.2 on a bare metal system - fails if partitions >>> are not done automatically. >>> >> >> Can you please elaborate about the failure you see here and how are you >> trying to manually partition the host? >> >> >> >> >> >>> >>> My process after installing a Node: >>> Run a yum update - just to be sure, but I am using latest iso images >>> from downloads section. >>> Edit /etc/hosts for local name resolution - the goal is to host DNS as >>> a virtual machine, eventually. >>> On 4.1 if I install ovirt-engine-appliance from yum, it does simplify >>> one step in the hosted engine setup. If I do this on 4.0 it discards the >>> image and uses the default. >>> >> >> Being this a new install, please use 4.1. oVirt 4.0 is not supported >> anymore. >> >> >> >>> On 4.1 the hosted engine setup fails immediately unless I run the >>> hosted engine cleanup from the shell. >>> >> >> Can you please provide hosted engine setup logs or better a full sos >> report? (sosreport -a) >> >> >> >> >>> If I do this, I can typically get to the point of installing. >>> >>> When I do get to the installation phase, I get to a point just after >>> extracting the OVA that I get a message on the shell saying something about >>> the watchdog running the whole time and then the node reboots. >>> >>> I found one email thread that sounded like my issue and suggested the >>> following commands: >>> vdsm-tool configure --force >>> systemctl restart libvirtd >>> systemctl restart vdsmd >>> >>> Unfortunately, these commands did not help my situation like the other >>> individual. >>> >>> What log file would everyone like to see first? Given that I still >>> consider myself relatively new to Linux, please identify the path for the >>> log file requested. >>> >> >> See above >> >> >>> >>> Also, because I plan on performing a clean install for this thread >>> using my process from above (I'm not expecting my outcome to be any >>> different), are there any tips and tricks that might result in a success? >>> >> >> I'd like to understand the issues you faced before suggesting to restart >> from scratch. >> Adding some people who may help as well. >> >> >> >>> >>> Thank you for any and all help, >>> Brendan >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Users mailing list >>> Users(a)ovirt.org >>> http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> SANDRO BONAZZOLA >> >> ASSOCIATE MANAGER, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING, EMEA ENG VIRTUALIZATION R&D >> >> Red Hat EMEA <https://www.redhat.com/> >> <https://red.ht/sig> >> TRIED. TESTED. TRUSTED. <https://redhat.com/trusted> >> > > -- SANDRO BONAZZOLA ASSOCIATE MANAGER, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING, EMEA ENG VIRTUALIZATION R&D Red Hat EMEA <https://www.redhat.com/> <https://red.ht/sig> TRIED. TESTED. TRUSTED. <https://redhat.com/trusted>