Re: [ovirt-users] HostedEngine VM not visible, but running

just as a random comment, do you still have the database backup from the bare metal -> VM attempt? It might be possible to just try again using it. Or in the worst case.. update the offending value there before restoring it to the new engine instance.

Regards Martin Sivak On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 11:39 AM, cmc <iucounu(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > Hi Yanir, > > Thanks for the reply. > >> First of all, maybe a chain reaction of : >> WARN [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.exportimport.ImportVmCommand] >> (org.ovirt.thread.pool-6-thread-23) [] Validation of action 'ImportVm' >> failed for user SYSTEM. Reasons: VAR__ACTION__IMPORT >> ,VAR__TYPE__VM,ACTION_TYPE_FAILED_ILLEGAL_VM_DISPLAY_TYPE_IS_NOT_SUPPORTED_BY_OS >> is causing the hosted engine vm not to be set up correctly and further >> actions were made when the hosted engine vm wasnt in a stable state. >> >> As for now, are you trying to revert back to a previous/initial state ? > > I'm not trying to revert it to a previous state for now. This was a > migration from a bare metal engine, and it didn't report any error > during the migration. I'd had some problems on my first attempts at > this migration, whereby it never completed (due to a proxy issue) but > I managed to resolve this. Do you know of a way to get the Hosted > Engine VM into a stable state, without rebuilding the entire cluster > from scratch (since I have a lot of VMs on it)? > > Thanks for any help. > > Regards, > > Cam > >> Regards, >> Yanir >> >> On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 4:32 PM, cmc <iucounu(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: >>> >>> Hi Jenny/Martin, >>> >>> Any idea what I can do here? The hosted engine VM has no log on any >>> host in /var/log/libvirt/qemu, and I fear that if I need to put the >>> host into maintenance, e.g., to upgrade it that I created it on (which >>> I think is hosting it), or if it fails for any reason, it won't get >>> migrated to another host, and I will not be able to manage the >>> cluster. It seems to be a very dangerous position to be in. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Cam >>> >>> On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 11:48 AM, cmc <iucounu(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: >>> > Thanks Martin. The hosts are all part of the same cluster. >>> > >>> > I get these errors in the engine.log on the engine: >>> > >>> > 2017-06-19 03:28:05,030Z WARN >>> > [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.exportimport.ImportVmCommand] >>> > (org.ovirt.thread.pool-6-thread-23) [] Validation of action 'ImportVm' >>> > failed for user SYST >>> > EM. Reasons: >>> > VAR__ACTION__IMPORT,VAR__TYPE__VM,ACTION_TYPE_FAILED_ILLEGAL_VM_DISPLAY_TYPE_IS_NOT_SUPPORTED_BY_OS >>> > 2017-06-19 03:28:05,030Z INFO >>> > [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.exportimport.ImportVmCommand] >>> > (org.ovirt.thread.pool-6-thread-23) [] Lock freed to object >>> > 'EngineLock:{exclusiveLocks='[a >>> > 79e6b0e-fff4-4cba-a02c-4c00be151300=<VM, >>> > ACTION_TYPE_FAILED_VM_IS_BEING_IMPORTED$VmName HostedEngine>, >>> > HostedEngine=<VM_NAME, ACTION_TYPE_FAILED_NAME_ALREADY_USED>]', >>> > sharedLocks= >>> > '[a79e6b0e-fff4-4cba-a02c-4c00be151300=<REMOTE_VM, >>> > ACTION_TYPE_FAILED_VM_IS_BEING_IMPORTED$VmName HostedEngine>]'}' >>> > 2017-06-19 03:28:05,030Z ERROR >>> > [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.HostedEngineImporter] >>> > (org.ovirt.thread.pool-6-thread-23) [] Failed importing the Hosted >>> > Engine VM >>> > >>> > The sanlock.log reports conflicts on that same host, and a different >>> > error on the other hosts, not sure if they are related. >>> > >>> > And this in the /var/log/ovirt-hosted-engine-ha/agent log on the host >>> > which I deployed the hosted engine VM on: >>> > >>> > MainThread::ERROR::2017-06-19 >>> > >>> > 13:09:49,743::ovf_store::124::ovirt_hosted_engine_ha.lib.ovf.ovf_store.OVFStore::(getEngineVMOVF) >>> > Unable to extract HEVM OVF >>> > MainThread::ERROR::2017-06-19 >>> > >>> > 13:09:49,743::config::445::ovirt_hosted_engine_ha.agent.hosted_engine.HostedEngine.config::(_get_vm_conf_content_from_ovf_store) >>> > Failed extracting VM OVF from the OVF_STORE volume, falling back to >>> > initial vm.conf >>> > >>> > I've seen some of these issues reported in bugzilla, but they were for >>> > older versions of oVirt (and appear to be resolved). >>> > >>> > I will install that package on the other two hosts, for which I will >>> > put them in maintenance as vdsm is installed as an upgrade. I guess >>> > restarting vdsm is a good idea after that? >>> > >>> > Thanks, >>> > >>> > Campbell >>> > >>> > On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 10:51 AM, Martin Sivak <msivak(a)redhat.com&gt; >>> > wrote: >>> >> Hi, >>> >> >>> >> you do not have to install it on all hosts. But you should have more >>> >> than one and ideally all hosted engine enabled nodes should belong to >>> >> the same engine cluster. >>> >> >>> >> Best regards >>> >> >>> >> Martin Sivak >>> >> >>> >> On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 11:29 AM, cmc <iucounu(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: >>> >>> Hi Jenny, >>> >>> >>> >>> Does ovirt-hosted-engine-ha need to be installed across all hosts? >>> >>> Could that be the reason it is failing to see it properly? >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> >>> >>> Cam >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 1:27 PM, cmc <iucounu(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Jenny, >>> >>>> >>> >>>> Logs are attached. I can see errors in there, but am unsure how they >>> >>>> arose. >>> >>>> >>> >>>> Thanks, >>> >>>> >>> >>>> Campbell >>> >>>> >>> >>>> On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 12:29 PM, Evgenia Tokar <etokar(a)redhat.com&gt; >>> >>>> wrote: >>> >>>>> From the output it looks like the agent is down, try starting it by >>> >>>>> running: >>> >>>>> systemctl start ovirt-ha-agent. >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> The engine is supposed to see the hosted engine storage domain and >>> >>>>> import it >>> >>>>> to the system, then it should import the hosted engine vm. >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> Can you attach the agent log from the host >>> >>>>> (/var/log/ovirt-hosted-engine-ha/agent.log) >>> >>>>> and the engine log from the engine vm >>> >>>>> (/var/log/ovirt-engine/engine.log)? >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> Thanks, >>> >>>>> Jenny >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 12:41 PM, cmc <iucounu(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: >>> >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> Hi Jenny, >>> >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> > What version are you running? >>> >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> 4.1.2.2-1.el7.centos >>> >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> > For the hosted engine vm to be imported and displayed in the >>> >>>>>> > engine, you >>> >>>>>> > must first create a master storage domain. >>> >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> To provide a bit more detail: this was a migration of a bare-metal >>> >>>>>> engine in an existing cluster to a hosted engine VM for that >>> >>>>>> cluster. >>> >>>>>> As part of this migration, I built an entirely new host and ran >>> >>>>>> 'hosted-engine --deploy' (followed these instructions: >>> >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> http://www.ovirt.org/documentation/self-hosted/chap-Migrating_from_Bare_M...). >>> >>>>>> I restored the backup from the engine and it completed without any >>> >>>>>> errors. I didn't see any instructions regarding a master storage >>> >>>>>> domain in the page above. The cluster has two existing master >>> >>>>>> storage >>> >>>>>> domains, one is fibre channel, which is up, and one ISO domain, >>> >>>>>> which >>> >>>>>> is currently offline. >>> >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> > What do you mean the hosted engine commands are failing? What >>> >>>>>> > happens >>> >>>>>> > when >>> >>>>>> > you run hosted-engine --vm-status now? >>> >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> Interestingly, whereas when I ran it before, it exited with no >>> >>>>>> output >>> >>>>>> and a return code of '1', it now reports: >>> >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> --== Host 1 status ==-- >>> >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> conf_on_shared_storage : True >>> >>>>>> Status up-to-date : False >>> >>>>>> Hostname : kvm-ldn-03.ldn.fscfc.co.uk >>> >>>>>> Host ID : 1 >>> >>>>>> Engine status : unknown stale-data >>> >>>>>> Score : 0 >>> >>>>>> stopped : True >>> >>>>>> Local maintenance : False >>> >>>>>> crc32 : 0217f07b >>> >>>>>> local_conf_timestamp : 2911 >>> >>>>>> Host timestamp : 2897 >>> >>>>>> Extra metadata (valid at timestamp): >>> >>>>>> metadata_parse_version=1 >>> >>>>>> metadata_feature_version=1 >>> >>>>>> timestamp=2897 (Thu Jun 15 16:22:54 2017) >>> >>>>>> host-id=1 >>> >>>>>> score=0 >>> >>>>>> vm_conf_refresh_time=2911 (Thu Jun 15 16:23:08 2017) >>> >>>>>> conf_on_shared_storage=True >>> >>>>>> maintenance=False >>> >>>>>> state=AgentStopped >>> >>>>>> stopped=True >>> >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> Yet I can login to the web GUI fine. I guess it is not HA due to >>> >>>>>> being >>> >>>>>> in an unknown state currently? Does the hosted-engine-ha rpm need >>> >>>>>> to >>> >>>>>> be installed across all nodes in the cluster, btw? >>> >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> Thanks for the help, >>> >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> Cam >>> >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> > >>> >>>>>> > Jenny Tokar >>> >>>>>> > >>> >>>>>> > >>> >>>>>> > On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 6:32 PM, cmc <iucounu(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: >>> >>>>>> >> >>> >>>>>> >> Hi, >>> >>>>>> >> >>> >>>>>> >> I've migrated from a bare-metal engine to a hosted engine. There >>> >>>>>> >> were >>> >>>>>> >> no errors during the install, however, the hosted engine did not >>> >>>>>> >> get >>> >>>>>> >> started. I tried running: >>> >>>>>> >> >>> >>>>>> >> hosted-engine --status >>> >>>>>> >> >>> >>>>>> >> on the host I deployed it on, and it returns nothing (exit code >>> >>>>>> >> is 1 >>> >>>>>> >> however). I could not ping it either. So I tried starting it via >>> >>>>>> >> 'hosted-engine --vm-start' and it returned: >>> >>>>>> >> >>> >>>>>> >> Virtual machine does not exist >>> >>>>>> >> >>> >>>>>> >> But it then became available. I logged into it successfully. It >>> >>>>>> >> is not >>> >>>>>> >> in the list of VMs however. >>> >>>>>> >> >>> >>>>>> >> Any ideas why the hosted-engine commands fail, and why it is not >>> >>>>>> >> in >>> >>>>>> >> the list of virtual machines? >>> >>>>>> >> >>> >>>>>> >> Thanks for any help, >>> >>>>>> >> >>> >>>>>> >> Cam >>> >>>>>> >> _______________________________________________ >>> >>>>>> >> Users mailing list >>> >>>>>> >> Users(a)ovirt.org >>> >>>>>> >> http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users >>> >>>>>> > >>> >>>>>> > >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> >>> Users mailing list >>> >>> Users(a)ovirt.org >>> >>> http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Users mailing list >>> Users(a)ovirt.org >>> http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users >> >>