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Unable to install oVirt on RHEL7.5
by SS00514758＠techmahindra.com 25 Dec '25

25 Dec '25

Hi All, I am unable to install oVirt on RHEL7.5, to install it I am taking reference of below link, https://www.ovirt.org/documentation/install-guide/chap-Installing_oVirt.html But though it is not working for me, couple of dependencies is not getting installed, and because of this I am not able to run the ovirt-engine, below are the depencies packages that unable to install, Error: Package: collectd-write_http-5.8.0-6.1.el7.x86_64 (@ovirt-4.2-centos-opstools) Requires: collectd(x86-64) = 5.8.0-6.1.el7 Removing: collectd-5.8.0-6.1.el7.x86_64 (@ovirt-4.2-centos-opstools) collectd(x86-64) = 5.8.0-6.1.el7 Updated By: collectd-5.8.1-1.el7.x86_64 (epel) collectd(x86-64) = 5.8.1-1.el7 Available: collectd-5.7.2-1.el7.x86_64 (ovirt-4.2-centos-opstools) collectd(x86-64) = 5.7.2-1.el7 Available: collectd-5.7.2-3.el7.x86_64 (ovirt-4.2-centos-opstools) collectd(x86-64) = 5.7.2-3.el7 Available: collectd-5.8.0-2.el7.x86_64 (ovirt-4.2-centos-opstools) collectd(x86-64) = 5.8.0-2.el7 Available: collectd-5.8.0-3.el7.x86_64 (ovirt-4.2-centos-opstools) collectd(x86-64) = 5.8.0-3.el7 Available: collectd-5.8.0-5.el7.x86_64 (ovirt-4.2-centos-opstools) collectd(x86-64) = 5.8.0-5.el7 Help me to install this. Looking forward to resolve this issue. Regards Sumit Sahay

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Unable to upload or download iso via admin portal
by Igor Filipovic 09 Dec '25

09 Dec '25

Hi, I'm having a trouble on fresh 4.4.10.7 installation (on oracle linux), I'm not able to upload or download any file using storage domain upload image function. I've imported CA certificate and have tried on several browsers (firefow, chrome,edge), on different computers (and browsers are green - claiming that I'm securely connected), but I'm always getting error regarding CA certificate when I test connection, or when I try to upload ISO image. I've tried to upload ISO image via cli commands (upload_disk.py), and that scenario was successful, however this method It is not very convenient for my co-workers. I have 5 physical hosts, one is dedicated to run ovirt-engine, and other 4 are kvm hypervisors. When I try to upload ISO this is what engine.log logs: 2023-04-08 11:00:28,339+02 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.storage.disk.image.TransferImageStatusCommand] (default task-2) [f6b62add-0a0c-45ee-a985-a76171843382] Running command: TransferImageStatusCommand internal: false. Entities affected : ID: 1eb97088-b805-4616-af55-0ac9d1d7dfbe Type: SystemAction group CREATE_DISK with role type USER 2023-04-08 11:00:28,340+02 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.storage.disk.image.ImageTransferUpdater] (default task-2) [f6b62add-0a0c-45ee-a985-a76171843382] Updating image transfer a78b18c5-e395-4c29-aa5c-15ffff8a1cb6 (image 4f758325-ac11-4071-a9fa-d180425e8604) phase to Paused by System (message: 'Sent 0MB') 2023-04-08 11:00:28,363+02 ERROR [org.ovirt.engine.core.dal.dbbroker.auditloghandling.AuditLogDirector] (default task-2) [f6b62add-0a0c-45ee-a985-a76171843382] EVENT_ID: UPLOAD_IMAGE_NETWORK_ERROR(1,062), Unable to upload image to disk 4f758325-ac11-4071-a9fa-d180425e8604 due to a network error. Ensure ovirt-engine's CA certificate is registered as a trusted CA in the browser. The certificate can be fetched from https://engine-dr.somedomain/ovirt-engine/services/pki-resource?resource=ca… 2023-04-08 11:00:28,363+02 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.storage.disk.image.TransferImageStatusCommand] (default task-2) [f6b62add-0a0c-45ee-a985-a76171843382] Running command: TransferImageStatusCommand internal: false. Entities affected : ID: 1eb97088-b805-4616-af55-0ac9d1d7dfbe Type: SystemAction group CREATE_DISK with role type USER Can you please point me in some direction to try to fix this? Thanks, and best regards Igor

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Installing oVirt on RHEL vs CentOS Stream, Alma or Rocky Linux
by Richard W.M. Jones 06 Oct '25

06 Oct '25

I'm still struggling to get oVirt installed. It absolutely will not install on RHEL 8, the documentation here is flat out wrong: https://www.ovirt.org/documentation/installing_ovirt_as_a_standalone_manage… javapackages-tools is not a module that exists in RHEL 8. Apparently it's a CentOS PowerTools module. Since original CentOS no longer really exists either, does anyone have any opinions or experience with installing oVirt on any of: - CentOS Stream 8 - Alma Linux 8.5 - Rocky Linux Alma in particular looks like a straight replacement for old CentOS. Rich. -- Richard Jones, Virtualization Group, Red Hat http://people.redhat.com/~rjones Read my programming and virtualization blog: http://rwmj.wordpress.com virt-top is 'top' for virtual machines. Tiny program with many powerful monitoring features, net stats, disk stats, logging, etc. http://people.redhat.com/~rjones/virt-top

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Error when deploy Ovirt4.4 Hosted Engine
by staybox＠gmail.com 17 Feb '25

17 Feb '25

Hello, I get error, need help. [ ERROR ] fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"msg": "The conditional check 'not ipv6_deployment|bool and route_rules_ipv4.stdout | from_json | selectattr('priority', 'equalto', 100) | selectattr('dst', 'equalto', virbr_cidr_ipv4 | ipaddr('address') ) | list | length == 0' failed. The error was: error while evaluating conditional (not ipv6_deployment|bool and route_rules_ipv4.stdout | from_json | selectattr('priority', 'equalto', 100) | selectattr('dst', 'equalto', virbr_cidr_ipv4 | ipaddr('address') ) | list | length == 0): 'dict object' has no attribute 'dst'\n\nThe error appears to be in '/usr/share/ansible/collections/ansible_collections/ovirt/ovirt/roles/hosted_engine_setup/tasks/bootstrap_local_vm/01_prepare_routing_rules.yml': line 81, column 5, but may\nbe elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.\n\nThe offending line appears to be:\n\n changed_when: true\n - name: Add IPv4 inbound route rules\n ^ here\n"}

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How to list all snapshots?
by jorgevisentini＠gmail.com 14 Feb '25

14 Feb '25

Hello everyone! First, I would like to thank everyone involved in this wonderful project. I leave here my sincere thanks! Does anyone know if it is possible to list all snapshots automatically? It can be by ansible, python, shell... any way that helps to list them all without having to enter Domain by Domain. Thank you all!

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snapshot solution: Existing snapshots that were taken after this one will be erased.
by dhanaraj.ramesh＠yahoo.com 29 Jan '25

29 Jan '25

Hi Team, when I want to commit the older snapshots I'm getting warning stating " Existing snapshots that were taken after this one will be erased.". is there any way we can retain the latest snapshots as is in the chain? I knew cloning and template export options are there to secure that latest snapshot data but these are will consume additional space in storage and take time.

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Changing Disk Alocation Policy
by suporte＠logicworks.pt 13 Jan '25

13 Jan '25

Hi, It's possible to change a thin-provision disk to a preallocated disk? Storages are ISCSI Thanks -- Jose Ferradeira http://www.logicworks.pt

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Restart oVirt-Engine
by Jeremey Wise 09 Jan '25

09 Jan '25

How ,without reboot of hosting system, do I restart the oVirt engine? # I tried below but do not seem to effect the virtual machine [root@thor iso]# systemctl restart ov ovirt-ha-agent.service ovirt-imageio.service ovn-controller.service ovs-delete-transient-ports.service ovirt-ha-broker.service ovirt-vmconsole-host-sshd.service ovsdb-server.service ovs-vswitchd.service [root@thor iso]# # You cannot restart the VM " HostedEngine " as it responses: Error while executing action: HostedEngine: - Cannot restart VM. This VM is not managed by the engine. Reason is I had to do some work on a node. Reboot it.. it is back up.. network is all fine.. Cockpit working fine... and gluster fine.. But oVirt-Engine refuses to accept the node is up. -- p <jeremey.wise(a)gmail.com>enguinpages

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Host deploy failure: Configure OVN for oVirt
by stephan.badenhorst＠fnb.co.za 05 Jan '25

05 Jan '25

Good day, I am running into a problem during host deploy via the oVirt engine GUI since upgrading to ovirt-engine-4.5.5-1.el8. The "Configure OVN for oVirt" task seem to fail when trying to run the vdsm-tool ovn-config command. Host deploy used to work fine when the engine was on version 4.5.4. Anyone that can guide me on the right path to get past this issue? Does not seem to be a new problem - https://lists.ovirt.org/archives/list/users@ovirt.org/thread/IDLGSBQFX35EHH… Log extract: 2024-02-01 14:48:19 SAST - TASK [ovirt-provider-ovn-driver : Configure OVN for oVirt] ********************* . . . "stdout" : "fatal: [mob-r1-l-ovirt-aa-1-23.x.fnb.co.za]: FAILED! => {\"changed\": true, \"cmd\": [\"vdsm-tool\", \"ovn-config\", \"192.168.2.100\", \"host23.mydomain.com\"], \"delta\": \"0:00:00.538143\", \"end \": \"2024-02-01 14:48:20.596823\", \"msg\": \"non-zero return code\", \"rc\": 1, \"start\": \"2024-02-01 14:48:20.058680\", \"stderr\": \"Traceback (most recent call last):\\n File \\\"/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/vdsm/t ool/ovn_config.py\\\", line 117, in get_network\\n return networks[net_name]\\nKeyError: 'host23.mydomain.com'\\n\\nDuring handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:\\n\\nTraceback (most rec ent call last):\\n File \\\"/usr/bin/vdsm-tool\\\", line 195, in main\\n return tool_command[cmd][\\\"command\\\"](*args)\\n File \\\"/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/vdsm/tool/ovn_config.py\\\", line 63, in ovn_config\\n ip_address = get_ip_addr(get_network(network_caps(), net_name))\\n File \\\"/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/vdsm/tool/ovn_config.py\\\", line 119, in get_network\\n raise NetworkNotFoundError(net_name)\\nvdsm.tool.ovn _config.NetworkNotFoundError: host23.mydomain.com\", \"stderr_lines\": [\"Traceback (most recent call last):\", \" File \\\"/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/vdsm/tool/ovn_config.py\\\", line 117, in get_network \", \" return networks[net_name]\", \"KeyError: 'host23.mydomain.com'\", \"\", \"During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:\", \"\", \"Traceback (most recent call last):\", \" File \ \\"/usr/bin/vdsm-tool\\\", line 195, in main\", \" return tool_command[cmd][\\\"command\\\"](*args)\", \" File \\\"/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/vdsm/tool/ovn_config.py\\\", line 63, in ovn_config\", \" ip_address = get_ip_addr(get_network(network_caps(), net_name))\", \" File \\\"/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/vdsm/tool/ovn_config.py\\\", line 119, in get_network\", \" raise NetworkNotFoundError(net_name)\", \"vdsm.tool.ovn_config. NetworkNotFoundError: host23.mydomain.com\"], \"stdout\": \"\", \"stdout_lines\": []}", Thanks in advance!! Stephan

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Uploading .iso image with REST API creates <id>.meta with wrong DISKTYPE value
by markul11＠protonmail.com 12 Dec '24

12 Dec '24

When creating file (.iso image) with the web GUI the .meta file has DISKTYPE=ISOF, but when using REST, DISKTYPE=DATA and the file is not listed on the "Attach CD" drop down when creating a new vm. Using API is the only way for me cos I can't find a fix to a connection problem from Firefox/Fedora 39 to the web GUI, so all transfers end up as "suspended by the system". I am using the following POST to crate the file: curl -k -u "admin@internal:secretpw" -X POST \ -H "Content-Type: application/xml" \ -d '<disk><name>Rocky-9-latest-x86_64-boot.iso</name><alias>Rocky-9-latest-x86_64-boot.iso</alias>\ <description>Rocky-9-latest-x86_64-boot.iso</description>\ <provisioned_size>1068498944</provisioned_size><format>raw</format>\ <storage_domains><storage_domain><name>isos</name>\ </storage_domain></storage_domains></disk>' \ https://ovirtsvc.adm.cnt.uksw.edu.pl/ovirt-engine/api/disks The resulting <id>.meta is: CAP=1068498944 CTIME=1732282300 DESCRIPTION={"DiskAlias":"Rocky-9-latest-x86_64-boot.iso","DiskDescription":"Rocky-9-latest-x86_64-boot.iso"} DISKTYPE=DATA [...] FORMAT=RAW [...]TYPE=SPARSE VOLTYPE=LEAF EOF

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