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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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10_allocate_net error
by eevans＠digitaldatatechs.com 18 Dec '25

18 Dec '25

CentOS-Stream-9 Ovirt 4.5 minimal install- engine log: 2025-02-10 07:53:09,247-06 ERROR [org.ovirt.engine.core.dal.dbbroker.auditloghandling.AuditLogDirector] (ForkJoinPool-1-worker-11) [2fa77002] EVENT_ID: VM_DOWN_ERROR(119), VM clonezilla is down with error. Exit message: Hook Error: (b'vm net allocation hook: [unexpected error]: Traceback (most recent call last):\n File "/usr/libexec/vdsm/hooks/before_device_create/10_allocate_net", line 91, in <module>\n main()\n File "/usr/libexec/vdsm/hooks/before_device_create/10_allocate_net", line 79, in main\n allocate_random_network(device_xml)\n File "/usr/libexec/vdsm/hooks/before_device_create/10_allocate_net", line 48, in allocate_random_network\n net = _get_random_network()\n File "/usr/libexec/vdsm/hooks/before_device_create/10_allocate_net", line 36, in _get_random_network\n available_nets = _parse_nets()\n File "/usr/libexec/vdsm/hooks/before_device_create/10_allocate_net", line 32, in _parse_nets\n return [net for net in os.environ[AVAIL_NETS_KEY].split()]\n File "/usr/lib64/python3.9/os.py", line 679, in __getitem__\n raise KeyError(key) from None\nKeyError: \'equivnets\'\n\n\n',). It doesn't matter if it's a fresh install or import. I go to ui and edit vm and change to one of the default size templates, usually large, it boots with no nic and I can add a nic once it's booted and restart it, then it gets an IP and is fine unless you shut it down. In that case, you have to go through setting size and adding nic after vm boot. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance/

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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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Unable to launch new VM on few hosts due "Max free Memory for scheduling new VMs:" has less value
by dushyantk.sun＠gmail.com 11 Sep '25

11 Sep '25

Few hosts shows unable to launch vms due memory is not available to schedule vm. However vm has enough memory when check free command. If any one come across such issue, please let me know how we can fix it in oracle olvm

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Ovirt 4.5.5 + Veeam Unable to get path commander
by victordanco＠hotmail.com 01 Jul '25

01 Jul '25

Good morning dear community. We are experiencing a problem when taking a backup through Veeam backup. I share the logs: Engine.log 2025-06-03 16:09:52,158-05 ERROR [org.ovirt.engine.core.sso.service.SsoService] (default task-2019) [53762455] OAuthException invalid_grant: The provided authorization grant for the auth code has expired. 2025-06-03 16:09:52,160-05 ERROR [org.ovirt.engine.core.aaa.filters.SsoRestApiAuthFilter] (default task-2006) [] Cannot authenticate using authentication Headers: invalid_grant: The provided authorization grant for the auth code has expired. 2025-06-03 16:09:52,429-05 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.sso.service.AuthenticationService] (default task-2006) [] User admin@internal-authz with profile [internal] successfully logged in with scopes: ovirt-app-admin ovirt-app-api ovirt-app-portal ovirt-ext=auth:sequence-priority=~ ovirt-ext=revoke:revoke-all ovirt-ext=token-info:authz-search ovirt-ext=token-info:public-authz-search ovirt-ext=token-info:validate ovirt-ext=token:password-access 2025-06-03 16:09:52,518-05 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.aaa.CreateUserSessionCommand] (default task-2006) [60f224da] Running command: CreateUserSessionCommand internal: false. 2025-06-03 16:09:52,530-05 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.dal.dbbroker.auditloghandling.AuditLogDirector] (default task-2006) [60f224da] EVENT_ID: USER_VDC_LOGIN(30), User admin@internal-authz connecting from '192.168.170.52' using session 'dYQlOCMThsTOInKjX8GKWUpAk/SFspOh5vuX0efK1slxzWloBoK9jGqt7TwOapfxUR1kzGg0ctoofUC7/pjeVg==' logged in. 2025-06-03 16:09:52,784-05 WARN [org.ovirt.engine.api.restapi.util.LinkHelper] (default task-2006) [] Can't find relative path for class "org.ovirt.engine.api.resource.StorageDomainVmDiskAttachmentsResource", will return null 2025-06-03 16:09:52,784-05 WARN [org.ovirt.engine.api.restapi.util.LinkHelper] (default task-2006) [] Can't find relative path for class "org.ovirt.engine.api.resource.StorageDomainVmDiskAttachmentsResource", will return null 2025-06-03 16:10:05,258-05 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.sso.servlets.OAuthRevokeServlet] (default task-2006) [] User admin@internal-authz with profile [internal] successfully logged out 2025-06-03 16:10:05,267-05 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.aaa.TerminateSessionsForTokenCommand] (default task-2019) [78785b84] Running command: TerminateSessionsForTokenCommand internal: true. 2025-06-03 16:10:05,305-05 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.sso.servlets.OAuthRevokeServlet] (default task-2006) [] User admin@internal-authz with profile [internal] successfully logged out 2025-06-03 16:10:05,310-05 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.aaa.TerminateSessionsForTokenCommand] (default task-2019) [4a6cfc6] Running command: TerminateSessionsForTokenCommand internal: true. 2025-06-03 16:10:28,401-05 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.sso.service.AuthenticationService] (default task-2006) [] User admin@internal-authz with profile [internal] successfully logged in with scopes: ovirt-app-admin ovirt-app-api ovirt-app-portal ovirt-ext=auth:sequence-priority=~ ovirt-ext=revoke:revoke-all ovirt-ext=token-info:authz-search ovirt-ext=token-info:public-authz-search ovirt-ext=token-info:validate ovirt-ext=token:password-access 2025-06-03 16:10:28,453-05 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.aaa.CreateUserSessionCommand] (default task-2006) [152dcb43] Running command: CreateUserSessionCommand internal: false. 2025-06-03 16:10:28,466-05 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.dal.dbbroker.auditloghandling.AuditLogDirector] (default task-2006) [152dcb43] EVENT_ID: USER_VDC_LOGIN(30), User admin@internal-authz connecting from '192.168.170.52' using session '1WDL5jCeJNVnQCOSAJu8hd+M1IJJp5AChx3SQnpNjG+v2cZHNRYBsrQpmfhNAuB5KAHUun7HKUxbRQcs5OCalQ==' logged in. 2025-06-03 16:10:50,031-05 WARN [org.ovirt.engine.core.utils.virtiowin.VirtioWinReader] (EE-ManagedScheduledExecutorService-engineScheduledThreadPool-Thread-19) [6b0bdae7] Directory '/usr/share/virtio-win' doesn't exist. --------- Veeam Proxy: 2025-06-03 16:10:21.0156 00023 [194115] ERROR | [RhvCluster][myengine.co]: <== Request "Get" "https://myengine.co/ovirt-engine/api/vms/0a5b4e0e-477c-494a-ba43-1e6c48565a…", body: "{}" 2025-06-03 16:10:21.0156 00023 [194115] ERROR | [RhvCluster][myengine.co]: ==> Response "Get" "https://myengine.co/ovirt-engine/api/vms/0a5b4e0e-477c-494a-ba43-1e6c48565a…", "code: 401", duration: "163 msec", body: "[binary data]" Note that the user I use is admin@internal. I have read other forums that it is recommended to use admin@ovirt@internalsso or others, but veeam does not allow me to use admin@ovirt@internalsso. I appreciate your help or recommendations. Regards!

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oVirt 4.5.7 - Rocky 9.4 - Update Quandry
by Clint Boggio 24 Jun '25

24 Jun '25

Good Day All - We're looking to run some updates to our oVirt environment and we're getting an error regarding selinux-policy and it's available version: Error: Problem 1: cannot install the best update candidate for package ovirt-vmconsole-1.0.9-3.el9.noarch - nothing provides selinux-policy >= 38.1.56-1.el9 needed by ovirt-vmconsole-1.0.9-3.20250519152134.git4943ea2.el9.noarch from copr:copr.fedorainfracloud.org:ovirt:ovirt-master-snapshot - nothing provides selinux-policy-base >= 38.1.56-1.el9 needed by ovirt-vmconsole-1.0.9-3.20250519152134.git4943ea2.el9.noarch from copr:copr.fedorainfracloud.org:ovirt:ovirt-master-snapshot Problem 2: package ovirt-vmconsole-host-1.0.9-3.20250519152134.git4943ea2.el9.noarch from copr:copr.fedorainfracloud.org:ovirt:ovirt-master-snapshot requires ovirt-vmconsole = 1.0.9-3.20250519152134.git4943ea2.el9, but none of the providers can be installed - cannot install the best update candidate for package ovirt-vmconsole-host-1.0.9-3.el9.noarch - nothing provides selinux-policy >= 38.1.56-1.el9 needed by ovirt-vmconsole-1.0.9-3.20250519152134.git4943ea2.el9.noarch from copr:copr.fedorainfracloud.org:ovirt:ovirt-master-snapshot - nothing provides selinux-policy-base >= 38.1.56-1.el9 needed by ovirt-vmconsole-1.0.9-3.20250519152134.git4943ea2.el9.noarch from copr:copr.fedorainfracloud.org:ovirt:ovirt-master-snapshot Problem 3: package python3.11-ovirt-imageio-client-2.5.1-0.202504080926.gitfde3ef0.el9.x86_64 from copr:copr.fedorainfracloud.org:ovirt:ovirt-master-snapshot requires python3.11-ovirt-engine-sdk4, but none of the providers can be installed Any guidance would be appreciated

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Re: Network Performance Issue on oVirt Node Using Intel Platinum 8562Y+ (Sapphire Rapids) CPU
by domien.vanrompaey＠dynamate.be 24 Jun '25

24 Jun '25

Hi My issue was solved by updating the firmware on our Broadcom BCM57504 NIC (buggy firmware was 23.11.16.22). I also had to add the following option via ethtool for the NICs that were serving the bond: --offload eno12419np2 gro off --offload eno12429np3 gro off . This completely solved my problems. Maybe this can be relevant for your issue too.

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Veeam - Move data over other network than ovirtmgmt
by domien.vanrompaey＠dynamate.be 18 Jun '25

18 Jun '25

Hi all I was wondering if anyone managed to get Veeam working with a dedicated backup VLAN instead of sending traffic over the ovirtmgmt interface. We have an OLVM setup (version 4.5.5-1.42.el8) with 3 hosts in 1 cluster for now. Each host has a 1Gbps NIC pair in a seperate management LAN that is only used for ovirtmgmt Each host also has a 10Gbps NIC Bond where all the VLAN's are trunked including a dedicated Backup VLAN. The hosts do not have an IP in this Backup VLAN configured (is this needed?) Each host also has 2 NICs dedicated to storage backend (iSCSI Multipathing) Our Veeam Appliance and workers are setup in the Backup VLAN and they can communicate with the backup repository that is also in this VLAN. When we take a backup, however, we see that the ovirtmgmt network is maxed out on trafic, which probably shouldn't happen. We come from a VMWare environment where the backup proxies handle all the trafic through the backup VLAN without relying on the management network and I was expecting it to work similarly Has anyone managed to get this working as I envision it? Or is the solution to simply link ovirtmgmt to the 10Gbps bond and skip the dedicated mgmt networking? I've also opened a ticket with Veeam for this, but for now I'm just getting questions from them and no real answers. If I get a useful solution from them I will also post it here

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Network Performance Issue on oVirt Node Using Intel Platinum 8562Y+ (Sapphire Rapids) CPU
by dhayanands＠botvfx.com 17 Jun '25

17 Jun '25

Hi team, We’re facing a strange issue with network performance on one of our oVirt hosts and would like to get insights or guidance on possible misconfigurations or compatibility problems. Environment Details: oVirt Version: 4.5.5 Cluster CPU Type: Intel IceLake Server Family (default) Host A (Issue observed): CPU: Intel Xeon Platinum 8562Y+ (Sapphire Rapids) CPU Family/Model: Family 6 / Model 207 / Stepping 2 Host B (Working fine): CPU: Intel Xeon Gold 6354 (Ice Lake) CPU Family/Model: Family 6 / Model 106 / Stepping 6 Problem Description: We have a VM (kitsu) that was initially hosted on botovirtnode-006 (Platinum 8562Y+). The VM showed very poor download speeds (~10 Mbps), while upload was fine (~680 Mbps). After migrating the same VM to another host (botovirtnode-001 with Gold 6354 CPU), network performance drastically improved: Test On Affected Node On Healthy Node Download ~10 Mbps ~920 Mbps Upload ~680 Mbps ~760 Mbps This clearly indicates a host-specific issue, most likely related to hardware compatibility or CPU feature masking. Troubleshooting Done: Verified VM configurations (same on both hosts). Tested with speedtest-cli multiple times to confirm. Confirmed that VM virtual NIC, vNIC profile, and vSwitch settings are identical. Both hosts are part of the same cluster using the default Intel IceLake Server CPU type. Suspect the issue is due to CPU feature mismatch or unsupported stepping/model in the cluster’s CPU type.

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