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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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PsqlException at Engine
by Christoph Koehler 08 Aug '25

08 Aug '25

Dear all, Since the last host update to the latest master snapshot, we have encountered a situation where hosts with the following CPU can no longer be activated: Xeon Gold 5418Y. The error comes from a database function of the engine: "PSQLEXCEPTION: ERROR: value too long for type character varying(4000) Where: SQL statement "UPDATE vds_dynamic SET cpuflags = vcpu_flags WHERE vdsid = vvds_id" PL/pgSQL function updatecpuflags(uuid, character varying) line 3 at SQL statement" Since the update, the length of the CPU flags exceeds the datatype varchar(4000) as declared in the DB. Currently, we have no solution, and the nodes remain 'unassigned'. Does anyone know of a workaround or when this presumably known error will be fixed? Thank you and best regards, Christoph

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Re: [External] : Custom OMVF for VM
by Marcos Sungaila 11 Jul '25

11 Jul '25

Hi Domien, Possible it is, but you will need to test this deployment. The firmware json files are stored under /usr/share/qemu/firmware on each KVM host, and the fd files are stored under /usr/share/edk2/ovmf/ on the KVM hosts, too. As far as I understand, and you need to confirm it, the Chipset/Firmware Type option in the web UI is retrieved from the PostgreSQL database requiring you to add additional entries to it so the web portal will display the corresponding options to deploy this appliance. The good point, by going this path you will be able to create a great blog article describing how to create a custom entry in oVirt to deploy Sonicwall in it. Marcos From: Domien Van Rompaey via Users <users(a)ovirt.org> Sent: Tuesday, July 8, 2025 10:45 AM To: users(a)ovirt.org Subject: [External] : [ovirt-users] Custom OMVF for VM Hi We want to use the Sonicwall NSv appliance on our oVirt Cluster. Since version 7.1.1 they require the installation of a custom OMVF (UEFI Firmware). Sonicwall KB: https://www.sonicwall.com/support/knowledge-base/how-to-deploy-nsv-kvm-imag…<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.sonicwall.com/support/knowledge-base…> Is this possible on oVirt? I probably already know the answer (no) but I want to be sure. Met vriendelijke groeten, Domien Van Rompaey Security Engineer Cloud & ICT‑infrastructure | Security Tel +32 51 76 00 00 [https://website-api.dynamate.be/public/E-mailhandtekening/DYNAMATE-handteke…]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/eu.content.exclaimer.net/?url=https*3A*2…> www.dynamate.be<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/eu.content.exclaimer.net/?url=https*3A*2…> [https://website-api.dynamate.be/public/E-mailhandtekening/instagram-60-150.…]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/eu.content.exclaimer.net/?url=https*3A*2…> [https://website-api.dynamate.be/public/E-mailhandtekening/facebook-60-150.p…]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/eu.content.exclaimer.net/?url=https*3A*2…> [https://website-api.dynamate.be/public/E-mailhandtekening/linkedin-60-150-2…]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/eu.content.exclaimer.net/?url=https*3A*2…>

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Custom OMVF for VM
by Domien Van Rompaey 08 Jul '25

08 Jul '25

Hi We want to use the Sonicwall NSv appliance on our oVirt Cluster. Since version 7.1.1 they require the installation of a custom OMVF (UEFI Firmware). Sonicwall KB: https://www.sonicwall.com/support/knowledge-base/how-to-deploy-nsv-kvm-imag… Is this possible on oVirt? I probably already know the answer (no) but I want to be sure. Met vriendelijke groeten, Domien Van Rompaey Security Engineer Cloud & ICT‑infrastructure | Security Tel +32 51 76 00 00 [https://website-api.dynamate.be/public/E-mailhandtekening/DYNAMATE-handteke…]<https://eu.content.exclaimer.net/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.christiaens.net%2F&…> www.dynamate.be<https://eu.content.exclaimer.net?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dynamate.be%2F&tenan…> [https://website-api.dynamate.be/public/E-mailhandtekening/instagram-60-150.…]<https://eu.content.exclaimer.net/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fwea…> [https://website-api.dynamate.be/public/E-mailhandtekening/facebook-60-150.p…]<https://eu.content.exclaimer.net/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fwear…> [https://website-api.dynamate.be/public/E-mailhandtekening/linkedin-60-150-2…]<https://eu.content.exclaimer.net/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcomp…>

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Unable to start engine, vm status "Paused"
by mrtnz.om＠gmail.com 01 Jul '25

01 Jul '25

Hello everyone, the engine switched to paused state after attempting to place a host into maintenance, specifically when i selected the option to stop the gluster service. Glusterfs is 3 bricks [root@ovirt10 glusterfs]# gluster v heal engine info Brick 10.64.7.10:/gluster_bricks/engine/engine Status: Connected Number of entries: 0 Brick 10.64.7.11:/gluster_bricks/engine/engine Status: Connected Number of entries: 0 Brick 10.64.7.12:/gluster_bricks/engine/engine Status: Connected Number of entries: 0 --== Host ovirt11 (id: 3) status ==-- Host ID : 3 Host timestamp : 34188104 Score : 3400 Engine status : {"vm": "up", "health": "bad", "detail": "Paused", "reason": "bad vm status"} Cluster is in global maintenance The ovirt node i attempted to place in maintenance had no vms running (ovirt21) attempting to restart the engine when gluster is not running on ovirt21 results in the following error: MainThread::WARNING::2025-07-01 13:05:25,988::storage_broker::100::ovirt_hosted_engine_ha.broker.storage_broker.StorageBroker::(__init__) Can't connect vdsm storage: path to storage domain 4d31ba9e-5167-4af8-bc2a-361cce9b8278 not found in /rhev/data-center/mnt/glusterSD If i restart glusterd, and ovirt-agent and ovirt-broker on the host i put into maintenance (ovirt21), then attempt to restart the engine vm, it starts up but then is paused shortly after when glusterd service is automatically stopped on ovirt node 21. It seems the engine is stuck trying to put that host into maintenance, as soon as the engine vm starts it's paused when glusterd is stopped on ovirt21. Is there a way to safely unmount the engine gluster volume from the empty host without affecting the rest of the cluster? and/or, is there a way to stop the engine from putting that host into maintenance? Thanks! Mario M

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Unable to start engine, vm status "Paused"
by mrtnz.om＠gmail.com 01 Jul '25

01 Jul '25

Hello everyone, the engine switched to paused state after attempting to place a host into maintenance, specifically when i selected the option to stop the gluster service. Glusterfs is 3 bricks [root@ovirt10 glusterfs]# gluster v heal engine info Brick 10.64.7.10:/gluster_bricks/engine/engine Status: Connected Number of entries: 0 Brick 10.64.7.11:/gluster_bricks/engine/engine Status: Connected Number of entries: 0 Brick 10.64.7.12:/gluster_bricks/engine/engine Status: Connected Number of entries: 0 --== Host ovirt11 (id: 3) status ==-- Host ID : 3 Host timestamp : 34188104 Score : 3400 Engine status : {"vm": "up", "health": "bad", "detail": "Paused", "reason": "bad vm status"} Cluster is in global maintenance The ovirt node i attempted to place in maintenance had no vms running (ovirt21) attempting to restart the engine when gluster is not running on ovirt21 results in the following error: MainThread::WARNING::2025-07-01 13:05:25,988::storage_broker::100::ovirt_hosted_engine_ha.broker.storage_broker.StorageBroker::(__init__) Can't connect vdsm storage: path to storage domain 4d31ba9e-5167-4af8-bc2a-361cce9b8278 not found in /rhev/data-center/mnt/glusterSD If i restart glusterd, and ovirt-agent and ovirt-broker on the host i put into maintenance (ovirt21), then attempt to restart the engine vm, it starts up but then is paused shortly after when glusterd service is automatically stopped on ovirt node 21. It seems the engine is stuck trying to put that host into maintenance, as soon as the engine vm starts it's paused when glusterd is stopped on ovirt21. Is there a way to safely unmount the engine gluster volume from the empty host without affecting the rest of the cluster? and/or, is there a way to stop the engine from putting that host into maintenance? Thanks! Mario M

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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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