August 2025 - Users - oVirt List Archives

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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Is oVirt a dead project ???
by Diggy Mc 17 Sep '25

17 Sep '25

Based on the lack of list activity and updates, I am starting to think oVirt is a dead project. I sure hope not. It is a great product. My two cents: Whomever at Red Hat decided to abandon RHEV is an idiot. j/s Does anyone know if Oracle plans to fund the oVirt project? I think it would be a great move on their part. I believe virtualization still has a future for years to come. If oVirt is a dead project, what is the next best choice enterprise virtualization? ProxMox? Microsoft Hypervisor? Something else? Feedback is appreciated because I manage/recommend virtualization solutions for several small- and medium-sized companies.

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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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New oVirt plugin for The Foreman
by Frank Wall 01 Sep '25

01 Sep '25

Hi, for those of you using Foreman with oVirt: Please note that starting with Foreman 3.16 you have to install a new oVirt plugin. The plugin will be available from both the official Foreman DNF/DEB repositories, as well as from rubygems.org. For those of you that would like to support the new oVirt plugin, use the GitHub issue tracker to create issues and submit pull-requests: https://github.com/markt-de/foreman_ovirt/ Ciao - Frank

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Re: ovirt 4.5 VNC Failed to complete handshake Error in the pull function on Windows
by Mark Atkinson 19 Aug '25

19 Aug '25

Were you able to get this working? To fix the problem: 1. Download the Engine CA Certificate (pki-resource) 2. Copy the Engine CA Certificate to /etc/pki/ca-trust/source/anchors 3. run #update-ca-trust extract 4. Restart your web browser and login to oVirt Manager 5. Check VM - Console settings 6. Launch Console - Open .vv file and you should be connected If it errors check DNS make sure you can resolve to your ovirt-engine. -Mark

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oVirt 4.5.4-1.el8 - unable to add users
by Andrei Verovski 15 Aug '25

15 Aug '25

Hi, I have oVirt 4.5.4-1.el8, deleted expired user, and now unable to add any user / group. Typing user name, press “Go”, and the nothing happens. Restarted oVirt engine VM, no changes. How to fix this problem? Thanks in advance for any help. Andrei

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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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