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oVirt 4.3.10 and ansible default timeouts
by Gianluca Cecchi 05 Oct '20

05 Oct '20

Hello, in the past when I was in 4.3.7 I used this file: /etc/ovirt-engine/engine.conf.d/99-ansible-playbook-timeout.conf with ANSIBLE_PLAYBOOK_EXEC_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT=80 to bypass the default of 30 minutes at that time. I updated in steps to 4.3.8 (in February), 4.3.9 (in April) and 4.3.10 (in July). Due to an error on my side I noticed that the task for which I extended the ansible timeout (this task I didn't execute anymore in latest months) fails with timeout after 80 minutes indeed. With the intent to extend again the custom timeout I went to /usr/share/ovirt-engine/services/ovirt-engine/ovirt-engine.conf, provided by ovirt-engine-backend-4.3.10.4-1.el7.noarch and actually I see this inside: " # Specify the ansible-playbook command execution timeout in minutes. It's used for any task, which executes # AnsibleExecutor class. To change the value permanentaly create a conf file 99-ansible-playbook-timeout.conf in # /etc/ovirt-engine/engine.conf.d/ ANSIBLE_PLAYBOOK_EXEC_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT=120 " and the file seems the original provided, not tampered: [root@ovmgr1 test_backup]# rpm -qvV ovirt-engine-backend-4.3.10.4-1.el7.noarch | grep virt-engine.conf$ ......... /usr/share/ovirt-engine/services/ovirt-engine/ovirt-engine.conf [root@ovmgr1 test_backup]# So the question is: has the default intended value passed to 120 in 4.3.10 (or in any version after 4.3.7)? Thanks, Gianluca

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CEPH - Opinions and ROI
by Jeremey Wise 04 Oct '20

04 Oct '20

I have for many years used gluster because..well. 3 nodes.. and so long as I can pull a drive out.. I can get my data.. and with three copies.. I have much higher chance of getting it. Downsides to gluster: Slower (its my home..meh... and I have SSD to avoid MTBF issues ) and with VDO.. and thin provisioning.. not had issue. BUT.... gluster seems to be falling out of favor. Especially as I move towards OCP. So.. CEPH. I have one SSD in each of the three servers. so I have some space to play. I googled around.. and find no clean deployment notes and guides on CEPH + oVirt. Comments or ideas.. -- p <jeremey.wise(a)gmail.com>enguinpages.

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Is it possible to change scheduler optimization settings of cluster using ansible or some other automation way
by Kushagra Agarwal 02 Oct '20

02 Oct '20

I was hoping if i can get some help with the below oVirt scenario: *Problem Statement*:- Is it possible to change scheduler optimization settings of cluster using ansible or some other automation way *Description*:- Do we have any ansible module or any other CLI based approach which can help us to change 'scheduler optimization' settings of cluster in oVIrt. Scheduler optimization settings of cluster can be found under Scheduling Policy tab ( Compute -> Clusters(select the cluster) -> click on edit and then navigate to scheduling policy Any help in this will be highly appreciated. Thanks, Kushagra

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Question mark VMs
by Vrgotic, Marko 02 Oct '20

02 Oct '20

Hi oVIrt wizards, One of my LocalStorage hypervisors dies. VMs do not need to be rescued. As expected I see them in WebUI with question mark state (picture below): What is the step or are steps to clean ovirt engine db from these VMs and its Storage/Hypervisor/Cluster/DC? [Table Description automatically generated] Kindly awaiting your reply. ----- kind regards/met vriendelijke groeten Marko Vrgotic Sr. System Engineer @ System Administration ActiveVideo o: +31 (35) 6774131 e: m.vrgotic(a)activevideo.com<mailto:m.vrgotic@activevideo.com> w: www.activevideo.com<http://www.activevideo.com> ActiveVideo Networks BV. Mediacentrum 3745 Joop van den Endeplein 1.1217 WJ Hilversum, The Netherlands. The information contained in this message may be legally privileged and confidential. It is intended to be read only by the individual or entity to whom it is addressed or by their designee. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are on notice that any distribution of this message, in any form, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately notify the sender and/or ActiveVideo Networks, LLC by telephone at +1 408.931.9200 and delete or destroy any copy of this message.

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ovirt-engine and host certification is expired
by momokch＠yahoo.com.hk 02 Oct '20

02 Oct '20

hello everyone, my ovirt-engine and host certification is expired, is it any method no need to shutdown all the vm can enroll/update the certificate between engine and the host??? i am using the ovirt 4.0 thank you

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Re: CEPH - Opinions and ROI
by Philip Brown 01 Oct '20

01 Oct '20

ceph through an iscsi gateway is very.. very.. slow. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Stier" <Matthew.Stier(a)fujitsu.com> To: "Jeremey Wise" <jeremey.wise(a)gmail.com>, "users" <users(a)ovirt.org> Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2020 10:03:34 PM Subject: [ovirt-users] Re: CEPH - Opinions and ROI If you can’t go direct, how about round about, with an iSCSI gateway. From: Jeremey Wise <jeremey.wise(a)gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2020 11:33 PM To: users <users(a)ovirt.org> Subject: [ovirt-users] CEPH - Opinions and ROI I have for many years used gluster because..well. 3 nodes.. and so long as I can pull a drive out.. I can get my data.. and with three copies.. I have much higher chance of getting it. Downsides to gluster: Slower (its my home..meh... and I have SSD to avoid MTBF issues ) and with VDO.. and thin provisioning.. not had issue. BUT.... gluster seems to be falling out of favor. Especially as I move towards OCP. So.. CEPH. I have one SSD in each of the three servers. so I have some space to play. I googled around.. and find no clean deployment notes and guides on CEPH + oVirt. Comments or ideas.. -- [ mailto:jeremey.wise@gmail.com | p ] enguinpages. _______________________________________________ Users mailing list -- users(a)ovirt.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave(a)ovirt.org Privacy Statement: https://www.ovirt.org/privacy-policy.html oVirt Code of Conduct: https://www.ovirt.org/community/about/community-guidelines/ List Archives: https://lists.ovirt.org/archives/list/users@ovirt.org/message/S4V6NKC62LW42…

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[ANN] oVirt 4.4.3 Third Release Candidate is now available for testing
by Lev Veyde 01 Oct '20

01 Oct '20

oVirt 4.4.3 Third Release Candidate is now available for testing The oVirt Project is pleased to announce the availability of oVirt 4.4.3 Third Release Candidate for testing, as of October 1st, 2020. This update is the third in a series of stabilization updates to the 4.4 series. How to prevent hosts entering emergency mode after upgrade from oVirt 4.4.1 Note: Upgrading from 4.4.2 GA should not require re-doing these steps, if already performed while upgrading from 4.4.1 to 4.4.2 GA. These are only required to be done once. Due to Bug 1837864 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1837864> - Host enter emergency mode after upgrading to latest build If you have your root file system on a multipath device on your hosts you should be aware that after upgrading from 4.4.1 to 4.4.3 you may get your host entering emergency mode. In order to prevent this be sure to upgrade oVirt Engine first, then on your hosts: 1. Remove the current lvm filter while still on 4.4.1, or in emergency mode (if rebooted). 2. Reboot. 3. Upgrade to 4.4.3 (redeploy in case of already being on 4.4.3). 4. Run vdsm-tool config-lvm-filter to confirm there is a new filter in place. 5. Only if not using oVirt Node: - run "dracut --force --add multipath” to rebuild initramfs with the correct filter configuration 6. Reboot. Documentation - If you want to try oVirt as quickly as possible, follow the instructions on the Download <https://ovirt.org/download/> page. - For complete installation, administration, and usage instructions, see the oVirt Documentation <https://ovirt.org/documentation/>. - For upgrading from a previous version, see the oVirt Upgrade Guide <https://ovirt.org/documentation/upgrade_guide/>. - For a general overview of oVirt, see About oVirt <https://ovirt.org/community/about.html>. Important notes before you try it Please note this is a pre-release build. The oVirt Project makes no guarantees as to its suitability or usefulness. This pre-release must not be used in production. Installation instructions For installation instructions and additional information please refer to: https://ovirt.org/documentation/ This release is available now on x86_64 architecture for: * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 or newer * CentOS Linux (or similar) 8.2 or newer This release supports Hypervisor Hosts on x86_64 and ppc64le architectures for: * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 or newer * CentOS Linux (or similar) 8.2 or newer * oVirt Node 4.4 based on CentOS Linux 8.2 (available for x86_64 only) See the release notes [1] for installation instructions and a list of new features and bugs fixed. Notes: - oVirt Appliance is already available for CentOS Linux 8 - oVirt Node NG is already available for CentOS Linux 8 Additional Resources: * Read more about the oVirt 4.4.3 release highlights: http://www.ovirt.org/release/4.4.3/ * Get more oVirt project updates on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ovirt * Check out the latest project news on the oVirt blog: http://www.ovirt.org/blog/ [1] http://www.ovirt.org/release/4.4.3/ [2] http://resources.ovirt.org/pub/ovirt-4.4-pre/iso/ -- Lev Veyde Senior Software Engineer, RHCE | RHCVA | MCITP Red Hat Israel <https://www.redhat.com> lev(a)redhat.com | lveyde(a)redhat.com <https://red.ht/sig> TRIED. TESTED. TRUSTED. <https://redhat.com/trusted>

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VM AutoStart
by Jeremey Wise 01 Oct '20

01 Oct '20

When I have to shut down cluster... ups runs out etc.. I need a sequence set of just a small number of VMs to "autostart" Normally I just use DNS FQND to connect to oVirt engine but as two of my VMs are a DNS HA cluster.. as well as NTP / SMTP /DHCP etc... I need those two infrastructure VMs to be auto boot. I looked at HA settings for those VMs but it seems to be watching for pause /resume.. but it does not imply or state auto start on clean first boot. Options? -- p <jeremey.wise(a)gmail.com>enguinpages

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ovirt-node-4.4.2 grub is not reading new grub.cfg at boot
by Mike Lindsay 01 Oct '20

01 Oct '20

Hey Folks, I've got a bit of a strange one here. I downloaded and installed ovirt-node-ng-installer-4.4.2-2020091810.el8.iso today on an old dev laptop and to get it to install I needed to add acpi=off to the kernel boot param to get the installing to work (known issue with my old laptop). After installation it was still booting with acpi=off, no biggie (seen that happen with Centos 5,6,7 before on occasion) right, just change the line in /etc/defaults/grub and run grub2-mkconfig (ran for both efi and legacy for good measure even knowing EFI isn't used) and reboot...done this hundreds of times without any problems. But this time after rebooting if I hit 'e' to look at the kernel params on boot, acpi=off is still there. Basically any changes to /etc/default/grub are being ignored or over-ridden but I'll be damned if I can't find where. I know I'm missing something simple here, I do this all the time but to be honest this is the first Centos 8 based install I've had time to play with. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. The drive layout is a bit weird but had no issues running fedora or centos in the past. boot drive is a mSATA (/dev/sdb) and there is a SSD data drive at /dev/sda...having sda installed or removed makes no difference and /boot is mounted where it should /dev/sdb1....very strange Cheers, Mike [root@ovirt-node01 ~]# cat /etc/default/grub GRUB_TIMEOUT=5 GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="$(sed 's, release .*$,,g' /etc/system-release)" GRUB_DEFAULT=saved GRUB_DISABLE_SUBMENU=true GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT="console" GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX='crashkernel=auto resume=/dev/mapper/onn-swap rd.lvm.lv=onn/ovirt-node-ng-4.4.2-0.20200918.0+1 rd.lvm.lv=onn/swap noapic rhgb quiet' GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY="true" GRUB_ENABLE_BLSCFG=true GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER='true' [root@ovirt-node01 ~]# cat /boot/grub2/grub.cfg # # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE # # It is automatically generated by grub2-mkconfig using templates # from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub # ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ### set pager=1 if [ -f ${config_directory}/grubenv ]; then load_env -f ${config_directory}/grubenv elif [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then load_env fi if [ "${next_entry}" ] ; then set default="${next_entry}" set next_entry= save_env next_entry set boot_once=true else set default="${saved_entry}" fi if [ x"${feature_menuentry_id}" = xy ]; then menuentry_id_option="--id" else menuentry_id_option="" fi export menuentry_id_option if [ "${prev_saved_entry}" ]; then set saved_entry="${prev_saved_entry}" save_env saved_entry set prev_saved_entry= save_env prev_saved_entry set boot_once=true fi function savedefault { if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then saved_entry="${chosen}" save_env saved_entry fi } function load_video { if [ x$feature_all_video_module = xy ]; then insmod all_video else insmod efi_gop insmod efi_uga insmod ieee1275_fb insmod vbe insmod vga insmod video_bochs insmod video_cirrus fi } terminal_output console if [ x$feature_timeout_style = xy ] ; then set timeout_style=menu set timeout=5 # Fallback normal timeout code in case the timeout_style feature is # unavailable. else set timeout=5 fi ### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_tuned ### set tuned_params="" set tuned_initrd="" ### END /etc/grub.d/00_tuned ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/01_users ### if [ -f ${prefix}/user.cfg ]; then source ${prefix}/user.cfg if [ -n "${GRUB2_PASSWORD}" ]; then set superusers="root" export superusers password_pbkdf2 root ${GRUB2_PASSWORD} fi fi ### END /etc/grub.d/01_users ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/08_fallback_counting ### insmod increment # Check if boot_counter exists and boot_success=0 to activate this behaviour. if [ -n "${boot_counter}" -a "${boot_success}" = "0" ]; then # if countdown has ended, choose to boot rollback deployment, # i.e. default=1 on OSTree-based systems. if [ "${boot_counter}" = "0" -o "${boot_counter}" = "-1" ]; then set default=1 set boot_counter=-1 # otherwise decrement boot_counter else decrement boot_counter fi save_env boot_counter fi ### END /etc/grub.d/08_fallback_counting ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ### insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='hd1,msdos1' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd1,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd1,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci1,msdos1 b6557c59-e11f-471b-8cb1-70c47b0b4b29 else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root b6557c59-e11f-471b-8cb1-70c47b0b4b29 fi insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set boot='hd1,msdos1' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=boot --hint-bios=hd1,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd1,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci1,msdos1 b6557c59-e11f-471b-8cb1-70c47b0b4b29 else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=boot b6557c59-e11f-471b-8cb1-70c47b0b4b29 fi # This section was generated by a script. Do not modify the generated file - all changes # will be lost the next time file is regenerated. Instead edit the BootLoaderSpec files. # # The blscfg command parses the BootLoaderSpec files stored in /boot/loader/entries and # populates the boot menu. Please refer to the Boot Loader Specification documentation # for the files format: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/BootLoaderSpec/. set default_kernelopts="root=/dev/mapper/onn-ovirt--node--ng--4.4.2--0.20200918.0+1 ro crashkernel=auto resume=/dev/mapper/onn-swap rd.lvm.lv=onn/ovirt-node-ng-4.4.2-0.20200918.0+1 rd.lvm.lv=onn/swap noapic rhgb quiet " insmod blscfg blscfg ### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_reset_boot_success ### # Hiding the menu is ok if last boot was ok or if this is a first boot attempt to boot the entry if [ "${boot_success}" = "1" -o "${boot_indeterminate}" = "1" ]; then set menu_hide_ok=1 else set menu_hide_ok=0 fi # Reset boot_indeterminate after a successful boot if [ "${boot_success}" = "1" ] ; then set boot_indeterminate=0 # Avoid boot_indeterminate causing the menu to be hidden more then once elif [ "${boot_indeterminate}" = "1" ]; then set boot_indeterminate=2 fi # Reset boot_success for current boot set boot_success=0 save_env boot_success boot_indeterminate ### END /etc/grub.d/10_reset_boot_success ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/12_menu_auto_hide ### if [ x$feature_timeout_style = xy ] ; then if [ "${menu_show_once}" ]; then unset menu_show_once save_env menu_show_once set timeout_style=menu set timeout=60 elif [ "${menu_auto_hide}" -a "${menu_hide_ok}" = "1" ]; then set orig_timeout_style=${timeout_style} set orig_timeout=${timeout} if [ "${fastboot}" = "1" ]; then # timeout_style=menu + timeout=0 avoids the countdown code keypress check set timeout_style=menu set timeout=0 else set timeout_style=hidden set timeout=1 fi fi fi ### END /etc/grub.d/12_menu_auto_hide ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ### ### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_ppc_terminfo ### ### END /etc/grub.d/20_ppc_terminfo ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### ### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_uefi-firmware ### ### END /etc/grub.d/30_uefi-firmware ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ### # This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the # menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change # the 'exec tail' line above. ### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ### if [ -f ${config_directory}/custom.cfg ]; then source ${config_directory}/custom.cfg elif [ -z "${config_directory}" -a -f $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then source $prefix/custom.cfg; fi ### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ### -- Mike Lindsay Senior Systems Administrator Technological Maintenance and Support CBC/SRC mike.lindsay(a)cbc.ca (o) 416-205-8992 (c) 416-819-2841

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Power on VM - CLI / API
by Jeremey Wise 01 Oct '20

01 Oct '20

Can anyone post link. (with examples.. as most documentation for oVirt lacks this).. where I can power on a VM via CLI or API. As of now I cannot login to oVirt-Engine. No errors when I restart it.. https://lists.ovirt.org/archives/list/users@ovirt.org/thread/45KKF5TN5PRQ3R… BUt... I need to get VMs booted. I tried to follow: http://ovirt.github.io/ovirt-engine-api-model/master/ and my server's API web portal https://ovirte01.penguinpages.local/ovirt-engine/apidoc/#/documents/003_com… And.. even get POSTMAN (real newbie at that tool but ran into how to add exported .pem key from portal to session issues) # failed CLI example: Power on VM "ns01" ########### <<<< DRAFT :: 2020-09-30################ # Get key from oVirt engine and import. Ex: from ovirte01 into server 'thor curl -k ' https://ovirte01.penguinpages.local/ovirt-engine/services/pki-resource?reso…' -o ovirt01_ca.pem sudo cp ovirt01_ca.pem /etc/pki/ca-trust/source/anchors sudo update-ca-trust extract openssl s_client -connect ovirte01.penguinpages.local:443 -showcerts < /dev/null <snip... lots of key info back> # Use key during GET list of VMs ?? <meh? # Power on VM <<fubar still> curl -X POST https://ovirte01.penguinpages.local/post -H /ovirt-engine/api/vms/ns01/start HTTP/1.1 <https://ovirte01.penguinpages.local/post%20-H%20/ovirt-engine/api/vms/ns01/…> ##### I just need to power on VM -- p <jeremey.wise(a)gmail.com>enguinpages

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