Hi again,

Just wondering if anyone is able to give me some help with the problem I posted about last week...

Thanks,
Andy

> Hi,
>
> I have a pressing problem with oVirt, which is sadly languishing as a bug report
> (#1610917), so I thought I would also raise it here in case anyone else has experience of
> this and can suggest a workaround or, better yet, a solution to my problem :o)

>
> Simply put, the problem is this.  I have oVirt 4.2.7 installed on a Cent-OS 7.5 server.
> It is also necessary, due to various factors, to run what oVirt terms "external
> VMs" on this server, i.e. ones not managed by oVirt but managed separately, e.g. via
> virt-manager or virsh. 

The problem is that once these VMs are shut down (e.g. within the
> VM or by a command from virt-manager), they are automatically deleted by oVirt some 15
> seconds later.  The bug report noted above has more details, but these VMs are not created
> as temporary VMs, and when running the older oVirt 4.1.x or 3.8.x versions, this
> didn't happen.  Looking through the oVirt and libvirt logs, it is really clear that
> oVirt is responsible for deleting these VMs, so I can rule out any other nefarious agent!
>
> Does anyone know of a way of preventing oVirt from deleting external VMs, like a special
> config option or something?  Or does anyone know how to mark a VM as "protected from
> deletion"?  I know oVirt VMs have an option for "delete protection", but
> oVirt gives the error "Cannot edit VM. This VM is not managed by the engine." if
> you try to enable it on an external VM.
>
> Many thanks,
> Andy
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