[ovirt-users] hosted-engine VM and services not working

16 Jun 2017

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</div><div><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Imported 3 VMs from a v3.6 OVi=
rt AIO instance. (This OVirt 3.6 is still running with more VMs on it)</spa=
n></div><div>Tried to add host02 to the new Ovirt 4.1 setup. This partially =
succeeded but I couldn't add any storage domains to it. Cannot remember wh=
y.=C2=A0</div><div>In Ovirt engine UI I removed host02.=C2=A0</div><div>I r=
einstalled host02 with Centos7, tried to add it and Ovirt UI told me it was =
already there (but it wasn't listed in the UI).=C2=A0</div><div>Renamed th=
e reinstalled host02 to host03, changed the ipaddress, reconfig the DNS ser=
ver and added host03 into the Ovirt Engine UI.=C2=A0</div><div>All good, an=
d I was able to import more VMs to it.=C2=A0</div><div>I was also able to s=
hutdown a VM on host01 assign it to host03 and start the VM. Cool, everythi=
ng working.=C2=A0</div><div>The above was all last couple of weeks.=C2=A0</=
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Hi

Well I've got myself into a fine mess.

host01 was setup with hosted-engine v4.1. This was successful.
Imported 3 VMs from a v3.6 OVirt AIO instance. (This OVirt 3.6 is still=20
running with more VMs on it)
Tried to add host02 to the new Ovirt 4.1 setup. This partially succeeded=20
but I couldn't add any storage domains to it. Cannot remember why.
In Ovirt engine UI I removed host02.
I reinstalled host02 with Centos7, tried to add it and Ovirt UI told me=20
it was already there (but it wasn't listed in the UI).
Renamed the reinstalled host02 to host03, changed the ipaddress,=20
reconfig the DNS server and added host03 into the Ovirt Engine UI.
All good, and I was able to import more VMs to it.
I was also able to shutdown a VM on host01 assign it to host03 and start=20
the VM. Cool, everything working.
The above was all last couple of weeks.

This week I performed some yum updates on the Engine VM. No reboot.
Today noticed that the Ovirt services in the Engine VM were in a endless=20
restart loop. They would be up for a 5 minutes and then die.
Looking into /var/log/ovirt-engine/engine.log and I could only see=20
errors relating to host02. Ovirt was trying to find it and failing. Then=20
falling over.
I ran "hosted-engine --clean-metadata" thinking it would cleanup and=20
remove bad references to hosts, but now realise that was a really bad=20
idea as it didn't do what I'd hoped.
At this point the sequence below worked, I could login to Ovirt UI but=20
after 5 minutes the services would be off
service ovirt-engine restart
service ovirt-websocket-proxy restart
service httpd restart

I saw some reference to having to remove hosts from the database by hand=20
in situations where under the hood of Ovirt a decommission host was=20
still listed, but wasn't showing in the GUI.
So I removed reference to host02 (vds_id and host_id) in the following=20
tables in this order.
vds_dynamic
vds_statistics
vds_static
host_device

Now when I try to start ovirt-websocket it will not start
service ovirt-websocket start
Redirecting to /bin/systemctl start  ovirt-websocket.service
Failed to start ovirt-websocket.service: Unit not found.

I'm now thinking that I need to do the following in the engine VM
# engine-cleanup # yum remove ovirt-engine # yum install ovirt-engine #=20
engine-setup
But to run engine-cleanup I need to put the engine-vm into maintenance=20
mode and because of the --clean-metadata that I ran earlier on host01 I=20
cannot do that.

What is the best course of action from here?

Cheers

Andrew

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<body><div>Hi</div><div><br /></div><div>Well I've got myself into a fine m=
ess.=C2=A0</div><div><br /></div><div>host01 was setup with hosted-engine v=
4.1.=C2=A0<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">This was successful.=C2=A0</span=
div><div><br /></div><div>This week I performed some yum updates on the Eng=
ine VM. No reboot.=C2=A0</div><div>Today noticed that the Ovirt services in =
the Engine VM were in a endless restart loop. They would be up for a 5 min=
utes and then die.=C2=A0</div><div>Looking into=C2=A0/var/log/ovirt-engine/=
engine.log and I could only see errors relating to host02. Ovirt was trying =
to find it and failing. Then falling over.=C2=A0</div><div>I ran "hosted-e=
ngine --clean-metadata" thinking it would cleanup and remove bad references =
to hosts, but now realise that was a really bad idea as it didn't do what=
 I'd hoped.=C2=A0</div><div>At this point the sequence below worked, I could =
login to Ovirt UI but after 5 minutes the services would be off</div><div>=
<div>

<span style=3D"color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helveti=
ca, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; back=
ground-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">service ovirt-engine restart</span></div=
...
</div><div><span style=3D"color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Verdana, Ar=
ial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; wid=
ows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div>
<span style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: normal;">service ovirt-websocket-pro=
xy restart</span></div><div><span style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: normal;"=
...
<div>
<span style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: normal;">service httpd restart</span=
...
</div></span></div></span></div><div><br /></div><div>I saw some reference =
to having to remove hosts from the database by hand in situations where un=
der the hood of Ovirt a decommission host was still listed, but wasn't show=
ing in the GUI.=C2=A0</div><div>So I removed reference to host02 (vds_id an=
d host_id) in the following tables in this order.=C2=A0</div><div><span sty=
le=3D"font-size: 12pt;">vds_dynamic</span></div><div><div id=3D"x0ec1289986=
994fb5ac309827edd33abe">
<div><div><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">vds_statistics</span></div><div>=
<div id=3D"x87d978c56880415e9594d7fe317f30f3">

<div><div><div id=3D"x0ec1289986994fb5ac309827edd33abe"><div><div>vds_stati=
c</div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div></div></div></di=
v></div><div>host_device</div><div><br /></div><div>Now when I try to start =
ovirt-websocket it will not start</div><div>service ovirt-websocket start<=
br />Redirecting to /bin/systemctl start =C2=A0ovirt-websocket.service<br /=
...
Failed to start ovirt-websocket.service: Unit not found.</div><div><br /><=
/div><div>I'm now thinking that I need to do the following in the engine VM=
</div><div><div>
<pre class=3D"highlight plaintext"><code>#=C2=A0engine-cleanup
#=C2=A0yum=C2=A0remove=C2=A0ovirt-engine
#=C2=A0yum=C2=A0install=C2=A0ovirt-engine
#=C2=A0engine-setup=C2=A0</code></pre></div></div><div>But to run engine-cl=
eanup I need to put the engine-vm into maintenance mode and because of the=
 --clean-metadata that I ran earlier on host01 I cannot do that.=C2=A0</div>=
<div><br /></div><div>What is the best course of action from here?</div><di=
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[ovirt-users] hosted-engine VM and services not working

Andrew Dent