As nobody has replied , I guess it is a new bug and I'm going to report it in bugzilla.

workaround for anyone who hit this is to modify the grub menu as follows:

FIX for RHEL8:
vim /boot/efi/EFI/redhat/grub.cfg
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_uefi-firmware ###
menuentry 'Reboot' $menuentry_id_option 'uefi-reboot' {
     reboot
}
menuentry 'System setup' $menuentry_id_option 'uefi-firmware' {
     fwsetup
}
### END /etc/grub.d/30_uefi-firmware ###

Note: I have typed manually the previous menu part, so please copy the 'System setup' entry and adjust manually.
Do not copy directly form here.

The menu entry  will force the ovirt VM to reboot and then the system entries will be detected properly and the system will boot.

Best Regards,
Strahil Nikolov


В петък, 5 юли 2019 г., 17:05:22 ч. Гринуич-4, Strahil <hunter86_bg@yahoo.com> написа:


Hello All,

I would like to ask any of you to do a simple test.
Please install a linux on a VM with Secure boot and after the install wizzard is over -power it off and then on.

Here is what I have observed:
1. UEFI forgets the certificates after a poweroff and asks for the openSUSE certificate every time. Rebooting from the VM doesn't cause any problems till nextg boot.

2. RHEL8 grub menu consists only of 'System setup'.
When you select it - you are sent to the UEFI menu. If you select continue - everything is fine.
Poweroff + Poweron makes everything to repeat.

Do you observe the same issues. If I'm not the only one hitting this - I will open a bug, otherwise I will try to further debug this.

Best Regards,
Strahil Nikolov

Hello All,

I would like to ask any of you to do a simple test.
Please install a linux on a VM with Secure boot and after the install wizzard is over -power it off and then on.

Here is what I have observed:
1. UEFI forgets the certificates after a poweroff and asks for the openSUSE certificate every time. Rebooting from the VM doesn't cause any problems till nextg boot.

2. RHEL8 grub menu consists only of 'System setup'.
When you select it - you are sent to the UEFI menu. If you select continue - everything is fine.
Poweroff + Poweron makes everything to repeat.

Do you observe the same issues. If I'm not the only one hitting this - I will open a bug, otherwise I will try to further debug this.

Best Regards,
Strahil Nikolov