Hi, I am encountering the following error every hour in the ovirt-engine.log file and I can also see the same in the oVirt engine UI --------------------------------------- 2021-04-05 01:49:20,072-04 ERROR [org.ovirt.engine.core.vdsbroker.irsbroker.SetVolumeDescriptionVDSCommand] (EE-ManagedThreadFactory-engineScheduled-Thread-76) [7dd3eb3d] Command 'SetVolumeDescriptionVDSCommand( SetVolumeDescriptionVDSCommandParameters:{storagePoolId='dfe84316-bbdb-11ea-beb6-00163e1ab088', ignoreFailoverLimit='false', storageDomainId='9ed31575-9cc4-4b05-a5d9-23d21d6e915e', imageGroupId='2af73aad-5079-4583-824c-a93b20b93835', imageId='ad5a523c-fdc1-49dd-900b-73f801564f1d'})' execution failed: IRSGenericException: IRSErrorException: Failed to SetVolumeDescriptionVDS, error = Error while updating volume meta data: ("(u'/rhev/data-center/mnt/glusterSD192.168.0.4:_data1/9ed31575-9cc4-4b05-a5d9-23d21d6e915e/images/2af73aad-5079-4583-824c-a93b20b93835/ad5a523c-fdc1-49dd-900b-73f801564f1d',)[Errno 17] File exists",), code = 208 2021-04-05 02:49:14,333-04 ERROR [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.gluster.GlusterGeoRepSyncJob] (DefaultQuartzScheduler3) [2bf694b9] VDS error Command execution failed: rc=2 out='geo-replication command failed\n' err='' 2021-04-05 02:49:20,332-04 ERROR [org.ovirt.engine.core.vdsbroker.irsbroker.SetVolumeDescriptionVDSCommand] (EE-ManagedThreadFactory-engineScheduled-Thread-5) [6b6dd1af] Command 'SetVolumeDescriptionVDSCommand( SetVolumeDescriptionVDSCommandParameters:{storagePoolId='dfe84316-bbdb-11ea-beb6-00163e1ab088', ignoreFailoverLimit='false', storageDomainId='9ed31575-9cc4-4b05-a5d9-23d21d6e915e', imageGroupId='2af73aad-5079-4583-824c-a93b20b93835', imageId='ad5a523c-fdc1-49dd-900b-73f801564f1d'})' execution failed: IRSGenericException: IRSErrorException: Failed to SetVolumeDescriptionVDS, error = Error while updating volume meta data: ("(u'/rhev/data-center/mnt/glusterSD/192.168.0.4:_data1/9ed31575-9cc4-4b05-a5d9-23d21d6e915e/images/2af73aad-5079-4583-824c-a93b20b93835/ad5a523c-fdc1-49dd-900b-73f801564f1d',)[Errno 17] File exists",), code = 208 --------------------------------------- I looked up the mentioned error codes but not sure if these are the correct ones: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_virtualization/4.3/htm... --------------------------------------- 17 > VDS_MAINTENANCE_FAILED > Error > Failed to switch Host ${VdsName} to Maintenance mode. 208 > PROVIDER_UPDATE_FAILED > Error > Failed to update provider ${ProviderName}. (User: ${UserName}) --------------------------------------- From the Engine UI's event tab I can see: --------------------------------------- Failed to update VMs/Templates OVF data for Storage Domain data1 in Data Center Default. Failed to update OVF disks 2af73aad-5079-4583-824c-a93b20b93835, OVF data isn't updated on those OVF stores (Data Center Default, Storage Domain data1). VDSM command SetVolumeDescriptionVDS failed: Error while updating volume meta data: ("(u'/rhev/data-center/mnt/glusterSD/192.168.0.4:_data1/9ed31575-9cc4-4b05-a5d9-23d21d6e915e/images/2af73aad-5079-4583-824c-a93b20b93835/ad5a523c-fdc1-49dd-900b-73f801564f1d',)[Errno 17] File exists",) --------------------------------------- I know the error belongs to the "data1" storage domain and this is a 12 node Distributed Replicate volume (Replicat 3) HCI. If I try to update the OVF using the UI I get the following log entries in the engine --------------------------------------- 2021-04-05 03:20:03,101-04 WARN [org.ovirt.engine.core.dal.job.ExecutionMessageDirector] (default task-1183) [6761980f-dcf6-400e-bfd8-fd2c70e7569a] The message key 'UpdateOvfStoreForStorageDomain' is missing from 'bundles/ExecutionMessages' 2021-04-05 03:20:03,178-04 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.storage.domain.UpdateOvfStoreForStorageDomainCommand] (default task-1183) [6761980f-dcf6-400e-bfd8-fd2c70e7569a] Lock Acquired to object 'EngineLock:{exclusiveLocks='[9ed31575-9cc4-4b05-a5d9-23d21d6e915e=STORAGE]', sharedLocks=''}' 2021-04-05 03:20:03,204-04 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.storage.domain.UpdateOvfStoreForStorageDomainCommand] (default task-1183) [6761980f-dcf6-400e-bfd8-fd2c70e7569a] Running command: UpdateOvfStoreForStorageDomainCommand internal: false. Entities affected : ID: 9ed31575-9cc4-4b05-a5d9-23d21d6e915e Type: StorageAction group MANIPULATE_STORAGE_DOMAIN with role type ADMIN 2021-04-05 03:20:03,505-04 ERROR [org.ovirt.engine.core.vdsbroker.irsbroker.SetVolumeDescriptionVDSCommand] (EE-ManagedThreadFactory-engineScheduled-Thread-62) [13f4ac4f] Failed in 'SetVolumeDescriptionVDS' method 2021-04-05 03:20:03,512-04 ERROR [org.ovirt.engine.core.dal.dbbroker.auditloghandling.AuditLogDirector] (EE-ManagedThreadFactory-engineScheduled-Thread-62) [13f4ac4f] EVENT_ID: IRS_BROKER_COMMAND_FAILURE(10,803), VDSM command SetVolumeDescriptionVDS failed: Error while updating volume meta data: ("(u'/rhev/data-center/mnt/glusterSD/192.168.0.4:_data1/9ed31575-9cc4-4b05-a5d9-23d21d6e915e/images/2af73aad-5079-4583-824c-a93b20b93835/ad5a523c-fdc1-49dd-900b-73f801564f1d',)[Errno 17] File exists",) 2021-04-05 03:20:03,513-04 ERROR [org.ovirt.engine.core.vdsbroker.irsbroker.SetVolumeDescriptionVDSCommand] (EE-ManagedThreadFactory-engineScheduled-Thread-62) [13f4ac4f] Command 'SetVolumeDescriptionVDSCommand( SetVolumeDescriptionVDSCommandParameters:{storagePoolId='dfe84316-bbdb-11ea-beb6-00163e1ab088', ignoreFailoverLimit='false', storageDomainId='9ed31575-9cc4-4b05-a5d9-23d21d6e915e', imageGroupId='2af73aad-5079-4583-824c-a93b20b93835', imageId='ad5a523c-fdc1-49dd-900b-73f801564f1d'})' execution failed: IRSGenericException: IRSErrorException: Failed to SetVolumeDescriptionVDS, error = Error while updating volume meta data: ("(u'/rhev/data-center/mnt/glusterSD/192.168.0.4:_data1/9ed31575-9cc4-4b05-a5d9-23d21d6e915e/images/2af73aad-5079-4583-824c-a93b20b93835/ad5a523c-fdc1-49dd-900b-73f801564f1d',)[Errno 17] File exists",), code = 208 2021-04-05 03:20:03,538-04 WARN [org.ovirt.engine.core.dal.dbbroker.auditloghandling.AuditLogDirector] (EE-ManagedThreadFactory-engineScheduled-Thread-62) [13f4ac4f] EVENT_ID: UPDATE_FOR_OVF_STORES_FAILED(1,016), Failed to update OVF disks 2af73aad-5079-4583-824c-a93b20b93835, OVF data isn't updated on those OVF stores (Data Center Default, Storage Domain data1). 2021-04-05 03:20:03,513-04 WARN [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.storage.ovfstore.ProcessOvfUpdateForStorageDomainCommand] (EE-ManagedThreadFactory-engineScheduled-Thread-62) [13f4ac4f] failed to update domain '9ed31575-9cc4-4b05-a5d9-23d21d6e915e' ovf store disk '2af73aad-5079-4583-824c-a93b20b93835' 2021-04-05 03:20:03,558-04 WARN [org.ovirt.engine.core.dal.dbbroker.auditloghandling.AuditLogDirector] (EE-ManagedThreadFactory-engineScheduled-Thread-62) [13f4ac4f] EVENT_ID: UPDATE_OVF_FOR_STORAGE_DOMAIN_FAILED(190), Failed to update VMs/Templates OVF data for Storage Domain data1 in Data Center Default. --------------------------------------- Any ideas on how to overcome this issue? Thanks, Adrian