I have an unused 200GB partition that I'd like to use to copy / export / backup a few VMs onto, so I mounted it to one of my oVirt hosts as /ova-images/, and then ran "chown 36:36" on ova-images. From the engine, I then tried to export an OVA to that directory. Watching the directory with "ls", I see a filename.ova.tmp eventually appear, and it grows to the size I would expect for the image... and then a few seconds later, it disappears. What am I missing?

Here's what I see in the Event Manager inside the Engine: Aug 21, 2021, 8:35:26 PM Failed to export Vm server.example.org as a Virtual Appliance to path /ova-images/server.example.org.ova on Host cha2-storage.mgt.example.com Aug 21, 2021, 8:34:33 PM Pack OVA. Retrieving the temporary path for the OVA file. Aug 21, 2021, 8:34:33 PM Pack OVA. Allocating the temporary path for the OVA file. Aug 21, 2021, 8:34:33 PM Pack OVA. Removing the temporary file. Aug 21, 2021, 8:34:33 PM Pack OVA. Examine target directory. Aug 21, 2021, 8:34:33 PM Pack OVA. Set facts. Aug 21, 2021, 8:34:33 PM Pack OVA. Run import yaml on py3. Aug 21, 2021, 8:34:21 PM Image measure. Measure an image. Aug 21, 2021, 8:33:56 PM Starting to export Vm server.example.org as a Virtual Appliance Aug 21, 2021, 8:33:52 PM Export OVA. Examine target directory. Aug 21, 2021, 8:33:49 PM Export OVA. Set facts. Aug 21, 2021, 8:33:49 PM Export OVA. Run import yaml on py3. Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. _______________________________________________ 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/WLGSMUBESVD...

Thank you. Yes, for me, a lot of the unknowns is simply identifying which log files I need to look at, and where. I see 3 log files in the ovirt-engine/ova/ directory for a single export task: [root@ovirt-engine1 ova]# pwd /var/log/ovirt-engine/ova [root@ovirt-engine1 ova]# ls -la | grep "2ee56518741d.log" -rw-r--r--. 1 ovirt ovirt 16500 Aug 21 20:34 ovirt-export-ova-ansible-20210821203427-cha2-storage.mgt.example.com-f1e24123-7aa4-4398-96dd-2ee56518741d.log -rw-r--r--. 1 ovirt ovirt 8680 Aug 21 20:33 ovirt-export-ova-validate-ansible-20210821203346-cha2-storage.mgt.example.com-f1e24123-7aa4-4398-96dd-2ee56518741d.log -rw-r--r--. 1 ovirt ovirt 3238 Aug 21 20:34 ovirt-image-measure-ansible-20210821203417-cha2-storage.mgt.example.com-f1e24123-7aa4-4398-96dd-2ee56518741d.log As this is a lot of data, should I include it in the email, or would it be better to put it into pastebin or provide a link to access these files?

Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Sunday, August 22nd, 2021 at 3:58 AM, Liran Rotenberg <lrotenbe(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: > On Sun, Aug 22, 2021 at 3:42 AM David White via Users users(a)ovirt.org wrote: > > > I have an unused 200GB partition that I'd like to use to copy / export / backup a few VMs onto, so I mounted it to one of my oVirt hosts as /ova-images/, and then ran "chown 36:36" on ova-images. > > > > From the engine, I then tried to export an OVA to that directory. > > > > Watching the directory with "ls", I see a filename.ova.tmp eventually appear, and it grows to the size I would expect for the image... and then a few seconds later, it disappears. > > > > What am I missing? > > Hi David, > > More logs are needed to understand what's going on. For a start, the > > engine log and the export log (within the engine > > /var/logs/ovirt-engine/ova). > > Regards, > > Liran > > > Here's what I see in the Event Manager inside the Engine: > > > > Aug 21, 2021, 8:35:26 PM > > > > Failed to export Vm server.example.org as a Virtual Appliance to path /ova-images/server.example.org.ova on Host cha2-storage.mgt.example.com > > > > Aug 21, 2021, 8:34:33 PM > > > > Pack OVA. Retrieving the temporary path for the OVA file. > > > > Aug 21, 2021, 8:34:33 PM > > > > Pack OVA. Allocating the temporary path for the OVA file. > > > > Aug 21, 2021, 8:34:33 PM > > > > Pack OVA. Removing the temporary file. > > > > Aug 21, 2021, 8:34:33 PM > > > > Pack OVA. Examine target directory. > > > > Aug 21, 2021, 8:34:33 PM > > > > Pack OVA. Set facts. > > > > Aug 21, 2021, 8:34:33 PM > > > > Pack OVA. Run import yaml on py3. > > > > Aug 21, 2021, 8:34:21 PM > > > > Image measure. Measure an image. > > > > Aug 21, 2021, 8:33:56 PM > > > > Starting to export Vm server.example.org as a Virtual Appliance > > > > Aug 21, 2021, 8:33:52 PM > > > > Export OVA. Examine target directory. > > > > Aug 21, 2021, 8:33:49 PM > > > > Export OVA. Set facts. > > > > Aug 21, 2021, 8:33:49 PM > > > > Export OVA. Run import yaml on py3. > > > > Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. > > > > 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/WLGSMUBESVD... > > 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/S3G76YCWC7H... 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/YHTJ7C4TLJM...