On Tue, Mar 5, 2019 at 5:54 PM Clint Boggio <cboggio@inlinenetworks.com> wrote:

Greetings oVirt Users;

Environment:

oVirt 4.2.0.2-1 1 Dedicated Engine 6 Hypervisor Nodes iSCSI Storage All running CentOS 7.5

I have a VM with the illegal snapshot error. After doing some research on the condition i have found some methods for fixing the problem by connecting to the database and repairing the fault. I am unable to connect to the engine database from the engine command line with the password in 10-setup-database.conf for whatever reason. (likely user error)

I don't really need the disk that is attached to this VM that is at fault as it is a disk that is being utilized by the VM to perform local backups and that function has been moved to an offsite backup solution.

If I shut down the afflicted VM, then delete the un-needed disk, will the snapshots be deleteed and thus the problem alleviated ?

If a snapshot is in illegal state, retrying to delete the snapshot should be successful. If not, please file a bug. If you don't need the entire vm or the disk attached to the vm, you should be able to remove the vm or detach the disk and remove the disk. If this does not work please file a bug. Or will the system not delete the un-needed disk because of the fault

and then not reboot because if the illegal statu of the snapshot ?

What do yo mean by "not reboot"? I have tried to delete the snapshots, and the system refuses to do so.

Can you share engine and vdsm logs showing what happens when you try to delete the snapshot? I may need some guidance regarding connecting to my engine database if

i cannot delete the un-needed disk.

Modifying the database directly is not recommended. This should be last resort if nothing else works. Nir