Hi all, my ovirt cluster has got 3 Hypervisors runnig Centos 7.5.1804 vdsm is 4.20.39.1-1.el7, ovirt engine is 4.2.4.5-1.el7, the storage systems are HP MSA P2000 and 2050 (fibre channel). I need to stop one of the hypervisors for maintenance but this system is the storage pool manager. For this reason I decided to manually activate SPM in one of the other nodes but this operation is not successful. In the ovirt engine (engine.log) the error is this: 2019-07-25 12:39:16,744+02 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.storage.pool.ForceSelectSPMCommand] (default task-30) [7c374384-f884-4dc9-87d0-7af27dce706b] Running command: ForceSelectSPMCommand internal: false. Entities affected : ID: 81c9bd3c-ae0a-467f-bf7f-63ab30cd8d9e Type: VDSAction group MANIPULATE_HOST with role type ADMIN 2019-07-25 12:39:16,745+02 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.vdsbroker.irsbroker.SpmStopOnIrsVDSCommand] (default task-30) [7c374384-f884-4dc9-87d0-7af27dce706b] START, SpmStopOnIrsVDSCommand( SpmStopOnIrsVDSCommandParameters:{storagePoolId='18d57688-6ed4-43b8-bd7c-0665b55950b7', ignoreFailoverLimit='false'}), log id: 37bf4639 2019-07-25 12:39:16,747+02 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.vdsbroker.irsbroker.ResetIrsVDSCommand] (default task-30) [7c374384-f884-4dc9-87d0-7af27dce706b] START, ResetIrsVDSCommand( ResetIrsVDSCommandParameters:{storagePoolId='18d57688-6ed4-43b8-bd7c-0665b55950b7', ignoreFailoverLimit='false', vdsId='751f3e99-b95e-4c31-bc38-77f5661a0bdc', ignoreStopFailed='false'}), log id: 2522686f 2019-07-25 12:39:16,749+02 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.vdsbroker.vdsbroker.SpmStopVDSCommand] (default task-30) [7c374384-f884-4dc9-87d0-7af27dce706b] START, SpmStopVDSCommand(HostName = infn-vm05.management, SpmStopVDSCommandParameters:{hostId='751f3e99-b95e-4c31-bc38-77f5661a0bdc', storagePoolId='18d57688-6ed4-43b8-bd7c-0665b55950b7'}), log id: 1810fd8b 2019-07-25 12:39:16,758+02 *ERROR* [org.ovirt.engine.core.vdsbroker.vdsbroker.SpmStopVDSCommand] (default task-30) [7c374384-f884-4dc9-87d0-7af27dce706b] SpmStopVDSCommand::Not stopping SPM on vds 'infn-vm05.management', pool id '18d57688-6ed4-43b8-bd7c-0665b55950b7' as there are uncleared tasks 'Task 'fdcf4d1b-82fe-49a6-b233-323ebe568f8e', status 'running'' 2019-07-25 12:39:16,758+02 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.vdsbroker.vdsbroker.SpmStopVDSCommand] (default task-30) [7c374384-f884-4dc9-87d0-7af27dce706b] FINISH, SpmStopVDSCommand, log id: 1810fd8b 2019-07-25 12:39:16,758+02 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.vdsbroker.irsbroker.ResetIrsVDSCommand] (default task-30) [7c374384-f884-4dc9-87d0-7af27dce706b] FINISH, ResetIrsVDSCommand, log id: 2522686f 2019-07-25 12:39:16,758+02 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.vdsbroker.irsbroker.SpmStopOnIrsVDSCommand] (default task-30) [7c374384-f884-4dc9-87d0-7af27dce706b] FINISH, SpmStopOnIrsVDSCommand, log id: 37bf4639 2019-07-25 12:39:16,760+02 *ERROR* [org.ovirt.engine.core.dal.dbbroker.auditloghandling.AuditLogDirector] (default task-30) [7c374384-f884-4dc9-87d0-7af27dce706b] EVENT_ID: USER_FORCE_SELECTED_SPM_STOP_FAILED(4,096), Failed to force select infn-vm07.management as the SPM due to a failure to stop the current SPM. while in the hypervisor (SPM) vdsm.log: 2019-07-25 12:39:16,744+02 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.storage.pool.ForceSelectSPMCommand] (default task-30) [7c374384-f884-4dc9-87d0-7af27dce706b] Running command: ForceSelectSPMCommand internal: false. Entities affected : ID: 81c9bd3c-ae0a-467f-bf7f-63ab30cd8d9e Type: VDSAction group MANIPULATE_HOST with role type ADMIN 2019-07-25 12:39:16,745+02 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.vdsbroker.irsbroker.SpmStopOnIrsVDSCommand] (default task-30) [7c374384-f884-4dc9-87d0-7af27dce706b] START, SpmStopOnIrsVDSCommand( SpmStopOnIrsVDSCommandParameters:{storagePoolId='18d57688-6ed4-43b8-bd7c-0665b55950b7', ignoreFailoverLimit='false'}), log id: 37bf4639 2019-07-25 12:39:16,747+02 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.vdsbroker.irsbroker.ResetIrsVDSCommand] (default task-30) [7c374384-f884-4dc9-87d0-7af27dce706b] START, ResetIrsVDSCommand( ResetIrsVDSCommandParameters:{storagePoolId='18d57688-6ed4-43b8-bd7c-0665b55950b7', ignoreFailoverLimit='false', vdsId='751f3e99-b95e-4c31-bc38-77f5661a0bdc', ignoreStopFailed='false'}), log id: 2522686f 2019-07-25 12:39:16,749+02 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.vdsbroker.vdsbroker.SpmStopVDSCommand] (default task-30) [7c374384-f884-4dc9-87d0-7af27dce706b] START, SpmStopVDSCommand(HostName = infn-vm05.management, SpmStopVDSCommandParameters:{hostId='751f3e99-b95e-4c31-bc38-77f5661a0bdc', storagePoolId='18d57688-6ed4-43b8-bd7c-0665b55950b7'}), log id: 1810fd8b 2019-07-25 12:39:16,758+02 *ERROR* [org.ovirt.engine.core.vdsbroker.vdsbroker.SpmStopVDSCommand] (default task-30) [7c374384-f884-4dc9-87d0-7af27dce706b] SpmStopVDSCommand::Not stopping SPM on vds 'infn-vm05.management', pool id '18d57688-6ed4-43b8-bd7c-0665b55950b7' as there are uncleared tasks 'Task 'fdcf4d1b-82fe-49a6-b233-323ebe568f8e', status 'running'' 2019-07-25 12:39:16,758+02 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.vdsbroker.vdsbroker.SpmStopVDSCommand] (default task-30) [7c374384-f884-4dc9-87d0-7af27dce706b] FINISH, SpmStopVDSCommand, log id: 1810fd8b 2019-07-25 12:39:16,758+02 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.vdsbroker.irsbroker.ResetIrsVDSCommand] (default task-30) [7c374384-f884-4dc9-87d0-7af27dce706b] FINISH, ResetIrsVDSCommand, log id: 2522686f 2019-07-25 12:39:16,758+02 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.vdsbroker.irsbroker.SpmStopOnIrsVDSCommand] (default task-30) [7c374384-f884-4dc9-87d0-7af27dce706b] FINISH, SpmStopOnIrsVDSCommand, log id: 37bf4639 2019-07-25 12:39:16,760+02 *ERROR* [org.ovirt.engine.core.dal.dbbroker.auditloghandling.AuditLogDirector] (default task-30) [7c374384-f884-4dc9-87d0-7af27dce706b] EVENT_ID: USER_FORCE_SELECTED_SPM_STOP_FAILED(4,096), Failed to force select infn-vm07.management as the SPM due to a failure to stop the current SPM. 2019-07-25 12:39:18,660+02 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.tasks.SPMAsyncTask] (EE-ManagedThreadFactory-engineScheduled-Thread-67) [] Task id 'fdcf4d1b-82fe-49a6-b233-323ebe568f8e' has passed pre-polling period time and should be polled. Pre-polling period is 60000 millis. 2019-07-25 12:39:18,660+02 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.tasks.SPMAsyncTask] (EE-ManagedThreadFactory-engineScheduled-Thread-67) [] Task id 'fdcf4d1b-82fe-49a6-b233-323ebe568f8e' has passed pre-polling period time and should be polled. Pre-polling period is 60000 millis. 2019-07-25 12:39:18,750+02 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.tasks.SPMAsyncTask] (EE-ManagedThreadFactory-engineScheduled-Thread-67) [] Task id 'fdcf4d1b-82fe-49a6-b233-323ebe568f8e' has passed pre-polling period time and should be polled. Pre-polling period is 60000 millis. 2019-07-25 12:39:18,750+02 *ERROR* [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.tasks.SPMAsyncTask] (EE-ManagedThreadFactory-engineScheduled-Thread-67) [] BaseAsyncTask::logEndTaskFailure: Task 'fdcf4d1b-82fe-49a6-b233-323ebe568f8e' (Parent Command 'Unknown', Parameters Type 'org.ovirt.engine.core.common.asynctasks.AsyncTaskParameters') ended with failure: 2019-07-25 12:39:18,750+02 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.tasks.SPMAsyncTask] (EE-ManagedThreadFactory-engineScheduled-Thread-67) [] SPMAsyncTask::ClearAsyncTask: Attempting to clear task 'fdcf4d1b-82fe-49a6-b233-323ebe568f8e' 2019-07-25 12:39:18,751+02 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.vdsbroker.irsbroker.SPMClearTaskVDSCommand] (EE-ManagedThreadFactory-engineScheduled-Thread-67) [] START, SPMClearTaskVDSCommand( SPMTaskGuidBaseVDSCommandParameters:{storagePoolId='18d57688-6ed4-43b8-bd7c-0665b55950b7', ignoreFailoverLimit='false', taskId='fdcf4d1b-82fe-49a6-b233-323ebe568f8e'}), log id: 34ae2b2f 2019-07-25 12:39:18,752+02 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.vdsbroker.vdsbroker.HSMClearTaskVDSCommand] (EE-ManagedThreadFactory-engineScheduled-Thread-67) [] START, HSMClearTaskVDSCommand(HostName = infn-vm05.management, HSMTaskGuidBaseVDSCommandParameters:{hostId='751f3e99-b95e-4c31-bc38-77f5661a0bdc', taskId='fdcf4d1b-82fe-49a6-b233-323ebe568f8e'}), log id: d3a78ad 2019-07-25 12:39:18,757+02 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.vdsbroker.vdsbroker.HSMClearTaskVDSCommand] (EE-ManagedThreadFactory-engineScheduled-Thread-67) [] FINISH, HSMClearTaskVDSCommand, log id: d3a78ad 2019-07-25 12:39:18,757+02 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.vdsbroker.irsbroker.SPMClearTaskVDSCommand] (EE-ManagedThreadFactory-engineScheduled-Thread-67) [] FINISH, SPMClearTaskVDSCommand, log id: 34ae2b2f 2019-07-25 12:39:18,757+02 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.tasks.SPMAsyncTask] (EE-ManagedThreadFactory-engineScheduled-Thread-67) [] SPMAsyncTask::ClearAsyncTask: At time of attempt to clear task 'fdcf4d1b-82fe-49a6-b233-323ebe568f8e' the response code was 'TaskStateError' and message was 'Operation is not allowed in this task state: ("can't clean in state running",)'. Task will not be cleaned 2019-07-25 12:39:18,757+02 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.tasks.SPMAsyncTask] (EE-ManagedThreadFactory-engineScheduled-Thread-67) [] BaseAsyncTask::onTaskEndSuccess: Task 'fdcf4d1b-82fe-49a6-b233-323ebe568f8e' (Parent Command 'Unknown', Parameters Type 'org.ovirt.engine.core.common.asynctasks.AsyncTaskParameters') ended successfully. 2019-07-25 12:39:18,757+02 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.tasks.SPMAsyncTask] (EE-ManagedThreadFactory-engineScheduled-Thread-67) [] SPMAsyncTask::ClearAsyncTask: Attempting to clear task 'fdcf4d1b-82fe-49a6-b233-323ebe568f8e' 2019-07-25 12:39:18,758+02 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.vdsbroker.irsbroker.SPMClearTaskVDSCommand] (EE-ManagedThreadFactory-engineScheduled-Thread-67) [] START, SPMClearTaskVDSCommand( SPMTaskGuidBaseVDSCommandParameters:{storagePoolId='18d57688-6ed4-43b8-bd7c-0665b55950b7', ignoreFailoverLimit='false', taskId='fdcf4d1b-82fe-49a6-b233-323ebe568f8e'}), log id: 42de0c2b 2019-07-25 12:39:18,759+02 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.vdsbroker.vdsbroker.HSMClearTaskVDSCommand] (EE-ManagedThreadFactory-engineScheduled-Thread-67) [] START, HSMClearTaskVDSCommand(HostName = infn-vm05.management, HSMTaskGuidBaseVDSCommandParameters:{hostId='751f3e99-b95e-4c31-bc38-77f5661a0bdc', taskId='fdcf4d1b-82fe-49a6-b233-323ebe568f8e'}), log id: 4895c79c 2019-07-25 12:39:18,764+02 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.vdsbroker.vdsbroker.HSMClearTaskVDSCommand] (EE-ManagedThreadFactory-engineScheduled-Thread-67) [] FINISH, HSMClearTaskVDSCommand, log id: 4895c79c 2019-07-25 12:39:18,764+02 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.vdsbroker.irsbroker.SPMClearTaskVDSCommand] (EE-ManagedThreadFactory-engineScheduled-Thread-67) [] FINISH, SPMClearTaskVDSCommand, log id: 42de0c2b 2019-07-25 12:39:18,764+02 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.tasks.SPMAsyncTask] (EE-ManagedThreadFactory-engineScheduled-Thread-67) [] SPMAsyncTask::ClearAsyncTask: At time of attempt to clear task 'fdcf4d1b-82fe-49a6-b233-323ebe568f8e' the response code was 'TaskStateError' and message was 'Operation is not allowed in this task state: ("can't clean in state running",)'. Task will not be cleaned 2019-07-25 12:39:18,764+02 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.tasks.SPMAsyncTask] (EE-ManagedThreadFactory-engineScheduled-Thread-67) [] Task id 'fdcf4d1b-82fe-49a6-b233-323ebe568f8e' has passed pre-polling period time and should be polled. Pre-polling period is 60000 millis. 2019-07-25 12:39:18,764+02 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.tasks.AsyncTaskManager] (EE-ManagedThreadFactory-engineScheduled-Thread-67) [] Cleaning zombie tasks: Clearing async task 'Unknown' that started at 'Fri May 03 14:48:50 CEST 2019' 2019-07-25 12:39:18,764+02 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.tasks.SPMAsyncTask] (EE-ManagedThreadFactory-engineScheduled-Thread-67) [] SPMAsyncTask::ClearAsyncTask: Attempting to clear task 'fdcf4d1b-82fe-49a6-b233-323ebe568f8e' 2019-07-25 12:39:18,765+02 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.vdsbroker.irsbroker.SPMClearTaskVDSCommand] (EE-ManagedThreadFactory-engineScheduled-Thread-67) [] START, SPMClearTaskVDSCommand( SPMTaskGuidBaseVDSCommandParameters:{storagePoolId='18d57688-6ed4-43b8-bd7c-0665b55950b7', ignoreFailoverLimit='false', taskId='fdcf4d1b-82fe-49a6-b233-323ebe568f8e'}), log id: da77af2 2019-07-25 12:39:18,766+02 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.vdsbroker.vdsbroker.HSMClearTaskVDSCommand] (EE-ManagedThreadFactory-engineScheduled-Thread-67) [] START, HSMClearTaskVDSCommand(HostName = infn-vm05.management, HSMTaskGuidBaseVDSCommandParameters:{hostId='751f3e99-b95e-4c31-bc38-77f5661a0bdc', taskId='fdcf4d1b-82fe-49a6-b233-323ebe568f8e'}), log id: 530694fb 2019-07-25 12:39:18,771+02 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.vdsbroker.vdsbroker.HSMClearTaskVDSCommand] (EE-ManagedThreadFactory-engineScheduled-Thread-67) [] FINISH, HSMClearTaskVDSCommand, log id: 530694fb 2019-07-25 12:39:18,771+02 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.vdsbroker.irsbroker.SPMClearTaskVDSCommand] (EE-ManagedThreadFactory-engineScheduled-Thread-67) [] FINISH, SPMClearTaskVDSCommand, log id: da77af2 2019-07-25 12:39:18,771+02 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.tasks.SPMAsyncTask] (EE-ManagedThreadFactory-engineScheduled-Thread-67) [] SPMAsyncTask::ClearAsyncTask: At time of attempt to clear task 'fdcf4d1b-82fe-49a6-b233-323ebe568f8e' the response code was 'TaskStateError' and message was 'Operation is not allowed in this task state: ("can't clean in state running",)'. Task will not be cleaned there is some relation between this error and a task that has remained hanging, from SPM server: # vdsm-client Task getInfo taskID=fdcf4d1b-82fe-49a6-b233-323ebe568f8e { "verb": "prepareMerge", "id": "fdcf4d1b-82fe-49a6-b233-323ebe568f8e" } # vdsm-client Task getStatus taskID=fdcf4d1b-82fe-49a6-b233-323ebe568f8e { "message": "running job 1 of 1", "code": 0, "taskID": "fdcf4d1b-82fe-49a6-b233-323ebe568f8e", "taskResult": "", "taskState": "running" } How can I solve this problem ? Thanks a lot for your help !! Best Regards Enrico -- _______________________________________________________________________ Enrico Becchetti Servizio di Calcolo e Reti Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare - Sezione di Perugia Via Pascoli,c/o Dipartimento di Fisica 06123 Perugia (ITALY) Phone:+39 075 5852777 Mail: Enrico.Becchetti<at>pg.infn.it _______________________________________________________________________