I have tried both finalize and cancel using https://kvmo.cedar-republic.com/ovirt-engine/api/imagetransfers and curl (for example); curl -u 'admin@internal':'PASSWORD' -X POST https://kvmo.cedar-republic.com/ovirt-engine/api/imagetransfers/19bb57ac-0d1... -k But still they are listed in the "initializing" phase, so wedged: <image_transfers> <image_transfer href="/ovirt-engine/api/imagetransfers/5e8b4b53-1b14-499c-b1fb-f47ddb561c85" id="5e8b4b53-1b14-499c-b1fb-f47ddb561c85"> <actions> <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/imagetransfers/5e8b4b53-1b14-499c-b1fb-f47ddb561c85/resume" rel="resume"/> <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/imagetransfers/5e8b4b53-1b14-499c-b1fb-f47ddb561c85/cancel" rel="cancel"/> <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/imagetransfers/5e8b4b53-1b14-499c-b1fb-f47ddb561c85/pause" rel="pause"/> <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/imagetransfers/5e8b4b53-1b14-499c-b1fb-f47ddb561c85/finalize" rel="finalize"/> <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/imagetransfers/5e8b4b53-1b14-499c-b1fb-f47ddb561c85/extend" rel="extend"/> </actions> <active>false</active> <direction>download</direction> <format>cow</format> <inactivity_timeout>172800</inactivity_timeout> <phase>initializing</phase> <shallow>false</shallow> <timeout_policy>legacy</timeout_policy> <transferred>0</transferred> </image_transfer> <image_transfer href="/ovirt-engine/api/imagetransfers/57bdaf89-414b-4431-bcfb-4ecb8b94d209" id="57bdaf89-414b-4431-bcfb-4ecb8b94d209"> <actions> <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/imagetransfers/57bdaf89-414b-4431-bcfb-4ecb8b94d209/resume" rel="resume"/> <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/imagetransfers/57bdaf89-414b-4431-bcfb-4ecb8b94d209/cancel" rel="cancel"/> <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/imagetransfers/57bdaf89-414b-4431-bcfb-4ecb8b94d209/pause" rel="pause"/> <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/imagetransfers/57bdaf89-414b-4431-bcfb-4ecb8b94d209/finalize" rel="finalize"/> <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/imagetransfers/57bdaf89-414b-4431-bcfb-4ecb8b94d209/extend" rel="extend"/> </actions> <active>false</active> <direction>download</direction> <format>cow</format> <inactivity_timeout>172800</inactivity_timeout> <phase>initializing</phase> <shallow>false</shallow> <timeout_policy>legacy</timeout_policy> <transferred>0</transferred> </image_transfer> <image_transfer href="/ovirt-engine/api/imagetransfers/26a04e2e-23dc-4db8-9289-e91ad06fa0ee" id="26a04e2e-23dc-4db8-9289-e91ad06fa0ee"> <actions> <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/imagetransfers/26a04e2e-23dc-4db8-9289-e91ad06fa0ee/resume" rel="resume"/> <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/imagetransfers/26a04e2e-23dc-4db8-9289-e91ad06fa0ee/cancel" rel="cancel"/> <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/imagetransfers/26a04e2e-23dc-4db8-9289-e91ad06fa0ee/pause" rel="pause"/> <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/imagetransfers/26a04e2e-23dc-4db8-9289-e91ad06fa0ee/finalize" rel="finalize"/> <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/imagetransfers/26a04e2e-23dc-4db8-9289-e91ad06fa0ee/extend" rel="extend"/> </actions> <active>false</active> <direction>download</direction> <format>cow</format> <inactivity_timeout>172800</inactivity_timeout> <phase>initializing</phase> <shallow>false</shallow> <timeout_policy>legacy</timeout_policy> <transferred>0</transferred> </image_transfer> <image_transfer href="/ovirt-engine/api/imagetransfers/19bb57ac-0d16-4f0f-aa4d-a5b1a6c8c54d" id="19bb57ac-0d16-4f0f-aa4d-a5b1a6c8c54d"> <actions> <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/imagetransfers/19bb57ac-0d16-4f0f-aa4d-a5b1a6c8c54d/resume" rel="resume"/> <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/imagetransfers/19bb57ac-0d16-4f0f-aa4d-a5b1a6c8c54d/cancel" rel="cancel"/> <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/imagetransfers/19bb57ac-0d16-4f0f-aa4d-a5b1a6c8c54d/pause" rel="pause"/> <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/imagetransfers/19bb57ac-0d16-4f0f-aa4d-a5b1a6c8c54d/finalize" rel="finalize"/> <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/imagetransfers/19bb57ac-0d16-4f0f-aa4d-a5b1a6c8c54d/extend" rel="extend"/> </actions> <active>false</active> <direction>download</direction> <format>cow</format> <inactivity_timeout>172800</inactivity_timeout> <phase>initializing</phase> <shallow>false</shallow> <timeout_policy>legacy</timeout_policy> <transferred>0</transferred> </image_transfer>

I went scorched earth on the database and it seems to have fixed it. As soon as I deleted the transfer the HA launched the VM. Hopefully this helps others. [root@kvmo-el8 ~]# su - postgres Last login: Sat Jul 8 04:53:32 EDT 2023 on pts/0 [postgres@kvmo-el8 ~]$ psql -U engine -W -h localhost -p 5432 Password: psql (12.12) Type "help" for help. engine=> SELECT command_id,disk_id,last_updated, message,timeout_policy,type,active FROM image_transfers; command_id | disk_id | last_updated | message | timeout_policy | type | active --------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+----------------------------+---------+----------------+------+-------- 5e8b4b53-1b14-499c-b1fb-f47ddb561c85 | | 2023-07-03 10:12:04.009-04 | | legacy | 1 | f 57bdaf89-414b-4431-bcfb-4ecb8b94d209 | | 2023-07-03 10:12:19.08-04 | | legacy | 1 | f 26a04e2e-23dc-4db8-9289-e91ad06fa0ee | | 2023-07-03 10:12:48.493-04 | | legacy | 1 | f 19bb57ac-0d16-4f0f-aa4d-a5b1a6c8c54d | | 2023-07-03 10:12:32.543-04 | | legacy | 1 | f 3b64e0ef-6bd2-49d2-a4ed-58c5926d77e3 | 086cc911-a584-43a8-b620-61fdd08be9f4 | 2023-07-08 05:15:44.877-04 | | legacy | 1 | f (5 rows) engine=> delete from image_transfers where command_id='5e8b4b53-1b14-499c-b1fb-f47ddb561c85'; DELETE 1 engine=> delete from image_transfers where command_id='57bdaf89-414b-4431-bcfb-4ecb8b94d209'; DELETE 1 engine=> delete from image_transfers where command_id='26a04e2e-23dc-4db8-9289-e91ad06fa0ee'; DELETE 1 engine=> delete from image_transfers where command_id='19bb57ac-0d16-4f0f-aa4d-a5b1a6c8c54d'; DELETE 1 engine=> SELECT command_id,disk_id,last_updated, message,timeout_policy,type,active FROM image_transfers; command_id | disk_id | last_updated | message | timeout_policy | type | active ------------+---------+--------------+---------+----------------+------+-------- (0 rows) engine=>