[ovirt-devel] Memory size (1024MB) cannot exceed maximum memory size (0MB).] - when trying to create an instance type

[Yaniv Kaul]

On Mon, Dec 25, 2017 at 8:29 PM, Michal Skrivanek <
michal.skrivanek at redhat.com> wrote:

>
>
> > On 25 Dec 2017, at 18:41, Juan Hernández <jhernand at redhat.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 12/25/2017 05:46 PM, Yaniv Kaul wrote:
> >> While trying to add an instance type, I fail with the error:
> >> Operation Failed". Fault detail is "[Cannot add Template. Memory size
> >> (1024MB) cannot exceed maximum memory size (0MB).]
> >> The code is taken from the example in the SDK, so I'm not sure what I'm
> >> doing wrong here.
> >> Code:
> >>         instance_types_service.add(
> >>             types.InstanceType(
> >>                 name='myinstancetype',
> >>                 description='My instance type',
> >>                 memory=1 * 2**30,
> >>                 high_availability=types.HighAvailability(
> >>                     enabled=True,
> >>                 ),
> >>                 cpu=types.Cpu(
> >>                     topology=types.CpuTopology(
> >>                         cores=2,
> >>                         sockets=2,
> >>                     ),
> >>                 ),
> >>             ),
> >>         )
> >> engine.log:
> >> 2017-12-25 10:58:19,825-05 INFO
> >> [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.AddVmTemplateCommand] (default task-13)
> >> [265ff704-d89f-471b-8207-fc0e1b8816fd] Lock Acquired to object
> >> 'EngineLock:{exclusiveLocks='[myinstancetype=TEMPLATE_NAME,
> >> 703e1265-e160-4a76-82e6-06974156b7b9=TEMPLATE]', sharedLocks='[]'}'
> >> 2017-12-25 10:58:19,831-05 WARN
> >> [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.AddVmTemplateCommand] (default task-13)
> >> [265ff704-d89f-471b-8207-fc0e1b8816fd] Validation of action
> 'AddVmTemplate'
> >> failed for user admin at internal-authz. Reasons:
> >> VAR__ACTION__ADD,VAR__TYPE__VM_TEMPLATE,ACTION_TYPE_FAILED_
> MAX_MEMORY_CANNOT_BE_SMALLER_THAN_MEMORY_SIZE,$maxMemory
> >> 0,$memory 1024
> >> 2017-12-25 10:58:19,832-05 INFO
> >> [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.AddVmTemplateCommand] (default task-13)
> >> [265ff704-d89f-471b-8207-fc0e1b8816fd] Lock freed to object
> >> 'EngineLock:{exclusiveLocks='[myinstancetype=TEMPLATE_NAME,
> >> 703e1265-e160-4a76-82e6-06974156b7b9=TEMPLATE]', sharedLocks='[]'}'
> >> 2017-12-25 10:58:19,839-05 DEBUG
> >> [org.ovirt.engine.core.common.di.interceptor.DebugLoggingInterceptor]
> >> (default task-13) [265ff704-d89f-471b-8207-fc0e1b8816fd] method:
> runAction,
> >> params: [AddVmTemplate,
> >> AddVmTemplateParameters:{commandId='179df9ed-209c-4882-a19a-
> b76a4fe1adb8',
> >> user='null', commandType='Unknown'}], timeElapsed: 33ms
> >> 2017-12-25 10:58:19,846-05 ERROR
> >> [org.ovirt.engine.api.restapi.resource.AbstractBackendResource]
> (default
> >> task-13) [] Operation Failed: [Cannot add Template. Memory size (1024MB)
> >> cannot exceed maximum memory size (0MB).]
> >> TIA,
> >> Y.
> >
> > I think this is related to the new `memory_policy.max` attribute that
> was introduced in 4.1. I think that for virtual machines it has a default
> value so that it isn't necessary to explicitly provide it. It may not have
> a default value fro instance types. Can you try adding this to the request
> to create the instance type?
> >
> >  memory_policy=types.MemoryPolicy(
> >    max=1 * 2**30
> >  )
> >
> > Then try again. If it works I think that we need to fix the engine so
> that it assigns a default value, like it does for virtual machines.
>

Thanks, that worked.
We also need to fix the example in the SDK...
Y.


>
> The default for VMs comes from the Blank template. There’s no template for
> instance types, so it always needs to be provided
>
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