[Users] [vdsm] Remove and Add host does not work

[Deepak C Shetty]

On 02/28/2012 07:11 PM, Itamar Heim wrote:
> On 02/28/2012 03:31 PM, Deepak C Shetty wrote:
>> On 02/28/2012 06:57 PM, Itamar Heim wrote:
>>> On 02/28/2012 03:22 PM, Deepak C Shetty wrote:
>>>> On 02/28/2012 06:46 PM, Itamar Heim wrote:
>>>>> On 02/28/2012 02:48 PM, Deepak C Shetty wrote:
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>> I had a host managed via OE, completely working fine. Was even 
>>>>>> able to
>>>>>> create and run VMs off it.
>>>>>> I tried removing the host from the OE (put host into maint. mode and
>>>>>> then remove) and when i re-discover
>>>>>> the same host, OE just keeps seeing it as Non-responsive.
>>>>>
>>>>> what do you mean by "re-discover"?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I just meant that i removed the host and re-added it by selecting 
>>>> "New"
>>>> on the Hosts tab
>>>> and putting the IP and hostname.
>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am able to ssh into the host and see that none of the vdsm 
>>>>>> processes
>>>>>> have been started.
>>>>>> I tried doing "Confirm host has been rebooted" on the OE, did not
>>>>>> help.
>>>>>> I tried putting
>>>>>> host into maint. mode and re-activating the host, just doesn't help
>>>>>
>>>>> did you do any change to the host?
>>>>> just removing it from engine shouldn't cause vdsm to know/care and
>>>>> should work just like before.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Nothing changed on the host. In fact when i removed and added the
>>>> host back
>>>> it says everything is installed so does nothing but reboots the host,
>>>> post reboot
>>>> vdsm does not start automatically.... and host status is 
>>>> non-responsive
>>>> on OE
>>>
>>> if vdsm does not start, OE is correct...
>>> does vdsm try to start and fails (and if so, log excerpt?)
>>
>> Right, but I dont see any traces of vdsm trying to start. Nothing in the
>> vdsm.log
>> thats relevant to this. I just did chkconfig --list and don't see vdsmd
>> in that, could
>> that be the reason.
>>
>> On the host I manually did `service vdsmd restart` and then everythign
>> works
>> fine.
>>>
>>>
>>
>
> you are basically saying "re-installing a host causes vdsm to not 
> start by default".
> reproducing this again to make sure and opening a bug seems the right 
> course.
> trying to trace the install flow to provide root cause or even a patch 
> would help more to fix this
>
Are you saying that vdsmd service should start by default post reboot 
and its entry
should be listed as part of chkconfig --list ?


Found this examining the vds bootstrap complete py log

2012-02-28 23:45:32,022 DEBUG    deployUtil 707 _updateFileLine: return: 
True
2012-02-28 23:45:32,022 DEBUG    deployUtil 228 setVdsConf: ended.
2012-02-28 23:45:32,022 DEBUG    deployUtil 103 ['/bin/systemctl', 
'reconfigure', 'vdsmd.service']
2012-02-28 23:45:32,026 DEBUG    deployUtil 107
2012-02-28 23:45:32,026 DEBUG    deployUtil 108 Unknown operation 
reconfigure

2012-02-28 23:45:32,026 DEBUG    deployUtil 103 ['/sbin/reboot']
2012-02-28 23:45:32,325 DEBUG    deployUtil 107