[Users] MAC in use when importing/cloning a VM

[Alexandre Santos]

2013/2/6 Nicolas Ecarnot <nicolas at ecarnot.net>:
> Le 06/02/2013 09:26, Shahar Havivi a écrit :
>>
>> On 06.02.13 08:36, Nicolas Ecarnot wrote:
>>>
>>> Le 05/02/2013 21:47, Itamar Heim a écrit :
>>>>
>>>> you should be able to import as 'new' which will re-create all
>>>> uuid's/mac/etc.
>>>> otherwise, just edit the ovf.
>>>> cc-ing moti to consider something better going forward
>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you to Shahar for your advice about the MAC address check.
>>> I tried that, restarted the engine, but i failed the same.
>>
>> That should work..., if not its a bug
>>>
>>>
>>> I also tried Itamar's advice but here is what's happening:
>>> - In the import windows, I select the VM, the system finds out the
>>> destination cluster and storage.
>>> - I then check the option "Clone All VMs" : the "suffix" option
>>>
>>> appears, pre-filled with "_Copy".
>>> - I already used it and it was working fine. This time, when
>>> validating with "OK", the "Suffix" field gets colored into yellow
>>> and I can not validate.
>>> - I tried to change its content to something else but it has no effect.
>>> - Of course, I already spent some times grepping the logs file
>>> searching for the MAC, but did not find anything obvious.
>>> - When the yellow border appears, nothing special is showing in the logs.
>>>
>>> So here, oVirt is trying to tell me something, but what?
>>
>> This is probably UI validation that failed to present the text.
>> Try to rename the xxx_Copy to xxx_Copy2 or any other name that is not in
>> use.
>
>
> I already tried that, with no benefit.
>
> I spent some more time on that and here what I found :
>
> * 1 *
> When trying to import a VM by cloning it and using a suffix (whatever
> suffix), I get NO error in log (neither on the manager, nor in the nodes),
> but I'm stuck with the yellow border around the suffix field, and no way to
> validate my choice.
>
> * 2 *
> I succeed in importing directly the VM by NOT checking the "Clone All VMs"
> box, and by checking the "Collapse All snapshots" box. Indeed, I found in
> engine.log an error about snapshots, an INSERT was tried into the database
> with a broken constrain key and a '000000000000000000.0000.blah.blah.blah'
> snapshot reference.
> Checking this box allowed a correct import of the VM.
>
> Conclusion :
> - Point 1 : I consider it would be nice to inform the user about what's
> wrong, at least in the log files
> - Point 2 : When not checking to collapse snapshot box, the import is
> failing with an error speaking about a duplicated MAC address.
> This is wrong.
>
> Thank you to Shahar, Itamar and Alex who answered.
>
>
> --
> Nicolas Ecarnot
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Hi again,
I simply looked on every VM listed on the UI for that MAC, not
directly on the database. That was how I discovered that the MAC was
changed when moving it to the export storage,

Alex