[ovirt-users] Restoring backed up VM

[santosh]

Allon, Elad:

Yes, RHEL_65_CL1_CLONE2 has the same ID as the VM being restored.
And error message also indicates that the conflict is occurring on the 
VM id.

Thanks for the confirmation.

Thanks,
Santosh

On 10/07/2014 03:59 AM, Maor Lipchuk wrote:
> Elad, the the VM from configuration checks the existence of the VM id.
> Probably RHEL_65_CL1_CLONE2 has the same id as the VM which is being imported.
>
> Regards,
> Maor
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Elad Ben Aharon" <ebenahar at redhat.com>
>> To: "santosh" <sbahir at commvault.com>, "Allon Mureinik" <amureini at redhat.com>
>> Cc: users at ovirt.org
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 7, 2014 9:08:42 AM
>> Subject: Re: [ovirt-users] Restoring backed up VM
>>
>> If you still have the backed up VM in your system, the create from
>> configuration operation should be blocked as you've encountered.
>> Allon, what does the create VM from configuration checks? The existence of
>> the VM name or the existence of its ID?
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "santosh" <sbahir at commvault.com>
>> To: users at ovirt.org
>> Sent: Monday, 6 October, 2014 4:28:06 AM
>> Subject: [ovirt-users] Restoring backed up VM
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> I am trying to backup and restore the VM using the flow suggester at
>> Features/Backup-Restore API Integration
>>
>> When I tried to restore the VM using the following steps,
>>
>>
>> Full Virtual Machine Restoration
>>
>>
>>      1. Create disks for restore
>>      2. Attach the disks for restore to the virtual appliance (Restore the
>>      data to it)
>>      3. Detach the disks from the virtual appliance.
>>      4. Create a vm using the configuration that was saved as part of the
>>      backup flow - (added capabillity to oVirt as part of the Backup API)
>>      5. Attach the restored disks to the created vm.
>>
>> I encountered following error at step 4.
>>
>>
>>
>> <fault>
>> <reason>Operation Failed</reason>
>> <detail>[Import VM failed - VM Id already exist in the system . Please remove
>> the VM (RHEL_65_CL1_CLONE2) from the system first]</detail>
>> </fault>
>>
>> I have not deleted/removed the backed up VM from the system.
>>
>> Is it expected behaviour?
>> Should it not overwrite the existing VM or Create new VM with different VM
>> Id, if the backup up VM exists?
>>
>>
>> Thanks, Santosh
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