[ovirt-users] vmware import hangs after click load button on 3.5 rc5

[Nir Soffer]

On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 8:21 PM, Nir Soffer <nsoffer at redhat.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 12:40 PM, Ian Fraser <Ian.Fraser at asm.org.uk>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Nir,
>>
>> I have changed the v2v.py file as per your request, it has now changed
>> the behaviour. The popup window still hangs and I get the following two
>> events:
>>
>> Failed to retrieve VMs information from external server
>> vpx://username%40domain@vcenter.server
>> /datacentre_name/hostname?no_verify=1
>>
>> VDSM ovirt-host-02 command failed: internal error: Invalid or not yet
>> handled value 'emptyBackingString' for VMX entry 'ide1:0.fileName' for
>> device type 'cdrom-image'
>>
>
> Fixing the first error, we see now the real error; libvirt cannot handle
> this vm configuration. We will ask one of the libvirt guys to look into
> this.
>
> You may try to disable the cdrom device on that vm, which is probably
> useless now.
>
>
>>
>> I have attached the vdsm.log to this email, should I also attach to the
>> BZ I opened?
>
>
> Yes, please attach it.
>

Hmm, this is a new issue, as the original issue is solved by the patch.

Please open a new bug for the libvirt error:

internal error: Invalid or not yet handled value 'emptyBackingString' for
VMX entry 'ide1:0.fileName' for device type 'cdrom-image'

Thanks,
Nir


>
> (Adding back users at ovirt.org, since this thread may help others with same
> issue.)
>
>
>>
>> Many thanks
>>
>> Ian
>>
>> From: Nir Soffer [mailto:nsoffer at redhat.com]
>> Sent: 23 September 2015 00:04
>> To: Ian Fraser <Ian.Fraser at asm.org.uk>; Shahar Havivi <shavivi at redhat.com
>> >
>> Cc: users at ovirt.org
>> Subject: Re: [ovirt-users] vmware import hangs after click load button on
>> 3.5 rc5
>>
>> Hi Ian,
>>
>> Your import failed because looking up some disk failed. Unfortunately, we
>> don't have enough information in the log abut this failure.
>>
>> Because of incorrect error handling, this error failed the entire
>> request, failing your import.
>>
>> Patch [1] fixes the second problem. If is possible that with this patch
>> listing the external vms will work and you will be able to import the vm,
>> but it is also possible that the first error was significant and will fail
>> the import later.
>>
>> It would be useful if you test this patch and report if it works for you.
>>
>> Would you open an ovirt bug for this issue, attaching the vdsm log?
>>
>> [1] https://gerrit.ovirt.org/46540
>>
>> Nir
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 9:09 AM, Ian Fraser <Ian.Fraser at asm.org.uk>
>> wrote:
>> Thanks Nir,
>>
>> File attached.
>>
>> From: Nir Soffer [mailto:nsoffer at redhat.com]
>> Sent: 21 September 2015 23:16
>> To: Ian Fraser <Ian.Fraser at asm.org.uk>
>> Cc: users at ovirt.org
>> Subject: Re: [ovirt-users] vmware import hangs after click load button on
>> 3.5 rc5
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 12:14 AM, Ian Fraser <Ian.Fraser at asm.org.uk>
>> wrote:
>> I did get a “VDSM <hostname> command failed: local variable 'capacity'
>> referenced before assignment” error in the events I have just noticed, does
>> that shed any more light?
>>
>> This shed some light. Can you share the vdsm.log containing this error?
>>
>> Look in /var/log/vdsm/vdsm.log*
>>
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