[ovirt-users] vms in paused state

[Michal Skrivanek]

> On 27 Apr 2016, at 02:04, Nir Soffer <nsoffer at redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> jjOn Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 2:03 AM, Bill James <bill.james at j2.com> wrote:
>> I have a hardware node that has 26 VMs.
>> 9 are listed as "running", 17 are listed as "paused".
>> 
>> In truth all VMs are up and running fine.
>> 
>> I tried telling the db they are up:
>> 
>> engine=> update vm_dynamic set status = 1 where vm_guid =(select
>> vm_guid from vm_static where vm_name = 'api1.test.j2noc.com');
>> 
>> GUI then shows it up for a short while,
>> 
>> then puts it back in paused state.
>> 
>> 2016-04-26 15:16:46,095 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.vdsbroker.VmAnalyzer]
>> (DefaultQuartzScheduler_Worker-16) [157cc21e] VM '242ca0af-4ab2-4dd6-b515-5
>> d435e6452c4'(api1.test.j2noc.com) moved from 'Up' --> 'Paused'
>> 2016-04-26 15:16:46,221 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.dal.dbbroker.auditlogh
>> andling.AuditLogDirector] (DefaultQuartzScheduler_Worker-16) [157cc21e] Cor
>> relation ID: null, Call Stack: null, Custom Event ID: -1, Message: VM api1.
>> test.j2noc.com has been paused.
>> 
>> 
>> Why does the engine think the VMs are paused?
>> Attached engine.log.
>> 
>> I can fix the problem by powering off the VM then starting it back up.
>> But the VM is working fine! How do I get ovirt to realize that?
> 
> If this is an issue in engine, restarting engine may fix this.
> but having this problem only with one node, I don't think this is the issue.
> 
> If this is an issue in vdsm, restarting vdsm may fix this.
> 
> If this does not help, maybe this is libvirt issue? did you try to check vm
> status using virsh?

this looks more likely as it seems such status is being reported
logs would help, vdsm.log at the very least.

> 
> If virsh thinks that the vms are paused, you can try to restart libvirtd.
> 
> Please file a bug about this in any case with engine and vdsm logs.
> 
> Adding Michal in case he has better idea how to proceed.
> 
> Nir