[ovirt-users] Import of ova failed

[Shahar Havivi]

On 20.07.16 20:06, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 07:16:32PM +0100, Cam Mac wrote:
> > >
> > > The import doesn't happen automatically, you have to do the final step
> > > manually (when using the command line).  See:
> > >
> > > http://libguestfs.org/virt-v2v.1.html#output-to-rhev
> > >
> > > However that error shouldn't happen.  It looks like the name is the
> > > same as the name of an existing VM.  From virt-v2v you can do the
> > > whole conversion/import over again, this time adding the `-on
> > > new_name' option to the command line (obviously choosing a name which
> > > is not otherwise being used).
> > >
> > > I don't know if there's a way to get oVirt to change the name when
> > > importing from the export domain.  As far as I know you have to start
> > > the import from scratch.
> > >
> > >
> > There's no existing VM with that name that I can see. It may have come from
> > one of my earlier import attempts,
> > though that earlier attempt did not show up in the GUI, it did write files
> > to the export domain.
> > 
> > I re-ran the conversion again with a rename but it failed to import it
> > again, with the same error.
> > 
> > Could there be a record in the DB somewhere, or does it look at the files
> > alone? Just trying to work out where the conflict is.
> 
> I had a look at the ovirt-engine code where
> ACTION_TYPE_FAILED_NAME_ALREADY_USED is raised and it appears to come
> from a database check.  However I'm not really familiar enough with
> the code to be sure.  Probably best to ask an oVirt developer, or try
> dumping the database to see if "wvm2" appears in a column anywhere.
> 
> Rich.
> 
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It may be in the DB...
Try to run this via psql:

select vm_name from vm_static where vm_name='wvm2';

and see if there is a result...