[ovirt-users] can't import vm from KVM host

[Shahar Havivi]

On 16.09.16 10:14, Nelson Lameiras wrote:
> I upgraded to oVirt 4.0.4 RC1 to test this issue (engine and hosts) and I still have the same problem.
> 
> Migration GUI still shows zero disks when the source VM had block disk devices.
Yes...
I was verify and merged to 4.0.4

Is your source and target block device (tested as well...)
What else can you tell us about your environment?

Nisim Any idea?

> 
> Can you confirm that the issue 1362525 has been integrated in this RC?
> Should I do some additional actions in order to see/make it work?
> 
> Thanks,
> Nelson
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Shahar Havivi" <shavivi at redhat.com>
> To: "Nelson Lameiras" <nelson.lameiras at lyra-network.com>, "Nisim Simsolo" <nsimsolo at redhat.com>
> Cc: users at ovirt.org
> Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2016 8:45:48 AM
> Subject: Re: [ovirt-users] can't import vm from KVM host
> 
> On 25.08.16 11:32, Nelson Lameiras wrote:
> > Thanks for your answer. I do not think that I'm experiencing that same bug exactly.
> > 
> > The issue 1362525 (below) concerns a KVM VM with iSCSI disk being importend to RHEV that does not perform well.
> > 
> > In my case, when oVirt GUI proposes me the list of machines on KVM host to import, each machine as a "disk count" next to it.
> > - This "disk count" is correct if the VM has it's storage on a raw/qcow file (local) - and import goes well
> > - But "disk count" is 0 (always) if the VM has it's storage on a block device (ie iscsi) - and import is not possible at all!
> > 
> > It seems to me that current oVirt migration tool is unable to read/analyse distant VM machines with block device storage... Maybe I'm analysing this issue wrongly.
> Yes,
> This was the issue as well - seeing zero disks when the source VM had block disk devices.
> 
> Adding Nisim to verify it.
> 
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > nelson
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Shahar Havivi" <shavivi at redhat.com>
> > To: "Nelson Lameiras" <nelson.lameiras at lyra-network.com>
> > Cc: users at ovirt.org
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2016 12:19:13 PM
> > Subject: Re: [ovirt-users] can't import vm from KVM host
> > 
> > On 23.08.16 11:24, Nelson Lameiras wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > Hi,
> > 
> > We do have a bug on that issue:
> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362525
> > and its handled.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> >  Shahar.
> > > 
> > > I'm trying to import virtual machines from a KVM host (centos 7.2) to an oVirt 4.0.2 Cluster using the "import" feature on GUI.
> > > 
> > > If the original VM is using RAW/QCOW2 files as storage, everything works fine. 
> > > 
> > > But if the original VM is using a special block special device as storage (like a LVM or SAN volume), it's simply not recognized. 
> > > The VM does appear in the import list of the KVM host, but it's disk count is 0!
> > > 
> > > Is this a known technical obstacle or am I doing something wrong ?
> > > 
> > > below is the storage part of the xml describing the original VM :
> > > <disk type='block' device='disk'>
> > >   <driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='none' io='native'/>
> > >   <source dev='/dev/mapper/vg_01-lv_sys'/>
> > >   <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
> > >   <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' function='0x0'/>
> > > </disk>
> > > <disk type='block' device='disk'>
> > >   <driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='none' io='native'/>
> > >   <source dev='/dev/sdc'/>
> > >   <target dev='vdb' bus='virtio'/>
> > >   <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x08' function='0x0'/>
> > > </disk>
> > > 
> > > We have hundreds of virtual machines in production with this type of configuration... How can we migrate them safely to oVirt?
> > > 
> > > thanks
> > > 
> > > Nelson
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