[ovirt-users] Unable to import KVM VM from oVirt web-ui

Wed Jan 11 19:08:04 UTC 2017

Tomas -

Thanks for the information.   That did the trick and I see that vdsm
4.18.21 has hit the repositories.

George Chlipala, Ph.D.
Senior Research Specialist
Research Resources Center
University of Illinois at Chicago

phone: 312-413-1700
email: gchlip2 at uic.edu

On Sat, Jan 7, 2017 at 6:48 PM, Tomáš Golembiovský <tgolembi at redhat.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 8 Jan 2017 00:25:12 +0200
> Nir Soffer <nsoffer at redhat.com> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Jan 7, 2017 at 5:11 PM, George Chlipala <gchlip2 at uic.edu> wrote:
>> > I am trying to import a VM from libvirt/KVM from the oVirt web UI
>> > using the Virtual Machines > Import.   Here are the steps that I take.
>> >
>> > - I select "KVM (via Libvirt)" as source
>> > - I set the URI as "qemu+ssh://root@<hostname>/system".  I have
>> > previously generated an SSH key for vdsm on the VM node and copied the
>> > key to the libvirt host.
>> > - I unlick "Require authentication" (using SSH keys)
>> > - I select the proxy host as the VM host I setup vdsm with the ssh keys.
>> > - Click "Load" to retrieve a list of VMs on the libvirt/KVM system
>> > - Select the VMs to migrate and click the right arrow to move to the
>> > right side of the wizard (Virtual Machines to Import)
>> > - Click "Next"
>> > - Select the proper storage domain, i.e. master storage domain.   (I
>> > have tried both Preallocated and Thin-provisioned options for storage
>> > and both fail to import.  I have also tried selecting "Clone" for the
>> > VMs without success.)
>> > - Click "OK"
>> >
>> > oVirt seems to start the import, but then gives a message that it
>> > failed to import.  I have gone through the vdsm.log and this seems to
>> > be the relevant lines...
>> >
>> > Thread-1123476::ERROR::2017-01-06 17:39:58,316::v2v::674::root::(_run)
>> > Job u'60fc807f-e557-4526-aff7-c34e773a684c' failed
>> > Traceback (most recent call last):
>> >   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/vdsm/v2v.py", line 669, in _run
>> >     self._import()
>> >   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/vdsm/v2v.py", line 686, in _import
>> >     with self._command.execute() as self._proc:
>> >   File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/contextlib.py", line 17, in __enter__
>> >     return self.gen.next()
>> >   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/vdsm/v2v.py", line 591, in execute
>> >     with self._volumes(), self._password_file():
>> >   File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/contextlib.py", line 17, in __enter__
>> >     return self.gen.next()
>> >   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/vdsm/v2v.py", line 453, in
>> > _password_file
>> >     os.write(fd, self._password.value)
>> > TypeError: must be string or buffer, not None
>>
>> I think we solved this bug recently.
>
> Yes, this is fixed in vdsm 4.18.21.
>
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1400527
>
> As a workaround, uncheck the "Require authentication" checkbox, but also
> fill the user name and password fields with some strings. You don't have
> to enter any real values. Using "abcd" or "12345" is OK, the values will
> not be used during the import.
>
>
>> > Thread-1123476::ERROR::2017-01-06 17:39:58,316::v2v::681::root::(_run)
>> > Job u'60fc807f-e557-4526-aff7-c34e773a684c', error trying to abort:
>> > AttributeError("'NoneType' object has no attribute 'returncode'",)
>> > Traceback (most recent call last):
>> >   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/vdsm/v2v.py", line 678, in _run
>> >     self._abort()
>> >   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/vdsm/v2v.py", line 738, in _abort
>> >     if self._proc.returncode is None:
>> > AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'returncode'
>>
>> Another bug.
>>
>> Can you file a bug?
>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?product=vdsm
>>
>
> There's probably no need to open the bug. The error is harmless and we
> already have a patch pending for that.
>
> https://gerrit.ovirt.org/#/c/67083/
>
>
>> > Thread-1123477::ERROR::2017-01-06 17:39:58,351::v2v::674::root::(_run)
>> > Job u'dc9a86ca-8ece-4c8a-b492-9bc2c8fc3409' failed
>> > Traceback (most recent call last):
>> >   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/vdsm/v2v.py", line 669, in _run
>> >     self._import()
>> >
>> > Here is some information about my installation.
>> >
>> > oVirt Engine Version: 4.0.5.5-1.el7.centos (hosted)
>> >
>> > Key packages on VM host/node.
>> >
>> > ovirt-engine-appliance-4.0-20161115.1.el7.centos.noarch
>> > ovirt-hosted-engine-ha-2.0.4-1.el7.centos.noarch
>> > ovirt-setup-lib-1.0.2-1.el7.centos.noarch
>> > ovirt-imageio-common-0.4.0-1.el7.noarch
>> > ovirt-host-deploy-1.5.3-1.el7.centos.noarch
>> > ovirt-iso-uploader-4.0.2-1.el7.centos.noarch
>> > ovirt-hosted-engine-setup-2.0.3-1.el7.centos.noarch
>> > centos-release-ovirt40-1.0-1.el7.centos.noarch
>> > ovirt-imageio-daemon-0.4.0-1.el7.noarch
>> > python-ovirt-engine-sdk4-4.0.2-1.el7.centos.x86_64
>> > ovirt-guest-tools-iso-4.0-1.fc23.noarch
>> > ovirt-vmconsole-host-1.0.4-1.el7.centos.noarch
>> > ovirt-engine-sdk-python-3.6.9.1-1.el7.centos.noarch
>> > ovirt-release40-4.0.5-2.noarch
>> > libgovirt-0.3.3-4.el7.x86_64
>> > ovirt-vmconsole-1.0.4-1.el7.centos.noarch-4.18.15.3-1.el7.centos.x86_64
>> >
>> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>> >
>> > - George Chlipala
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