[ovirt-users] oVirt v4.1.2 error: Failed to start service 'vdsmd'

[ovirt at fateknollogee.com]

Yes, I'm running the most recent BIOS, which is 1.2
https://www.supermicro.com/products/system/Mini-ITX/SYS-E200-8D.cfm

On 2017-05-30 09:01, Martin Polednik wrote:
> On 30/05/17 15:56 +0300, Nadav Goldin wrote:
>> Are you trying to setup the nodes in VMs? if so, which hypervisor are 
>> you using?
>> You need to have 'vmx' flag on the VMs - not only on the physical 
>> host.
>> 
>> On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 3:51 PM,  <ovirt at fateknollogee.com> wrote:
>>> After rebooting the oVirt node VMs, I see this at the host console 
>>> (see
>>> attached image)
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 2017-05-30 08:46, ovirt at fateknollogee.com wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I also rebooted the host VMs and typed "cat /proc/cpuinfo |grep vmx"
>>>> This also returns no errors.
>>>> -- Not sure why oVirt "Cannot detect if hardware supports 
>>>> virtualization"
> 
> Is your bios updated? It seems that rdmsr instruction is failing.
> 
>>>> On 2017-05-30 08:39, ovirt at fateknollogee.com wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Even after rebooting the host many times, I check "# cat
>>>>> /sys/module/kvm_intel/parameters/nested"
>>>>> It always returns a "Y"
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 2017-05-30 02:47, Sandro Bonazzola wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 8:33 AM, Yaniv Kaul <ykaul at redhat.com> 
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Can you ensure virtualization is enabled on your host?
>>>>>>> "Cannot detect if hardware supports virtualization " seems to 
>>>>>>> hint
>>>>>>> of an issue.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Indeed. Since you said you're running your tests in nested
>>>>>> virtualization, please ensure nested virtualization is enabled on 
>>>>>> your
>>>>>> hosts.
>>>>>> This is probably a bit outdated, but should still work:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> http://resources.ovirt.org/old-site-files/wiki/OVirt-nested-virt-markwu.pdf
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Y.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 7:15 AM, <ovirt at fateknollogee.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Failed to execute stage 'Environment setup': Failed to start
>>>>>>>> service 'vdsmd'
>>>>>>>> Hosted Engine deployment failed.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> This is my 4th try installing oVirt...each time a different 
>>>>>>>> error
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> logs attached
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> THanks
>>>>>>>> 
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>>>>>> --
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> SANDRO BONAZZOLA
>>>>>> 
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>>>>>> R&D
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>>>>>> 
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>>>>>> 
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