Public bug reported: Using nova to boot UEFI instances in certain circumstances the nvram is cleared
e.g. on a deployed node my nvram is set too boot from the grub installed on the EFI partition [root@t1 boot]# efibootmgr Timeout: 0 seconds BootOrder: 0004,0002,0000,0001,0003 Boot0000* EFI Floppy Boot0001* EFI Floppy 1 Boot0002* EFI Hard Drive Boot0003* EFI Network Boot0004* centos This is working I can run > nova reboot dbdc6b36-1f17-4722-89e5-117986b10059 but if I run a nova reboot --hard or a combination of nova stop/start then the libvirt domain is redefined, as part of this process the nvram is reset, the boot process stalls at the boot menu and I have to select boot from file [root@t1 boot]# efibootmgr Timeout: 0 seconds BootOrder: 0002,0000,0001,0003 Boot0000* EFI Floppy Boot0001* EFI Floppy 1 Boot0002* EFI Hard Drive Boot0003* EFI Network ** Affects: nova Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Yahoo! Engineering Team, which is subscribed to OpenStack Compute (nova). https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1633447 Title: nova stop/start or reboot --hard rests uefi nvram Status in OpenStack Compute (nova): New Bug description: Using nova to boot UEFI instances in certain circumstances the nvram is cleared e.g. on a deployed node my nvram is set too boot from the grub installed on the EFI partition [root@t1 boot]# efibootmgr Timeout: 0 seconds BootOrder: 0004,0002,0000,0001,0003 Boot0000* EFI Floppy Boot0001* EFI Floppy 1 Boot0002* EFI Hard Drive Boot0003* EFI Network Boot0004* centos This is working I can run > nova reboot dbdc6b36-1f17-4722-89e5-117986b10059 but if I run a nova reboot --hard or a combination of nova stop/start then the libvirt domain is redefined, as part of this process the nvram is reset, the boot process stalls at the boot menu and I have to select boot from file [root@t1 boot]# efibootmgr Timeout: 0 seconds BootOrder: 0002,0000,0001,0003 Boot0000* EFI Floppy Boot0001* EFI Floppy 1 Boot0002* EFI Hard Drive Boot0003* EFI Network To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1633447/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~yahoo-eng-team Post to : yahoo-eng-team@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~yahoo-eng-team More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp