2013/2/6 Nicolas Ecarnot <[email protected]>: > Le 06/02/2013 09:26, Shahar Havivi a écrit : >> >> On 06.02.13 08:36, Nicolas Ecarnot wrote: >>> >>> Le 05/02/2013 21:47, Itamar Heim a écrit : >>>> >>>> you should be able to import as 'new' which will re-create all >>>> uuid's/mac/etc. >>>> otherwise, just edit the ovf. >>>> cc-ing moti to consider something better going forward >>> >>> >>> Thank you to Shahar for your advice about the MAC address check. >>> I tried that, restarted the engine, but i failed the same. >> >> That should work..., if not its a bug >>> >>> >>> I also tried Itamar's advice but here is what's happening: >>> - In the import windows, I select the VM, the system finds out the >>> destination cluster and storage. >>> - I then check the option "Clone All VMs" : the "suffix" option >>> >>> appears, pre-filled with "_Copy". >>> - I already used it and it was working fine. This time, when >>> validating with "OK", the "Suffix" field gets colored into yellow >>> and I can not validate. >>> - I tried to change its content to something else but it has no effect. >>> - Of course, I already spent some times grepping the logs file >>> searching for the MAC, but did not find anything obvious. >>> - When the yellow border appears, nothing special is showing in the logs. >>> >>> So here, oVirt is trying to tell me something, but what? >> >> This is probably UI validation that failed to present the text. >> Try to rename the xxx_Copy to xxx_Copy2 or any other name that is not in >> use. > > > I already tried that, with no benefit. > > I spent some more time on that and here what I found : > > * 1 * > When trying to import a VM by cloning it and using a suffix (whatever > suffix), I get NO error in log (neither on the manager, nor in the nodes), > but I'm stuck with the yellow border around the suffix field, and no way to > validate my choice. > > * 2 * > I succeed in importing directly the VM by NOT checking the "Clone All VMs" > box, and by checking the "Collapse All snapshots" box. Indeed, I found in > engine.log an error about snapshots, an INSERT was tried into the database > with a broken constrain key and a '000000000000000000.0000.blah.blah.blah' > snapshot reference. > Checking this box allowed a correct import of the VM. > > Conclusion : > - Point 1 : I consider it would be nice to inform the user about what's > wrong, at least in the log files > - Point 2 : When not checking to collapse snapshot box, the import is > failing with an error speaking about a duplicated MAC address. > This is wrong. > > Thank you to Shahar, Itamar and Alex who answered. > > > -- > Nicolas Ecarnot > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
Hi again, I simply looked on every VM listed on the UI for that MAC, not directly on the database. That was how I discovered that the MAC was changed when moving it to the export storage, Alex _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
