On Sat, Apr 14, 2018 at 1:47 PM, Martin Sivak <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > the vnc device is there by default (I copied it out of my own hosted > engine instance), I do not know why it was missing in your case. > graphical_console parameter has been introduced in ovirt_vms ansible module just since ansible 2.5. http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/ovirt_vms_module.html#ovirt-vms Anso so we have to consume it as well. I just opened https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1567772 to track it. > Best regards > > Martin Sivak > > On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 5:13 PM, Thomas Klute <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Martin, > > > > yes, that worked. Thank you so much!! > > We were able to see that the latest kernel update failed and did not > > create the initramfs file and thus the boot process failed with a kernel > > panic. > > > > Debugging this problem took us many hours... It felt so complicated to > > connect a vnc to this vm - compared to a bare metal setup with display > > and keyboard. > > Wouldn't it be a good idea to have the vnc device in the config by > default? > > > > Best regards, > > Thomas > > > >> You need to be in global maintenance, but I think you already know that. > >> Then try updating the vm.conf like you already did and add this line: > >> > >> devices={device:vnc,type:graphics,deviceId:f1d0394e- > b077-4ea6-99e5-b9b6b8fe073c,address:None} > >> > >> Then restart the VM using hosted-engine commands and try the VNC > approach again. > >> > >> Best regards > >> > >> Martin Sivak > >> > >> On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 2:35 PM, Thomas Klute <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> Dear Martin, > >>> > >>> thanks for the feedback. > >>> We already read this and tried it. > >>> It seems to me that the graphics device was removed from the hosted > >>> engine by some ovirt release. > >>> > >>> If I try to set a console password I see this message: > >>> > >>> hosted-engine --add-console-password > >>> Enter password: > >>> no graphics devices configured > >>> > >>> Furthermore, there is nothing listening on port 5900 after that. > >>> The HostedEngine qemu process shows a " -display none " as parameter > and > >>> I have no idea where this can be changed. > >>> > >>> I already created a /var/run/ovirt-hosted-engine-ha/vm-custom.conf > >>> containing: > >>> display=vnc > >>> kvmEnable=true > >>> > >>> But nothing changed. > >>> I also edited the HostedEngine VM config using virsh and added a vnc > >>> display: > >>> /usr/bin/virsh -c > >>> qemu:///system?authfile=/etc/ovirt-hosted-engine/virsh_auth.conf edit > >>> HostedEngine > >>> > >>> <graphics type='vnc' port='12355' autoport='no' listen='0.0.0.0'> > >>> <listen type='address' address='0.0.0.0'/> > >>> </graphics> > >>> <video> > >>> <model type='qxl' ram='65536' vram='65536' vgamem='16384' > >>> heads='1' primary='yes'/> > >>> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' > >>> function='0x0'/> > >>> </video> > >>> > >>> But there is still "display none" passed as command line parameter to > >>> qemu and thus, I suppose, there's no display. > >>> > >>> Any help is appreciated, thanks, > >>> Thomas > >>> > >>> > >>>> Hi, > >>>> > >>>> the serial console will show output if the kernel knows to use it. > >>>> > >>>> The VNC approach is also possible and I believe we already have a > >>>> graphical device present. What you are looking for is probably this > >>>> (VNC method is described there): > >>>> https://www.ovirt.org/documentation/how-to/hosted- > engine/#handle-engine-vm-boot-problems > >>>> > >>>> Best regards > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Martin Sivak > >>>> SLA / oVirt > >>>> > >>>> On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 11:26 AM, Thomas Klute <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>>>> Dear oVirt Team, > >>>>> > >>>>> after trying to reboot a hosted engine setup on oVirt 4.2 the VM > won't > >>>>> come up anymore. > >>>>> The qemu-kvm process is there but we're unable to access the VM using > >>>>> - the serial console (simply does not show anything, does not react > to > >>>>> characters typed) > >>>>> - VNC / Spice because the hosted engine vm.conf does not contain any > >>>>> graphics device. > >>>>> > >>>>> Before trying to reinstall, we'd like to recover and debug what is > going on. > >>>>> We mounted a Centos7 install .iso and started the VM using > >>>>> hosted-engine --vm-start > >>>>> --vm-conf=/var/run/ovirt-hosted-engine-ha/vm-custom.conf > >>>>> But we still have to problem, that the serial console does not show > >>>>> anything and there is no way to connect using VNC. > >>>>> > >>>>> So, what is the recommended way to move forward in such situation? > >>>>> IMHO the classical way would be to add a graphics device and connect > via > >>>>> VNC? > >>>>> I did not use the serial console much, up to now. Should the serial > >>>>> console show any output during boot? > >>>>> > >>>>> Thanks for your help, > >>>>> Thomas > >>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> ____________________________________________________________ > ____________ > >>>>> > >>>>> Dipl.-Inform. Thomas Klute > [email protected] > >>>>> Geschäftsführer / CEO > >>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------ > ---------- > >>>>> ingenit GmbH & Co. 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