Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.
For information on the advisory (Important: virt:8.2 and virt-devel:8.2 security and bug fix update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.
If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3586
[root@dell-per740xd-10 ~]# rpm -qa | grep libvirt-6 libvirt-6.0.0-25.2.module+el8.2.1+7722+a9e38cf3.x86_64 Test steps: 1. create external snapshot 2. do blockcommit with --pivot --active 3. delete snapshot metadata 4. delete snapshot image file 5. repeat 1~4, but in step 2, do blockcommit --acitve, then do a blockjob --pivot 6. repeat 1~5 for 5 times [root@dell-per740xd-10 ~]# cat test.sh vm=$1 for i in {1..5} do snap_name=snap_$i virsh snapshot-create-as $vm $snap_name --disk-only sleep 2 virsh blockcommit $vm vda --active --pivot sleep 2 virsh snapshot-delete $vm $snap_name --metadata rm -f /var/lib/libvirt/images/jeos-27-x86_64.snap_* virsh snapshot-create-as $vm $snap_name --disk-only virsh blockcommit $vm vda --active sleep 2 virsh blockjob $vm vda --pivot virsh snapshot-delete $vm $snap_name --metadata rm -f /var/lib/libvirt/images/jeos-27-x86_64.snap_* done [root@dell-per740xd-10 ~]# virsh start avocado-vt-vm1 Domain avocado-vt-vm1 started [root@dell-per740xd-10 ~]# sh test.sh avocado-vt-vm1 Domain snapshot snap_1 created Successfully pivoted Domain snapshot snap_1 deleted Domain snapshot snap_1 created Active Block Commit started Domain snapshot snap_1 deleted Domain snapshot snap_2 created Successfully pivoted Domain snapshot snap_2 deleted Domain snapshot snap_2 created Active Block Commit started Domain snapshot snap_2 deleted Domain snapshot snap_3 created Successfully pivoted Domain snapshot snap_3 deleted Domain snapshot snap_3 created Active Block Commit started Domain snapshot snap_3 deleted Domain snapshot snap_4 created Successfully pivoted Domain snapshot snap_4 deleted Domain snapshot snap_4 created Active Block Commit started Domain snapshot snap_4 deleted Domain snapshot snap_5 created Successfully pivoted Domain snapshot snap_5 deleted Domain snapshot snap_5 created Active Block Commit started Domain snapshot snap_5 deleted