These validations aren't controlled by --no-validations. There are specific flags in heat templates to disable them. Not certain why this is being run for the undercloud however because we shouldn't be doing node validations for the undercloud
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 (Red Hat OpenStack Platform (RHOSP) 16.2 enhancement advisory), 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/RHEA-2021:3483
Description of problem: During a ffu from 13 to 16.2 the undercloud upgrade step fails with: 2021-06-01 08:47:21 | PLAY [Server deployments] ****************************************************** 2021-06-01 08:47:21 | 2021-06-01 08:47:21.083944 | 5254002d-d3be-786f-775c-000000000067 | TASK | Basic Network Validation 2021-06-01 08:47:21 | 2021-06-01 08:47:21.137364 | 5254002d-d3be-786f-775c-000000000067 | TIMING | Basic Network Validation | undercloud-0 | 0:00:37.215935 | 0.05s 2021-06-01 08:47:21 | 2021-06-01 08:47:21.208819 | 5254002d-d3be-786f-775c-000000000427 | TASK | Collect default network fact 2021-06-01 08:47:21 | 2021-06-01 08:47:21.565184 | 5254002d-d3be-786f-775c-000000000427 | OK | Collect default network fact | undercloud-0 2021-06-01 08:47:21 | 2021-06-01 08:47:21.565915 | 5254002d-d3be-786f-775c-000000000427 | TIMING | tripleo_nodes_validation : Collect default network fact | undercloud-0 | 0:00:37.644485 | 0.36s 2021-06-01 08:47:21 | 2021-06-01 08:47:21.623284 | 5254002d-d3be-786f-775c-000000000428 | TASK | Check Default IPv4 Gateway availability 2021-06-01 08:47:21 | 2021-06-01 08:47:21.827982 | 5254002d-d3be-786f-775c-000000000428 | OK | Check Default IPv4 Gateway availability | undercloud-0 2021-06-01 08:47:21 | 2021-06-01 08:47:21.828751 | 5254002d-d3be-786f-775c-000000000428 | TIMING | tripleo_nodes_validation : Check Default IPv4 Gateway availability | undercloud-0 | 0:00:37.907321 | 0.21s 2021-06-01 08:47:21 | 2021-06-01 08:47:21.886261 | 5254002d-d3be-786f-775c-000000000429 | TASK | Check Controllers availability 2021-06-01 08:47:22 | 2021-06-01 08:47:22.090857 | 5254002d-d3be-786f-775c-000000000429 | FATAL | Check Controllers availability | undercloud-0 | item=192.168.24.1 | error={"ansible_loop_var": "controller", "changed": false, "cmd": ["ping", "-w", "10", "-c", "1", "192.168.24.1"], "controller": "192.168.24.1", "delta": "0:00:00.003011", "end": "2021-06-01 08:47:22.045013", "msg": "non-zero return code", "rc": 1, "start": "2021-06-01 08:47:22.042002", "stderr": "", "stderr_lines": [], "stdout": "PING 192.168.24.1 (192.168.24.1) 56(84) bytes of data.\nFrom 172.16.0.1 icmp_seq=1 Destination Port Unreachable\n\n--- 192.168.24.1 ping statistics ---\n1 packets transmitted, 0 received, +1 errors, 100% packet loss, time 0ms", "stdout_lines": ["PING 192.168.24.1 (192.168.24.1) 56(84) bytes of data.", "From 172.16.0.1 icmp_seq=1 Destination Port Unreachable", "", "--- 192.168.24.1 ping statistics ---", "1 packets transmitted, 0 received, +1 errors, 100% packet loss, time 0ms"]} 2021-06-01 08:47:22 | 2021-06-01 08:47:22.091645 | 5254002d-d3be-786f-775c-000000000429 | TIMING | tripleo_nodes_validation : Check Controllers availability | undercloud-0 | 0:00:38.170219 | 0.21s 2021-06-01 08:47:22 | 2021-06-01 08:47:22.092998 | 5254002d-d3be-786f-775c-000000000429 | TIMING | tripleo_nodes_validation : Check Controllers availability | undercloud-0 | 0:00:38.171579 | 0.21s this because br-ctlplane is not up: 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000 link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever inet6 ::1/128 scope host valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever 2: em0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel master ovs-system state UP group default qlen 1000 link/ether 52:54:00:46:60:32 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet6 fe80::5054:ff:fe46:6032/64 scope link valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever 3: em1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UP group default qlen 1000 link/ether 52:54:00:2d:d3:be brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet 172.16.0.84/24 brd 172.16.0.255 scope global dynamic noprefixroute em1 valid_lft 3355sec preferred_lft 3355sec inet6 fe80::5054:ff:fe2d:d3be/64 scope link noprefixroute valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever 4: em2: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UP group default qlen 1000 link/ether 52:54:00:80:fb:db brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet 10.0.0.6/24 brd 10.0.0.255 scope global dynamic noprefixroute em2 valid_lft 3547sec preferred_lft 3547sec inet6 2620:52:0:13b8::fe:79/128 scope global dynamic noprefixroute valid_lft 1989sec preferred_lft 1989sec inet6 fe80::5054:ff:fe80:fbdb/64 scope link noprefixroute valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever 5: ovs-system: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000 link/ether 6a:44:f4:31:6a:a6 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff 8: br-int: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000 link/ether 7e:da:3c:5a:16:45 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff 9: br-ctlplane: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000 link/ether 52:54:00:46:60:32 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff