Bug 730244

Summary:	libvirt error message should show the uri content but not (null)
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	Reporter:	weizhang <weizhan>
Component:	libvirt	Assignee:	Peter Krempa <pkrempa>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Virtualization Bugs <virt-bugs>
Severity:	low	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	6.2	CC:	dallan, dyuan, gren, mzhan, rwu, veillard
Target Milestone:	rc
Target Release:	---
Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	libvirt-0.9.4-5.el6	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	Cause: Invalid variable was used to construct the error message. Consequence: If a migration command has failed, the error message reported the remote URI to be '(null)' instead of the requested migration URI. This could hide the reason why the command failed. Fix: Error message is constructed using the correct variable containing the migration URI. Result: Correct migration URI is reported on error.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2011-12-06 11:26:24 UTC	Type:	---
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Description weizhang 2011-08-12 09:40:00 UTC

Description of problem:
When do p2p migration to an unknown host, libvirt will report error like
error: operation failed: Failed to connect to remote libvirt URI (null)
here the "(null)" should be the uri content.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
libvirt-0.9.4-2.el6.x86_64

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. start a guest
2. do migration with command
# virsh migrate --p2p guest qemu+ssh://1.1.1.1/system
  
Actual results:
error: operation failed: Failed to connect to remote libvirt URI (null)

Expected results:
error: operation failed: Failed to connect to remote libvirt URI qemu+ssh://1.1.1.1/system

Additional info:

Comment 4 weizhang 2011-08-23 06:02:18 UTC

Verify pass on
libvirt-0.9.4-5.el6.x86_64

# virsh migrate --p2p guest qemu+ssh://1.1.1.1/system
error: operation failed: Failed to connect to remote libvirt URI qemu+ssh://1.1.1.1/system

Comment 5 Peter Krempa 2011-11-11 10:02:50 UTC

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    New Contents:
Cause:
Invalid variable was used to construct the error message.

Consequence:
If a migration command has failed, the error message reported the remote URI to be '(null)' instead of the requested migration URI. This could hide the reason why the command failed.

Fix:
Error message is constructed using the correct variable containing the migration URI.

Result:
Correct migration URI is reported on error.

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2011-12-06 11:26:24 UTC

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, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2011-1513.html