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Bug 1177113 - virt-manager cannot create a new guest on a remote xen host if specify the os type and version.
Summary: virt-manager cannot create a new guest on a remote xen host if specify the os...
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification: Red Hat
Component: virt-manager
Version: 7.1
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
medium
medium
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Giuseppe Scrivano
QA Contact: Virtualization Bugs
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Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2014-12-24 09:06 UTC by Ye Lingfei
Modified: 2015-11-19 05:23 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version: virt-manager-1.2.0-1-el7
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2015-11-19 05:23:04 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2015:2206 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE virt-manager bug fix and enhancement update 2015-11-19 08:17:29 UTC

Description Ye Lingfei 2014-12-24 09:06:44 UTC 
Description of problem:
virt-manager cannot create a new guest on a remote xen host if specify the os type.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
virt-manager-1.1.0-10.el7.noarch

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Launch virt-manager: #virt-manager.
2.Connect to a remote xen host
  ("File ->Add Connection ->Choose Xen for Hypervisor -> Click "connect to remote host"
  --> choose 'SSH' --> Input the hostname (eg:10.66.106.64)-->Click 'Connect'")
3.Input the password and the connect suceesfully.
4.Click "Create a new virtual machine" and the "New VM" window pops.
5.Select local install media and click Forward.
6.In step 2, choose the needed iso file,
  and then select the os type as "Linux" and version as "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0" (or 7.0~5.6)
7.Following steps with default option and click "Foward" button.
8.In step 5, click 'Finish'.

Actual results:
The following error info. comes out:

Unable to complete install: 'invalid argument in Model name contains invalid characters'

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/asyncjob.py", line 89, in cb_wrapper
    callback(asyncjob, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/create.py", line 1855, in do_install
    guest.start_install(meter=meter)
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtinst/guest.py", line 411, in start_install
    noboot)
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtinst/guest.py", line 475, in _create_guest
    dom = self.conn.createLinustart_xml or final_xml, 0)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 3398, in createLinux
    if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virDomainCreateLinu) failed', conn=self)
libvirtError: invalid argument in Model name contains invalid characters

Expected results:
The new guest can be created successfully.

Additional info:
If the os type is 'Generic'/'Windows' or the version of 'Linux' is below RHEL 5.6, the installation will success.
Comment 1 Ye Lingfei 2015-01-06 09:16:39 UTC 
With virt-manager-0.10.0-20.el7(rhel-7.0 released), I cannot reproduce this problem.
Comment 6 Giuseppe Scrivano 2015-02-25 09:11:49 UTC 
it seems this part is causing the second error during the installation:

    <interface type="network">
      <source network="default"/>
      <mac address="00:16:3e:11:27:26"/>
      <model type="virtio-net"/>
    </interface>

It should be only "virtio", not "virtio-net"
Comment 7 Giuseppe Scrivano 2015-02-25 12:10:59 UTC 
Patch proposed upstream:

https://www.redhat.com/archives/virt-tools-list/2015-February/msg00068.html

Correction to my last comment: neither "virtio" nor "virtio-net" should be specified.
Comment 8 Giuseppe Scrivano 2015-02-25 14:33:56 UTC 
upstream patch:

commit 478ba6d8856e71453dd0b00de87ccdefdb6a43b8
Author: Giuseppe Scrivano <gscrivan>
Date:   Wed Feb 25 12:26:45 2015 +0100

    Use virtio-net only when it is supported
    
    Do not use the model specified by the OS if it is "virtio-net" and
    virtionet is not supported.
    
    Closes: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1177113
    
    Signed-off-by: Giuseppe Scrivano <gscrivan>
Comment 11 fwu 2015-05-18 10:47:09 UTC 
I can reproduce the bug with package:
virt-manager-1.1.0-10.el7.noarch

Try to verify the bug with new build:
virt-manager-1.2.0-3.el7.noarch

Steps:
1.Launch virt-manager: #virt-manager.
2.Connect to a remote xen host
  ("File ->Add Connection ->Choose Xen for Hypervisor -> Click "connect to remote host" --> choose 'SSH' --> Input the hostname (eg:10.66.106.64)-->Click 'Connect'")
3.Input the password and the connect suceesfully.
4.Click "Create a new virtual machine" and the "New VM" window pops.
5.Select local install media and click Forward.
6.In "Step 2 of 5", choose the needed iso file,
  and then select the os type as "Linux" and version as "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6"
7.Following steps with default option and click "Foward" button.
8.In "Step 5 of 5", click 'Finish'.

Result:
The new guest can be created successfully.

According to the result above in the latest version of virt-manager, move this bug from ON_QA to VERIFIED.
Comment 13 errata-xmlrpc 2015-11-19 05:23:04 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.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2015-2206.html
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