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Bug 1247031

Summary: Failed to run at off-line mode as "not properly formed: 'guestIds'"
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Reporter: Liushihui <shihliu>
Component: virt-whoAssignee: Radek Novacek <rnovacek>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: xingge <gxing>
Severity: medium Docs Contact:
Priority: unspecified    
Version: 7.2CC: gxing, hsun, ldai, ovasik, sgao
Target Milestone: rc   
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Hardware: x86_64   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:
Fixed In Version: virt-who-0.14-3.el7 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2015-11-19 11:57:26 UTC Type: Bug
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Description Liushihui 2015-07-27 07:41:00 UTC
Description of problem:
The info which is generated by'virt-who -p'is incorrect. create fake hypervisor pointing to this file will result in failed to run virt-who at off-line mode. 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
virt-who-0.14-2.el7.noarch
subscription-manager-1.15.6-1.el7.x86_64
python-rhsm-1.15.3-1.el7.x86_64

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Make sure system with virt-who can connect to vcenter, register system and run virt-who with "-p"
[root@hp-z220-06 virt-who.d]# virt-who --esx --esx-owner=ACME_Corporation --esx-env=Library --esx-server=10.66.79.57 --esx-username=Administrator --esx-password=qwer1234P! -p -d > /root/ddd
2. Make sure this system can't connect to vcenter directly.Configure virt-who as the following:
[root@hp-z220-06 virt-who.d]# cat /etc/virt-who.d/virt 
[fake-virt]
type=fake
file=/root/aaa
is_hypervisor=True
owner=ACME_Corporation
env=Library 
[root@hp-z220-06 virt-who.d]# cat /etc/sysconfig/virt-who
VIRTWHO_BACKGROUND=1
VIRTWHO_DEBUG=1
3. Check the /root/ddd
# cat /root/ddd
[root@hp-z220-06 virt-who.d]# cat /root/ddd
{"hypervisors": [{"uuid": "aee4ff00-8c33-11e2-994a-6c3be51d959a", "guests": [{"guestId": "564dab7d-3b72-51a1-eeda-586036106892", "state": 5, "attributes": {"active": 0, "virtWhoType": "esx"}}, {"guestId": "4227d611-0abc-fc5e-7538-07ebd83fa9ba", "state": 1, "attributes": {"active": 1, "virtWhoType": "esx"}}, {"guestId": "421aa84b-a49e-e01c-fa72-0b570372dd9d", "state": 1, "attributes": {"active": 1, "virtWhoType": "esx"}}, {"guestId": "564daa52-c518-b2f0-3c05-a343285910e1", "state": 5, "attributes": {"active": 0, "virtWhoType": "esx"}}]}, {"uuid": "564d9e7a-4128-92b6-7284-6335f6b399be", "guests": []}]}
4. Restart virt-who service 
[root@hp-z220-06 virt-who.d]# service virt-who restart
5. Check the virt-who log.
2015-07-27 15:28:46,831 [DEBUG]  @virtwho.py:120 - Using config named 'fake-virt'
2015-07-27 15:28:46,832 [INFO]  @virtwho.py:655 - Using configuration "fake-virt" ("fake" mode)
2015-07-27 15:28:46,845 [DEBUG]  @virtwho.py:203 - Starting infinite loop with 3600 seconds interval
2015-07-27 15:28:46,880 [ERROR]  @virt.py:301 - Virt backend 'fake-virt' fails with error: Fake virt file '/root/ccc' is not properly formed: 'guestIds'
2015-07-27 15:28:46,880 [INFO]  @virt.py:312 - Waiting 3600 seconds before retrying backend 'fake-virt'

Actual results:
Failed to send host/guest mapping as the file is not properly formed 'guestIds'

Expected results:
Success to send host/guest mapping when virt-who run at off-line mode

Additional info:

Comment 1 Radek Novacek 2015-07-30 13:15:00 UTC
Fixed in virt-who-0.14-3.el7.

Comment 3 Liushihui 2015-08-11 06:17:42 UTC
Verified it on virt-who-0.14-3.el7.noarch since virt-who can run at fake mode normally.

Verified version
virt-who-0.14-3.el7.noarch
subscription-manager-1.15.9-2.el7.x86_64
python-rhsm-1.15.4-2.el7.x86_64
Satellite 6.1.0-20150731.0

Verified process:
1.Make sure system with virt-who can connect to vcenter, register system and run virt-who with "-p"
[root@hp-z220-06 virt-who.d]# virt-who --esx --esx-owner=ACME_Corporation --esx-env=Library --esx-server=10.66.79.57 --esx-username=Administrator --esx-password=qwer1234P! -p -d > /root/ddd
2. Make sure this system can't connect to vcenter directly.Configure virt-who as the following:
[root@hp-z220-06 virt-who.d]# cat /etc/virt-who.d/virt 
[fake-virt]
type=fake
file=/root/aaa
is_hypervisor=True
owner=ACME_Corporation
env=Library 
[root@hp-z220-06 virt-who.d]# cat /etc/sysconfig/virt-who
VIRTWHO_BACKGROUND=1
VIRTWHO_DEBUG=1
3. Restart virt-who service 
[root@hp-z220-06 virt-who.d]# service virt-who restart
4. Check the virt-who log.
2015-08-11 14:13:26,283 [DEBUG]  @virtwho.py:126 - Using config named 'fake-virt'
2015-08-11 14:13:26,284 [INFO]  @virtwho.py:662 - Using configuration "fake-virt" ("fake" mode)
2015-08-11 14:13:26,284 [DEBUG]  @virtwho.py:209 - Starting infinite loop with 3600 seconds interval
2015-08-11 14:13:26,322 [DEBUG]  @subscriptionmanager.py:112 - Authenticating with certificate: /etc/pki/consumer/cert.pem
2015-08-11 14:13:29,988 [DEBUG]  @subscriptionmanager.py:146 - Checking if server has capability 'hypervisor_async'
2015-08-11 14:13:33,228 [DEBUG]  @subscriptionmanager.py:158 - Server does not have 'hypervisors_async' capability
2015-08-11 14:13:33,229 [INFO]  @subscriptionmanager.py:165 - Sending update in hosts-to-guests mapping: {
    "86b2bd00-8bad-11e2-87f4-6c3be514699d": [
        {
            "guestId": "42390187-0ca7-6139-dadb-549a990f34e3", 
            "state": 5, 
            "attributes": {
                "active": 0, 
                "virtWhoType": "fake"
            }
        }, 
        {
            "guestId": "564d1d17-06d9-46c3-beea-fed130d564e7", 
            "state": 5, 
            "attributes": {
                "active": 0, 
                "virtWhoType": "fake"
            }
        }, 
        {
            "guestId": "4239d107-b6b3-ec67-3317-678288dafe5a", 
            "state": 5, 
            "attributes": {
                "active": 0, 
                "virtWhoType": "fake"
            }
        }
    ]
}

Result:
virt-who can run at fake mode normally, it can send the host/guest mapping to satellite server sucessfully, Therefore,verify it

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2015-11-19 11:57:26 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-2015-2370.html