Bug 1335642 – [RFE] Users should be able to seal VMs from RHEV-M

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Bug 1335642 - (RHV_virt_sysprep) [RFE] Users should be able to seal VMs from RHEV-M

Summary:	[RFE] Users should be able to seal VMs from RHEV-M

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	RHV_virt_sysprep

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	ovirt-engine (Show other bugs)
Sub Component:
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	Unspecified Unspecified

Priority	medium Severity medium
Target Milestone:	ovirt-4.2.0
Target Release:	4.2.0
Assigned To:	nobody nobody
QA Contact:	Nisim Simsolo
Docs Contact:

URL:	https://trello.com/c/dN08y1W2
Whiteboard:
Keywords:	FutureFeature, ZStream

Depends On:	1379181 1409380
Blocks:	1100489 1436219 1441935 1462593
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Reported:	2016-05-12 14:17 EDT by Jon Benedict
Modified:	2018-05-15 13:40 EDT (History)
CC List:	19 users (show)

See Also:
Fixed In Version:
Doc Type:	Enhancement
Doc Text:	A virtual machine can now be sealed, in the Manager, in preparation for deployment as a template.
Story Points:	---
Clone Of:
Clones:	1436219 1441935 (view as bug list)
Environment:
Last Closed:	2018-05-15 13:38:32 EDT
Type:	Bug
Regression:	---
Mount Type:	---
Documentation:	---
CRM:
Verified Versions:
Category:	---
oVirt Team:	Virt
RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
Cloudforms Team:	---

Flags:	mavital: testing_plan_complete+

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External Trackers
Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
oVirt gerrit	65140	master	NEW	core: Virt-sysprep integration	2016-10-05 14:36 EDT
oVirt gerrit	65141	master	NEW	ui: Sysprep operation for VM templates	2016-10-05 14:36 EDT
oVirt gerrit	66723	None	None	None	2016-11-21 05:15 EST
oVirt gerrit	68096	master	MERGED	core: Introducing SealVmTemplateCommand	2017-03-16 07:55 EDT
oVirt gerrit	68117	master	MERGED	ui: Seal Template checkbox in Make Template dialog	2017-03-16 19:16 EDT
oVirt gerrit	69705	master	MERGED	core: Add template sealing to AddVmTemplateCommand	2017-03-16 17:39 EDT
oVirt gerrit	72972	ovirt-4.1	MERGED	virt: Add virt-sysprep support	2017-03-23 08:41 EDT
oVirt gerrit	73489	master	MERGED	core: Add exclusive locks to AddVmTemplateCommand	2017-03-19 12:26 EDT
oVirt gerrit	73670	master	MERGED	Added sealing option for Template creation.	2017-03-07 07:28 EST
oVirt gerrit	73675	model_4.1	MERGED	Added sealing option for Template creation.	2017-03-07 07:29 EST
oVirt gerrit	73733	master	MERGED	restapi: Update to model 4.2.7	2017-03-08 06:22 EST
oVirt gerrit	73737	ovirt-engine-4.1	MERGED	restapi: Update to model 4.1.32	2017-03-08 09:44 EST
oVirt gerrit	73994	master	MERGED	Update to model 4.2.7 and metamodel 1.2.3	2017-03-13 09:39 EDT
oVirt gerrit	73995	sdk_4.1	MERGED	Update to model 4.1.32 and metamodel 1.1.13	2017-03-13 10:12 EDT
oVirt gerrit	74062	ovirt-engine-4.1.1.z	MERGED	restapi: Update to model 4.1.33	2017-03-14 10:19 EDT
oVirt gerrit	74099	sdk_4.1	MERGED	Update to model 4.1.33	2017-03-15 07:27 EDT
oVirt gerrit	74419	master	MERGED	restapi: Implement 'seal' parameter for creation of a template	2017-03-21 14:14 EDT
Red Hat Product Errata	RHEA-2018:1488	None	None	None	2018-05-15 13:40 EDT

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Description Jon Benedict 2016-05-12 14:17:02 EDT

Description of problem:
Currently, in order to properly "seal" (make a VM generic in preparation for cloning or template), it is a manual process or a painful RHEV-CLI process in order to use virt-sysprep. In RHEL+KVM (or CENTOS, Ubuntu, etc), this is not an issue. Our own Red Hat documentation suggests a painful manual removal of SSH keys, UDEV rules, MAC addresses, system id, and hostname. It is the complete opposite of automation.

In order to run sys-virtprep in RHEV, you have to go through the trouble of deploying the RHEV-CLI, locate the the disk image, activate the logical volume, run virt-sysprep, deactivate the logical volume, then create the template back in RHEV-M. 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
all versions

How reproducible:
Create a VM in RHEV. You are unable to utilize `virt-sysprep` or other libguestfs tools in a convenient manner.

Expected results:
Have an option in the template tab or VM tab to open a dialog box for sealing options.

Comment 1 Zak Berrie 2016-07-14 13:30:41 EDT

I ran into this same issue at a customer site this week.

The process of building a template does seem archaic in comparison to the larger story we're delivering around hybrid cloud automation.

It would be helpful to have this functionality delivered from the UI for RHEL guests.

Comment 2 Michal Skrivanek 2016-09-26 04:52:34 EDT

upstream tracking https://trello.com/c/dN08y1W2

Comment 3 Michal Skrivanek 2016-12-16 10:21:25 EST

may appear in 4.1.z or even 4.1 GA

Comment 13 Nisim Simsolo 2018-01-03 11:05:26 EST

Verification builds:
rhvm-4.2.0.2-0.1.el7
qemu-kvm-rhev-2.9.0-16.el7_4.13.x86_64
sanlock-3.5.0-1.el7.x86_64
libvirt-client-3.2.0-14.el7_4.5.x86_64
vdsm-4.20.9.3-1.el7ev.x86_64
cloud-init-0.7.9-19.el7

Comment 16 errata-xmlrpc 2018-05-15 13:38:32 EDT

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://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2018:1488

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