Description of problem: virt-who is flooding the task list of Satellite 6 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Satellite 6.2.2 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Configure virt-who to report to Satellite 2. 3. Actual results: See many tasks by virt-who Expected results: See only 1 task every 30minutes Additional info: ~~~ Action State Result ▼ Started at Ended at User Hypervisors stopped success 2016-10-10 15:07:52 UTC 2016-10-10 15:07:53 UTC virtwho Hypervisors stopped success 2016-10-10 14:52:50 UTC 2016-10-10 14:52:52 UTC virtwho Hypervisors stopped success 2016-10-10 14:44:33 UTC 2016-10-10 14:44:34 UTC virtwho Hypervisors stopped success 2016-10-10 14:37:50 UTC 2016-10-10 14:37:51 UTC virtwho Hypervisors stopped success 2016-10-10 14:22:49 UTC 2016-10-10 14:22:52 UTC virtwho Hypervisors stopped success 2016-10-10 14:22:02 UTC 2016-10-10 14:22:04 UTC virtwho Hypervisors stopped success 2016-10-10 14:21:56 UTC 2016-10-10 14:21:59 UTC virtwho Hypervisors stopped success 2016-10-10 14:07:47 UTC 2016-10-10 14:07:48 UTC virtwho Hypervisors stopped success 2016-10-10 14:06:34 UTC 2016-10-10 14:06:36 UTC virtwho Hypervisors stopped success 2016-10-10 13:52:46 UTC 2016-10-10 13:52:49 UTC virtwho Hypervisors stopped success 2016-10-10 13:44:28 UTC 2016-10-10 13:44:32 UTC virtwho Hypervisors stopped success 2016-10-10 13:37:46 UTC 2016-10-10 13:37:48 UTC virtwho Hypervisors stopped success 2016-10-10 13:22:43 UTC 2016-10-10 13:22:46 UTC virtwho Hypervisors stopped success 2016-10-10 13:07:43 UTC 2016-10-10 13:07:45 UTC virtwho Hypervisors stopped success 2016-10-10 13:06:35 UTC 2016-10-10 13:06:40 UTC virtwho Hypervisors stopped success 2016-10-10 13:06:28 UTC 2016-10-10 13:06:32 UTC virtwho Hypervisors stopped success 2016-10-10 13:06:23 UTC 2016-10-10 13:06:26 UTC virtwho Hypervisors stopped success 2016-10-10 13:00:13 UTC 2016-10-10 13:00:17 UTC virtwho Hypervisors stopped success 2016-10-10 13:00:02 UTC 2016-10-10 13:00:10 UTC virtwho Hypervisors stopped success 2016-10-10 12:52:41 UTC 2016-10-10 12:52:44 UTC virtwho ~~~ virt-who should be running every 30min but in tasks it shows up way more often which is flooding the task queue with virt-who tasks. # grep -v "#" /etc/sysconfig/virt-who ~~~ VIRTWHO_DEBUG=0 VIRTWHO_INTERVAL=3600 ~~~
The flooding of the tasks in Satellite appears to be a side-affect of the virt-who checkins. Is it possible that the user has multiple virt-who servers and they are all checking in at different intervals and times? Has it been confirmed that a specific virt-who server is checking in more frequently than expected?
Verified in Satellite 6.2.7 Snap 1 The hypervisors tasks does appear to be linked to vm actions (create, destroy, etc). Below is a list of hypervisor tasks. These aren't kicked off due to the virt-who interval (set to 900), but the initial checkins and then vm actions. -bash-4.2# hammer -u admin -p changeme task list | grep -i hypervisors d56f6858-31e0-4e69-aee3-4e8fcb16fe59 | | admin | 2017/01/15 18:33:44 | 2017/01/15 18:33:45 | stopped | success | Hypervisors | ba5351e4-41c4-4998-b15b-64d945088719 | | admin | 2017/01/15 18:31:00 | 2017/01/15 18:31:01 | stopped | success | Hypervisors | 640a793a-aa10-454c-a89c-f3d66d62480c | | admin | 2017/01/15 18:19:15 | 2017/01/15 18:19:16 | stopped | success | Hypervisors | 6d2e51a7-b382-4575-ad77-1dbe4fb406b1 | | admin | 2017/01/15 18:18:12 | 2017/01/15 18:18:14 | stopped | success | Hypervisors | 6c95d17b-3858-4eef-a3ee-099a11a7bb5c | | admin | 2017/01/15 17:29:50 | 2017/01/15 17:29:51 | stopped | success | Hypervisors | 604486a8-795c-40ed-89d1-e161afb95254 | | admin | 2017/01/15 16:57:01 | 2017/01/15 16:57:09 | stopped | success | Hypervisors
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/RHBA-2017:0197