Bug 1501793 - [downstream clone - 4.1.8] [RFE] Indicate host needs to be reinstalled to push new configurations.
Summary: [downstream clone - 4.1.8] [RFE] Indicate host needs to be reinstalled to pus...
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager
Classification: Red Hat
Component: ovirt-engine
Version: 4.1.4
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
high
high
Target Milestone: ovirt-4.1.8
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Assignee: Ravi Nori
QA Contact: Petr Matyáš
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On: 1480433
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-10-13 08:34 UTC by rhev-integ
Modified: 2022-07-09 09:14 UTC (History)
13 users (show)

Fixed In Version: ovirt-engine-4.1.8.1
Doc Type: Enhancement
Doc Text:
There are several cluster and host settings which require reinstallation of the host if changed. The requirement to reinstall was always mentioned in documentation and a WARNING event was raised. With this release, the Administration Portal now also shows an exclamation mark icon for each host that needs to be reinstalled. When an exclamation mark icon is shown, you can find the details about it in the Action Items section of the host's details view.
Clone Of: 1480433
Environment:
Last Closed: 2017-12-12 09:23:28 UTC
oVirt Team: Infra
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:


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Red Hat Knowledge Base (Solution) 389873 0 None None None 2017-10-13 08:35:28 UTC
Red Hat Knowledge Base (Solution) 1360383 0 None None None 2017-10-13 08:35:28 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2017:3427 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Low: org.ovirt.engine-root security, bug fix, and enhancement update 2017-12-12 14:16:31 UTC
oVirt gerrit 82121 0 master MERGED engine : Indicate host needs to be reinstalled to push new configurations 2020-07-08 08:00:31 UTC
oVirt gerrit 82843 0 ovirt-engine-4.1 MERGED engine : Indicate host needs to be reinstalled to push new configurations 2020-07-08 08:00:31 UTC
oVirt gerrit 84466 0 ovirt-engine-4.1 MERGED webadmin: Add host reinstall needed text in hosts details view 2020-07-08 08:00:31 UTC

Description rhev-integ 2017-10-13 08:34:37 UTC
+++ This bug is a downstream clone. The original bug is: +++
+++   bug 1480433 +++
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Description of problem:

For VMs, if the user changes a configuration that requires the VM to be power cycled to take effect, a tooltip is displayed to inform the user.

However, the same applies for Hosts but and there is no such feature.
Some host configurations require the host to be re-installed in order to be pushed. One example is kdump integration. We have the following note in the 

Documentation:
~~~
When you enable Kdump integration on an existing host, the host must be reinstalled for kdump to be configured. See Section 7.5.12, “Reinstalling Hosts”. 
~~~

This is not user-friendly. This RFE is to create a similar feature for Hosts.

(Originally by Germano Veit Michel)

Comment 3 rhev-integ 2017-10-13 08:34:50 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1489902 ***

(Originally by Marina Kalinin)

Comment 4 rhev-integ 2017-10-13 08:34:57 UTC
There are other options which require host reinstallation such as changing kernel command line parameters of the host or changing type of firewall for the cluster, so I'm reopening this RFE to cover all existing scenarios

(Originally by Martin Perina)

Comment 5 rhev-integ 2017-10-13 08:35:03 UTC
*** Bug 1489902 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

(Originally by Martin Perina)

Comment 6 rhev-integ 2017-10-13 08:35:08 UTC
Marina, this is not a bug, this is RFE, because all such changes either shows that somehow or the need to reinstall is described in documentation.

Also we are still looking at the scope we don't know yet if we will backport it to 4.1.z. Let's work on it for 4.2 and when done we will see.

(Originally by Martin Perina)

Comment 9 Petr Matyáš 2017-11-16 16:47:48 UTC
Testing on ovirt-engine-4.1.8-0.1.el7.noarch

There is no warning of any kind anywhere to notify me that I have to reinstall the host after adding PM agent and enabling kdump.

Comment 11 Red Hat Bugzilla Rules Engine 2017-11-21 17:39:58 UTC
The documentation text flag should only be set after 'doc text' field is provided. Please provide the documentation text and set the flag to '?' again.

Comment 13 Petr Matyáš 2017-11-27 13:37:00 UTC
Verified on ovirt-engine-4.1.8.1-0.1.el7.noarch

Comment 16 errata-xmlrpc 2017-12-12 09:23:28 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://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3427


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