Bug 2045916 - [IBMCloud] Default machine profile in installer is unreliable
Summary: [IBMCloud] Default machine profile in installer is unreliable
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: OpenShift Container Platform
Classification: Red Hat
Component: Installer
Version: 4.10
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
high
high
Target Milestone: ---
: 4.10.0
Assignee: aos-install
QA Contact: Pedro Amoedo
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Whiteboard:
: 2039965 (view as bug list)
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2022-01-25 23:08 UTC by Christopher J Schaefer
Modified: 2022-03-10 16:42 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2022-03-10 16:42:23 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Github openshift installer pull 5578 0 None Merged Bug 2045916: IBMCloud: Stop defaulting to dedicated storage profile 2022-02-01 14:52:25 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2022:0056 0 None None None 2022-03-10 16:42:39 UTC

Description Christopher J Schaefer 2022-01-25 23:08:47 UTC
Version:
4.10


Platform:
ibmcloud

Please specify:
IPI


What happened?

VSI's using the default IBM Cloud profile fail to provision and break IPI cluster creation, as VSI's get stuck in "Starting"

The default machine profile for IBM Cloud, bx2d-4x16, uses additional dedicated storage. However, this profile is known to be very unstable, and frequently results in failed VSI deployments when the storage cannot be allocated.

https://github.com/openshift/installer/blob/f07482a5683d99ff9c767eefcd9b2feb027353fb/pkg/asset/machines/worker.go#L121


What did you expect to happen?

Successful IPI creation using the default IBM Cloud machine profile


How to reproduce it (as minimally and precisely as possible)?

Create a new IPI cluster using the default IBM Cloud profile (not specifying a profile in install-config)
One of more VSI's will likely be stuck in Starting waiting for block storage allocation, which cannot be provisioned


Anything else we need to know?
IBM Cloud is creating a PR to change the default profile to one without this dedicated storage, which has shown to be unreliable.

Comment 1 Christopher J Schaefer 2022-01-25 23:11:59 UTC
Opened a PR to switch to a more reliable VSI profile
https://github.com/openshift/installer/pull/5578

Comment 3 Pedro Amoedo 2022-01-28 10:23:27 UTC
*** Bug 2039965 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2022-03-10 16:42:23 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 (Moderate: OpenShift Container Platform 4.10.3 security update), 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-2022:0056


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