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  • RHEV - install of VMs issues

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    Hi,

    For a very long time (started with rhev 3.0 and still exists in rhev 3.2) we have had issues when installing a VM.
    The issue seemed to be the NFS-share from which the iso we start the installation.

    The problem:
    I attach a bootable ISO which is 40MB.
    I start the VM in "run once" with the ISO attached.

    The VM goes to "starting up", nothing happens, and then to "Not responding".
    If I log into the host and try listing the files in NFS share (or running df) it hangs/freezes.
    Going back to the GUI I can see the ISO storage has changed to "inactive".
    In this state it sits for a very long time.

    What makes matter worse:
    Sometimes it works.
    It's not related to a single host or a single network.
    The NFS share works if I try accessing it from a server (in the same network as the NFS-server).
    IT could be network-related.
    We have following ports open between hosts and NFS-server:
    TCP and UDP: 2049, 111, 892 and 662.
    TCP only: 32803
    UDP only: 32769

    Anyone have the same/similiar issue? Any advise on debugging this?

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