Errors generated when creating a Virtual Machine and Disk using Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization CLI (rhev-cli) commands.

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Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.5

Issue

  • Errors are generated when creating a new virtual machine using 'add vm' and a new virtual hard disk using 'add disk' rhev-cli commands in the rhevm-shell subsystem.
# add vm --name TEST-VM --template-name Blank --cluster-name TEST-CLUSTER --memory 2000000000 --cpu-topology-cores 2  --cpu-topology-sockets 1 --description 'MY TEST' --placement_policy-host-name TEST-HOSTNAME --placement_policy-affinity 'user_migratable' --type server --os-boot-dev network

ERROR:   "network" is invalid segment at option "--os-boot-dev"

# add disk --vm-identifier TEST-VM --provisioned_size 36000000000 --interface virtio --format raw --bootable true --storage_domains-storage_domain TEST-STORAGE-DOMAIN

ERROR = "TEST-STORAGE-DOMAIN" is invalid segment at option "--storage_domains-storage_domain".

Resolution

  • The correct syntax for --os-boot parameter is --os-boot boot.dev=cd rom, hd or network
    In this case the syntax should be --os-boot boot.dev=network

  • The correct syntax for --storage_domains-storage_domain parameter is --storage_domains-storage_domain storage_domain.name=DataStorage name
    In this case the syntax should be --storage_domains-storage_domain storage_domain.name=TEST-STORAGE-DOMAIN

  • Refer to Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization CLI Technical Guide for addtional information.

Root Cause

  • Incorrect syntax parameters specified for --os-boot for the 'add vm' and --storage_domains-storage_domain for the 'add disk'.

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