VMs fail to start or migrate, reporting "internal error missing IFLA_VF_INFO in netlink response" error
Issue
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Since upgrading to RHEL 6.7, VMs in a Cicso VMFEX environment will no longer start.
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VMs also fail to migrate to such a host.
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libvirtdreports internal error missing IFLA_VF_INFO in netlink response when trying to start a VM in a Cicso VMFEX environment. -
The vdsm logs contain the following error;
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/vdsm/virt/migration.py", line 246, in run
self._startUnderlyingMigration(time.time())
File "/usr/share/vdsm/virt/migration.py", line 335, in _startUnderlyingMigration
None, maxBandwidth)
File "/usr/share/vdsm/virt/vm.py", line 702, in f
ret = attr(*args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/vdsm/libvirtconnection.py", line 111, in wrapper
ret = f(*args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 1210, in migrateToURI2
if ret == -1: raise libvirtError ('virDomainMigrateToURI2() failed', dom=self)
libvirtError: internal error missing IFLA_VF_INFO in netlink response
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) 3.x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.7 with
libvirt-0.10.2-54 - Cisco Virtual Machine Fabric Extender (VMFEX)
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