RHV: unable to hot add more VirtIO disks on a VM with Q35 chipset

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

  • On a VM configured with Q35 chipset, the Hot Add of a new Virtio disk may fail if it already has more than ~10 VirtIO type disks active (limit depends on VM usage of PCIe root ports).

Environment

  • Red Hat Virtualization Host (RHV-H) 4.4.7

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