RHEL 6 VM does not detect the virtio disks and fails to boot in Openshift Virtualization.
Issue
- After importing or migrating a RHEL 6 VM to Openshift Virtualization, it fails to boot, sometimes, it shows kernel panic.
? panic+0xa7/0x18b
? perf_event_exit_task+0xc0/0x340
? do_exit+0x853/0x860
? fput+0x25/0x30
? system_call-after_swapds_0x2/0x152
? do_group_exit+0x58/0xd0
? system_exit_group+0x17/0x20
? system_call_fastpath+0x35/0x3a
? system_call_after_swapgs+0xae/0x152
- In the dracut rescue shell, it is observed that it does not detect the virtio disk.
Environment
- Openshift Container Platform (OCP) 4.xx
- Openshift Virtualization (OCV) 4.xx
- virtio_blk virtual disk
- RHEL 6 guest
- Migration Toolkit for Virtualization (MTV)
Subscriber exclusive content
A Red Hat subscription provides unlimited access to our knowledgebase, tools, and much more.
