"Daniel P. Berrange" <berra...@redhat.com> writes: > On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 02:07:11PM +0100, Milan Zamazal wrote: >> "Daniel P. Berrange" <berra...@redhat.com> writes: >> >> > On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 11:55:13AM +0100, Milan Zamazal wrote: >> >> Hi, we experienced a strange, non-reproducible error after a successful >> >> migration to another host. When we called virDomainDestroyFlags with >> >> VIR_DOMAIN_DESTROY_GRACEFUL flag after the migration on the source host, >> >> we got VIR_ERR_OPERATION_INVALID (code 55) error. The same with >> >> repeated virDomainDestroyFlags calls. Normally, we would expect either >> >> success or VIR_ERR_NO_DOMAIN error. `virsh list' didn't show the VM. >> > >> > What about 'virsh list --all' - i expect you have an inactive guest >> > present, as calling destory on an inactive guest triggers OPERATION_INVALID >> >> I see. It's interesting, since we use transient domains. Are there >> known circumstances when OPERATION_INVALID could be returned for a >> transient domain? Can we assume that we never receive that error when >> trying to destroy a running domain? > > Cleanup & destruction of domains is an area where there is relatively > high level of concurrency in libvirt. So it is conceivable that you > would see OPERATION_INVALID for a transient guest if libvirt is part > way through cleaning it up - it shouldn't be in that state for very > long though
We had the state returning OPERATION_INVALID for "infinite" time. That could be caused by some bug or maybe problems with storage or whatever, we don't know. > You'll never see OPERATION_INVALID if the guest is truely running - it > will either be shutoff, or in the process of becoming shutoff very soon. OK, thank you for explanation and clarification. Regards, Milan _______________________________________________ libvirt-users mailing list libvirt-users@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvirt-users
