Everything ended well - despite the warning 'do not shutdown' I powered off and 
powered on the VM.
This action allowed me to trigger a snapshot deletion (again) and it completed 
successfully.
Removing the disk of interest also completed successfully.

So, I got a happy ending.

Best Regards,
Strahil NikolovOn Jul 7, 2019 17:41, Strahil <hunter86...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I think I'm getting closer.
>
> It seems the snapshot of the VM did not get deleted and that might be the 
> problem.
>
> Can someone give me a hint how to remove the snapshot as I get an error:
>
> Cannot remove Snapshot. The following disks are in ILLEGAL status: 
> uyuni-OS-Disk1 - please remove them and try again.
>
> Yet, removal of the disk cannot happen as I got:
> Cannot detach Virtual Disk. The disk is already configured in a  snapshot. In 
> order to detach it, remove the disk's  snapshot.
>
> This seems like 'Catch 22' .
>
> Best Regards,
> Strahil Nikolov
>
> On Jul 7, 2019 17:30, Strahil <hunter86...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hello All,
>>
>> I have changed  my system layout and the old disk is removed (echo 1 > 
>> /sys/block/sdX/device/delete)  from OS, but UI complains when I try to 
>> remove  with the following error:
>>
>> Error while executing action:  Cannot remove  Virtual Disk. At least one of 
>> the VMs is not down.
>>
>> Is it a limitation of oVirt ? If so, I will open an enhancement entry in 
>> bugzilla.
>>
>> As far as  I remember KVM allowed me to make such stuff  without any issues 
>> so far.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Strahil Nikolov
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