Attempting to Add the First Server to a VM Server Pool Fails with OVMAPI_4010E and OVMAPI_4004E "configure_virtual_ip to server: XX Command: configure_virtual_ip VIP in use: XX.XX.XX.XX" (Doc ID 2103544.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 11, 2016

Applies to:

Oracle VM - Version 3.0.1 and later
Linux x86-64

Symptoms

On Oracle VM, when attempting to add the first server to a server pool which was successfully created previously e.g. by dragging and dropping the server to the server pool in the VM Manager Graphical User Interface, it fails with an error in the lines of :

 And the server remains out of the VM Server pool, in the "Unassigned Servers" folder.

Cause

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