OLVM: Configure Watchdog Action on VM Crash
(Doc ID 2611356.1)
Last updated on SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
Applies to:
Linux OS - Version Oracle Linux 7.6 and later Linux x86-64
Goal
By default, when a Linux Virtual Machine crashes in OLVM it stays crashed, does not reset.
To configure different actions to be taken, the OLVM Watchdog and the VM Watchdog service must be properly configured. This is the list of all watchdog actions currently available in OLVM 4.2.8:
none
reset - upon a VM crash, the Hypervisor will reset the VM
poweroff - upon a VM crash, the Hypervisor will power off the VM
dump - upon a VM crash, the Hypervisor will create a VM vmcore locally in the /var/lib/libvirt/qemu/dump/ directory
pause - upon a VM crash, the Hypervisor will pause the virtual machine
Solution
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